The Current State of Knowledge on the Role of Research Technologies in Innovation

Sandra Barbosu and Florenta Teodoridis
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Sandra Barbosu: New York University
Florenta Teodoridis: University of Southern California

Chapter Chapter 2 in Catalysts of Discovery, 2025, pp 9-17 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter reviews recent empirical studies, highlighting that the benefits of research technologies, as outlined in Chapter 1, are not automatically realized. Rigorous causal analyses reveal that while research technologies can significantly enhance the rate and diversity of scientific innovation, they may also reduce innovation diversity by incentivizing narrower research exploitation at the expense of broader exploration. This tension, uncovered through empirical research, highlights the need to understand the factors that either maximize or constrain the potential of research technologies to drive innovation.

Keywords: Literature review; Causal impact of research technologies; Democratization of knowledge; Democratized access; Biological Resource Centers (BRCs); Engineered mice; Kinect; Landsat; Patent libraries; Productivity effects; Diversity of research; Rate of innovation; Diversity of innovation; Streetlight effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-98341-2_2

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