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biotech have changed during the last ten years from a support of research in large firms to a support of SME's creation in … SMEs and large firms, especially in the biomedical sector), this paper shows that the existing contradiction between the …
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to by the deep change of the new Regional Policy. This paper proposes an analysis of an innovation subsidy policy in an … by a central authority that taxes the profit of industrial firms to subsidy employment in innovative activities. We show … the policy is not geographically differentiated. In the case where the government however grants larger subsidies to the …
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Cotton sectors are facing many issues which are quite well reported by online newspapers. Many issues are internal to the running of cotton sectors. They are little related to the international issue of market distortion, pertaining to the "cotton file" of the WTO. A number of issues impeding...
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This paper assesses the impact of French policies for residential space-heating energy consumption, both enacted (tax credits for the purchase of energy efficient durables, soft loans for retrofitting actions, stringent building codes) and anticipated (carbon tax, retrofitting obligation). It...
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This paper analyses the potentially defensive behaviour of successful innovators and its effect on aggregate R&D effort. It proposes a quality-ladders model that endogenously determines leader's technology advantages and who innovate (the leader firm or its competitors). Regulation can have...
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&D investment and productivity growth are more negatively correlated with sales volatility in more credit constrained firms. …
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We consider an optimal growth model of an economy facing an exogenous pollution quota. In the absence of an international market of pollution permits, the economy has three instruments to reach sustainable growth: R&D to develop cleaner technologies, investment in new clean capital goods, and...
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Inscrire la R&D en charges de l'exercice ou à l'actif du bilan est un choix qui s'offre aux dirigeants des entreprises françaises. A travers ce choix, se dessinent deux stratégies managériales différentes, mais non mutuellement exclusives, à savoir diffuser plus d'informations sur les...
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Geoengineering, i.e. the use of artificial techniques aiming at cooling the planet, is increasingly considered as a realistic alternative to emission mitigation. Several methods are promising for their capacity to quickly halt global warming at a moderate cost. Such cheap technologies might be...
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La question de l'articulation contrôle – confiance a été largement abordée dans la littérature. Dans cette communication, nous traitons de cette articulation dans le cadre particulier des projets portés par un pôle de compétitivité. Les pôles de compétitivité ont vocation à porter...
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