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In a dynamic environment where underlying competition is "for the market," this paper examines what happens when … incumbents and entrants in a cumulative innovation environment; that is, entrants may not be adequately compensated for losses in …
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We study a simple, two-stage, stochastic patent race involving two firms. We examine the behavior of the participants as they gain the lead or fall behind in the race. We find that the leader engages in R&D more intensively than does the follower, and that both firms intensify their efforts if...
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) competition in the development and marketing of the resulting product. The competitive interactions that occur substantially … these interactions. Implementation of the model shows that competition in R&D, in general, not only increases production and …
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lead to the innovation sought, others result in dead ends. Because firms benefit from their competitors working in the …. The risky arm could potentially lead to a dead end and the safe arm introduces further competition to make firms keep …
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We study how competition between two downstream firms affects an upstream innovator's innovation strategy, which … upstream innovation: at low levels of competition, market-wide licensing is optimal and competition reduces innovation, while … at high levels of competition targeted licensing is optimal and competition increases innovation. Empirical analysis …
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motivation for using a market value equation to price knowledge assets is discussed and the theory behind this equation is …
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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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This paper studies the links between productivity, innovation and research at th level. We introduce three new features …: (i) A structural model that explains pro by innovation output, and innovation output by research investment; (ii) New dat … the available data: only a small proportion of firms engage in resea apply for patents; productivity, innovation and …
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We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and innovation as the engine of growth. The objective …
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In this paper we analyze the evidence from a large number of studies on three specific questions pertaining to R&D investment: (1) Are there diminishing returns to inventive activities? (2) What is the relationship between R&D and productivity and what are the magnitudes of the returns to a...
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