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Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19

Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

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 …

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Government Innovation Funds - Recent Developments in Finland and Sweden

Gonzáles Frixach, Laia; Płuciennik, Paulina; Schmitt, … - Hochschule Offenburg; Hochschule Offenburg / Institute … - 2021

The aim of this essay is to give an overview about recent developments of the government innovation funds of Sweden and … Finland. In order to discover recent developments basic knowledge regarding innovation funds, funding structures and … the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Sweden and Finland had to really push forward innovation with financial support and political …

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Expected Profits and The Scientific Novelty of Innovation

Dranove, David - 2020

Innovation policy involves trading off monopoly output and pricing in the short run in exchange for incentives for …

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The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy : A Historical Perspective

Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

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

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Science as a Public Good : Public Use and Funding of Science

Yin, Yian; Dong, Yuxiao; Wang, Kuansan; Wang, Dashun; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Knowledge of how science is consumed in public domains is essential for a deeper understanding of the role of science in human society. While science is heavily supported by public funding, common depictions suggest that scientific research remains an isolated or 'ivory tower' activity, with...

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Inventing the Endless Frontier : The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Post-war Innovation

Gross, Daniel P. - 2020

During World War II, the U.S. government launched an unprecedented effort to mobilize science for war: the newly-established Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) entered thousands of R&D contracts with industrial and academic contractors, spending one to two orders of magnitude...

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Procuring Knowledge

Maurer, Stephen M. - 2003

There is growing public interest in alternatives to intellectual property including, but not limited to, prizes and government grants. We argue that there is no single best mechanism for supporting research. Rather, mechanisms can only be compared within specific creative environments. We...

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Moving the frontier of macroeconomic modelling of research and innovation policy : independent expert report

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Forschung … - 2020

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Maltese research and innovation system : Horizon 2020 policy support facility : peer review

Imboden, Dieter M.; Nauwelaers, Claire; Bučar, Maja; … - Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Forschung … - 2019

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Specific support to Tunisia : background report : Horizon 2020 policy support facility

Dani, Soheir; Mahieu, Bea - Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Forschung … - 2018

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