While the potential for intellectual property rights to inhibit the diffusion of scientific knowledge is at the heart … this debate is how intellectual property rights over a given piece of knowledge affects the propensity of future … researchers to build upon that knowledge in their own scientific research activities. This article frames this debate around the …

The appropriability of innovation depends not only on the instruments available to an innovator to protect private … pursue a narrow or broad customer segment, or whether to commercialize a "minimal viable product" version of their innovation …

This is an introduction to the forthcoming volume "The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth." The … chapters collected in this volume seek to answer the following questions: What is the relationship between innovation …/entrepreneurship and economic growth in specific industrial sectors? How has the relationship between innovation /entrepreneurship and …