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Why Firms Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Siebert, Ralph; Tombak, Mihkel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyse a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms...
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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
innovation. We exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the 'revealed preference' of developers - to infer the underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789146
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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition
Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …
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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity
Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661735
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Catch-Up and Leapfrog between the USA and Japan
Cameron, Gavin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1998
The growth process for a technological leader is different from that of a follower. While followers can grow through imitation and capital deepening, a leader must undertake original research. This suggests that as the gap between the leader and the follower narrows, the follower must undertake...
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Distribution & Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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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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Human Capital, Investment and Innovation: What Are the Connections?
Nickell, S.; Nicolitsas, D. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1997
Fingold and Soskice (1988) argue that Britain is trapped in a "low-skills" equilibrium. In Redding (1996), this notion is formalized in a dynamic model which relies on strategic complementarities between firms' investments in R&D and workers' investments in human capital. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005776252
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Knowledge Disclosure, Patents and Optimal Organization of Research and Development
Bhattacharya, Sudipto; Guriev, Sergei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We develop a model of two-stage cumulative research and development (R&D), in which one Research Unit (RU) with an innovative idea bargains to license her non-verifiable interim knowledge exclusively to one of two competing Development Units (DUs) via one of two alternative modes: an open sale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124391
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Procuring Innovation
Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We … discuss the effects of standard setting activities by large, often public, procurers on innovation races. We evaluate how …
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