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Cognitive Economics
Kimball, Miles S. - 2015
Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called “bounded rationality …
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Cascades in Networks and Aggregate Volatility
Acemoglu, Daron - 2010
We provide a general framework for the study of cascade effects created by interconnections between sectors, firms or financial institutions. Focusing on a multi sector economy linked through a supply network, we show how structural properties of the supply network determine both whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136361
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Innovating Standards Through Informal Consortia : The Case of Wireless Telecommunications
Delcamp, Henry - 2014
We empirically examine the effects of industry consortia on the coordination of innovation strategies of the members … enables influencing peers' innovation strategies related to compatibility standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065932
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Patent Pools and the Direction of Innovation - Evidence from the 19th-Century Sewing Machine Industry
Lampe, Ryan - 2014
that pools encourage innovation in pool technologies, albeit at the cost of innovation in substitutes. Empirical evidence … innovations by new firms for a historical pool in the sewing machine industry (1856-1877) to examine effects on innovation …. Contrary to theoretical predictions, this analysis suggests that pools may discourage innovation in pool technologies and shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067179
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Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from the 19th-Century Sewing Machine Industry
Lampe, Ryan - 2014
a package to other firms. Regulators favor pools as a means to encourage innovation: Pools are expected to reduce … the effects of a patent pool on innovation. Contrary to theoretical predictions, the sewing machine pool appears to have … discouraged patenting and innovation, in particular for the members of the pool. Data on stitches per minute, as an objectively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071102
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Defacto and Deeded Intellectual Property : Knowledge-Driven Co-Evolution of Firm Collaboration Boundaries and IPR Strategy
Zucker, Lynne G. - 2014
Research on intellectual property has focused on formal legally recorded rights that we call deeded, most often measured by granted patents. Meanwhile, other "defacto" IP (mainly purposive secrecy and natural excludability) has become more important because of the increasing closeness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052123
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Trade, FDI, and the Organization of Firms
Helpman, Elhanan - 2021
New developments in the world economy have triggered research designed to better understand the changes in trade and investment patterns, and the reorganization of production across national borders. Although traditional trade theory has much to offer in explaining parts of this puzzle, other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219328
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Organizational Flexibility and Employment Dynamics at Young and Old Plants
Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Fisher, Jonas D. M. - 2021
There are significant differences in the dynamics of employment over the business cycle between young and old manufacturing plants. Young plants are more sensitive to aggregate disturbances, and they respond to them along different margins. We interpret these differences as reflecting greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248102
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ICT, R&D and Organizational Innovation : Exploring Complementarities in Investment and Production
Mohnen, Pierre - 2018
This paper examines whether there are complementarities between investments in ICT, R&D and organizational innovation … return of 9.7%, followed by 6% to 7% on organizational innovation and a modest 1.4% to 1.8% on R&D in services and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911090
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The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization
Bisin, Alberto - 2010
Cultural transmission arguably plays an important role in the determination of many fundamental preference traits (e.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards family and fertility practices, and attitudes...
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