Interesting article, considering the stories of mRNA vaccines and hot fusion...
🧬⚛ What mRNA vaccines and nuclear fusion teach us about America's innovation system
Startups are a link of growing importance between university research and the broader economy
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🧬⚛ What mRNA vaccines and nuclear fusion teach us about America's innovation system
Startups are a link of growing importance between university research and the broader economy
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Our results show a significant startup advantage in terms of forward citations and outlier-patent rates. Further, startup innovation is both more original and more general than innovation by incumbent firms. Moreover, startups that survive to become “scale-ups” quickly grow to dominate their regional innovation ecosystems. Our findings have important implications for innovation policy.
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Maybe some ides may apply to LENR innovations.