The energy innovation system: an historical perspective / Richard G. Newell -- Agricultural innovation / Tiffany Shih and Brian Wright -- Implications for energy innovation from the chemical industry / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella -- Finding the endless frontier: lessons from the life sciences innovation system for energy R & D / Iain M. Cockburn, Scott Stern, and Jack Zausner -- Federal policy and the development of semiconductors, computer hardware, and computer software: a policy model for climate-change R & D? / David C. Mowery -- Nurturing the accumulation of innovations: lessons from the internet / Shane Greenstein -- Venture capital and innovation in energy / Josh Lerner
Summary
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