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The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy : A Historical Perspective

Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - 2021

-produced penicillin, antimalarials, and a flu vaccine. We draw on this episode to discuss the economics of crisis innovation. Since the …

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Expected Profits and the Scientific Novelty of Innovation

Dranove, David; Garthwaite, Craig; Hermosilla, Manuel - 2022

Innovation policy involves trading off monopoly output and pricing in the short run in exchange for incentives for …

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The U.S. Patent System in Transition : Policy Innovation and the Innovation Process

Jaffe, Adam B. - 2021

relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …

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Bias Against Novelty in Science : A Cautionary Tale for Users of Bibliometric Indicators

Wang, Jian - 2016

Research which explores unchartered waters has a high potential for major impact but also carries a higher uncertainty of having impact. Such explorative research is often described as taking a novel approach. This study examines the complex relationship between pursuing a novel approach and...

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Procuring Knowledge

Maurer, Stephen M.; Scotchmer, Suzanne - 2021

There is growing public interest in alternatives to intellectual property including, but not limited to, prizes and government grants. We argue that there is no single best mechanism for supporting research. Rather, mechanisms can only be compared within specific creative environments. We...

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Inventing the Endless Frontier : The Effects of the World War Ii Research Effort on Post-War Innovation

Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - 2022

During World War II, the U.S. government launched an unprecedented effort to mobilize science for war: the newly-established Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) entered thousands of R&D contracts with industrial and academic contractors, spending one to two orders of magnitude...

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European Technology Policy

Eaton, Jonathan; Gutierrez, Eva; Kortum, Samuel S. - 2021

European countries do less research than Japan and the United States. We use a quantitative multi-country growth model to ask: (i) Why is this so? (ii) Would there be any benefit to expanding research in Europe? (iii) What would various European research promotion policies do? We find that (i)...

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Innovation and Diffusion of Clean/Green Technology : Can Patent Commons Help?

Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2012

investigate the motives of the contributing firms as well as the potential for such commons to encourage innovation and diffusion … knowledge management that combine open innovation and patenting …

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Innovation and Climate Policy

Popp, David - 2012

literature on environmental innovation and diffusion, with a focus on studies relevant to the development of clean energy …

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Patent Rights, Product Market Reforms, and Innovation

Aghion, Philippe - 2014

paper, we address this question by investigating how innovation responses to a substantial policy initiative increasing … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly …

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