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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670637
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Technology choice, adaptation, and diffusion in privately and state-owned enterprises in India.
AB, Deolalikar; Sundaram, A. K - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
heavy electrical industry firms, compares organization behaviour, management decision making, Innovation research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966481
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Commercialisation of agricultural equipment generated by r and d system in Bangladesh.
Jabbar, M. A - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the commercialization of agricultural equipment generated by research and development in Bangladesh - describes the institutional framework for developing prototypes; outlines farmer's attitudes to innovations; contrasts private sector success in marketing new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966797
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Technological change, employment generation and multinationals: a case study of a foreign firm and a local multinational in India.
Lall, S - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises on technological change and employment creation, comprising a case study of a foreign subsidiary and a local firm in India - discusses theoretical issues, size of enterprise, research and development, innovations, backward and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966891
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Market structure, industrial organisation and technological development: the case of the Japanese electronics-based nc-machine tool industry.
Watanabe, S - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
electronics Innovation on small scale industry, the international division of labour and on developing countries. Bibliography and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966894
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Technology imports and indigenous technological capacity building: the zimbabwean case.
DB, Ndlela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967155
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - CESifo - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181434
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Experience, Innovation and Productivity - Empirical Evidence from Italy's Slowdown
Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - CESifo - 2010
We investigate the role of workers’ and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583733
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Incentives and Creativity in Groups
Ramm, Joachim; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - CESifo - 2013
It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690377
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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945141