Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield

Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation.- Innovation, Technology, and Economic Growth.- Flexibility and Endogenous Innovation.- Schumpeter and the Micro-foundations of Endogenous Growth.- Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments.- Welfare Implications of User Innovation.- Underinvestment in Public Good Technologies.- Evaluating Public Sector R&D Programs: The Advanced Technology Program’s Investment in Wavelength References for Optical Fiber.- Research and Development and Innovation.- Industrial R&D Laboratories: Windows on Black Boxes?.- Public Policy and Environmental Research and Development.- The Importance of R&D for Innovation: A Reassessment Using French Survey Data.- University R&D and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italy.- Reflections on Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the “Golden Age” of U.S. Corporate R&D.- The Welfare Effects of Research and Production Joint Ventures.- Research Joint Ventures in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis.- Patenting and the Diffusion of Knowledge.- Exploring the Patent Explosion.- The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades.- Patents and Appropriation: Concerns and Evidence.- The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and University-Industry Technology Transfer: A Model for Other OECD Governments?.- Financing Constraints in the Inter Firm Diffusion of New Process Technologies.- Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection.- Mansfield’s Missing Link: The Impact of Knowledge Spillovers on Firm Growth.- Predictable Cross-Industry Heterogeneity in Industry Dynamics.- Mansfield’s Innovation in the Theory of Innovation.- Modeling the Impact of Technical Change on Emissions Abatement Investments in Developing Countries.