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Athey, Susan - 2010

This paper considers a dynamic model of the evolution of open source software projects, focusing on the evolution of quality, contributing programmers, and users who contribute customer support to other users. Programmers who have used open source software are motivated by reciprocal altruism to...

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Why develop open source software? : The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards and open source licence type

Sauer, Robert M. (contributor) - 2007

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...

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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation

Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014

generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the …

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Allocation of human capital and innovation at the frontier : firm-level evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2013

conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …-skilled employees and industries in Germany by a more unequal distribution of human capital intensity. Except for low …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions …

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Innovation, productivity, and training

Dostie, Benoît - 2014

The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance,...

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Apparent Competition in Two-Sided Platforms

Guven, Gokhan - 2017

We study a platform's design of membership and transaction fees when sellers compete and buyers cannot observe the prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them transaction fees that increase with sales revenue, and...

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Competing on the holodeck : the effect of virtual peers and heterogeneity in dynamic tournaments

Graff, Jan Frederik; Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine - 2018

We propose experiments in virtual reality (VR) as a new approach to examining behavior in an economic context, e.g., heterogeneity in dynamic tournaments. We simulate a realistic working situation in a highly immersive environment. Implementing a tournament in VR, we are able to mitigate the...

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Growth Effects of non Proprietary Innovation

Saint-Paul, Gilles - CESifo - 2002

We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...

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Is demand-pulled innovation equally important in different groups of firms?

Piva, Mariacristina (contributor); … - 2006

Previous empirical literature - mainly cross-sectional - has tested the demand-pull hypothesis and found that overall, evidence does not conflict with the idea that innovation may be driven by output. Using a balanced panel of 216 Italian manufacturing firms over the 1995-2000 period, and...

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Innovation and the determinants of firm survival

Buddelmeyer, Hielke (contributor); … - 2006

While many firms compete through the development of new technologies and products, it is well known that new-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies consistently find a negative association between...

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