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information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed optimal. To the contrary, when local knowledge is more important than the …
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in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …
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We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … knowledge across nations. …
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We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … evidence of migrants facilitating the technology-specific diffusion of knowledge across nations. …
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In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative … can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication. …
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This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...
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This paper develops a model with multiple market locations in which the quality of intangible assets of firms, provided by management, determines the firms? performance. Despite an exante symmetry of potential entrants, the equilibrium assignment of heterogeneous managerial skills to firms tends...
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Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues … or defence R&D. Our findings tentatively suggest that for maximum market sector productivity impact government innovation …
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-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …
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This paper develops a model with multiple market locations in which the quality of intangible assets of firms, provided by management, determines the firms’ performance. Despite an ex ante symmetry of potential entrants, the equilibrium assignment of heterogeneous managerial skills to firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822446