Examines whether the relationship between small firms and university-based research is the reason that small firms are more innovative and produce more significant innovations than large firms. Data for this analysis were collected from 209 firms in the manufacturing industry, identified through...

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an emphasis on R&D activity and the diffusion of new techniques....