The main intention of this course is to deliver students with a working knowledge of research in this area by studying some of the canonical work (both theoretical and empirical) and then exploring some of the frontier work. This will provide students both the basis on which to identify some of the important research questions as well as an understanding of the techniques that could be employed to address them. This course will focus on the following broad topics: Incentives to innovation (including patents and rewards), growth theory, and spin-outs.