Q&A: Josh Lerner on Innovation’s Role in the Economy

Harvard Business School economist Josh Lerner has spent much of his career studying innovation’s role in the economy.

His book “The Money of Invention” examined the role of venture capital. “Innovation and Its Discontents,” cowritten with Adam Jaff, looked at how changes in intellectual property have hurt the process of innovation. His new book, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” examines why public efforts to boost entrepreneurial innovation so often comes up short…

Read more here (The Wall Street Journal)