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Why develop open source software? : The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards and open source licence type
Sauer, Robert M. (contributor) - 2007
A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646702
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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230889
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Allocation of human capital and innovation at the frontier : firm-level evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2013
conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …-skilled employees and industries in Germany by a more unequal distribution of human capital intensity. Except for low …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786464
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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 2014
The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409776
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Competing on the holodeck : the effect of virtual peers and heterogeneity in dynamic tournaments
Graff, Jan Frederik; Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine - 2018
We propose experiments in virtual reality (VR) as a new approach to examining behavior in an economic context, e.g., heterogeneity in dynamic tournaments. We simulate a realistic working situation in a highly immersive environment. Implementing a tournament in VR, we are able to mitigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946765
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Why develop open source software? The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards and open source licence type
Sauer, Robert M. - 2007
A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268441
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Is demand-pulled innovation equally important in different groups of firms?
Piva, Mariacristina (contributor);  … - 2006
Previous empirical literature - mainly cross-sectional - has tested the demand-pull hypothesis and found that overall, evidence does not conflict with the idea that innovation may be driven by output. Using a balanced panel of 216 Italian manufacturing firms over the 1995-2000 period, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283429
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Innovation and the determinants of firm survival
Buddelmeyer, Hielke (contributor);  … - 2006
While many firms compete through the development of new technologies and products, it is well known that new-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies consistently find a negative association between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003481918
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Innovative work practices, information technologies and working conditions : evidence for France
Askenazy, Philippe (contributor); Caroli, Eve (contributor) - 2006
"We investigate the impact of new work practices and information and communication technologies (ICT) on working conditions in France. We use a unique French dataset providing information on individual workers for the year 1998. New work practices include the use of quality norms, job rotation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375233
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Determinants and policy simulation of firms cooperation in innovation
Heshmati, Almas; Lenz-Cesar, Flávio - 2013
This research introduces an agent-based simulation model representing the dynamic processes of cooperative R&D in the manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 and captured in a multivariate probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766256