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The Inventor’s Role: Was Schumpeter Right?
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
According to Schumpeter, the creative process of economic development can be divided into three distinguishable stages of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation...
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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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Wagakuni-no-kin'yū-seido
1995 - 7. print
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The Role of Small Firms in China's Technology Development
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Ping, He; Qian, Jinchang - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S&T development. For instance, previous studies tend to focus only on large and medium-sized enterprises (LMEs). The situation in Chinese small firms is far less explored. This paper...
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Globalization of R&D and China – Empirical Observations and Policy Implications
Lundin, Nannan; Schwaag Serger, Sylvia - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
As one of the world’s largest recipients of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), China is emerging as a key global player …
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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Knarvik, Midelfart; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
-level in Swedish manufacturing. The only variable that consistently affects total factor productivity is own investment in R&D. …
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Intangible Investment and the Swedish Manufacturing and Service Sector Paradox
Edquist, Harald - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU …-countries. While productivity growth has been rapid in manufacturing, it has been much slower in the service sector. Paradoxically, all … investment accounted for almost 30 percent of labor productivity growth in manufacturing. Thus, investments in intangibles that …
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Innovation Performance and Government Financing
Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
External financing is important when inventors and small technology-based firms wish to commercialize their inventions. However, it is likely that problems related to adverse selection and moral hazard are present, and market failures occur, since inventors know more about the inventions than do...
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