Recent research on financial market valuation of the knowledge assets of publicly traded firms is surveyed. The … motivation for using a market value equation to price knowledge assets is discussed and the theory behind this equation is … value of the modern manufacturing corporation is strongly related to its knowledge assets, and that patent measures contain …

Innovation policy can be a crucial component of governments' responses to crises. Because speed is a paramount … objective, crisis innovation may also require different policy tools than innovation policy in non-crisis times, raising … distinct questions and tradeoffs. In this paper, we survey the U.S. policy response to two crises where innovation was crucial …

Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, individual creativity has received … for the management of creative workers and for the implementation of competitive procurement mechanisms for innovation …

Liability laws designed to compensate for harms caused by defective products may also affect innovation. We examine … negative impact on downstream innovation in medical implants, but it had no significant effect on upstream polymer patenting … effect on downstream innovation …

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 …