Innovation Economics and Policy Design: Insights

From basement hobby to billion-dollar industry: discover how intellectual property rights empowered competitive gaming into a global economic powerhouse creating careers, driving innovation, and reshaping entertainment.

Inventions alone do not change the world; it is their diffusion that does. GenAI spread globally within a few days while other life-saving technologies took decades. How rapidly technologies spread has changed dramatically throughout history, and the shift to digital technologies has accelerated diffusion to unprecedented speeds. Discover how diffusion patterns have evolved across countries in this post!

Sports innovation is growing twice as fast as global innovation overall, yet most countries are barely competing. Here's what the data reveals about who's winning the sports technology race, and where the biggest untapped opportunities lie.

Do women and men differ in what they know and think they know about IP rights? Understanding knowledge gaps is essential for designing effective interventions to close the gender divide in innovation.

How do people feel about IP rights, and do women and men differ in what they know? Understanding knowledge gaps is essential for designing effective interventions to close the gender divide in innovation.

Insights from Prof. Myriam Mariani’s keynote lecture

Researchers worldwide can now conduct their own in-depth innovation studies using the data behind the Innovation Capabilities Outlook enabling custom economy and industry analysis that was previously difficult to access.

Over the past decade, women's participation in inventing activities has been increasing, though at a gradual pace.

While global innovation capacity reaches unprecedented levels, most economies struggle to harness their potential, missing massive opportunities for local innovations.

Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann explains why traditional economic models miss the mark on innovation policy – and offers a framework that could transform how countries build competitive advantages in the global knowledge economy.

Dr. Delgado began by outlining that only 9% of all patents globally can be attributed to women. Though this share is increasing, the pace is very slow.

Эффективные экосистемы инноваций позволяют создавать технологии, стимулирующие экономический рост, благодаря связи между научными исследованиями и промышленным производством. Но как измерить эффективность взаимодействия этих двух сфер?

Different countries, different capabilities—but one clear trend: complexity and prosperity move together.

Innovation ecosystems that master complex skills face a new challenge: optimizing their outputs by strategically focusing on their most valuable capabilities.

Innovation does not follow a random path. It evolves through interactions between scientific domains, production sectors, and technological expertise. Recognizing these patterns provides a roadmap for fostering the next generation of transformative technologies.

Every innovation ecosystem harbors unseen innovation potential—unlocking it could spark groundbreaking advancements and growth.

A new report by WIPO presents trends and challenges to improve women’s participation in industrial designs in Central European and Baltic States.

Richard R. Nelson has inspired generations of economists interested in technological change, innovation and intellectual property. His research has allowed us to conceptualize and better understand the processes behind innovation and to design the innovation policies of today.

WIPO’s First Global Research Experts Meeting on Gender and Diversity in Intellectual Property and Innovation

Innovation in agriculture is central to cultivating the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) bioeconomy sector, helping boost the region's resilience and reduce poverty rates.