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Across-Country Wage Compression in Multinationals
Hjort, Jonas; Li, Xuan; Sarsons, Heather - 2022
’ establishments across the world and in employee-level data on the same employers’ establishments in Brazil …
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A Customs Union with Multinational Firms : The Automobile Market in Argentina and Brazil
Brambilla, Irene - 2021
policy in the automobile sector in Argentina and Brazil during 1996-1999.I measure the economic impact of a trade balance … these goods become more discriminatory, and exports from Brazil to Argentina decrease once the trade balance constraint is …
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Patents, Thickets, and the Financing of Early-Stage Firms : Evidence from the Software Industry
Cockburn, Iain M. - 2014
The impact of stronger intellectual property rights in the software industry is controversial. One means by which patents can affect technical change, industry dynamics, and ultimately welfare, is through their role in stimulating or stifling entry by new ventures. Patents can block entry, or...
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U.S. V. Microsoft : Did Consumers Win?
Evans, David A.; Evans, David S.; Nichols, Albert L.; … - 2022
U.S. v. Microsoft and the related state suit filed in 1998 appear finally to have concluded. In a unanimous en banc decision issued in late June 2004, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to the remedies approved by the District Court in November 2002. The wave of follow-on...
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Going Soft : How the Rise of Software Based Innovation Led to the Decline of Japan's it Industry and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley
Arora, Ashish - 2014
This paper documents a shift in the nature of innovation in the information technology (IT) industry. Using … comprehensive data on all IT patents granted by the USPTO from 1980-2002, we find strong evidence of a change in IT innovation that … is systematic, substantial, and increasingly dependent on software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had …
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Human Capital and the Indian Software Industry
Arora, Ashish - 2010
Though previous studies have noted the role of skilled labor in the growth of the Indian software industry, they have not empirically investigated its importance. In this study we study the effect of the supply of engineers, measured by engineering baccalaureate capacity, on the regional growth...
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The Globalization of the Software Industry : Perspectives and Opportunities for Developed and Developing Countries
Arora, Ashish; Gambardella, Alfonso - 2022
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,...
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Quality Certification and the Economics of Contract Software Development a Study of the Indian Software Industry
Arora, Ashish; Asundi, Jai - 2021
A significant amount of software development is being outsourced to countries such as India. Many Indian software firms have applied for and received quality certifications like the ISO9001, and the number of quality certified software firms has steadily increased. Despite its growing popularity...
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Entry and Patenting in the Software Industry
Cockburn, Iain M. - 2014
To what extent are firms kept out of a market by patents covering related technologies? Do patents held by potential entrants make it easier to enter markets? We estimate the empirical relationship between market entry and patents for 27 narrowly defined categories of software products during...
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Knowledge Transfer Abroad : The Role of U.S. Inventors within Global R&D Networks
Branstetter, Lee - 2018
The location of US multinational foreign R&D has shifted significantly to include emerging markets in addition to traditional Western R&D hubs, resulting in two challenges for multinationals: (1) how to transfer knowledge across geographic distances, and (2) how to facilitate learning when local...
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