Contents: 1. Technology and innovation policy: Setting the stage -- 2. Technology policies to enhance private-sector r&d -- 3. The effectiveness of technology policy -- 4. Unanticipated consequences of technology policy -- 5. The technology policy environment -- 6. Technology policies to...

1. Yet another measure of ignorance / Albert N. Link -- 2. Innovation and creativity : a slogan, nothing but a slogan / Benoit Godin -- 3. From knowledge to innovation : the role of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship / David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, and Joshua Hinger -- 4. Innovation...

There is great interest in evaluating the impact of private equity investments on innovation and economic growth. However, there is no direct empirical evidence on the effects of such transactions on the innovation strategies of entrepreneurial firms. We fill this gap by examining a rich...