What is the role of startups within the innovation ecosystem? Since 2000, startups have grown in their share of … ventures in the innovation process relative to more traditional alternatives such as academia and established private … generate predictions related to the value and impact of startup innovation. We then explore these predictions using patents …

innovation infrastructure (cross-cutting factors which contribute broadly to innovativeness throughout the economy), the … environment for innovation in its leading industrial clusters, and the strength of linkages between these two areas. We use this …

from pharmaceutical innovation. Extending previous studies of the welfare benefits from innovation (Trajtenberg, 1990 …

segmentation) shaped the underlying incen- tives for innovation in the PC industry during the mid to late 1980s …

innovation. We identify significant patents based on textual similarity of a given patent to previous and subsequent work: these … aggregate, sectoral, and firm level. Our technology indices span two centuries (1840-2010) and cover innovation by private and …

of creative destruction, we draw a distinction between technological innovation advanced by the firm, or its competitors …. Using administrative data from the United States, we find that own firm innovation is associated with a modest increase in … worker earnings growth, while innovation by competing firms is related to lower future worker earnings. Importantly, these …

This is an introduction to the forthcoming volume "The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth." The … chapters collected in this volume seek to answer the following questions: What is the relationship between innovation …/entrepreneurship and economic growth in specific industrial sectors? How has the relationship between innovation /entrepreneurship and …

impact by serving as a new general-purpose "method of invention" that can reshape the nature of the innovation process and … stimulating research productivity and innovation-oriented competition going forward …