The papers in this volume represent some of the leading work on intellectual property. They address the question of how to create incentives to develop new technologies and how to protect those technologies once developed from theft. They also ask when valuable property might be developed even...

An introduction to innovation and policy / Louise Earl and Fred Gault -- What do we know about innovation and socio-economic change? : lessons from the TEARI Project / Jan Fagerberg -- The role of benchmarks and targets in Canadian innovation policy / Surendra Gera, Richard Roy and Thitima...