Intellectual Synthesis in Mentorship Determines Success in Academic Careers
As academic careers become more competitive, junior scientists need to understand the value that…
Notice Failure Revisited: Evidence on the Use of Virtual Patent Marking
One source of uncertainty in the patent system relates to the difficulty in identifying…
Can Innovators be Created? Experimental Evidence from an Innovation Contest
Existing theories and empirical research on how innovation occurs largely assume that innovativeness is…
Academic Entrepreneurship: The Roles of Identity, Motivation, Championing, Educa ...
Most studies of academic entrepreneurship are based on ideas and tools from fields such…
The Cost of Research Tools and the Direction of Innovation: Evidence from Comput ...
We examine how a change in the cost of access to knowledge influences the…
The Use of Innovation Prizes in Government
Prizes are incentives that have long been used by public and private sponsors to…
Choosing Skilled Foreign-Born Workers: Evaluating Alternative Methods for Alloca ...
The H-1B program allows highly educated foreign-born labor to temporarily work in the United…
Public R&D Investments and Private-Sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding R ...
We quantify the impact of scientific grant funding at the National Institutes of Health…
The Effect of the H-1B Quota on Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The…