In science as well as technology, the diffusion of new ideas influences innovation and productive efficiency. With this …

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

the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …

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 …

development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping …

tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources, agricultural innovation is quickly becoming the most … universities, which, historically, have been a major source of agricultural innovation, increasingly dependent on funding from … evidence on the forces that drive research and innovation in agriculture. This book aims to provides such evidence through …

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

Innovation is important for firm performance and broader economic growth. But breakthrough innovations necessarily … effect on the rate of breakthrough innovation and the profitability of firms …