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Arora, Ashish - 2003

.S. manufacturing sector, we estimate the increment to the value of an innovation realized by patenting it, and then analyze the effect …

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R&D and the Incentives from Merger and Acquisition Activity

Phillips, Gordon M. - 2012

. Large firms may find it disadvantageous to engage in an "R&D race" with small firms, as they can obtain access to innovation …

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The staged competition innovation theory

Jensen, Christopher A. - In: Journal of open innovation : technology, market, and … 7 (2021) 3, pp. 1-19

Innovation is critical to technological progress and has many theories to explain its processes. Organised competition … has been shown empirically to provide an alternative pathway for innovation within an industry, increasing innovation … rates and radicalness. This research introduces and develops the new staged competition innovation theory which builds on …

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Evolution of technology and technology governance

Almgren, Richard; Skobelev, Dmitry - In: Journal of open innovation : technology, market, and … 6 (2020) 2/22, pp. 1-16

This study is based on the concept of Kondratiev´s technological waves as an analytical instrument for examining the processes of technological evolution. It aims at setting feasible indicators for this evolutionary development in order to provide a regulatory instrument for policy makers. In...

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Combinatorial Discrete Choice : A Quantitative Model of Multinational Location Decisions

Arkolakis, Costas; Eckert, Fabian; Shi, Rowan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We introduce a general quantifiable framework to study the location decisions of multinational firms. In the model, firms choose in which locations to pay the fixed costs of setting up production, taking into account potential complementarities among production locations. The firm's location...

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Vertical Integration and Technology : Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron - 2004

This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration using data from the UK manufacturing sector. We find that the relationship between a downstream (producer) industry and an upstream (supplier) industry is more likely to be vertically integrated when the producing industry is more...

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Revisiting Some Productivity Debates

Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2003

Researchers interested in estimating productivity can choose from an array of methodologies, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Methods differ by the assumptions they rely on and imply very different calculations. I compare five widely used techniques: (a) index numbers, (b) data...

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Product Choice and Product Switching

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2003

This paper develops a model of endogenous product selection by firms. The theory is motivated by new evidence we present on the importance of product switching by U.S. manufacturers. Two-thirds of continuing firms change their product mix every five years, and product switches involve more than...

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Vertical Information Restraints : Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions

Asker, John - 2016

We consider vertical contracts where the retail market may involve search frictions. Minimum advertised price restrictions (MAP) act as a restraint on customers' information and so can increase search frictions in the retail sector. Such restraints, thereby, soften retail competition--an impact...

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Product Mix and Firm Productivity Responses to Trade Competition

Mayer, Thierry - 2016

We document how demand shocks in export markets lead French multi-product exporters to re-allocate the mix of products sold in those destinations. In response to positive demand shocks, those French firms skew their export sales towards their best performing products; and also extend the range...

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