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The Role of Innovation and…
The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth
Aaron Chatterji
,
Josh Lerner
,
Scott Stern
&
Michael J. Andrews
, editors
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CONFERENCE HELD
January 7-8, 2020
PUBLISHER
: University of Chicago Press
Table of Contents
Introduction: Beyond 140 Characters
Author(s):
Michael J. Andrews
,
Aaron K. Chatterji
&
Scott Stern
Chapter 1:
The "Weighty" Manufacturing Sector: Transforming Raw Materials into Physical Goods
Author(s):
Erica R. H. Fuchs
,
Christophe Combemale
,
Kate S. Whitefoot
&
Britta Glennon
Chapter 2:
Concentration and Agglomeration of IT Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Patenting
Author(s):
Chris Forman
&
Avi Goldfarb
Chapter 3:
Innovation, Growth, and Structural Change in American Agriculture
Author(s):
Julian M. Alston
&
Philip G. Pardey
Comment
-
Brian Davern Wright
Chapter 4:
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector
Author(s):
David Popp
,
Jacquelyn Pless
,
Ivan Haščič
&
Nick Johnstone
Chapter 5:
What’s Driving Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Transport Sector?
Author(s):
Derrick Choe
,
Alexander Oettl
&
Rob Seamans
Comment
-
Gilles Duranton
Chapter 6:
The Recent Evolution of Physical Retail Markets: Online Retailing, Big Box Stores, and the Rise of Restaurants
Author(s):
Francine Lafontaine
&
Jagadeesh Sivadasan
Comment
-
Emek Basker
Chapter 7:
The Servicification of the US Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms
Author(s):
Mercedes Delgado
,
J. Daniel Kim
&
Karen Mills
Comment
-
Sharat Ganapati
Chapter 8:
Digitization and Its Consequences for Creative-Industry Product and Labor Markets
Author(s):
Joel Waldfogel
Comment
-
Gustavo Manso
Chapter 9:
Innovation in the US Government
Author(s):
Joshua R. Bruce
&
John M. de Figueiredo
Comment
-
Manuel Trajtenberg
Chapter 10:
Venture Capital Led Entrepreneurship in Health Care
Author(s):
Amitabh Chandra
,
Cirrus Foroughi
&
Lauren Mostrom
Chapter 11:
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Housing
Author(s):
Edward Kung
Comment
-
Jessie Handbury
Chapter 12:
Education and Innovation
Author(s):
Barbara Biasi
,
David J. Deming
&
Petra Moser
Comment
-
Eleanor Wiske Dillon
Creating “Smart” Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Author(s):
Karen G. Mills
&
Annie Dang
Measuring Business Innovation Using a Multi-Dimensional Approach
Author(s):
Lucia Foster
Chapter 13:
Where Innovation Happens, and Where It Does Not
Author(s):
Benjamin F. Jones
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