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 …

-produced penicillin, antimalarials, and a flu vaccine. We draw on this episode to discuss the economics of crisis innovation. Since the …

Scientific knowledge is believed to be the wellspring of innovation. Historically, firms have also invested in research … to fuel innovation and growth. In this paper, we document a shift away from scientific research by large corporations … innovation. Large firms appear to value the golden eggs of science (as reflected in patents) but not the golden goose itself (the …

the israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for …

applied to the case of Computed Tomography (CT) Scanners, a revolutionary innovation in medical technology. The econometric … from innovation is used primarily to compute a social rate of return to R&D, to explore the interrelation between … innovation and diffusion, and to trace the time profile of benefits and costs, the latter suggesting the possible occurance of …

major changes in the American innovation ecosystem over the past century. The past three decades have been marked by a …

This report surveys the empirical literature from economics and related fields on patents and innovation. In particular …, it reviews and synthesizes the empirical evidence on patents and first-generation innovation, the disclosure function of … patents, and patents and follow-on innovation. The main results are summarized in fifteen charts …