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 …

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

Historically, innovation in the energy sector proceeded slowly and entrepreneurial start-up firms played a relatively …, integrating intermittent resources creates additional grid management challenges, requiring further innovation. This chapter … documents the evolving roles of innovation and entrepreneurship in the energy sector. First, we provide an overview of the …

literature on environmental innovation and diffusion, with a focus on studies relevant to the development of clean energy …

This paper examines the relation between ownership, corporate form, and innovation for a cross-section of private and …: while most innovating firms in the US are publicly traded conglomerates, a substantial fraction of innovation is … countries, where business groups tend to be concentrated in industries with a slower and more fundamental innovation cycle and …

This paper examines the effect of environmental policies on technological innovation in the specific case of renewable …

While many studies have looked at innovation and adoption of technologies separately, the two processes are linked …

Using patent data from the United States, Japan, and Germany, this paper examines both the innovation and diffusion of … environmental regulations. Moreover, any technology transfer that occurs appears to be indirect. Domestic innovation occurs even for …

links energy-related R&D to changes in the price of carbon. Drawing on my experiences from empirical studies on innovation … using patents to study environmental innovation and diffusion, and discuss its implications for modeling climate change …

existing knowledge have strongly significant positive effects on innovation. Furthermore, I show that omitting the quality of …