We review the recent literature on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This … related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage innovation projects … innovation and changing external conditions, especially reduced experimentation costs …

the average patent, VC-backed innovation is substantially more procyclical than the broader economy. This is driven early …-stage startups, whose innovation in recessions is relatively less cited, less original, less general, and less related to fundamental …