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Phlippen, Sandra; Vermeersch, An - 2008

This study analyses 1400 research projects of the top 20 R&D-spending pharmaceuticals to identify the determinants of successful research projects. We provide clear evidence that externally sourced projects and projects involving biotechnologies perform better than internal projects and chemical...

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Starting an R&D project under uncertainty

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Luttens, Roland Iwan; Peters, Bettina - 2010

We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a decrease and...

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R&D networks

Goyal, Sanjeev; Moraga-González, José Luis - 2000

We develop a model of strategic networks that captures two distinctive features of interfirm collaboration: bilateral agreements and nonexclusive relationships. Our analysis highlights the relationship between market competition, firms' incentives to invest in R&D, and the architecture of...

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Empirical Patterns of Firm Growth and R&D Investment : a Quuality Laddermodel Interpretation

Klette, Tor Jakob - 2011

We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …) firm growth independent of firm size, as stated in the so-called Gibrat's law, and (iii) R&D investment proportional to …

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Watch What I Do, Not What I Say : the Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

Dharmapala, Dhammika - 2010

This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax …. Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R&D -- even for the firms that lobbied for the tax …

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The Myth of the Patient Japanese : Corporate Myopia and Financial Distress in Japan and the Us

Hall, Brian J. - 2006

decrease their Ramp;D spending (our main proxy for long-term investment) more than Japanese firms. We find no evidence that …

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ICT, R&D and Organizational Innovation : Exploring Complementarities in Investment and Production

Mohnen, Pierre - 2018

, and the effects of different investment profiles on total factor productivity growth on Dutch firm-level data. We estimate … an integrated model of investment profile adoption and total factor productivity growth. We find that the three … investment decisions are complementary, in the sense that investing in one increases the probability of investing in another one …

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International R&D Spillovers and Institutions

Coe, David T. - 2010

The empirical analysis in quot;International Ramp;D Spilloversquot; (Coe and Helpman, 1995) is first revisited by applying modern panel cointegration estimation techniques to an expanded data set that we have constructed for the purpose of this study. The new estimates confirm the key results...

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Comparison and Analysis of Productivity Growth and R&D Investment in Theelectrical Machinery Industries of the United States and Japan

Nadiri, M. Ishaq; Prucha, Ingmar R. - 2021

This paper presents a comparative analysis of productivity growth in the U.S. and Japanese electrical machinery industries in the postwar period. This industry has experienced rapid growth in output and productivity and high rates of capital formation in both countries. A substantial amount of...

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R&D, Production Structure and Productivity Growth : A Comparison of the Us, Japanese and Korean Manufacturing Sectors

Nadiri, M. Ishaq; Kim, Seongjun - 2021

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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