The purpose of our study is to review and synthesize the rapidly evolving literature on technology transfer effectiveness. Our paper provides a lens into relatively recent work, focusing particularly on empirical studies of US technology transfer conducted within the last 15 years. In doing so,...

The effects of changes in the jobs of scientists andengineers, particularly a move from university to industry or vice versa, onproductivity are examined. Data were collected from the curriculum vitae of1,200 research scientists and engineers, obtained from the U.S. Department ofEnergy and the...

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an emphasis on R&D activity and the diffusion of new techniques....