Join the DIFC Academy and Georgetown University for a masterclass on the Innovation Lifecycle of Emerging Technologies!
Basic and applied research are interdependent and interconnected components of the innovation lifecycle. Basic research is considered the birthplace of breakthrough ideas, and is often measured by scientific publications. Applied research is considered the workplace where these ideas are developed and become practical applications, and is often measured by patents.
This DIFC Community masterclass considers several emergent technologies that have had a meaningful disruptive impact. It then examines whether pioneer regions that lead in a scientific area maintain an advantage over non-pioneer regions in producing innovations in the same area. The baseline results indicate that pioneer regions can establish and grow their patenting advantage over non-pioneer regions in number, impact, and novelty. These results suggest important industry and public policy implications.
25 September 2024 (Wednesday)
9:00AM - 11:00AM GST
Level 3 Auditorium 3 at DIFC Academy campus - Gate Village 2
Speaker:
Jeffrey T. Macher
Professor, Robert E. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
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Jeffrey T. Macher is a Professor of Strategy, Economics and Policy in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is also the Academic Director of Georgetown’s Center for Business and Public Policy. He teaches full-time, evening and executive MBA and executive education courses in microeconomics, competitive and nonmarket strategy, and the management of technology and innovation.
Professor Macher examines the intersection of strategy, economics, regulation, and innovation. His research interests include industry structure, regulation, competitive and nonmarket strategy, and the organization and economics of innovation in a variety of high technology industries, including biopharmaceuticals, freight rail, medical devices, and semiconductors. His research has been published in Academy of Management Journal, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy; California Management Review; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Regulatory Economics; Management Science; Organization Science; RAND Journal of Economics; Research Policy and Strategic Management Journal, among others. He is also the co-editor of two books: Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (2008) published by the National Academy Press; and U.S. Freight Rail Economics And Policy: Are We On The Right Track? (2019) published by Routledge.
Professor Macher received his BSE in Computer Engineering from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan; his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College; and his Ph.D. from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
He is a member of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) and the Strategic Management Society (SMS). He is on the editorial boards of Production and Operations Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal. He is also a Special Government Employee (SGE) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Prior to Georgetown University, Professor Macher worked for Braxton Associates (a strategy consulting firm now part of Deloitte Consulting), IBM and Motorola.
