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Prizes are receiving increasing attention in policy and entrepreneurial communities as means to promote innovation, but …
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liability and regulation as determinants of readiness and the adequacy of incentives for technological innovation in oil spill …
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Regulators often seek to promote the use of improved, cleaner technology when new investments occur; however, technology mandates are suspected of raising costs and delaying investment. We examine investment choices for electricity generation under a strict emissions rate performance standard...
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Policy and entrepreneurial communities are increasingly promoting innovation by using prizes but their distinguishing …
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Twenty years ago, Harvard Business School economist and strategy professor Michael Porter stood conventional wisdom about the impact of environmental regulation on business on its head by declaring that well-designed regulation could actually enhance competitiveness. The traditional view of...
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In this paper, we use the US shale gas experience to shed light on how China might overcome the innovation problem …, an innovation stage and a scaling-up stage, with the first presenting a much bigger challenge than the latter. Our … analysis suggests that China’s national oil companies offer the best hope for overcoming the innovation problem. China’s policy …
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relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …
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other firms are more likely to be successful in their innovation activities. However, the scheme does not appear to …
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hamper innovation and growth. Increasing the supply of R&D skills will expand an economy's innovative capacity. A …&D-based innovation. Both innovative and absorptive capacity expansions contribute to higher growth and welfare. …
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regulations spur or hinder innovation is of great importance to environmental policy. Using a unique Norwegian panel data set that …
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