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Eaton, Jonathan - 2006

We explore the determinants of research specialization across countries and its consequences for relative wages. Using a dynamic Ricardian model we examine the effects of faster international technology diffusion and lower trade barriers on the incentive to innovate. In the absence of any...

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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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Intracompany Governance and Innovation

Belenzon, Sharon - 2009

This paper examines the relation between ownership, corporate form, and innovation for a cross-section of private and …: while most innovating firms in the US are publicly traded conglomerates, a substantial fraction of innovation is … countries, where business groups tend to be concentrated in industries with a slower and more fundamental innovation cycle and …

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Innovating Firms and Aggregate Innovation

Klette, Tor Jakob - 2002

We develop a parsimonious model of innovating firms rich enough to confront firm-level evidence. It captures the dynamic behavior of individual heterogenous firms, describes the evolution of an industry with simultaneous entry and exit, and delivers a general equilibrium model of technological...

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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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Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?

Kortum, Samuel - 1998

While policymakers often assume venture capital has a profound impact on innovation, that premise has not been … measures of innovation are used in a sample of 530 venture-backed and non-venture-backed firms …

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Engines of Growth : Domestic and Foreign Sources of Innovation

Eaton, Jonathan - 1995

present a multicountry model of technological innovation and diffusion which has the implication that, for a wide range of …

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The Effect of Public Science on Corporate R&D

Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Cioaca, Larisa C.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

innovation in firms. However, inventions from universities and public research institutes substitute for corporate inventions and …

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