Understanding factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics of innovation … machine learning technique, Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP), which flexibly identifies patterns in text corpora. The … several contexts for research in innovation. We benchmark and demonstrate the benefits of this approach in the context of 44 …

Mastery learning - the process by which students must demonstrate proficiency with a single topic before moving on - is … implement it into a classroom setting. This study evaluates a program to encourage greater mastery learning through technology … coaching in how to use Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) for helping students follow a customized roadmap of incremental …

, along with a more complex set of innovation incentives. This chapter presents background on medical device regulation … adverse events and recalls), and concludes with a discussion of the implications of regulation for innovation incentives in …

disaggregates "R" from "D" to study how US firms adjust their innovation investments in response to an external increase in funding …

What is the role of startups within the innovation ecosystem? Since 2000, startups have grown in their share of … ventures in the innovation process relative to more traditional alternatives such as academia and established private … generate predictions related to the value and impact of startup innovation. We then explore these predictions using patents …

relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …

the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …

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 …