Innovation
Are “Patent Trolls” Stick-Up Artists or Just Benign Middlemen?
A new study explores the dual effect that non-practicing entities, commonly known as patent trolls, have on innovation and the market of ideas.
The discussion...
Inside Tech’s “Kill Zone”: How to Deal With the Threat to Edge Innovation Posed by Multi-Sided Platforms
Dominant tech platforms can exploit the vast amounts of user data available only to them to squash startups and independent providers. Hal Singer offers...
Google and Facebook’s “Kill Zone”: “We've Taken the Focus Off of Rewarding Genius and Innovation to Rewarding Capital and Scale”
A Stigler Center panel explores the implications of tech giants’ dominance on innovation and startups.
Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin joined a growing...
The Motives of “Joiners” Explain Higher Rates of Innovation in Startup Firms
It’s not just the founders of startups who boast an entrepreneurial spirit and a willingness to take risks. Those who join new ventures show...
Are Innovators Born or Made?
The question of whether people are born with innovative talent or can develop it has knock-on effects to issues ranging from productivity growth in...
America's "Lost Einsteins" Are Dealing a Blow to Innovation
A new paper finds that America is full of "lost Einsteins" among women, minorities, and low-income groups: high performers who never become inventors because...
