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Biased Sampling of Early Users and the Direction of Startup Innovation

Cao, Ruiqing; Koning, Rembrand M.; Nanda, Ramana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that the composition of the platform's 'beta testers' on the day a new product is launched has a systematic and persistent impact on the venture's success. Specifically, we use word embedding methods to...

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To Pay or Autopay? Fintech Innovation and Credit Card Payments

Wang, Jialan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Digital technologies and fintech firms have rapidly reshaped the consumer financial landscape in recent years, and have the potential to help consumers make better decisions and improve their financial health. Existing technologies such as autopay are also experiencing increased takeup, a trend...

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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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The Effects of Entry on Incumbent Innovation and Productivity

Aghion, Philippe - 2006

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … threat spurs innovation incentives in sectors close to the technological frontier--successful innovation allows incumbents to … prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages innovation--increased entry threat reduces incumbents' expected rents from …

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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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Measuring Instructor Effectiveness in Higher Education

De Vlieger, Pieter - 2016

Instructors are a chief input into the higher education production process, yet we know very little about their role in promoting student success. This is in contrast to elementary and secondary schooling, for which ample evidence suggests teacher quality is an important determinant of student...

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Successful technological integration for competitive advantage in retail settings

Pantano, Eleonora (ed.) - 2015

/ Philipp Spreer, Katrin Kallweit -- Towards a benchmark in the innovation of the retail channel / Milena Viassone -- Radical … and incremental innovation effectiveness in relation to market orientation in the retail industry: triggers, drivers, and … supporters / Michael Lewrick [and 4 others] -- Fashion retail innovation: about context, antecedents, and outcome in …

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From Imitation to Innovation : Where Is all that Chinese R&D Going?

König, Michael - 2020

two strategies toward that end: imitation and innovation. The theory bears predictions about the evolution of the …

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How Do Top Acquirers Compare in Technology Mergers? New Evidence from an S&P Taxonomy

Jin, Ginger Zhe; Leccese, Mario; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Some argue that large platforms, such as Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft (or GAFAM), are unusual in their number, pace and concentration of technology mergers, with the potential to harm market competition. Using a unique taxonomy developed by S&P Global Market...

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Recruiting for Ideas : How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires

Singh, Jasjit - 2010

When firms recruit inventors, they acquire not only the use of their skills but also enhanced access to their stock of ideas. But do hiring firms actually increase their use of the new recruits' prior inventions? Our estimates suggest they do, quite significantly in fact, by approximately 202%...

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