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Mapping information economy businesses with big data: findings from the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative ‘big data’ resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126265
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Strategic patenting and software innovation
Noel, Michael; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Strategic patenting is widely believed to raise the costs of innovating, especially in industries characterised by cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer software industry. We focus on two key aspects:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744919
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Competing technologies in the database management systems market
Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
possess network effects and where there is still some viable competition in our study period, 2000 – 2004. Specifically, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746425
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Strategic patenting and software innovation
Noel, Michael; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Strategic patenting is widely believed to raise the costs of innovating, especially in industries characterised by cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer software industry. We focus on two key aspects:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746431
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Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries
Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
competition is weak and/or when (b) family-owned firms pass management control down to the eldest sons (primo geniture). European … firms report lower levels of competition, while French and British firms also report substantially higher levels of primo … market competition and family firms account for about half of the long tail of badly managed firms and up to two thirds of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928804
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Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology and competition: evidence from France
Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
stylised facts are considered: globalisation, information technology, and competition. Globalisation and information technology … may have benefited the most productive firms more and the growth of competition may at the same time have stimulated the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744856
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Productivity convergence and foreign ownership at the establishment level
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Simpson, Helen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the existence of technology spillovers. Foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744968
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The auto-component supply chain in China and India: a benchmark study
Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which Chinese and Indian autocomponent producers have advanced towards international best practice levels of productivity and quality. The report is based on a survey of nine car manufacturers in China and six in India; a range of general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745200
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezlepretre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) and “clean” (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071158
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Here be startups: exploring a young digital cluster in inner East London
Nathan, Max; Vandore, Emma - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The digital industries cluster known as 'Silicon Roundabout' has been quietly growing in East London since the 1990s. Now rebranded 'Tech City', it is now the focus of huge public and government attention. National and local policymakers wish to accelerate the local area's development: such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126076