locations. In 12 of these areas, innovation is particularly concentrated in a single, large firm; we refer to such locations as …

-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … effect on innovation. We develop a simple "trapped factor" model of innovation that is consistent with these empirical …

the israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for … the past 30 years, with the aid of highly detailed patent data. We use for that purpose all israeli patents taken in the …

-based innovation system. We develop an analytical model where startups are more efficient at solving technical challenges and …

risks. We find that better appropriability in the sense of more effective patent strength and secrecy has a strong negative …

This paper documents the increasing importance of software for successful innovation in manufacturing sectors well …

This paper examines the impact of government assistance through R&D grants on innovation output for firms in New … the probability that a firm in the manufacturing and service sectors applies for a patent during 2005-2009, but no … the world while its effects on process innovation and any product innovation are relatively much weaker. Moreover, there …

We use the U.S. patent data merged with firm-level datasets to establish new facts about the role of mega firms in … patent)--and their hits tend to generate more follow-on patents assigned to other firms when compared to hits generated by …