Innovation Agencies

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Response 5: Innovation Agencies

ARPA-E – arpa-e.energy.gov

What is its broad goal? What kinds of private sector entities does it target and what kinds of policies does it use to target them? (You might think about particular industrial sectors, particular kinds of technologies, vertical/horizontal interventions, instruments such as subsidies, research or development assistance, protection from competition, etc.)

Most importantly, thinking back on what you know about innovation, why might those instruments be necessary for innovation to occur in the targeted area? That is, what need does the agency (try to) meet?

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