We analyze the effects of the 1984 breakup of the Bell System on the rate, diversity, and direction of US innovation … diversity of telecommunications innovation increased. Total patenting by US inventors related to telecommunications increased by …

Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

Among available policy levers to boost innovation, investment in applied research organisations has received little … system and merge it with the German contribution to the Community Innovation Survey (CIS), which contains panel information …