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The impact of private ownership, incentives and local development objectives on university technology transfer performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together …We study the impact of private ownership, incentive pay and local development objectives on university licensing … pay than public ones, but ownership does not affect licensing performance conditional on the use of incentive pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744928
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It's not what you make, it's how you use IT: measuring the welfare benefits of the IT revolution across countries
Bayoumi, Tamim; Haacker, Maarkus - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This paper analyzes the welfare benefits from falling relative prices of IT (information technology) goods across a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746377
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International financial integration and entrepreneurship
Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Using a unique data set of approximately 24 million firms in nearly 100 countries in 1999 and 2004, we find suggestive evidence that international financial integration has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746519
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Technology dissemination and economic growth: some lessons for the new economy
Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This paper attempts to draw lessons for the New Economy from what economists know about technology dissemination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071192
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Is Poland the next Spain?
Caselli, Francesco; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
efficiently. The other margin (within industry) reflects capital deepening and technology catchup at the industry level. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745276
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Growth and the quality of foreign direct investment: is all FDI equal?
Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
In this paper we distinguish different “qualities” of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use ‘quality’ to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071122
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Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over 25 years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We test the hypothesis that information and communication technologies (ICT) “polarize” labor markets, by increasing demand for the highly educated at the expense of the middle educated, with little effect on low-educated workers. Using data on the US, Japan, and nine European countries from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234814
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Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st Century evidence
Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
good fraction of thisinequality growth is due to technology-related increases in the demand for skilled workersoutstripping … clerks, leaving the demand for the lowest skilled service tasks largely unaffected.Finally, I argue that technology is partly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746536
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Has ICT polarized skill demand?: evidence from eleven countries over 25 Years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
technology (like R&D). Technologies can account for up to a quarter of the growth in demand for the college educated in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071292
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Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
. As the available public information about the specific technology increases, the trade-off shifts in favour of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884642