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The Influence of Federal Laboratory R&D on Industrial Research

Adams, James; Chiang, Eric P.; Jensen, Jeffrey L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

Over the past 60 years the United States has created the world's largest system of government laboratories. The impact of the laboratories on the private economy has been little studied though their research accounts for 14% of total U.S. R&D, more than the R&D of all colleges and universities...

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Endogenous R&D Spillovers and Industrial Research Productivity

Adams, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper explores the implications of a simple model of learning and innovation by firms. In this model R … learning and innovation, with learning responding to opportunities, innovation responding to learning and own R&D, and a stream …

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The Origins of Industrial Scientific Discoveries

Adams, James; Clemmons, J. Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

This paper estimates science production functions for R&D-performing firms in the United States using scientific papers as the measure of output, by analogy with patents. The underlying evidence covers 200 top U.S. R&D firms during 1981-1999 as well as 110 top U.S. universities. We find that...

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Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers

Adams, James; Chiang, Eric P.; Starkey, Katara - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper takes a first look at the effect of Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRCs) on industrial R&D laboratories. IUCRCs are small academic centers designed to foster technology transfer between universities and firms. Since IUCRCs depend on industry support we expect them...

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Comparative Localization of Academic and Industrial Spillovers

Adams, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001

This paper studies localization of academic and industrial knowledge spillovers. Using data on U.S. Research and Development laboratories, that quantify spatial aspects of learning about universities and firms as well as their locations, I find that academic spillovers are more localized than...

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Measuring Science: An Exploration

Adams, James; Griliches, Zvi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

This paper examines available U.S. data on academic R&D expenditures and the number of papers published and the number of citations to these papers as possible measures of `output' of this enterprise. We look at these numbers for science and engineering as a whole, for 5 selected major fields,...

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Is the U.S. Losing Its Preeminence in Higher Education?

Adams, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

The expansion of U.S. universities after World War II gained from the arrival of immigrant scientists and graduate students, the broadening of access to universities, and the development of military research and high technology industry. Since the 1980s, however, growth of scientific research in...

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R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation: A Multiple Indicators Approach

Adams, James; Marcu, Mircea - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

consider the effects of sourcing, RJVs, and the firm's internal research on innovation, as defined by patents and new products …. Our results are that sourcing has little effect on innovation, but that RJVs and internal research increase innovation …. This suggests specialization: cost saving is the primary motivation for sourcing, while innovation is the primary …

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The Role of Search in University Productivity: Inside, Outside, and Interdisciplinary Dimensions

Adams, James; Clemmons, J. Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Due to improving information technology, the growing complexity of research problems, and policies designed to foster interdisciplinary research, the practice of science in the United States has undergone significant structural change. Using a sample of 110 top U.S. universities observed during...

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