Article summary – Bloom, Schnkerman and Van Reenan “Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry”

Bloom, Nicholas, Mark Schankerman, and John Van Reenen. “IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS AND PRODUCT MARKET RIVALRY.” Econometrica 81.4 (2013): 1347–1393. Web. R&D Spillovers: The research identifies two main types of spillover effects from Research and Development (R&D). The first is technology or knowledge spillovers, which can enhance the productivity of other firms in similar technological fields. Product Market …

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Chapter summary – “Scientific Grant Funding” in Innovation and Public Policy

Azoulay, Pierre, and Danielle Li (eds), 'Scientific Grant Funding', Innovation and Public Policy (Chicago, IL, 2022; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 22 Sept. 2022), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226805597.003.0005, accessed 13 Dec. 2023. Role of Grants in Research-Funding Ecosystem: Grants are essential in supporting exploratory research, particularly effective when the research is likely to have significant spillovers across domains and over time. They complement other funding mechanisms …

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