Accelerating energy innovation
Subtitle: insights from multiple sectors
By: edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780226326832
Subjects: Economic aspects; Energy industries; Technological innovations; Government policy; Energy policy
Description: This title explores the way in which public and private policy have played in enabling and sustaining swift innovation in a variety of industries, from agriculture and the life sciences to information technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The energy innovation system: an historical perspective / Richard G. Newell; title: Agricultural innovation / Tiffany Shih and Brian Wright; title: Implications for energy innovation from the chemical industry / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella; title: Finding the endless frontier: lessons from the life sciences innovation system for energy R&D / Iain M. Cockburn, Scott Stern, and Jack Zausner; title: Federal policy and the development of semiconductors, computer hardware, and computer software: a policy model for climate-change R&D? / David C. Mowery; title: Nurturing the accumulation of innovations: lessons from the internet / Shane Greenstein; title: Venture capital and innovation in energy / Josh Lerner.