Small business innovation in the public interest : a study of the U.S. National Institutes of Health / Albert N. Link (Professor Emeritus and former Virginia Batte Phillips Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and Alan C. O'Connor (Senior Vice President for Environment and Senior Economist, Center for Applied Economics and Strategy, RTI International, USA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Link, Albert, author.

O'Connor, Alan, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Institutes of Health (U.S.).

Small business--Research.

Small business.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This book presents an in-depth investigation into small business research activity supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Albert N. Link and Alan C. O'Connor explain the historical importance of small firms to the NIH and conduct insightful analysis of the Institutes and Centers funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Exploring prominent Institutes within the NIH and using data from the SBIR program, they discuss innovation and social benefits associated with the NIH's Institutes and Centers. Topics covered include commercialization success, patenting activities of firms, and correlations between diversity measures and various performance metrics. Ultimately, the book delineates the success of the firms that receive awards from the SBIR, and these firms' abilities to support technological development. Small Business Innovation in the Public Interest is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and students across health policy and economics, entrepreneurship, biotechnology and innovation. Policymakers working in the health industry will also find the insights into innovation funding beneficial"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to small business innovation in the public interest

2. Background about the National Institutes of Health

3. A closer look at two NIH institutes

4. SBIR and STTR at the National Institutes of Health

5. Firms' sources of knowledge and phase II SBIR projects

6. Commercialization patterns of SBIR phase II awardees

7. Commercialization patterns of minority- and womenowned firms

8. Collaboration patterns of NIH-funded small businesses

9. Significance of NIH funding for small businesses

10. Commercialization patterns among multipleaward recipients

11. A road to be traveled

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035330171 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.