, 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 …

We study how complementarities and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge workers. The main …

least as innovative as their larger counterparts poses something of a paradox. Where do small firms get their knowledge … identification of the extent to which spillovers exist between major sources generating new knowledge, such as the R&D laboratories … more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …

This paper looks at the genesis of innovation in the United States from a territorial perspective. The analysis aims to … disentangle the impact of local R&D expenditure from other contextual conditions supportive of the process of innovation …. Particular emphasis is devoted to the role of socio-economic factors and systems of innovation conditions (‘social filter …

option of selling to an incumbent increases innovation incentives for entrepreneurs when network effects are strong and … necessarily restrict innovation incentives. We also show that network effects promote acquisitions over entry and that the … entrepreneur has strong incentives to invest in the initial user base of the innovation. …

and technology. Indian innovation hubs also generate positive knowledge spillovers to other regions. …This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …

This paper examines the interdependence between innovation and imports of intermediates, and their joint impact on …

This paper examines the relationship between innovation and firms' dependence on external capital by analyzing the … innovation activities of privately-held and publicly-traded firms We find that public firms in external finance dependent … in internal finance dependent industries do not have a significantly better innovation profile than matched private firms …