stage of the patenting process and the interplay with the patent office. This is followed by considering the perspective of …. Finally, we investigate the potential abuse of pending patents and the role of reputation of patenting firms. …

colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …

We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a … Information Technology (HIT), including: (1) the adoption probabilities vary considerably by the specific type of clinic; (2) in … contrast to numerous studies in the broader technology adoption literature, we find little evidence to suggest a relationship …

intensive countries reduce domestic R&D effort, in favour of an increase in foreign technology transfers, which suggests … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology …

We study how incentives for North-South technology transfers in multinational enterprises are affected by labour market … institutions. If workers are collectively organised, incentives for technology transfers are partly governed by firms’ desire to … curb trade union power. This will affect not only the extent but also the type of technology transfer. While skill …

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 little is known about the use of licensing agreements. Building on a novel … database which includes licensing agreements in the semiconductor industry between 1989 and 1999, we estimate a bivariate …