from innovation. In this paper, we revisit that question using a nationally representative sample of firms over the period … of the economics of innovation. There are five main findings. First, while patenting firms are relatively uncommon in the … differences in the type of R&D or innovation produced by a firm. We also discuss the implications of these findings for innovation …

estimation is over panel datasets of patent grants, and unpatented innovations that were submitted for prizes at the annual … hypothesize that the difference partly owes to the design of patent institutions, which explicitly incorporate mechanisms for …

-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as … standard measures of patent quality, we find that patents granted to firms involved in private equity transactions are more …

disaggregates "R" from "D" to study how US firms adjust their innovation investments in response to an external increase in funding … impact of the crisis appears in citation-weighted patent output after 3 to 5 years. Finally, we show that if other firms …