, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …

techniques, I show that changes in the spread of knowledge across different fields do notincrease the probability of becoming an …

effect on technology transfer (catching up with the technological frontier) as well as innovation (pushing the frontier …