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Phylogenetic Footprints in Organizational Behavior
Witt, Ulrich; Schwesinger, Georg - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2012
An evolutionary tool kit is applied in this paper to explain how innate social behavior traits evolved in early human groups. These traits were adapted to the particular production requirements of the group in human phylogeny. They shaped the group members' attitudes towards contributing to the...
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Long-term Tendencies in Technological Creativity - A Preference-based Approach
Cordes, C. - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2003
motivational underpinnings of human technological creativity that is able to explain some long-term developments in human labor and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765299
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Empirical Analysis of the Assessment of Innovation Effects in U.S. Merger Cases
Kerber, Wolfgang; Kern, Benjamin; Dewenter, Ralf - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014
and 2008 were analyzed in regard to the question to what extent and how the agencies assessed the innovation effects of … mergers. Theoretical background is the still open question how negative effects of mergers on innovation should be taken into … account in merger policy. Although we can show in our study that in one third of all challenged mergers also innovation …
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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models
Hussinger, Katrin - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyzes the effects of public subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By applying parametric and...
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Is Academic Entrepreneurship Good or Bad for Science? Empirical Evidence from the Max Planck Society
Buenstorf, Guido - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2006
Based on new data, this paper studies invention disclosure, licensing, and firm formation activities of Max Planck Institute directors over the time period 1985-2004, and analyzes their effects on scientists' publication and citation records. The results are consistent with prior findings that...
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The Regional Dimension of Knowledge Transfers - A Behavioral Approach
Broekel, Tom; Binder, Martin - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2006
Innovations are inherently connected to knowledge transfers. The need of face-to-face contacts to transfer tacit knowledge is commonly argued to cause a regional dimension of innovative activities. The paper presents an alternative explanation based on a model of boundedly rational actors who...
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A Theory of Technology Diffusion
Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003
What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126129
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Invention under uncertainty and the threat of ex post entry
Miller, David A. - EconWPA - 2005
This paper proposes a theoretical framework for studying the invention of new products when demand is uncertain. In this framework, under general conditions, the threat of ex post entry by a competitor can deter invention ex ante. Asymmetric market power in the ex post market exacerbates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134408
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Public provision of a private good: What is the point of the BSD license?
Gaudeul, Alex - EconWPA - 2005
Software is a potentially excludable public good. It is possible, at some cost, to exclude non-paying users from its consumption by using copyright law or technological restraints. Licensing the software under proprietary license terms makes of it a private good, licensing it under the BSD does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134417
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Innovation height, spillovers and TFP growth at the firm level: Evidence from French manufacturing
Emmanuel, DUGUET - EconWPA - 2004
firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two different … innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property rights, and … innovation height matters. We also find evidence that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of the production …
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