The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …

energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy …

With the rise of the knowledge economy, delivering sound innovation policies requires a thorough understanding of how … Global Innovation Networks (GINs), to shed light on how the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) influences … innovation or in patenting activities abroad. …

innovation, with particular reference to agro-biotechnologies and the relations between developed and developing countries. There … towards research and innovation in general, which in some cases may be beneficial to society, in others not so. If the … with excessive market power when commercializing the innovation. This paper will try to show that these problems cannot be …

intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in determining innovation in developing countries (South). We show that although … workers there. By increasing the size of the innovation sector and the skill-intensity of emigration, IPRs protection makes it … correlation between emigration and innovation in the presence of strong IPRs protection. …

the production of innovation within this R&D sector. We look at the specific problem of coordinating the supply of inputs … marketing of the innovation occurs. This property rights scenario raises two problems, one of efficiency and one of equity. The …