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An Anatomy of U.S. Firms Seeking Trademark Registration
Dinlersoz, Emin - 2018
This paper reports on the construction of a new dataset that combines data on trademark applications and registrations from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with data on firms from the U.S. Census Bureau. The resulting dataset allows tracking of various activity related to trademark use and...
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The Performance Effects of It-Enabled Knowledge Management Practices
Cappelli, Peter - 2010
The extensive literature on knowledge management spans several fields, but there are remarkably few studies that address the basic question as to whether knowledge management practices improve organizational performance. I examine that question using a national probability sample of...
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Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Productivity : A Firm Level Exploration Based on French Manufacturing Cis3 Data
Kremp, Elisabeth; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
In modern knowledge driven economies, firms are increasingly aware that individual and collective knowledge is a major factor of economic performance. The larger the firms and the stronger their connection with technology intensive industries, the more are they likely to set up knowledge...
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Commercializing Knowledge : University Science, Knowledge Capture, and Firm Performance in Biotechnology
Zucker, Lynne G.; Darby, Michael R.; Armstrong, Jeff S. - 2021
Commercializing knowledge involves transfer from discovering scientists to those who will develop it commercially. New codes and formulae describing discoveries develop slowly - with little incentive if value is low and many competing opportunities if high. Hence new knowledge remains naturally...
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Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose : Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development
Karlan, Dean S. - 2014
Many basic economic theories with perfectly functioning markets do not predict the existence of the vast number of microenterprises readily observed across the world. We put forward a model that illuminates why financial and managerial capital constraints may impede experimentation, and thus...
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Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal
Branstetter, Lee - 2014
Recent research has suggested that the reduction of entry regulation can promote firm entry and job creation, but little is known about the quality of firms and jobs created through these reforms. To shed light on this question, we employ data from Portugal, a country which implemented one of...
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Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation : Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2016
Managerial delegation is essential for firm growth. While firms in poor countries often shun outside managers and instead recruit among family members, the pattern is quite the opposite for firms in rich countries. In this paper, we ask whether these differences in managerial delegation have...
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And the Children Shall Lead : Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul A. - 2017
With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better firm performances? In this paper, we attempt to answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender...
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Connecting to Power : Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018
How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? To answer this question, we build a firm dynamics model, where we allow firms to invest in innovation and/or political connection to advance their productivity and to overcome certain market frictions. Our...
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Serial Entrepreneurship : Learning by Doing?
Lafontaine, Francine - 2014
Among typical entrepreneurs, is the serial entrepreneur more likely to succeed? If so, why? We answer these two … taxable goods and services in the state of Texas. An entrepreneur is defined as the owner of a new business. A serial … entrepreneur is one who opens repeat businesses. The success of the business is measured by the duration over which the business is …
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