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FDI has received surprisingly little attention in theoretical and empirical work on openness and growth. This paper presents a theoretical growth model where MNCs directly affect the endogenous growth rate via technological spillovers. This is novel since other endogenous growth models with...
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This paper presents a model of R&D-driven growth without scale effects where firms can engage in both horizontal and vertical R&D activities.
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This paper presents a model to explain why both industry leaders and follower firms often invest in R&D and explores the welfare implications of these R&D investment choices. Regardless of initial conditions, the equilibrium path in this model involves gradually convergence to a balanced growth...
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about the process of innovation and introduces <i>Inside Real Innovation</i>. <i>Read more about the authors' interview …/article with <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20101201/mit-eugene-fitzgerald-understanding-innovation.html#">Inc.</a> and <a … href="http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2011/01/31/why-the-government-needs-to-invest-in-innovation …
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of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …
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It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
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entrepreneurial effort, entrepre-neurial innovation and capital investment. Because of these constraints, the entrepreneurial project …
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sales price of a developed innovation. This will trigger preemptive acquisitions by incumbents, thus increasing the reward …
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growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs’ choice of riskiness of an innovation … project and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market entry versus sale). Limited loss offset provisions in the … fundamental policy trade-off between the declared goals of promoting employment and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms …
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Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of insti-tutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by institutions—entrepreneurs often help shape institutions...
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