{"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\/gateway-to-entrepreneurship-st-louis\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/St_Louis_night-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gateway to Entrepreneurship: St. Louis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/St_Louis_night-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/St_Louis_night-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" 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\/gateway-to-entrepreneurship-st-louis\/\">Gateway to Entrepreneurship: St. Louis<\/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\/eliza\/\">\n\t\tEliza Martin\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2017-04-26T15:44:15-04:00\">\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\/26\/\">April 26, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>You probably know St. Louis as the Gateway to the West, but the city is emerging as a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem. For decades, St. Louis followed the economic development model of attracting and keeping large out-of-town companies with generous tax breaks and subsidies. In the 1990&#8217;s, political and business leaders became frustrated with the slow&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\/closing-gap-women-stem\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Women-in-science-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Women in STEM: Closing the Gap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Women-in-science-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Women-in-science.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\/closing-gap-women-stem\/\">Women in STEM: Closing the Gap<\/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=\"2016-11-11T11:40:50-05:00\">\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\/11\/11\/\">November 11, 2016<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Economists around the world emphasize the benefits of integrating more women into the workforce. While we are seeing slow growth in women\u2019s presence in many sectors, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields at the core of innovation seem to be especially lacking in girl power. In 2014, women comprised approximately 47 percent of&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\/patents-cancer-moonshot\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cancer-Moonshot-2-400x199.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Patents and the Cancer Moonshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cancer-Moonshot-2-400x199.png 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cancer-Moonshot-2-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cancer-Moonshot-2.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\/patents-cancer-moonshot\/\">Patents and the Cancer Moonshot<\/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\/julia\/\">\n\t\tJulia Wang\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-date\" >\n    <time datetime=\"2017-01-27T20:24:16-05:00\">\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\/27\/\">January 27, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Patents and the Cancer Moonshot: How Subject Matter Eligibility Affects Research When standard cancer treatments fail, some doctors are turning to the developing field of immunotherapy. Immunotherapy involves\u00a0treatments that use\u00a0the patient\u2019s own immune system to combat cancer. Both pharmaceutical companies and the federal government see the promise in funding research in this innovative field. However,&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\/silicon-valley-powerhouse-innovation\/\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/San_Jose_Skyline_Silicon_Valley-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silicon Valley: A Powerhouse for Innovation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/San_Jose_Skyline_Silicon_Valley-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.edegan.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/San_Jose_Skyline_Silicon_Valley-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" 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\/silicon-valley-powerhouse-innovation\/\">Silicon Valley: A Powerhouse for 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=\"2017-11-30T14:09:28-05:00\">\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\/11\/30\/\">November 30, 2017<\/a>\n\t<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-template-post-content is-excerpt\" ><p>Silicon Valley&#8217;s economy is a powerhouse. 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