effect on innovation. We develop a simple "trapped factor" model of innovation that is consistent with these empirical …

have the potential to advance scholarship on the life course of innovation with implications for workplace policies …

innovation. The features of these systems take shape as interests at different points in the production chain seek advantage in …

We study the causal impact of patent invalidation on subsequent innovation and exit by the patent holder. The analysis …

This paper documents the increasing importance of software for successful innovation in manufacturing sectors well …

-on innovation …

the rate of technological innovation. Based on over 75,000 industry-country-year observations across 94 economies from … 1976 to 2006, we find that enforcing insider trading laws spurs innovation--as measured by patent intensity, scope, impact …, generality, and originality. Consistent with theories that insider trading slows innovation by impeding the valuation of …

This paper examines the impact of government assistance through R&D grants on innovation output for firms in New … the world while its effects on process innovation and any product innovation are relatively much weaker. Moreover, there …

A large literature asserts that standard essential patents (SEPs) allow their owners to "hold up" innovation by … innovation in SEP-reliant industries. We find no empirical support for either prediction. Indeed, SEP-reliant industries have the …