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Innovation, Market Structure and Economic Growth

Palma, Nuno Pedro Gonçalves - EconWPA - 2004

This paper presents a dynamic partial equilibrium model that endogenizes firms' investment decision on innovation: product innovation causes horizontal expansion growth, and process innovation causes vertical expansion growth. Market structure in different markets emerges as a consequence of...

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E-payments: modern complement to traditional payment systems

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

The challenges of payment transactions in electronic commerce were initially underestimated, as is now clear in the light of technological progress and stricter legislation, meaning traditional business models are increasingly coming up against their limits. Only secure, user- friendly and...

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INDIAN VENTURE CAPITALISTS (VCs) INVESTMENT EVALUATION CRITERIA

Mishra, Asim - EconWPA - 2005

The Venture capital (VC) industry in India is of recent origin. However, the average investment value of each deal in India have grown from $3.85 million in 2000 to $7.89 million in 2001.These developments together with the recent steps taken by government to promote venture capitalism in India...

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Universities as Research Partners

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Link, Albert N.; Scott, John T. - EconWPA - 2001

Universities are a key institution in the US innovation system and an important aspect of their involvement is the role they play in Private-Public Partnering activities. This study seeks to gain a better understanding of the performance of university-industry research partnerships using a...

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Deregulation, Restructuring and Changing R&D Paradigms in the US Electric Utility Industry

Sanyal, Paroma; Cohen, Linda R. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper studies the impact of electricity deregulation and restructuring on research and development (R&D) expenditures of investor owned utilities. The differing pace of deregulation in the fifty states provides heterogeneity in institutional structure and competitive forces, and showcases...

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Public provision of a private good: What is the point of the BSD license?

Gaudeul, Alex - EconWPA - 2005

cumulative innovations and the impact of possible competition between rival software development teams are considered. …

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Analysis and Measurement of Interactions in Innovation Systems: A Corporative and Sectoral approach.

Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel Zabala - EconWPA - 2005

Innovation Systems constitute an analysis framework, which allows comprehending the socio-economic structure of a territory. In this context, and due to the importance of interactions, the present research intends to contribute a methodology and a set of indicators which help to increase the...

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Global Idea Sourcing - An empirical investigation into the mechanisms behind the usage of foreign business sources for innovation

Sofka, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2005

Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications, logistics, the internet) and ideology (most notably economic and political trends in China and India) are creating exciting opportunities as well as crucial challenges. This...

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Heterogeneous Researchers in a Two-Sector Representative Consumer Economy

Gomes, Orlando - EconWPA - 2004

Research activities have uncertain outcomes. The question asked in this paper is whether or not this uncertainty can be a central piece on the explanation of long run consumption growth paths. More specifically, we inquire how the existence of different research projects, with different degrees...

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - EconWPA - 2005

process innovations, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany …. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific information provided by … confirms that product innovations have a positive impact on employment. In contrast to previous studies, this effect is …

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