Worker mobility across firms can enhance innovation by spreading knowledge, but such mobility may also hinder … innovation by making firms reluctant to invest in R&D. A common way that firms limit workers' mobility is with noncompete … agreements (NCAs). We examine how the legal enforceability of NCAs affects innovation, as measured by patenting, using data on …

This paper studies how innovative firms manage their innovation portfolios after filing for Chapter 11 reorganization …

This paper contributes to the literature on innovation policies and institutional theory on conditions for effective … yield broader implications for organization and innovation …

disaggregates "R" from "D" to study how US firms adjust their innovation investments in response to an external increase in funding …

(process) R&D and quality (efficiency), and find strong evidence that process innovation is related to higher efficiency, while … product innovation is associated with higher product quality. We discuss the welfare implications of these two distinct … innovation activities …

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 …