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relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …
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Scientific knowledge is believed to be the wellspring of innovation. Historically, firms have also invested in research … to fuel innovation and growth. In this paper, we document a shift away from scientific research by large corporations … innovation. Large firms appear to value the golden eggs of science (as reflected in patents) but not the golden goose itself (the …
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-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion within firms. Using …
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two strategies toward that end: imitation and innovation. The theory bears predictions about the evolution of the …
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Coe and Helpman(1995) have measured the extent to which technology spills over between industrialized countries through the particular channel of trade flows. This paper re-examines two particular features of their study. First, we suggest that their functional form of how foreign R&D affects...
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We study a dynamic model of the decision to continue or abandon a research project. Researchers improve their ideas over time and also learn whether those ideas will be adopted by the scientific community. Projects are abandoned as researchers grow more pessimistic about their chance of success....
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In many growth models, economic growth arises from people creating ideas, and the long-run growth rate is the product of two terms: the effective number of researchers and their research productivity. We present a wide range of evidence from various industries, products, and firms showing that...
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We model early expectations about the value and technological importance ('quality') of a patented innovation as a …
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fertility of an innovation in generating more innovations cannot be observed. The menu of patent scope can be implemented with …
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