Daniel Benoliel is a law professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and Haifa Center of Law and Technology (HCLT). His main fields of expertise include international intellectual property, patent law and innovation, public international law and entrepreneurship law. Benoliel holds a Doctorate in law (J.S.D.) from University of California Berkeley School of law (Boalt Hall) and is a John M. Olin Research Fellow as well as a Yale Law School Information Society Project (ISP) Visiting Fellow alumnus. Benoliel has received numerous prizes, awards and research grants in these fields.

• Introduction; 1. Setting the framework: patenting and economic growth policy; 2. Convergence clubs, coalitions and innovation gaps; 3. Institutions, gerd intensity and patent clusters; 4. Gerd by type, patenting and innovation; 5. Patent intensity by employment and human resources; 6. Spatial agglomeration of innovation and patents; Conclusion; Appendix; Index of persons; Index of subjects; Index.

Daniel Benoliel is a law professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and Haifa Center of Law and Technology (HCLT). His main fields of expertise include international intellectual property, patent law and innovation, public international law and entrepreneurship law. Benoliel holds a Doctorate in law (J.S.D.) from University of California Berkeley School of law (Boalt Hall) and is a John M. Olin Research Fellow as well as a Yale Law School Information Society Project (ISP) Visiting Fellow alumnus. Benoliel has received numerous prizes, awards and research grants in these fields.

• Introduction; 1. Setting the framework: patenting and economic growth policy; 2. Convergence clubs, coalitions and innovation gaps; 3. Institutions, gerd intensity and patent clusters; 4. Gerd by type, patenting and innovation; 5. Patent intensity by employment and human resources; 6. Spatial agglomeration of innovation and patents; Conclusion; Appendix; Index of persons; Index of subjects; Index.

Daniel Benoliel is a law professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and Haifa Center of Law and Technology (HCLT). His main fields of expertise include international intellectual property, patent law and innovation, public international law and entrepreneurship law. Benoliel holds a Doctorate in law (J.S.D.) from University of California Berkeley School of law (Boalt Hall) and is a John M. Olin Research Fellow as well as a Yale Law School Information Society Project (ISP) Visiting Fellow alumnus. Benoliel has received numerous prizes, awards and research grants in these fields.

• Introduction; 1. Setting the framework: patenting and economic growth policy; 2. Convergence clubs, coalitions and innovation gaps; 3. Institutions, gerd intensity and patent clusters; 4. Gerd by type, patenting and innovation; 5. Patent intensity by employment and human resources; 6. Spatial agglomeration of innovation and patents; Conclusion; Appendix; Index of persons; Index of subjects; Index.