The study investigates the role of minority equity purchases on the innovation activities of the US firms. We provide evidence of an increased innovation activity following minority equity purchases targeting firms with a small size patent portfolio prior to acquisition. Using a hand collected...

This chapter reviews the data and literature on gender, race and ethnicity differences in research funding in the United States and Europe. The gender gap in research funding has closed at the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health in the United States and substantially...