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The Baker Institute's [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation ]] at Rice University's Baker Institute has a mandate to conduct nonpartisan policy-relevant research and advocate for entrepreneurs and innovators. The center develops academic papers intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals, as well as policy reports, issue briefs, white papers, Op. Eds., wiki pages and blog articles. In this This work the center develops our an understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation as phenomena that create economic growth, and it conveys this understanding to academics, policy-makerspolicymakers, entrepreneurs, students and the public. The McNair Center also takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurship ecosystems.

=McNair Center Pages=The following are the publicly available, informational and educational wiki pages published by the McNair Center. These pages help the center to fulfill its duty as an intellectual community resource on entrepreneurship and innovation. Featured Sections==

===Guide to Small Business in Houston=== [[File:Title_small.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Small Business in Houston]]Our new [[Guide to Small Business in Houston]] analyzes and categorizes the resources available to small business owners in Houston. We provide details on how to incorporate and license a small business, as well as details on to get help from more than 38 useful support organizations.  Houston's small business support organizations provide education, development, incubation, networking, and much else besides. Each of Houston's organizations is accompanied by a description of its program's details. Likewise, tables comparing organizations on their services and costs, as well as interactive maps, help entrepreneurs understand which service is best suited to their small business. ===Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University=== [[File: Rice_Resources.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Entrepreneurship Resources at RiceUniversity]]: A guide Our new [[Guide to the many Entrepreneurship at Rice University]] provides an overview of resources available for emerging entrepreneurs of the Rice University community, including students, faculty , and alumni who wish . Rice University is known for its entrepreneurial activity. The Rice Business Plan Competition has the largest prize of any university competition of its kind, and the Rice Alliance was ranked the No.1 University Business Incubator in the world in 2013 and 2014. We provide information on all of the key campus-wide institutions and programs provided, as well as details on events and resources available through these institutions. The five main institutions supporting entrepreneurship across campus are the [[Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative]], the [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation]], the [[Rice Alliance| Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship]], [[OwlSpark]], and the [[Rice Entrepreneurship Club]]. Together, these institutions maintain a public [https://entrepreneurshiprice.slack.com/ Slack channel] that anyone may join that shares events and opportunities related to engage entrepreneurship at Rice University and in the Houston area. ===Other Features=== The McNair Center makes various informational and educational pages publicly available. These pages help the center to fulfill its duty as an community resource on entrepreneurship and/or innovation. More pages are added each week, so please check back often.

:[[Innovation PolicyThe Truth Behind Patent Trolls]]: This page represents the Center's research focused on An overview of patent law, innovation reform, troll activity and the intersections between invention and regulation. :[[Small Business Research]]: Data collected on the growth recommendations for proponents of small business, the practices used in maintaining small business, patents and the government's interaction with small business is complied hereinnovation as they seek to curb patent troll activity.

==[[:Category:McNair Topic Areas|McNair Center Topic Areas]]Projects==A topic area is defined by the McNair Center as an ongoing, research-driven, and materials-producing focus of effort. Some of the current topic areas include the McNair Center's focus on Small Business and the McNair Center's research on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

==[[{{:Category:McNair Projects|McNair Center Projects]]==Projects are smaller, deliverable-based productions stemming from an above topic area. }}

==[[:Category:Internal|Imported WikiPublic]]==If you are searching for the old McNair Center wiki, it is currently being imported and refined to this new location. Most everything from the old wiki is still being cataloged.