Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 20.

Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 20

Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, editors

The chapters in this 20th volume of Innovation Policy and the Economy present research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. One explores changes in the ability of the US to attract talented foreign workers and the role of sponsoring institutions in shaping immigration policy. Another explains how the division of innovative labor between research universities and corporate labs affected productivity growth and the transformation of knowledge into new products and processes. A third reviews a variety of innovation policies and their performance in the...