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Firm collaboration and modes of innovation in Norway
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
.’s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result of ‘science, technology and innovation’ (STI) and ‘doing, using …-mode interaction (with consultants, universities, and research centres) and DUI-mode interaction, distinguishing between DUI …
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Harnessing Success: Determinants of University Technology Licensing Performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together … with panel data on U.S. universities for 1995-99. We find that private universities are much more likely to adopt incentive …. Adopting incentive pay is associated with about 30-40 percent more income per license. Universities with strong local …
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Procuring Innovation
Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
To stay on top of global competition, firms and governments often need to acquire innovative goods and services, including ideas and research, from their strategic suppliers. A careful design of procurement policy is crucial to make potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable...
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Immigration and the School System
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging eects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school...
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Thailand’s Student Loan Fund: An Analysis of Interest Rate Subsidies and Repayment Hardships
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha; Polsiri, Piruna; … - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
This paper presents analysis of the implicit subsidies and repayment hardships of Thailand’s Student Loan Fund (SLF). Comparisons are made between the current SLF with alternative similar schemes, assuming different rates of interest and loan repayment periods. We find that the implicit...
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Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reform
Chapman, Bruce - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
It is well known that higher education financing involves uncertainty and risk with respect to students’ future economic fortunes, and an unwillingness of banks to provide loans because of the absence of collateral. It follows that without government intervention there will be both socially...
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Income Contingent Student Loans for Thailand: Alternatives Compared
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
This paper illustrates the extent of implicit taxpayer subsidies under four possible income contingent loan (ICL) arrangements for Thailand: TICAL, implemented in 2007 only, a variant of TICAL, and two alternative ICL schemes. The implicit taxpayer subsidy calculated with respect to average...
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Immigrant Earnings Change: The Importance of Australian Schooling.
Will, L. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
It is shown, both theoretically and empirically, that failure to take age at arrival into account leads to some bias in estimates of earnings change with years since migration. In addition, the analysis reveals that results are sensitive to the approach taken to inclusion of information on...
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema; Ryan, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper combines a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning. In 57 schools in India, randomly chosen out of 113, a teacher’s daily attendance was verified through photographs with time...
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Reforming Youth Allowance: The “Independent-at- Home” Category
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
Several of the Youth Allowance eligibility criteria for independent status were subject to severe criticism in the recent Review of Australian Higher Education (2008). Specifically, it seems to be the case that many students are able to qualify for socalled “independent-at-home” financial...
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