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The role of innovation and entrepreneurship in economic growth

Andrews, Michael Jeffrey (ed.); Chatterji, Aaron (ed.); … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

"Innovation and entrepreneurship are ubiquitous today, both as fields of study and as starting points for conversations … a nuanced understanding of where innovation and entrepreneurship occur and where they matter. Answering these questions … allows for strategic public investment and the infrastructure for economic growth.The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship …

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Financial Innovation in the 21st Century : Evidence from U.S. Patents

Lerner, Joshua; Seru, Amit; Short, Nick; Sun, Yuan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

and production of financial innovation. We use machine learning to identify the financial patents and extensively audit … the results to ensure their reasonableness. We find that patented financial innovation is substantial and economically … financial sector, which collectively accounted for 69% of the awards. The location of innovation has shifted, with banks moving …

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Innovators : Filmmakers

Galenson, David W. - 2010

John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock were experimental filmmakers: both believed images were more important to movies than words, and considered movies a form of entertainment. Their styles developed gradually over long careers, and both made the films that are generally considered their greatest...

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Innovators : Architects

Galenson, David W. - 2010

Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Frank Gehry were experimental architects: all worked visually, and arrived at their designs by discovering forms as they sketched. Their styles evolved gradually over long periods, and all three produced the buildings that are generally considered their...

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Wisdom and Creativity in Old Age : Lessons from the Impressionists

Galenson, David W. - 2007

Psychologists have not considered wisdom and creativity to be closely associated. This reflects their failure to recognize that creativity is not exclusively the result of bold discoveries by young conceptual innovators. Important advances can equally be made by older, experimental innovators....

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Painting by Proxy : The Conceptual Artist as Manufacturer

Galenson, David W. - 2006

In 1958, the French philosopher Etienne Gilson observed that "painters are related to manual laborers by a deep-rooted affinity that nothing can eliminate," because painting was the one art in which the person who conceives the work is also necessarily the person who executes it. Conceptual...

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A Conceptual World : Why the Art of the Twentieth Century is So Different From the Art of All Earlier Centuries

Galenson, David W. - 2006

was a direct consequence of the dominant role of conceptual innovation in the century's art, as a series of young …

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Two Paths to Abstract Art : Kandinsky and Malevich

Galenson, David W. - 2006

Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich were both great Russian painters who became pioneers of abstract art during the second decade of the twentieth century. Yet the forms of their art differed radically, as did their artistic methods and goals. Kandinsky, an experimental artist, approached...

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Analyzing Artistic Innovation : The Greatest Breakthroughs of the Twentieth Century

Galenson, David W. - 2006

This paper considers not only when in their careers the greatest artists of the twentieth century made their greatest discoveries, but also how quickly they made them. The results underscore the dominant position of Picasso and Cubism in twentieth-century art: Picasso alone accounts for the two...

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The Most Important Works of Art of the Twentieth Century

Galenson, David W. - 2006

A survey of art history textbooks identifies and ranks the eight most important works of the 20th century. The most important painting of the century was Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, executed by Picasso at the age of 26, which began the development of Cubism. Among the other seven works, a...

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