Browsing by Author "Egan, Edward J."
Now showing 1 - 10 of 10
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item Augusta Innovation District(2017) Egan, Edward J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Creating a Pipeline for Startups in Houston, Texas(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2017) Egan, Edward J.; Baldazo, Benjamin J.; Dickens, Dylan T.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Entrepreneurship in Texas(2016) Egan, Edward J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Growth vs. Transactional Venture Capital in Houston, Texas(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2018) Egan, Edward J.; Carranza, Diana; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Testimony to the House Small Business and Economic Development Committee(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2018) Egan, Edward J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The Key Driver of Economic Growth in the 21st Century: High-growth, High-tech Entrepreneurship(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2016) Egan, Edward J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The Next Engine of U.S. GDP Growth: The Market for Ideas(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2016) Egan, Edward J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The State of Venture Capital in Texas(2016) Egan, Edward J.; Garber, Rachel L.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The Top 100 U.S. Startup Cities in 2016(2017) Egan, Edward J.; Dayton, Anne; Carranza, Diana; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Untangling the Patent Thicket Literature(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2015) Egan, Edward J.; Teece, David J.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyAt least 164 papers have defined a ‘patent thicket’ since the first mention of the term in 1988. There is no canonical definition. Instead authors use the term to refer to various combinations of seven different underlying economic issues. An average paper in 2001 used a definition based on 1.2 of these issues, and the complexity of definitions grew by 35% over the following decade. This increase in definitional complexity is partly a response to a growing sophistication in the broader literature on the economics of patents. However, repeat authors are frequently inconsistent in their definitions, and overall there is evidence of a growing confusion concerning patent thickets. Our analysis largely resolves this confusion. It also suggests that ill-advised policy reform efforts, and not patent thickets themselves, threaten the health of the innovation economy.