Entrepreneurship and self employment are often considered major drivers of economic growth and development. Entrepreneurial firms can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies into an economy, thus increasing a country’s competitive edge in the global...

<DIV>There is considerable debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding research, innovation, and the commercialization of new technology. This debate has intensified as policy makers have focused on new sources of...</div>

<DIV><DIV><P><I>Innovation Policy and the Economy </I>provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. The distinguished contributors cover all types of policy that affect the ability of an economy to achieve scientific and technological progress or...</i></p></div></div>

<DIV><P>While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of innovation and technological...</p></div>

<DIV>The fifteenth volume of<I> Innovation Policy and the Economy </I>is the first to focus on a single theme: high-skilled immigration to the United States. The first paper is the product of a long-term research effort on the impact of immigration to the United States of Russian mathematicians beginning...</i></div>

<DIV>Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade. There is an active debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding research, innovation, and the commercialization of...</div>

<DIV><P>Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market. As a result, cultivating a strong culture of...</p></div>