Open Innovation describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on
research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such …

The Open Innovation paradigm can be understood as the antithesis of the traditional vertical
integration model where internal research and development (R&D) activities lead to …

This paper presents a synthetic framework identifying the central drivers of start-up
commercialization strategy and the implications of these drivers for industrial dynamics. We …

This paper re‐examines critically the growing literature on localized knowledge spillovers
(LKSs), and finds the econometric evidence on the subject still lacking a firm theoretical …

This paper examines the link between a firm's absorptive capacity-building activities and the
search process for innovation. We propose that the enhanced access to university research …

We examine the golden age of US innovation by undertaking a major data collection
exercise linking historical US patents to state and county-level aggregates and matching …

Studies of innovation have focused on the effects of patent laws on the number of
innovations, but have ignored effects on the direction of technological change. This paper …

This textbook covers the full range of topics and issues normally included in a course on
economic growth and development. Both mainstream economic perspectives as well as the …

While cumulative knowledge production is central to growth, little empirical research
investigates how institutions shape whether existing knowledge can be exploited to create …

This article explores new data on the transfer and renewal of US patents and interprets this
new evidence using a model of patent transfers and renewal. We find that the proportion of …