{"id":3007,"date":"2025-05-01T10:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/?page_id=3007"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:01:34","slug":"the-mcnair-center-blog-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"The McNair Center Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BI-image-BobMcNair-082916-3-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BI-image-BobMcNair-082916-3-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BI-image-BobMcNair-082916-3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BI-image-BobMcNair-082916-3.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Baker Institute&#8217;s McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosts an evening with Bob McNair Monday, August 29, 2016. (Photo by Michael Stravato)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e64baf2adf9370a87b7bff7088542656\">About the Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap m0 simple-link-darkblue-class\">The McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Rice University\u2019s Baker Institute for Public Policy was founded in 2015 with an $8 million gift from the <a href=\"https:\/\/mcnairfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert and Janice McNair Foundation<\/a>. Dr. Edward J. Egan was chosen as the founding director. He designed the center to provide policymakers, scholars, and the general public with comprehensive analyses of the issues that affect entrepreneurship and innovation at three levels: federal and state policy, municipal ecosystems, and academic entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-d086aeb ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-d086aeb.ugb-spacer{height:12px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"m0 simple-link-darkblue-class\">The Center&#8217;s foci were naturally on the U.S., Texas, Houston, and Rice University, but it also drew and shared insights from the best practices and policies worldwide. Its philosophy was to combine grounded theory and data-driven causal design to produce peer-reviewed research that stands up to scrutiny. To this end, the center collected and disseminated data, provided open access to informational resources, collaborated with leading academic experts, built understanding, and recommended policy to harness the incredible power of entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-b0fd87b ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-b0fd87b.ugb-spacer{height:12px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"m0 simple-link-darkblue-class\">By 2018, the McNair Center had provided more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/wiki\/McNair_Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">70 undergraduate and graduate students<\/a> with internships to develop policy research, had a staff of four, and was the largest social science research laboratory on the Rice University Campus. It received offers of an additional $6.2m in funding to hire three more fellows and two more staff members and to roll out its nationwide research affiliate program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-628380021026ccb78224e162ef4f1312\">Student Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap m0 simple-link-darkblue-class\">Some of the best articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/blog-contributors\/\">written by students<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/welcome-to-the-mcnair-center\/\">McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation<\/a> at Rice University&#8217;s Baker Institute are below. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/category\/mcnair\/\">full collection of McNair Center articles<\/a> is archived for future generations of entrepreneurship and innovation policy researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container m0 ugb-d364096 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-d364096-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-d364096-content-wrapper\">        <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type custom-post-type-post has-layout-list\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__wrapper\">\n                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__post'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-featured-image\" >\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/carried-interest-debate\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6757856139_a3988deaff_z-400x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Carried Interest Debate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6757856139_a3988deaff_z-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6757856139_a3988deaff_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6757856139_a3988deaff_z-135x100.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6757856139_a3988deaff_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>            <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title simple-link-darkblue-class\"><a class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/carried-interest-debate\/\">The Carried Interest Debate<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-meta simple-link-darkblue-class has-direction-row\" >\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-author\" >\n    \t\t<i class=\"fas fa-user \"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/author\/taylor-jacobe\/\">\n\t\tTaylor Jacobe\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2017-04-07T19:21:42-04:00\">\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-calendar \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/2017\/04\/07\/\">April 7, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>In the 2016 election, carried interest and its taxation was a hot topic. Often explained as a \u201cloophole\u201d that allows the rich to exploit tax codes, carried interest is not a political issue that clearly fits within party lines. Lobbying by the financial sector occurs on both sides of the political aisle, and there are&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__post'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-featured-image\" >\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/entrepreneurship-human-rights\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/microcredit-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Right to Entrepreneurship\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/microcredit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/microcredit.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>            <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title simple-link-darkblue-class\"><a class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/entrepreneurship-human-rights\/\">The Right to Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-meta simple-link-darkblue-class has-direction-row\" >\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-author\" >\n    \t\t<i class=\"fas fa-user \"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/author\/taylor-jacobe\/\">\n\t\tTaylor Jacobe\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2017-01-25T21:09:02-05:00\">\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-calendar \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/25\/\">January 25, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Entrepreneurship and human rights are not frequently mentioned in the same conversation in the United States. However, in international policy, human rights and entrepreneurship are linked by many common policy goals, including\u00a0enforcing the rule of law, improving infrastructure and fighting corruption. Rights necessary to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors\u2013like the right to participate in the economy,\u00a0the\u00a0rights to&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__post'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-featured-image\" >\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/masschallenge\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left-400x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MassChallenge: Connecting Startups and Big Business\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left-135x100.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ONE_Marina_Park_Drive_building_left.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>            <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title simple-link-darkblue-class\"><a class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/masschallenge\/\">MassChallenge: Connecting Startups and Big Business<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-meta simple-link-darkblue-class has-direction-row\" >\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-author\" >\n    \t\t<i class=\"fas fa-user \"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/author\/diana\/\">\n\t\tDiana Carranza\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2017-06-23T16:30:45-04:00\">\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-calendar \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/23\/\">June 23, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Corporations and startups are moving toward early stage interactions. MassChallenge, a highly successful nonprofit accelerator, has been connecting corporations and\u00a0startups since its 2010 \u00a0launch\u00a0in Boston. MC has\u00a0several US and international locations,\u00a0which\u00a0accelerated 372 startups in 2016. MC delivers positive results and\u00a0has been listed among the Best Startup Accelerators by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project, led by&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__post'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-featured-image\" >\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/bureaucracy-public-sector-innovation\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hierarchy-300x212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bureaucracy and Public Sector Innovation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hierarchy-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hierarchy.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>            <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title simple-link-darkblue-class\"><a class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/bureaucracy-public-sector-innovation\/\">Bureaucracy and Public Sector Innovation<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-meta simple-link-darkblue-class has-direction-row\" >\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-author\" >\n    \t\t<i class=\"fas fa-user \"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/author\/taylor-jacobe\/\">\n\t\tTaylor Jacobe\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2016-12-06T20:57:27-05:00\">\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-calendar \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/2016\/12\/06\/\">December 6, 2016<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>The public benefits greatly when there are innovations in how our government approaches policymaking and regulation. However, sometimes barriers created by bureaucratic structures can slow implementation. When regulation and rigidity are holding us back, leaders are responsible for ensuring that our government institutions are allowing for change when our old ways of approaching challenges become&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-block-getwid-custom-post-type__post'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-featured-image\" >\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/big-problems-small-practices\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ACA-400x199.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Big Problems for Small Practices\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ACA-400x199.png 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ACA-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ACA.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>            <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title simple-link-darkblue-class\"><a class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-title__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/big-problems-small-practices\/\">Big Problems for Small Practices<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-meta simple-link-darkblue-class has-direction-row\" >\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-author\" >\n    \t\t<i class=\"fas fa-user \"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/author\/catherine-kirby\/\">\n\t\tCatherine Kirby\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2016-10-21T17:36:28-04:00\">\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-calendar \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/2016\/10\/21\/\">October 21, 2016<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Big Problems for Small Practices: Examining the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare Field The doctor-patient relationship is an important aspect of healthcare. Small physician practices, offices with no more than a couple doctors, have been the long-standing foundation of this relationship. 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