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A Model of Diffusion In the Production of an Innovation
Gort, Michael - 1978
This paper is an attempt to explain diffusion in the production of an innovation. Diffusion in production is defined as … innovation. The principal variable that explains diffusion of entry is the demonstration effect. The principal variable that …
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Inventive Capabilities in the Division of Innovative Labor
Arora, Ashish - 2018
of innovation and imitation, we explore how inventive capability affects a firm's R&D investments, and thus whether and … innovation and the division of innovative labor among US manufacturing firms, we find that high capability firms tend to use …
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Appropriability and the timing of innovation : Evidence from MIT inventions
Dechenaux, Emmanuel - 2003
At least since Arrow (1962), the effects of appropriability on invention have been well studied, but there has been little analysis of the effect of appropriability on the commercialization of existing inventions. Exploiting a database of 805 attempts by private firms to commercialize inventions...
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Science and the Market for Technology
Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Suh, Jungkyu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Well functioning Markets for Technology (MFT) allow inventors to sell their inventions to others that may derive more value from them. We argue that the growing reliance on science in inventions enhances MFT. In addition to higher quality inventions, reliance on science may enhance gains from...
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Technological innovations in adaptive and dependable systems : advancing models and concepts
De Florio, Vincenzo (contributor) - 2012
"This book provides high quality, effective approaches to design, develop, maintain, evaluate, and benchmark adaptive and dependable systems that are built to sustain quality of service and experience despite the occurrence of potentially significant and sudden changes or failures in their...
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Innovative methods and technologies for electronic discourse analysis
Lim, Hwee Ling (contributor); Sudweeks, Fay (contributor) - 2014
"This book highlights research, applications, frameworks, and theories of online communication to explore recent advances in the manipulation and shaping of meaning in electronic discourse"--Provided by publisher.
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Innovation and the Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements
Johnson, Matthew S.; Lipsitz, Michael; Pei, Alison - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Worker mobility across firms can enhance innovation by spreading knowledge, but such mobility may also hinder … innovation by making firms reluctant to invest in R&D. A common way that firms limit workers' mobility is with noncompete … agreements (NCAs). We examine how the legal enforceability of NCAs affects innovation, as measured by patenting, using data on …
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The Impact of Information Technology on the Diffusion of New Pharmaceuticals
Arrow, Kenneth J. - 2017
Do information differences across U.S. physicians contribute to treatment disparities? This paper uses a unique new dataset to evaluate how changes in physician access to a decision-relevant drug database affect prescribing decisions. Our results indicate that doctors using the reference have a...
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