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Demand vs. Supply Driven Innovations: US and Swedish Experiences in Academic Entrepreneurship

Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

Measured by per-capita publication measures, Sweden is an academic powerhouse. Hence, its inability to commercialize on these accomplishments is a puzzle. This paper attributes this failure to the top-down nature of Swedish policies aimed at commercializing these innovations as well as an...

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Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Policies towards the Commercialization of University Intellectual Property

Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of university-generated knowledge? We …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649236

Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

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Designing Efficient Institutions for Science-Based Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the US and Sweden

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

The recent ‘scientification’ of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649301

Organizational Downsizing and Innovation

Richtnér, Anders; Åhlström, Pär - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006

organizational downsizing affects innovation. Our model contains three components: a) the organization’s stock of knowledge, b) the … individual’s creativity, and c) the knowledge creation process. These are three components which previous research on innovation …. Overall, we can expect downsizing to have a negative effect on innovation, but there are aspects of the knowledge creation …

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On the Adjusted Rate of Return to Womenfs University Education: A Preliminary Study of OECD Countries

Ono, Hiroshi - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

It is a well known fact that on average, women in all countries earn less than men. Although less pronounced among OECD countries, the fact remains that the gender gap in earnings still persists to a significant degree. Less well known is that the rate of return (ROR) to university education is...

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The Effect of a Social Experiment in Education

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Marten - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

The impact of compulsory schooling laws as well as the abolition of early selection by ability remain important issues in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the 60s. The reform was preceded by a ``social experiment''...

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Are Sons and Daughters Substitutable? A Study of Intra-household Allocation of Resources in Contemporary Japan

Ono, Hiroshi - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

Gender inequality in educational attainment remains a salient feature of contemporary Japanese society. This inequality lies not at the high school level but at the university level. Equal numbers of men and women advance to high school, but a significantly lower proportion of women advance to...

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Assessing the Effect of Schooling on Earnings Using a Social Experiment

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The implementation of the 1950 Swedish comprehensive school reform was preceded by a unique social experiment. During this experiment between 1949 and 1962 the new school system was implemented in stages. This allows us to study the same cohort of individuals going through two different school...

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Taxation, Inequality and the Allocation of Talent

Bergman, Malin - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2003

This paper examines the implications of income redistribution on human capital accumulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indivisible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. It is shown that the impact of...

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