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Knowledge disclosure, patents and optimal organization of research and development

Bhattacharya, Sudipto; Guriev, Sergei - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

We develop a model of two-stage cumulative research and development (R&D), in which one Research Unit (RU) with an innovative idea bargains to license her nonverifiable interim knowledge exclusively to one of two competing Development Units (DUs) via one of two alternative modes: an Open sale...

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Pricing of Asian options on interest rates in the CIR model

Dassios, Angelos; Nagaradjasarma, Jayalaxshmi - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

probability distribution function. Applications to the valuation of derivatives, including Asian options prices in closed form …

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Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource?

Bloom, Nick; Kretschmer, Tobias; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We study the determinants and consequences of family-friendly workplace practices (FFWP) using a sample of over 450 manufacturing firms in Germany, France, U.K., and U.S. We find a positive correlation between firm productivity and FFWP. This association disappears, however, once we control for...

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The weightless economy in economic development

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

Can the increasing significance of knowledge-products in national income - the growing weightless economy - influence economic development? Those technologies reduce ''distance'' between consumers and knowledge production. This paper analyzes a model embodying such a reduction. The model shows...

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Matching demand and supply in a weightless economy : market-driven creativity with and without IPRs

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …

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Coordinating tasks in M-form and U-form organisations

Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gerard; Xu, Cheng-Gang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

compare the performance of organisational forms (M-form and U-form) in implementing changes such as innovation and reform. In … more innovation and reform. The theory is illustrated by the organisational differences between China and the former Soviet …

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Measuring the cost effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

effect on technology transfer (catching up with the technological frontier) as well as innovation (pushing the frontier …

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Technological innovation and economic performance in the United Kingdom

Nickell, S. J.; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

due to a weakness in technological innovation despite a high quality science base. This includes comparatively low and …

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How does innovation affect worker well-being?

Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Barth, Erling - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for the endogeneity of innovation. This is the case for three different … count measures of innovation – a global measure of innovation and measures for labour innovations and capital innovations …

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Nursery cities: urban diversity, process innovation and the life-cycle of products

Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their ideal production process by making …

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