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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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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
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Globalisation, ICT and the Nitty Gritty of Plant Level Datasets
Martin, Ralf - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
The net entry contribution to aggregate productivity growth has increased dramatically in the UK over 1990saccording to calculations based on data from the Annual Respondents Database (ARD). Some recent studieshave tried to link this to other structural changes over the same period such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150982
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Digital Goods and the New Economy
Quah, Danny - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003
efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150990
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Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without IPRs
Quah, Danny - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002
creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017081
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Trading and Enforcing Patent Rights
Galasso, Alberto; Schankerman, Mark; Serrano, Carlos J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
We study how the market for innovation affects enforcement of patent rights. Conventional wisdom associates the gains … potential gains from trade are more likely to change ownership, suggesting that the market for innovation is efficient. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276046
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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
Bloom, Nick; Genakos, Christos; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005796122
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The Impact of Private Ownership, Incentives and Local Development Objectives on University Technology Transfer Performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
We study the impact of private ownership, incentive pay and local development objectives on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for 1995-99. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005220060
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Strategic Patenting and Software Innovation
Noel, Michael; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006
cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer … evidence that both strategic patenting and R&D spillovers strongly affect innovation and market value of software firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670634
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Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry
Bloom, Nicholas; Schankerman, Mark; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
The impact of R&D on growth through spillovers has been a major topic of economic research over the last thirty years. A central problem in the literature is that firm performance is affected by two countervailing "spillovers": a positive effect from technology (knowledge) spillovers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670643