book: The Geography of Small Firm Innovation


CONTENTS
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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The  Small  Business  Innovation  Research  Program
Geography and Innovation: The Role of Knowledge Spillovers and
Agglomeration
Evaluating Innovative Activity
Metropolitan  SBIR Activity  in  the  1990s
Agency Effects  in  Federally Funded  Innovation
Metropolitan  Patent Activity  in the  1990s
Conclusion
Appendix  A:  Industries  Comprising the  High  Technology  Sector
Appendix  B:  Geographic  Distribution  of Innovation and  Indicators
of the Technological Infrastructure in 1990-95
Appendix C:  SBIR Phase  II  Awards by  Metropolitan Area
Appendix D:  Supplemental  Evidence of Funding Agency Effects
Appendix E: Linking Standard Industrial Classifications to Patent
Classifications
Appendix F: Utility Patents by Metropolitan Area
Notes
References
Index