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Mobility, Skills, and the Michigan Non-Compete Experiment

Marx, Matt; Strumsky, Deborah; Fleming, Lee - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 6, pp. 875-889

Whereas a number of studies have considered the implications of employee mobility, comparatively little research has considered institutional factors governing the ability of employees to move from one firm to another. This paper explores a legal constraint on mobility--employee non-compete...

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China's reformed science and technology system: an overview and assessment

Gao, Zhicun; Tisdell, Clem - In: Prometheus 22 (2004) 3, pp. 311-331

Science and technology (S&T) systems are interconnected with economic systems. After China began to make its economic system more market-oriented in 1979, reforms to its S&T system became urgent. China's major breakthrough in reforming its S&T system occurred in 1985. This paper provides data on...

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Competing Through Cooperation: The Organization of Standard Setting in Wireless Telecommunications

Leiponen, Aija Elina - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 11, pp. 1904-1919

This study examines cooperative standard setting in wireless telecommunications. Focusing on the competition among firms to influence formal standardization, the roles of standard-setting committees, private alliances, and industry consortia are highlighted. The empirical context is Third...

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Pioneering Inventors or Thicket Builders: Which U.S. Firms Use Continuations in Patenting?

Hegde, Deepak; Mowery, David C.; Graham, Stuart J. H. - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 7, pp. 1214-1226

Why do firms use continuations in the prosecution of their patents? Motivated by the widespread use of continuations by U.S. firms and the prominence of this procedure in U.S. patent policy debates, we investigate the influence of corporate and patent characteristics on the use of continuations....

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50th Anniversary Article: Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Performance, and Design in Management Science

Boudreau, John W. - In: Management Science 50 (2004) 11, pp. 1463-1476

This article provides a personal perspective on the themes and topics that have emerged in research published by the department of organizational behavior, in the first 50 years of Management Science. A review of articles accepted by the department suggests several themes that reflect broad...

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Profiles of Product Innovators Among Large U.S. Manufacturers

Capon, Noel; Farley, John U.; Lehmann, Donald R.; … - In: Management Science 38 (1992) 2, pp. 157-169

This paper identifies four groups among 113 Fortune 500 manufacturers that approach innovation quite differently. The …. Both product innovation and financial performance differ significantly over the groups, and a group of 42 firms that invest … heavily in innovation perform best financially. A smaller group of firms that are not innovative but which follow a strategy …

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Fragmented Property Rights and Incentives for R& D

Clark, Derek J.; Konrad, Kai A. - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 5, pp. 969-981

Where product innovation requires several complementary patents, fragmented property rights can limit firms …

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Target Age and the Acquisition of Innovation in High-Technology Industries

Ransbotham, Sam; Mitra, Sabyasachi - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 11, pp. 2076-2093

External acquisition of new technology is a growing trend in the innovation and product development process …

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Innovation in Business Groups

Belenzon, Sharon; Berkovitz, Tomer - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 3, pp. 519-535

Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation … group affiliation is particularly important for innovation in industries that rely more on external funding and in groups … knowledge spillovers are not the main driver of innovation in business groups because firms affiliated with the same group do …

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Technological Innovation and Acquisitions

Zhao, Xinlei - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 7, pp. 1170-1183

I examine whether technological innovation is a motivating factor in firms' acquisition decisions and how an … acquisition (or an acquisition withdrawal) affects technological innovation in subsequent years. I find that firms engaging in … acquisition activities are less innovative and have often experienced declines in technological innovation during the years prior …

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