innovation

  1. January 28, 2016

    Innovation gets a boost with the right competition, study finds

    Competition has long been seen as a fuel that powers innovation in many industries. But the type of competition makes a huge difference on how much firms spend on research and development.

  2. October 12, 2015

    Random coffee meet-ups spurring innovation across campus

    Innovate Brew, a unique program that randomly matches U-M faculty for coffee meetings to foster innovative thinking, is expanding from a pilot program to include all U-M faculty.

  3. October 8, 2015

    U-M faculty part of Senate effort to reauthorize America COMPETES Act

    Faculty members Stephen Forrest and Alan Taub participated in a U.S. Senate roundtable discussion Tuesday on reauthorizing the America COMPETES Act. 

  4. February 7, 2014

    Shifting innovation in reverse could solve urban transit issues

    When it comes to urban transit, both emerging and mature markets have some things in common — diminishing public resources, infrastructure constraints and air quality concerns.