illustrate that patents are at the heart of the economic development of multinationals, start-ups, and the rise of new … technologies. Bessy traces the contours of the appropriation of intellectual creation and the new class of lawyers who participate … in it, drawing a portrait of contemporary capitalism in which the grip of law threatens the pioneers of innovation …

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers … topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an … Economics of Invention: A Survey of the Literature', Journal of Business, XXXII (2), April, 101-27 -- Benton F. Massell (1961 …

. Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. With a focus on developing countries …, existing studies on innovation systems are quantified and further avenues of research suggested. Readers will establish a more … universal understanding of the vibrant relationship between firms and universities, and how this affects innovation for the …

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries' technological … competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period …. Specifically, these patents were granted to "not-for-profit" entities (mainly universities and research institutes), firms with no …

Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some … countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries …

Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to …

access to university knowledge to support their own innovation. Outlining and discussing the intellectual roots of research … generation to the completion of projects. This will be an essential read for academics researching innovation and the role of …. Policymakers seeking to explore how and why SMEs engage in open innovation practices will also find this an invigorating book"-- …

-- Part III financing spin-offs and technology transfer -- 7. Incubation to address the 'innovation gap' / Ulrich Mahr and … perspective on academic spin-offs and technology transfer -- 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation …