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Inefficiencies in the sale of ideas: theory and empirics

Allain, Marie-Laure; Henry, Emeric; Kyle, Margaret - HAL - 2011

The sale of ideas (e.g. through licensing) facilitates vertical specialization and the division of labor between research and development. This specialization can improve the overall efficiency of the innovative process. However, these gains depend on the timing of the sale: the buyer of an idea...

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Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton : An application in seven sub-saharan african countries

Bouet, Antoine; Gruere, Guillaume - HAL - 2010

A computable general equilibrium model is applied to evaluate the opportunity costs of not adopting Bt cotton, a genetically-modified (GM) insect resistant cotton, in Benin, Burkina- Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, and Uganda when it is adopted in other countries. Our model uniquely employs...

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The Evolution of the French Public Policy to Promote Biotech Innovation : The Case of Genomics

Branciard, Anne; Mangematin, Vincent - HAL - 2001

European Biotechnology companies and public policy-makers face to a number of crucial problems related to the … development of Biotechnology in Europe : European industrial competitiveness, the relative under-exploitation of the European … science base in Biotechnology, poor technology transfer mechanisms and difficulties in starting 'spin-off' firms. The aim of …

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Which Model of Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology? A Comparison with Biotech and Microelectronics

Genet, Corine; Errabi, Khalid; Gauthier, Caroline - HAL - 2012

results show that the nanotechnology transfer model is very different from that involved in biotechnology evolution: while …

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Turning scientific and technological human capital into economic capital: the experience of biotech start-ups in France

Catherine, David; Corolleur, Frédéric; Carrère, Myriam; … - HAL - 2004

This paper examines how scientific and technological (S&T) human capital is transformed into financial capital through the creation of firms by scientists. The analysis is based on a database describing the positions held by 132 founders from 62 French biotech SMEs. It shows that star scientists...

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How can a cluster policy enhance entrepreneurship? Evidence from the German 'BioRegio' case

Champenois, Claire - HAL - 2012

biotechnology in Germany after 1996. The process induced by BioRegio at the territory level is analyzed over a ten-year period (1995 …

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Using Affiliation Networks to Study the Determinants of Multilateral Research Cooperation Some empirical evidence from EU Framework Programs in biotechnology

Hazir, Cilem Selin; Autant-Bernard, Corinne - HAL - 2012

Framework Program (FP) in the area of Life sciences, Biotechnology and Biochemistry for Sustainable Non-Food. We employ …

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Broadening the scope of regulation: a prerequisite for a positive contribution of transgenic crop use to sustainable development

Fok, Michel - HAL - 2010

Ex-ante regulation of transgenic crop use generally prevails, before the authorization of commercial release. This kind of regulation addresses the concerns of biosafety and coexistence, under pressure of pros and/or cons of GMO. After fifteen years of large scale use of transgenic crops...

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Differentiated management of GM diffusion in China: Further hampering the self-sufficiency in cereal production?

Fok, Michel; Liang, Weili; Wang, Guiyan; Wu, Yuhong - HAL - 2004

China is a big country in terms of biotech achievements. It is also a rare country demonstrating crop-differentiated policies in the dissemination of the GMOs. While the release of GMOs is authorized notably for cotton in 1998, it is still prohibited for food crops. In spite of the positive...

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France's search for institutional schemes to promote innovation : the case of genomics

Branciard, Anne - HAL - 2000

sector. Government policy has recently supported a development of the biotechnology sector by encouraging start-ups and …

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