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R&D, Production Structure and Productivity Growth : A Comparison of the US, Japanese and Korean Manufacturing Sectors
Nadiri, M. Ishaq - 1996
We estimate and compare the production structures of the US, Japanese, and Korean total manufacturing sectors for the 1974-1990 period. We employ a translog variable cost function that includes such inputs as labor, materials, physical and R&D capital with the physical and R&D capital treated as...
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A Structural Empirical Model of R&D Investment, Firm Heterogeneity, and Industry Evolution
Chen, Yanyou; Xu, Daniel Yi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
industry from 1991 to 1996. Plant-level decisions on R&D, physical capital investment, entry, and exit are integrated in a …This paper develops and estimates an industry equilibrium model of manufacturing plants in the Korean electric motor … physical investment, and plant scrap value distribution. Knowledge spillovers are essential to explaining the firm …
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Corporate Venture Capital as a Real Option in the Markets for Technology
Ceccagnoli, Marco - 2015
technology acquisition. In our research setting, the most common way to exercise the option post-CVC investment is via technology …
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The technology factor in international trade : a conference of the Universities - National Bureau Committee for Economic Research
Vernon, Raymond (ed.) - 1970
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Trade Wars, Technology and Productivity
Chen, Ching-mu - 2019
intermediate goods and their investment in domestic technologies. We establish sufficient conditions under which the steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480411
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Technology Diffusion
Stokey, Nancy - 2020
The importance of new technologies derives from the fact that they spread across many different users and uses, as well as different geographic regions. The diffusion of technological improvements, across producers within a country and across international borders, is critical for long run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481321
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Adoption Curves and Social Interactions
Brock, William A. - 2009
This paper considers the observational implications of social influences on adoption decisions for an environment of perfect foresight adopters. We argue that social influences can produce two observable effects: 1) discontinuities in unconditional adoption curves and 2) pattern reversals in...
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The Economics of Inefficient Technology Use
Beaudry, Paul - 2007
The adoption and diffusion of technological knowledge is generally regarded as a key element in a country's economic success. However, as is the case with most types of information, the transfer of technological knowledge is likely to be subject to adverse selection problems. In this paper we...
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Information and Communications Technology in Chronic Disease Care : Why is Adoption So Slow and Is Slower Better?
Christensen, Michael C. - 2007
Unlike the widespread adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in much of the economy, adoption of ICT in clinical care is limited. We examine how a number of not previously emphasized features of the health care and ICT markets interact and exacerbate each other to create...
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An Exploration of Technology Diffusion
Comin, Diego - 2006
Estimation of our model for a sample of 19 technologies, 21 countries, and the period 1870-1998 reveals that embodied productivity growth is large for many of the technologies in our sample. On average, increases in the variety of vintages available is a more important source of growth than the...
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