Given the economic, societal and environmental relevance of innovation, this paper contrasts various models of … innovation, compares how innovation is understood in mainstream economics and evolutionary economics of innovation and juxtaposes … states. innovation performance, it argues that the science-push model of innovation is still highly influential in the EC STI …

This article discusses some facets of technological innovation well known to contemporary economists and provides a … useful basis to think rigorously about some societal problems arising from innovation. I review the role of innovation and … to provide the lay person a more balanced view about technology and innovation in a time when news stories focus more on …

To examine the drivers of innovation, this paper studies the global R&D effort to fight the deadliest diseases and … innovation can be very large, as demonstrated by aggregate flow of clinical trials increasing by 38% in 2020, with limited … economists are naturally in favor of market size as a driving force for innovation (i.e."if the market size is sufficiently large …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … about the links between talent, higher education, and innovation. We use these facts to calibrate the model and study … when combined with higher education policy that alleviates financial frictions for talented youth. Education and innovation …

Given the role that innovation plays as an engine for economic development, we examined the enabling factor of … innovation. A sample of 40 African countries over the period 1996-2012 was employed; and our baseline equation was estimated … effectiveness and regulatory quality are two institutional measures that have the most equivalent impact on innovation. This result …