Interest in intellectual property and other institutions that promote                  innovation exploded during the 1990s. Innovation and Incentives provides a clear and                  wide-ranging introduction to the economics of innovation, suitable for teaching at                  both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be useful to legal                  and economics professionals. Written by an expert on intellectual property and                  industrial organization, the book achieves a balanced mix of institutional details,                  examples, and theory. Analytical, empirical, or institutional factors can be given                  different emphases at different levels of study.Innovation and Incentives presents                  the historical, legal, and institutional contexts in which innovation takes place.                  After a historical overview of the institutions that support innovation, ranging                  from ancient history through today's government funding and hybrid institutions, the                  book discusses knowledge as a public good, the economic design of intellectual                  property, different models of cumulative innovation, the relation of competition to                  licensing and joint ventures, patent and copyright enforcement and litigation,                  private/public funding relationships, patent values and the return on R&D                  investment, intellectual property issues arising from direct and indirect network                  externalities, and globalization. The text presents technical and abstract analysis                  and at the same time sheds light on current controversies and policy-relevant                  topics, including the difficulty of enforcing copyright in the digital age and                  international protection of intellectual property.

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