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Of Mice and Academics : Examining the Effect of Openness on Innovation

Murray, Fiona - 2009

maintain discretion over their research agenda and allow others to build on their discoveries. This paper examines the … granting of control rights to researchers. Within this framework, openness of upstream research does not simply encourage … higher levels of downstream exploitation. It also raises the incentives for additional upstream research by encouraging the …

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The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market For Ideas : Evidence From Patent Grant Delays

Gans, Joshua S. - 2007

This paper considers the impact of the intellectual property (IP) system on the timing of cooperation/licensing by start-up technology entrepreneurs. If the market for technology licenses is efficient, the timing of licensing is independent of whether IP has already been granted. In contrast,...

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Do Formal Intellectual Property Rights Hinder the Free Flow of Scientific Knowledge? An Empirical Test of the Anti-Commons Hypothesis

Murray, Fiona - 2005

researchers to build upon that knowledge in their own scientific research activities. This article frames this debate around the … concept of dual knowledge, in which a single discovery may contribute to both scientific research and useful commercial … applications. A key implication of dual knowledge is that it may be simultaneously instantiated as a scientific research article …

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Contracting Over the Disclosure of Scientific Knowledge : Intellectual Property and Academic Publication

Gans, Joshua S. - 2013

scientific employees. While empirical research suggests that scientists exhibit a "taste for science," such open disclosures can …

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The Impact of Information Technology on Emergency Health Care Outcomes

Athey, Susan - 2000

This paper analyzes the productivity of technology and job design in emergency response systems, or 911 systems.' During the 1990s, many 911 systems adopted Enhanced 911' (E911), where information technology is used to link automatic caller identification to a database of address and location...

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