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Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Innovation policy can be a crucial component of governments' responses to crises. Because speed is a paramount … objective, crisis innovation may also require different policy tools than innovation policy in non-crisis times, raising … distinct questions and tradeoffs. In this paper, we survey the U.S. policy response to two crises where innovation was crucial …
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Expected Profits and The Scientific Novelty of Innovation
Dranove, David - 2020
Innovation policy involves trading off monopoly output and pricing in the short run in exchange for incentives for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481677
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The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy : A Historical Perspective
Gross, Daniel P.; Sampat, Bhaven N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-produced penicillin, antimalarials, and a flu vaccine. We draw on this episode to discuss the economics of crisis innovation. Since the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482553
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Words in Patents : Research Inputs and the Value of Innovativeness in Invention
Packalen, Mikko - 2012
Intelligently allocating research effort and funds requires deciding whether to build on recent advances or on more established knowledge. When recent advances create superior opportunities for invention, their adoption as research inputs in the invention process promotes technological progress....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460166
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Where Have All the "Creative Talents" Gone? Employment Dynamics of US Inventors
Akcigit, Ufuk; Goldschlag, Nathan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
entrant or incumbent firm. If the inventor works for the entrant the innovation is implemented and the entrant displaces the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248003
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Innovation Market Failures and the Design of New Climate Policy Instruments
Armitage, Sarah C.; Bakhtian, Noël; Jaffe, Adam B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
externalities but also by innovation market failures. This paper maps the economics literature on innovation market failures and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337854
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Can Operation Warp Speed Serve as a Model for Accelerating Innovations Beyond COVID Vaccines?
D'Souza, Arielle; Hoyt, Kendall; Snyder, Christopher M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a U.S. government-led program to accelerate the development, production, and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. The program cut the typical ten-year timeline needed to develop a new vaccine down to ten months and began vaccinating vulnerable populations within a...
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Science as a Public Good : Public Use and Funding of Science
Yin, Yian; Dong, Yuxiao; Wang, Kuansan; Wang, Dashun; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Knowledge of how science is consumed in public domains is essential for a deeper understanding of the role of science in human society. While science is heavily supported by public funding, common depictions suggest that scientific research remains an isolated or 'ivory tower' activity, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510627
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Inventing the Endless Frontier : The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Post-war Innovation
Gross, Daniel P. - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481570
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R&D Management in the Knowledge Era : Challenges of Emerging Technologies
Daim, Tuğrul (ed.); Dabić, Marina (ed.);  … - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
technology roadmaps and bibliometrics. Part III, Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship, explores R&D, knowledge transfer … book is a valuable resource for academics, scholars, professionals and leaders in innovation, R&D, technology, and …
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