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Innovation Financing and Use of Income Contingent Loans

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  • Glenn Withers

    (Universities Australia)

  • Amanda Denniss

    (Universities Australia)

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Innovation is the engine of growth in the modern knowledge economy. Yet market processes in relation to innovation have important limitations. In this paper the innovation role is defined, market flaws are dissected, the status of current innovation policy instruments is examined and a new way forward based on income contingent loans is proposed. Evidence is provided as to how such schemes can be designed, and how they are an unequivocal efficiency improvement over conventional instruments. Extension of the model to public-private partnership approaches is also considered to further enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

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  • Glenn Withers & Amanda Denniss, 2009. "Innovation Financing and Use of Income Contingent Loans," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 12(2), pages 145-165.
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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurship; New Firms; Startups Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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