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Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016

We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...

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Fiscal and regulatory instruments for clean technology development in the European Union

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Popp, David - 2015

This policy note investigates whether the current level of public support to environment-friendly technologies is sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental concerns. We first lay out the justifications for...

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Science vs. profit in research : lessons from the human genome project

Carraro, Carlo; Pomè, Alessandra; Siniscalco, Domenico - 2001

This paper elaborates on the recent race to sequence the human genome. Starting from the debate on public vs. private research arising from the genome case, the paper shows that in some fundamental research areas, where knowledge externalities play an important role, market and non-market...

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Innovation network

Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

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The extension of clusters : difference-in-differences evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy

Falck, Oliver (contributor); Heblich, Stephan (contributor); … - 2008

Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …

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Key success drivers in public research grants : funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia?

Banal-Estañol, Albert; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2016

innovation, we characterize such "radical teams" as those formed by eclectic and non-usual collaborators, and those that are …

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Measuring the spillovers of venture capital

Schnitzer, Monika; Watzinger, Martin - 2017

We provide the first measurement of knowledge spillovers from venture capital-financed companies onto the patenting activities of other companies. On average, these spillovers are nine times larger than those generated by the R&D investment of established companies. Spillover effects are larger...

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Environmental policy and innovation : a decade of research

Popp, David - 2019

Encouraging innovation is an important part of environmental policy. A large literature in environmental economics … examines the links between environmental policy and innovation. This paper reviews recent literature on green innovation. I … different policy instruments on innovation. I include a discussion of the justifications and evidence for technology …

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Public policy and venture capital backed innovation

Keuschnigg, Christian - 2003

gains taxation, innovation subsidies, public R&D spending and other policy initiatives. …

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Immigration and entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2015

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …

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