[EBOOK] Making in America: From Innovation to Ma

<b>How America can rebuild its industrial landscape to sustain an innovative economy.</b><br /><br />America is the world leader in innovation, but many of the innovative ideas that are hatched in American start-ups, labs, and companies end up going abroad to reach commercial scale. Apple, the superstar of innovation, locates its production in China (yet still reaps most of its profits in the United States). When innovation does not find the capital, skills, and expertise it needs to come to market in the United States, what does it mean for economic growth and job creation? Inspired by the MIT Made in America project of the 1980s, <i>Making in America</i> brings experts from across MIT to focus on a critical problem for the country.<br /><br />MIT scientists, engineers, social scientists, and management experts visited more than 250 firms in the United States, Germany, and China. In companies across America--from big defense contractors to small machine shops and new technology start-