Small firms and U.S. technology policy : social benefits of the U.S. small business innovation research program / Albert N. Link (Virginia Batte Phillips Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics) and Martijn van Hasselt (Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Link, Albert N., author.

Van Hasselt, Martijn Nicolaas Pieter, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--United States--Research.

Small business.

Technological innovations--United States.

Technological innovations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages)

Other Title:

Small firms and United States technology policy : social benefits of the United States small business innovation research program

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"While much has been written about the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program from both an institutional and a policy perspective, there remains a conspicuous void of general information about firms and research projects that are funded through the program. Providing a multi-dimensional picture of such firms and their projects, this incisive book is designed to help the reader understand in more depth the social benefits associated with the SBIR program. Albert N. Link and Martijn van Hasselt discuss the U.S. SBIR program from an institutional, empirical, and policy perspective, examining the policy transfer of the program to other countries, the transfer of technical knowledge through patents and scientific publications, and the technology transfer of commercialised research outputs. Exploring new program and project relationships, the book could serve as a springboard for future in-depth analyses about the SBIR program and its impact on economic and social matters. Forward-thinking in approach, Small Firms and U.S. Technology Policy provides a roadmap for future academic and policy research into the SBIR program, making it a valuable read for scholars and students of business and management studies. U.S. and international policymakers and business owners will also benefit from its discerning look into the SBIR program"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I. SBIR program: institutional perspectives

1. Introduction to Small Firms and U.S. Technology Policy

2. Legislative history of the SBIR program

3. The SBIR program: an element of U.S. technology policy

Part II. SBIR program: empirical perspectives

4. SBIR databases and empirical studies of the SBIR program

5. Demographics of SBIR awardees

6. Productive capital

7. When research fails

8. University collaborators on SBIR projects

9. Knowledge production functions

10. Financial stakeholders in SBIR projects

11. Market for SBIR developed technologies Part III. SBIR program: policy perspectives

12. Unanticipated consequences

13. A counterfactual analysis

14. Concluding remarks

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781802205596 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.