"Scientific and technological competition has emerged as a front on which strategic competition between the United States and China is contested. Scientific and technological dominance-the prize of this competition-has been recognized as a national priority by high-level leadership from both...

We examine the extent to which foreign R&D satellites of multinational firms act as a medium for the international diffusion of knowledge. Using patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we compare the frequency with which headquarters patents are cited by third-party firms in...

Klappentext: Die forschungs- und entwicklungsintensive Raumfahrt scheint prädestiniert zu sein, Innovationsschübe in weiten Teilen der Wirtschaft auszulösen. Vergleicht man aber den an die Raumfahrt erhobenen Anspruch mancher Regierungen mit den realen Tatbeständen in der Wirtschaft, so...