There has been a recent surge of interest in open source software development, which involves developers at many … exploration of the economics of open source software. We highlight the extent to which labor economics, especially the literature …

This paper documents the increasing importance of software for successful innovation in manufacturing sectors well … firms in the software intensity of their innovative activity. Firms that exhibit a higher level of software intensity … that geographic differences in the abundance of skilled software labor are an important factor in determining sample firms …

Empirical studies have found that enhanced foreign competition can encourage or discourage innovation. To address this …-product firms live forever, and the large firms invest in innovation in order to enlarge their product spans. All firms export. I … show that an increase in the competitiveness of foreign firms can increase or reduce innovation efforts of a large multi …

We analyze how expropriation risk reduces incentives for innovation and reallocates resources from the innovative … risk, such as corruption, negatively impacts innovation by reducing R&D expenditure, human capital in R&D, number of … highlight the detrimental effects of expropriation risk on innovation and economic development at the country level …