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The U.S. Patent System in Transition : Policy Innovation and the Innovation Process

Jaffe, Adam B. - 1999

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

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Tracing the Linkages Between Scientific Research and Energy Innovations : A Comparison of Clean and Dirty Technologies

Perrons, Robert K. - 2020

development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping …

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Killing the Golden Goose? The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D

Arora, Ashish - 2015

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 …

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Innovation Market Failures and the Design of New Climate Policy Instruments

Armitage, Sarah C.; Bakhtian, Noël; Jaffe, Adam B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

externalities but also by innovation market failures. This paper maps the economics literature on innovation market failures and …

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The Changing Structure of American Innovation : Some Cautionary Remarks for Economic Growth

Arora, Ashish - 2019

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

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Inventive Capabilities in the Division of Innovative Labor

Arora, Ashish - 2018

of innovation and imitation, we explore how inventive capability affects a firm's R&D investments, and thus whether and … innovation and the division of innovative labor among US manufacturing firms, we find that high capability firms tend to use …

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Patent Quality : Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Higham, Kyle W. - 2020

The 'quality' of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality … is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share …

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Induction and Evolution in the Origin of Inventions : Evidence from Smoking Cessation Products

Werfel, Seth H. - 2010

innovation in a socially desirable substitute. Evolutionary theory emphasizes the possibility of innovation waves associated with … products. It does appear, however, that dominant designs did have substantial positive innovation effects. More specifically … innovation effects at the firm level than among individual inventors …

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Implications for Energy Innovation from the chemical industry

Arora, Ashish - 2010

The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this … chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played … coal to oil, and briefly analyze two government programs that have attempted to promote innovation: synthetic rubber and …

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First-mover Advantage and the Private Value of Public Science

Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Dionisi, Bernardo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Technical progress increasingly relies on the use of scientific knowledge. But if much of this knowledge is in the public domain, can it be a source of private value? We find that average private returns to using public science are small, especially in crowded technical fields, consistent with...

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