may affect social welfare and the rate and direction of innovation …

locations. In 12 of these areas, innovation is particularly concentrated in a single, large firm; we refer to such locations as …

questions about the pro-cyclicality of VC and its implications for innovation, especially in light of the common narrative that … VC is relatively insulated from public markets. We find that the implications for innovation are not benign: innovation … discussion on the nature of innovation across business cycles …

-tier universities in the national innovation system as producers of new, high-quality knowledge …

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 …

failure tolerance and a sharp guillotine helps explain when and where radical innovation occurs …

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 …