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Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D, External Technology Acquisition and Cooperation

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … innovation activities. Using data from the Community Innovation Survey on Belgian manufacturing firms, we show that firms that …

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Did WTO rules restrain protectionism during the recent systemic crisis?

Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper challenges the contention that WTO rules had much impact on state behaviour during the recent global economic crisis. Evidence on the variety of discrimination implemented by governments, characteristics of the recent systemic crisis, as well as on certain, often overlooked features...

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What Can Be Learned from Crisis-Era Protectionism? An Initial Assessment

Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Drawing upon a comprehensive database of contemporary protectionism, this paper offers an initial assessment of the extent to which our understanding of protectionism may have to evolve. While some long-standing features of protectionism appear to have endured (such as the distribution of...

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The Doha Round Impasse: A Graphical Account

Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Several factors potentially responsible for the failure to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations are analysed. A two-stage negotiation and ratification game between the “North” (industrialised countries) and the “South” (developing countries) is employed and...

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A Fragmenting Global Economy: A Weakened WTO, Mega FTAs, and Murky Protectionism

Aggarwal, Vinod K; Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Although the global economy has begun to recover from the 2008-2011 financial crisis, challenges to the world trading system have increased. Several trends are taking public policies further away from the core WTO disciplines of non-discrimination, namely MFN and national treatment. This has...

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Heterogeneity in R&D Cooperation Strategies

Belderbos, Rene; Carree, Martin A; Diederen, Bert; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

from two Dutch Community Innovation Surveys in 1996 and 1998. Applying a system method estimator for probit equations shows … across cooperation types. As suggested by industrial organization theory of R&D cooperation, the effects of spillovers depend …

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Green innovations and organisational change: making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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Top Research Productivity and its Persistence

Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The paper contributes to the debate on cumulative advantage effects in academic research by examining top performance in research and its persistence over time, using a panel dataset comprising the publications of biomedical and exact scientists at the KU Leuven in the period 1992-2001. We study...

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R&D Cooperation and Spillovers: Some Empirical Evidence

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

information for the innovation process of the firm. Appropriability is defined as the effectiveness of several protection …

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Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program

Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This study investigates the effects of an R&D subsidy scheme on participating firms’ net R&D investment. Making use of a specific policy design in Belgium that explicitly distinguishes between research and development grants, we estimate direct and cross-scheme effects on research versus...

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