, 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 …

-wide linkages (complementary skills, knowledge spillovers). It compares growth and welfare when families are stratified into …

: imitation of Northern products; imitation and innovation; and finally, innovation only. In particular, the model has the …. First, because subsidies to Southern innovation benefit the North as well, it is beneficial to the North to pay for some of … these subsidies. Second, because the ability of the South to assimilate Northern knowledge and innovate depends on Southern …

. Contrary to transfers and traditional regional policies, it is shown that a public policy that reduces the cost of innovation …

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. …