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How Innovative Are Innovations? A Multidimensional, Survey-Based Approach
Innovation can be difficult to measure, and some major technical advances have less impact on social welfare than expected. Surveys of innovation should consider five key factors in assessing the importance of an innovation.
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Wesley Cohen, John P. Walsh, You-Na Lee |
2021 |
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Reforming the Patent System
Three tailored patent reforms would improve the patent system without requiring more evidence as to whether stronger patent protection promotes innovation generally.
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Heidi Williams, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette |
2020 |
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Nascent Competitors
Large incumbent firms may take steps to eliminate innovative nascent competitors, either by merger or by excluding them from the market.
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C. Scott Hemphill, Tim Wu |
2020 |
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Race, Labor, and the Future of Work
As automation and globalization transform the labor market, the need for labor protection for racial minorities remains a concern. Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) systems may worsen labor inequalities.
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Ifeoma Ajunwa |
2020 |
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Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy
Some claim that privacy regulation threatens innovation, but regulation is appropriate to correct market failures. Privacy regulation could help align markets and ensure that innovation is consistent with social values.
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Katherine Strandburg, Yafit Lev-Aretz |
2020 |
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Liability Rules for Autonomous Vehicles: How Traditional Legal Relations Encourage Modern Technological Innovation
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) come into use, lawyers will guide courts’ choice of liability rules, the sanctions that apply when the rules of the road are broken. The best rule for many accidents involving AVs will be strict liability.
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Richard Epstein |
2020 |
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Competing in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables the rapid growth of a new type of firm. Many traditional firms now compete directly with AI-based firms. Business strategies and competitive processes are changing.
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Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani |
2020 |
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The Future of Work in the Age of AI: Displacement or Risk-Shifting?
Artificial intelligence-based systems (AI) are altering the conditions and quality of work. Employers use AI to shift risks to low-wage workers, adopting irregular schedules or systems that force workers to adopt a strenuous pace.
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Karen Levy, Pegah Moradi |
2020 |
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You Might Be a Robot
Policymakers show increasing interest in regulating robots. However, a "robot" can be hard to define. The increasing pace of innovation makes it hard to apply the plain language of laws to new cases.
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Mark Lemley, Bryan Casey |
2019 |
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Prediction, Judgment, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) raises the possibility that machines will substitute for humans. AI improves the accuracy of predictions, but when a prediction cannot be made with absolute certainty, judgment is needed to choose the best course of action. Judgment can sometimes be automated.
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Joshua Gans, Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb |
2019 |