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How antitrust enforcement can spur innovation : Bell Labs and the 1956 consent
Watzinger, Martin; Fackler, Thomas; Nagler, Markus; … - 2017
We study the 1956 consent decree against the Bell System to investigate whether patents held by a dominant firm are harmful for innovation and if so, whether compulsory licensing can provide an effective remedy. The consent decree settled an antitrust lawsuit that charged Bell with having...
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Standing on the shoulders of science
Watzinger, Martin; Schnitzer, Monika - 2019
on science is on average 2.9 million U.S. dollars more valuable than a patent in the same technology that is unrelated to …
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Antitrust and (foreign) innovation : evidence from the Xerox case
Mamrak, Robin - 2023
ordered to license all its copier-technology patents in the US and abroad. I show that this promoted innovation by other firms …
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Patent collateral and access to debt
Bracht, Felix; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2022 - This version: August 3, 2022
We investigate how intangible capital in form of intellectual property, such as patents, might mitigate financing constraints. While scholars have already argued that patents might have a signalling value reducing information asymmetries between borrowers and lenders, we quantify the value of...
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Patience and comparative development
Sunde, Uwe; Dohmen, Thomas; Enke, Benjamin; Falk, Armin; … - 2021
This paper studies the relationship between patience and comparative development through a combination of reduced-form analyses and model estimations. Based on a globally representative dataset on time preference in 76 countries, we document two sets of stylized facts. First, patience is...
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Markets for technology in Europe : mapping demand and its drivers
Grimpe, Christoph; Sofka, Wolfgang; Schulz, Philipp; … - 2019
Functioning markets for technology are an important determinant for the type, scope and distribution of innovation … activities in an economy. However, markets for technology are often underdeveloped or inefficient. Existing theory attributes … structural forces that shape the demand side of markets for technology. In this study, we reason that demand depends on the …
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Firm formation and regional spillovers - evidence from Germany
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995
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Firm formation and regional spillovers : evidence from Germany
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995
consistent with the existence of localization and urbanization effects. The emergence of high technology firms seems to be …
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Is globalization the root cause of declining inflation?
Hukkinen, Juhana; Virén, Matti E. E. - 2022
This paper examines the reasons for the declining path of inflation since the 1970s. In particular, it focusses on the role of globalization - covering both changes in the global market structure and technical and structural developments in trade and production. In addition, the paper deals with...
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Brazil's participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations : evolution, challenges, and opportunities
Andrade, Israel de Oliveira; Hamann, Eduarda Passarelli; … - 2021
Based on a state policy perspective, this paper seeks to present the path of Brazil’s participation in United Nations (UN) peace operations, from its genesis in 1947 to the present day, with the intent to comprehend whether there is a progressive and evolutionary pattern in these engagement...
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