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Internet Access and U.S. - China Innovation Competition

Hoberg, Gerard - 2020

Using new measures of expanded Internet access in China and internet-based search, we examine how competitive shocks … innovation competition using the geography of Chinese internet penetration and Chinese import data. Increases in the ability of … Chinese industry peers to gather knowledge through the internet are followed by reductions in U.S. R&D investment and …

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Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations : Lessons from the Internet

Greenstein, Shane - 2010

The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate two distinct models …

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The Relative Performance of Real Estate Marketing Platforms : MLS versus FSBOMadison.com

Hendel, Igal - 2007

We compare outcomes obtained by sellers who listed their home on a newly developed For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) web site versus those who used an agent and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). We do not find support for the hypothesis that listing on the MLS helps sellers obtain a significantly...

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Restructuring Research : Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation

Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2006

Bitnet -- and likely subsequent versions, including the Internet -- seems to have increased the role of second …

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Determinants of E-business Adoption: Evidence from Firms in India, Nigeria, Uganda

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Lal, Kaushalesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2004

In this paper we employ firm-level data collected in three countries to analyze factors determining the adoption of internal e-business technologies in developing countries. The main objectives of the study are: identification of clusters based on technology adopted, classify firms in each...

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Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions: Be a driver, not a passenger

Heng, Stefan; Meyer, Thomas; Stobbe, Antje - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Web 2.0 heralds a new era of communication with a massive increase in information supply and where news, opinion and services flow directly from user to user. Financial institutions can take advantage if they stay abreast of this development. However, any Web 2.0 presence of a financial...

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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention

Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This monograph compares the methodologies and progress of the different existing models of information and communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of complementary reforms in government administration and policies. The...

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Transaction Costs, Information Technology and Development

Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper examines the impact of transaction costs on economic welfare and development. We extend the static model of Romer (1994), in which transaction costs reduce welfare by the reducing the equilibrium number of intermediate goods, and estimate the welfare losses in the case of domestic...

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Network neutrality and congestion sensitive content providers: Implications for content variety, broadband investment and regulation

Krämer, Jan; Wiewiorra, Lukas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...

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