innovation can be systematically distorted. This paper builds a simple model of endogenous technology, which generalizes existing … comparative static results and characterizes potential distortions in the direction of innovation. I show that empirical findings …

Taking into account the relevance of Biotechnology in the World industry and economic growth, this essay is focused on … the analysis of the use of biotech patent information for determining technological trends and generating innovation … on Biotechnology. An example of the use of patent information for determining trends by means of Technology Surveillance …

) Entrepreneurship distributed in systems of innovation, 3) Entrepreneurs changing selection criteria, and 4) Rationality vs. uncertainty …

-in-part) that human gene patents "present a significant obstacle to the next generation of innovation in genetic medicine … over gene patents. Ironically, it might be the case that the next generation of genetic diagnostic testing innovation will …

This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

literature. We discuss if lock-ins are really inescapable, especially when innovation is concerned. Also, we address the question …