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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008

innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed …

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Innovation in Business Groups

Belenzon, Sharon; Berkovitz, Tomer - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

Using novel data on European firms, this paper examines the effect of business group affiliation on innovation. We find … that business groups foster the scale and novelty of corporate innovation. Group affiliation is particularly important in … industries that rely more on external finance and have a higher degree of information asymmetry. We also find that the innovation …

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Are Ex Ante and Ex Post Licensing Agreements Useful Instruments to Lessen Uncertainty in R&D?

Siebert, Ralph - CESifo - 2013

In the last decades, technologies became more complex which increased the degree of uncertainty in R&D. To overcome the uncertainty, firms frequently engage in R&D collaborations, e.g., Research Joint Ventures (RJVs), and licensing agreements. While RJVs are well explored in the literature, very...

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The Impact of Entry Regulation on Total Welfare: A Policy Experiment

Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph; Zulehner, Christine - CESifo - 2013

This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a dynamic structural model. We formulate an oligopoly model in the tradition of Ericson and Pakes (1995) and allow entry costs to vary over time. Firms have the opportunity to...

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