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of innovation, our results suggest that innovation in the tech sector has been more rapid than the rate that would be … of innovation in high-tech sectors has been more rapid than indicated by official statistics, then it is perhaps even …
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the European Union in May 2018. We study its short-run impact on investment in new and emerging technology firms. Our findings indicate negative post-GDPR effects on EU ventures, relative to their US counterparts. The negative...
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We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
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the israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for …
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Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic …
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This article investigates how a firm's financial strength affects its dynamic decision to invest in R&D. We estimate a dynamic model of R&D choice using data for German firms in high-tech manufacturing industries. The model incorporates a measure of the firm's financial strength, derived from...
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frontier? This paper models agents growing as a result of investments in innovation and imitation. Imitation facilitates …
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A frequently debated question is whether the use of intellectual property (IP) protection benefits the residents of low and middle income countries. We contribute to this debate with an analysis of the use of patents and trademarks by firms in Chile over the decade 1995-2005 as the then...
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Canadian firms adjusts innovation activities, business strategies, and exit in response to large increases in Chinese imports … between 1999 and 2005. On average, process innovation declines more strongly than product innovation. In addition, initially …
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