The economic importance of innovative activity brings with it an active debate on the effect of public policy on the innovation process. This annual series, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, brings the work of leading academic researchers to the broader policy community,...

The economic importance of innovation brings with it an active debate on the impact public policy has on the innovation process. This annual series, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, brings the work of leading academic researchers to the broader policy community. This volume...

This new annual series, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, will provide a forum for research on the interactions between public policy and the innovation process. Discussions will cover all types of policy that affect the ability of an economy to achieve scientific and...

Innovation Policy and the Economy: Introduction to Volume 7 -- 1 Is the Pharmaceutical Industry in a Productivity Crisis? -- 2 When Ideas Are Not Free: The Impact of Patents on Scientific Research -- 3 Wrapping It Up in a Person: The Mobility Patterns of New PhDs -- 4 Innovation Incentives for...

Intro -- Innovation Policy and the Economy: Introduction to Volume 6 -- 1 Policy Implications of Weak Patent Rights -- 2 Innovation and Its Discontents -- 3 Consumer Benefi t from Use of the Internet -- 4 Opportunities for Improving the Drug Development Process: Results from a Survey of Industry...

Start-ups and other entrepreneurial ventures make a significant contribution to the US economy, particularly in the tech sector, where they comprise some of the largest and most influential companies. Yet for every high-profile, high-growth company like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google,...

While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of innovation and technological...

Purpose: This paper aims to review the evidence on Europe’s economic performance and on the role played by policies pursued at the European Union (EU) level, using the competitiveness framework as the conceptual lens. Design/methodology/approach: Why has Europe not made more progress on...