thinking about the economy in general and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular, not only shape how … innovation and entrepreneurial activity are valued, but also the overall policy debate concerning innovation and entrepreneurship …The purpose of this paper is to identify and unravel the disparate views toward innovation prevalent within the …

We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on …

infrastructure in the United States, and they are important as a possible element of our national innovation system. …

Our descriptive analysis of a random sample of businesses that received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research …

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 … Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program research awards. We find that SBIR firms attracting private equity investments are …

In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in … small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business … Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our years of study of the SBIR program that it is indeed bending the arc of …

transition of the technology developed under the sponsorship of the SBIR program to an innovation to enter the market. We find …

innovation-related initiatives, one of which was the National Cooperative Research Act (NCRA) of 1984. It has been argued that …