Economic policy for the information economy: a summary of the Bank's 2001 economic symposium / Craig S. Hakkio -- Opening remarks / Alan Greenspan -- The "new economy": background, historical perspective, questions, and speculations / J. Bradford DeLong and Lawrence H. Summers. Commentary /...

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic entrepreneurship. We highlight two main characteristics of the program that make it attractive as an entrepreneurship policy: early-stage financing and scientist involvement in...