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The Acquisition and Commercialization of Invention in American Manufacturing: Incidence and Impact
Arora, Ashish; Cohen, Wesley M.; Walsh, John P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
, suppliers and technology specialists. We also estimate the contribution of each source to innovation in the US economy. Although … rate of innovation in the economy. Indeed, results from a multinomial logit model suggest that, were the outside … availability of innovation to be removed, the percentage of innovating firms in the U.S. manufacturing sector would drop from 18 …
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Intellectual property rights policy, competition and innovation
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 10 (2012) 1, pp. 1-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009491299
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Return of the Solow Paradox? IT, Productivity, and Employment in U.S. Manufacturing
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David; Hanson, Gordon; Dorn, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
An increasingly influential "technological-discontinuity" paradigm suggests that IT-induced technological changes are rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950826
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The Globalization of the Software Industry: Perspectives and Opportunities for Developed and Developing Countries
Arora, Ashish; Gambardella, Alfonso - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
The spectacular growth of the software industry in some non-G7 economies has aroused both interest and concern. This paper addresses two sets of inter-related issues. First, we explore the determinants of these successful stories. We then touch upon the broader question of what lessons, if any,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085393
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Implications for Energy Innovation from the chemical industry
Arora, Ashish; Gambardella, Alfonso - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this … chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played … coal to oil, and briefly analyze two government programs that have attempted to promote innovation: synthetic rubber and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631696
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Contracts and the Division of Labor
Acemoglu, Daron; Antras, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
We develop a tractable framework for the analysis of the relationship between contractual incompleteness, technological complementarities, and technology adoption. In our model a firm chooses its technology and investment levels in contractible activities by suppliers of intermediate inputs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714808
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Cash-out or flame-out! Opportunity cost and entrepreneurial strategy: Theory, and evidence from the information security industry
Arora, Ashish; Nandkumar, Anand - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
), especially in innovation based industries. Striving for a cash-out makes mistakes more likely and increases the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008624629
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Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Hassan, Tarek A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We document a statistical association between the severity of the persecution and mass murder of Jews (the Holocaust) by the Nazis during World War II and long-run economic and political outcomes within Russia. Cities that experienced the Holocaust most intensely have grown less, and cities as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008634701
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Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Bautista, María … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic growth in general, but also that differences in economic...
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Modeling Inefficient Institutions
Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Why do inefficient %uF818 non-growth enhancing %uF818 institutions emerge and persist? This paper develops a simple framework to provide some answers to this question. Political institutions determine the allocation of political power, and economic institutions determine the framework for...
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