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Electronics, Economic Growth and Employment – Revolution or Evolution
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982
The "new electronics technology" in its various manifestations has been very much in the limelight during recent years. It has been associated with future mass unemployment or scary visions of a Brave New World, a grand discontinuity in economic and cultural development. Governments are worried...
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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
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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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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Cost Reducing Innovations and Endogenous Spillovers
Nyberg, Sten - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1991
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Acquisitions, Entry and Innovation in Network Industries
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? We develop a theory … more important when there is an increase in network effects. A consequence is higher innovation incentives under an … reducing bidding competition, thereby also reducing acquisition prices and innovation incentives. …
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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
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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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work - the move from occupational specialization toward multi-tasking - for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818365
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The Real Effects of Private Equity Buyouts
Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
the real economic effect of buyouts: employment, wages, productivity, and long-run investments. Employment tend to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548989
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Global Income Divergence, Trade and Industrialisation: The Geography of Growth Take-Offs
Baldwin, R.E.; Martin, P.; Ottaviano, G.I.P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
This paper takes a step towards formalizing the theoretical interconnections among four post-Indutrial Revolution phenomena - the industrialization and growth take-off of rich 'northern' nations, massive global income divergence, and rapid trade expansion. Specifically, we present a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639328
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Institutions and Venture Capital
Lerner, Josh; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the US to Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market development, the tax system, labor market regulations,...
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