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A Synthetic Model of Disruption and Experimentation
Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper examines how a firm's choice of the type of experiment impacts on its potential exploitation of new technological opportunities. It does so in the context of the failure of successful firms (or disruption) where the literature has informally suggested that firms undertake errors in...
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Patent Trolls : Evidence from Targeted Firms
Cohen, Lauren - 2014
ability to defend themselves against litigation. We find that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at … innovation in the industries in which they are most prevalent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458295
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Patents, Innovation, and Development
Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2020
I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is … performance, and the impact on pharmaceutical patenting and domestic innovation. The conclusion suggests that patents may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481786
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Financial constraints and innovation : Why poor countries don't catch up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2010
's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462858
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The Higher Educational Transformation of China and Its Global Implications
Li, Yao Amber - 2008
This paper documents the major transformation of higher education that has been underway in China since 1999 and evaluates its potential global impacts. Reflecting China's commitment to continued high growth through quality upgrading and the production of ideas and intellectual property as set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464797
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A Corporate Beauty Contest
Graham, John R. - 2010
We conduct beauty contest experiments, using close to 2,000 subjects to study the facial traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate CEO faces as appearing more "competent" and less "likable" than non-CEO faces. Another experiment matches CEOs from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462745
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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics : Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments
Munshi, Kaivan - 2008
Parochial politics is typically associated with poor leadership and low levels of public good provision. This paper explores the possibility that community involvement in politics need not necessarily worsen governance and, indeed, can be efficiency-enhancing when the context is appropriate....
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Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Knowledge : Theory and Evidence from the Legal Services Industry
Garicano, Luis - 2004
What role do hierarchies play with respect to the organization of production and what determines their structure? We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468261
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Bad Politicians
Caselli, Francesco - 2001
We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers four main insights. Low-quality citizens have a 'comparative advantage' in pursuing elective office, because their market wages are lower than those of high-quality citizens (competence),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470186
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Foreign Direct Investments in Services and the Domestic Market for Expertise
Markusen, James R. - 2000
Producer services such as managerial and engineering consulting can provide domestic firms with the substantial benefits of specialized knowledge that would be costly in terms of both time and money for domestic firms to develop on their own. These intermediate services are often non-traded, or...
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