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Commercialization, Renewal and Quality of Patents

Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a … renewed, but also that quality influences commercialization and renewal decisions. When controlling for endogenous … the quality of the patent, if the owner decides to commercialize the patent on the margin, this leads to longer survival …

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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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Reconsidering the Choice between Takeover and Greenfield Operations

Andersson, Thomas; Arvidsson, Niklas; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992

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Occupational Choice and Incentives: The Role of Family Background

Sjögren, Anna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

A model of occupational choice and human capital investment is developed and tested. The model allows family background to influence occupational choice via access to economic resources, differences in costs of schooling, and ability uncertainty. The model predicts that people are more sensitive...

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Occupational Choice and Incentives: The Role of Family Background.

Sjogren, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

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Women's Representation and Public Spending

Svaleryd, Helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

This paper studies whether the degree of women’s representation in Swedish local councils affects local public expenditure patterns. Theoretically, the individual preferences of elected representatives may have an impact on public expenditure if full policy commitment is not feasible. To...

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Bilateral Oligopoly.

Bjornerstedt, J.; Stennek, J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

In many intermediate goods markets buyers and sellers both have market power. Contracts are usually long-term and negotiated bilaterally, codifying many elements in addition to price. We model such bilateral oligopolies as a set of simultaneous Rubenstein-Stahl bargainings over contracts...

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Efficiency Gains from Mergers.

Roller, L.-H.; Stennek, J.; Verboven, F. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

The purpose of this report is to contribute to the analysis of two questions. Should a merger control system take into account efficiency gains from horizontal mergers, and balance these gains against the anti-competitive effects of mergers? If so, how should a system be designed to account for...

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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 in Research and Development (R&D). This rapid increase in R&D investment is mainly attributed to the effort of strengthening the indigenous innovation capacity of domestic...

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The Global Award for Entreprenurship Research

Henrekson, Magnus; Lindström, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the area. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur Rune Andersson it has been...

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