I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is … performance, and the impact on pharmaceutical patenting and domestic innovation. The conclusion suggests that patents may be …

This paper studies a simple model of experimentation and innovation. Our analysis suggests that patents may improve the … allocation of resources by encouraging rapid experimentation and efficient ex post transfer of knowledge across firms. Each firm … project to implement. A successful innovation can be copied by other firms. Symmetric equilibria (where actions do not depend …

The contribution made by innovation and new technologies to economic growth and welfare is largely determined by the … neglected one in the economics of innovation. This chapter, written for a handbook on innovation, provides a historical and …

knowledge management that combine open innovation and patenting … investigate the motives of the contributing firms as well as the potential for such commons to encourage innovation and diffusion …