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 …

innovation. We identify significant patents based on textual similarity of a given patent to previous and subsequent work: these … aggregate, sectoral, and firm level. Our technology indices span two centuries (1840-2010) and cover innovation by private and …

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

I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is … performance, and the impact on pharmaceutical patenting and domestic innovation. The conclusion suggests that patents may be …

U.S. agriculture was transformed during the 20th century by waves of innovation with mechanical, biological, chemical … the United States towards agriculturally important middle-income countries, especially China, India and Brazil. U … innovation will be required to preserve past productivity gains in the face of climate change, coevolving pests and diseases, and …

of creative destruction, we draw a distinction between technological innovation advanced by the firm, or its competitors …. Using administrative data from the United States, we find that own firm innovation is associated with a modest increase in … worker earnings growth, while innovation by competing firms is related to lower future worker earnings. Importantly, these …

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