organisational changes and knowledge spillovers. Most recently (in 2006), before the current world crisis, hourly labour productivity …

The effect of financial crises on innovation is an unsettled and important question for economic growth, but one … that local distress caused a sudden and persistent decline in patenting by the largest organizational form of innovation at …. Despite this, we find that innovation during crises can be more resilient than it may appear at first glance. First, there is …

the relation between spatial competition, craft guilds and innovation, and (ii) by showing the calibrated model correctly …

anecdotal. This paper provides direct quantitative evidence showing that how innovation and design work was done changed … fundamentally during the Industrial Revolution. This change was characterized by the professionalization of innovation and design …

During the Industrial Revolution technological progress and innovation became the main drivers of economic growth. But …

What is the optimal system of intellectual property rights to encourage innovation? Empirical evidence from economic … existence of strong patent laws encourage innovation? And 2) May patent laws influence the direction - as opposed to the rate … innovations in developing countries, discourage innovation in the developing countries? This essay summarizes results of existing …

that pools encourage innovation in pool technologies, albeit at the cost of innovation in substitutes. Empirical evidence … innovations by new firms for a historical pool in the sewing machine industry (1856-1877) to examine effects on innovation …. Contrary to theoretical predictions, this analysis suggests that pools may discourage innovation in pool technologies and shift …

We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking historical U … macro and micro-level determinants. We find a positive relationship between innovation and drivers of regional performance … delayed marriage, and tended to migrate to places that were conducive to innovation. Father's income was positively correlated …

, has emphasized the importance of patents as a primary driver of innovation. Recent improvements in empirical methodology … when patent rights have been too broad or strong, they have actually discouraged innovation. This paper summarizes the …