Patenting for better science? Understanding interpersonal mechanisms of knowledge transfer in science-industry linkages and the pivotal role of academic author-inventors KU Leuven
Access to existing knowledge is essential for technical change and societal progress. Prior advances are the foundation of new ideas fostering welfare and economic growth through cumulative innovation. This dissertation consists of three essays which advances our understanding of the modes, mechanisms and institutions impacting this relationship and provides large-scale econometric evidence on the empirical elasticity of knowledge access on ...