In this paper, we examine the changes in innovation by US companies, non-US companies, and US universities during the 2007-8 financial crisis. Our theoretical framework describes their different solutions to the informational and control problems associated with innovation funding, and how a...

In this paper, we examine the changes in innovation by US companies, non-US companies, and US universities during the 2007-8 financial crisis. Our theoretical framework describes their different solutions to the informational and control problems associated with innovation funding, and how a...

Financing innovation presents informational and control problems for the financier, and different solutions are used for funding of US companies and universities. In this paper we examine how funding characteristics influenced the change in innovation during the 2007-8 financial crisis for both....