Drawing insights from the field of innovation economics, we discuss the likely competitive environment shaping … stifling broad sectoral innovation. We conclude with speculations regarding how this oligopolistic future might be averted …

Understanding factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics of innovation … several contexts for research in innovation. We benchmark and demonstrate the benefits of this approach in the context of 44 …

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

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

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 …

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion within firms. Using …

from innovation. In this paper, we revisit that question using a nationally representative sample of firms over the period … of the economics of innovation. There are five main findings. First, while patenting firms are relatively uncommon in the … differences in the type of R&D or innovation produced by a firm. We also discuss the implications of these findings for innovation …

, 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 …