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of a consumer increases with aggregate consumption. The post-innovation network consists of two compatible sub … underinvest in innovation. …
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In the last decades, technologies became more complex which increased the degree of uncertainty in R&D. To overcome the uncertainty, firms frequently engage in R&D collaborations, e.g., Research Joint Ventures (RJVs), and licensing agreements. While RJVs are well explored in the literature, very...
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contribution to the growth in foreign intermediate goods in the 2001-2014 period. China has strongly contributed to the rise in … Labour Force Survey and obtain a dataset of 12 European countries and 2001-2007 period. I show that IT imports from China are … be attributed to the trade with China. …
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Within the policy debate, there is a fear that large incumbent firms buy small firms' inventions to ensure that they are not used in the market. We show that such "acquisitions for sleep" can occur if and only if the quality of a process invention is small; otherwise, the entry profit will be...
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This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...
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-efficiency gains from better management of the production processes, inventories, supply-chain, product distribution, and timing of … innovative activity in traditional industries such as pulp and paper. -- incremental innovation, ICT investments, modernization … investments ; competitive advantage ; production management ; supply-chain management …
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We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are … are shown to be solved by verification through entry for sale. -- acquisitions ; entrepreneurship ; innovation ; start …
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This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People's Republic of China. After …
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improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find … causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and …
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We reveal motivations of Chinese firms for issuing Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEO) by examining why firms change the use of SEO proceeds and how they use unspecified SEO proceeds. Using 533 SEOs issued by Chinese firms during 1999 - 2006, we find that firms do not use unspecified SEO proceeds on...
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