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Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We review the role of R&D in endogenous growth theory, and describe extant empirical research – macro and micro – bearing on R&D as an engine of growth. Taking R&D to be key, while recognizing the significance of economic incentives, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more...

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Trade Secret Laws, Labour Mobility and Innovations

Motta, Massimo; Rønde, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We show that when the researcher’s (observable but not contractible) contribution to innovation is crucial, a covenant …

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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Inventors (But Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

Brusoni, Stefano; Crespi, Gustavo; Francoz, Dominique; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Based on a survey of the inventors of 9,017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and...

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Venture Capital and Industrial ''Innovation''

Hirukawa, Masayuki; Ueda, Masako - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

measure of innovation alternative to patent count. Unlike the impact on patent count, we do not find that VC investment … impact on patent count at industry level, and this impact is larger than that of R&D expenditures. We confirm that this … and material. Therefore, our finding suggests that, at industry level, VC investment increases the patent propensity but …

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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is …

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Innovation, antidumping, and retaliation

Miyagiwa, Kaz; Song, Huasheng; Vandenbussche, Hylke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We develop a North-South model of reciprocal antidumping (AD). We find that AD wars are winnable for the Northern firm if the Southern market is sufficiently small relative to the North’s. The South can avert AD war with the North by expanding the home market size. It may however trigger AD...

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Composition of Foreign Direct Investment and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Transition Economies

Javorcik, Beata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Using a unique firm-level dataset this study shows that, contrary to the hopes of transition economies, foreign investors in the region are characterized by low, rather than high, R&D intensity. The results also indicate that investors with higher R&D spending are more likely to engage in...

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Intellectual Property Rights and Entry into a Foreign Market: FDI vs Joint Ventures

Leahy, Dermot; Naghavi, Alireza - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates how the mode of entry into a foreign market can be influenced by the intensity of R&D in an industry and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in a recipient country. It then analyzes the link between the IPR regime and policies that place limits on the...

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Tariff Protection, Intellectual Property Rights and North-South Trade with Perfect Price Flexibility

Ionascu, Delia; Zigic, Kresimir - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

the market, and therefore, R&D becomes appropriable. Even though the innovation level remains the same as under free trade …

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