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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations

Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...

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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

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Innovation, Diffusion, and Trade

Eaton, Jonathan - 2006

We explore the determinants of research specialization across countries and its consequences for relative wages. Using a dynamic Ricardian model we examine the effects of faster international technology diffusion and lower trade barriers on the incentive to innovate. In the absence of any...

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Agglomeration and Innovation

Carlino, Gerald - 2014

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

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European Technology Policy

Eaton, Jonathan - 1998

European countries do less research than Japan and the United States. We use a quantitative multi-country growth model to ask: (i) Why is this so? (ii) Would there be any benefit to expanding research in Europe? (iii) What would various European research promotion policies do? We find that (i)...

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Does venture capital spur innovation?

Kortum, Samuel; Lerner, Joshua - 1998

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Tech Clusters

Kerr, William R. - 2020

Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic …

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Lockdowns and Innovation : Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Berkes, Enrico - 2020

Does social distancing harm innovation? We estimate the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs …

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Innovating Firms and Aggregate Innovation

Klette, Tor Jakob - 2002

We develop a parsimonious model of innovating firms rich enough to confront firm-level evidence. It captures the dynamic behavior of individual heterogenous firms, describes the evolution of an industry with simultaneous entry and exit, and delivers a general equilibrium model of technological...

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Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?

Kortum, Samuel - 1998

While policymakers often assume venture capital has a profound impact on innovation, that premise has not been … measures of innovation are used in a sample of 530 venture-backed and non-venture-backed firms …

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