We model a key step in the innovation process, hypothesis generation, as the making of predictions over a vast …, they use artificial intelligence (AI) instead. We model innovation as resulting from sequential search over a combinatorial … innovation outcomes of interest - the probability of innovation, expected search duration, and expected profit. We describe …

Innovation is often predicated on discovering useful new combinations of existing knowledge in highly complex knowledge …

interplay of these two localized externalities and their impact on regional innovation. We examine MSA-level patent data during … the period 1975-2000 and find that innovation output is higher where large and small labs coexist. The finding is robust …

interplay of these two localized externalities and their impact on regional innovation. We examine MSA-level patent data during … the period 1975-2000 and find that innovation output is higher where large and small labs coexist. The finding is robust …