Biological resource centers (BRCs) collect, certify, and distribute organisms for use in research and in the development of commercial products in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and biotechnology industries. They maintain a large and varied collection, including cell lines, micro-organisms,...

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...

Part I: Entrepreneurship and entrant-incumbent dynamics. Negotiating for the market / Joshua S. Gans -- Innovation policies / Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf -- Nuanced role of relevant prior experience: sales takeoff of disruptive products and product innovation with disrupted technology...