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Killing the Golden Goose? The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D

Arora, Ashish - 2015

Scientific knowledge is believed to be the wellspring of innovation. Historically, firms have also invested in research … to fuel innovation and growth. In this paper, we document a shift away from scientific research by large corporations … innovation. Large firms appear to value the golden eggs of science (as reflected in patents) but not the golden goose itself (the …

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The Changing Structure of American Innovation : Some Cautionary Remarks for Economic Growth

Arora, Ashish - 2019

major changes in the American innovation ecosystem over the past century. The past three decades have been marked by a …

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Inventive Capabilities in the Division of Innovative Labor

Arora, Ashish - 2018

of innovation and imitation, we explore how inventive capability affects a firm's R&D investments, and thus whether and … innovation and the division of innovative labor among US manufacturing firms, we find that high capability firms tend to use …

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Implications for Energy Innovation from the chemical industry

Arora, Ashish - 2010

The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this … chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played … coal to oil, and briefly analyze two government programs that have attempted to promote innovation: synthetic rubber and …

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Innovators : Songwriters

Galenson, David - 2009

Irving Berlin and Cole Porter were two of the great experimental songwriters of the Golden Era. They aimed to create songs that were clear and universal. Their ability to do this improved throughout much of their careers, as their skill in using language to create simple and poignant images...

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The Greatest Photographers of the Twentieth Century

Galenson, David - 2009

A survey of textbooks reveals that scholars consider Alfred Stieglitz to have been the greatest photographer of the twentieth century, followed in order by Walker Evans, Cindy Sherman, Man Ray, and Eugène Atget. Stieglitz, Evans, and Atget were experimental artists, who were committed to...

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Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art

Galenson, David - 2009

conspicuous innovation increased, conceptual artists could respond to these incentives more quickly and decisively than their …

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Language in Visual Art : The Twentieth Century

Galenson, David - 2008

paintings and collages in entirely new ways, and their innovation was quickly adopted by other artists. Words, phrases, and …

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First-mover Advantage and the Private Value of Public Science

Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Dionisi, Bernardo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Technical progress increasingly relies on the use of scientific knowledge. But if much of this knowledge is in the public domain, can it be a source of private value? We find that average private returns to using public science are small, especially in crowded technical fields, consistent with...

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Science and the Market for Technology

Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Suh, Jungkyu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Well functioning Markets for Technology (MFT) allow inventors to sell their inventions to others that may derive more value from them. We argue that the growing reliance on science in inventions enhances MFT. In addition to higher quality inventions, reliance on science may enhance gains from...

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