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Shirking, Sharing Risk, and Shelving : The Role of University License Contracts
Thursby, Marie - 2005
In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of university licensing to explain why university license contracts often include payment types that differ from the fixed fees and royalties typically examined by economists. Our findings suggest that milestone payments and annual payments are...
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On the Economics of Science Parks
Liang, Wen-Jung - 2019
Science parks play a growing in knowledge-based economies by accommodating high-tech firms and providing an environment that fosters location-dependent knowledge spillovers and promote R&D investments by firms. Yet, not much is known about the economic conditions under which such entities may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479548
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Fencing Off Silicon Valley : Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2020
The treatment of foreign investors has been a contentious topic in U.S. entrepreneurship policy in recent years. This paper examines foreign corporate investments in Silicon Valley from a theoretical and empirical perspective. We model a setting where such funding may allow U.S. entrepreneurs to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481131
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Inventor Moral Hazard in University Licensing : The Role of Contracts
Dechenaux, Emmanuel - 2008
-in university inventions supports the complementarity of milestones and consulting suggested by the theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464422
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A Center-Periphery Model of Monetary Coordination and Exchange Rate Crises
Buiter, Willem H. - 1995
inflation-prone Periphery Countries that use an exchange rate peg as an anti- inflationary device, when the Center is hit by an … aggregate demand shock. Cooperation in the Periphery is constrained to be symmetric: costs and benefits must be equal for all …. The first is when the constrained cooperative response of the Periphery is a moderate common devaluation while the non …
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Universities as Research Partners
Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2000
Universities are a key institution in the US innovation system and an important aspect of their involvement is the role they play in Private-Public Partnering activities. This study seeks to gain a better understanding of the performance of university-industry research partnerships using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471124
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Research Funding and Collaboration
Davies, Benjamin - 2020
We analyse whether research funding contests promote co-authorship. Our analysis combines Scopus publication records with data on applications to the Marsden Fund, the premiere source of funding for basic research in New Zealand. On average, and after controlling for observable and unobservable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482136
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Federal Life Sciences Funding and University R&D
Blume-Kohout, Margaret E. - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of federal extramural research funding on total expenditures for life sciences research and development (R&D) at U.S. universities, to determine whether federal R&D funding spurs funding from non-federal (private and state/local government) sources. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463504
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Universities, Joint Ventures, and Success in the Advanced Technology Program
Darby, Michael R. - 2003
America's most innovative firms participate in the U.S. Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) those that participated at least once accounted for over 40 percent of U.S. patents to U.S. entities during 1988-1996. Many firms are repeat participants. ATP participation has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469240
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The Structure and Performance of U.S. Research Joint Ventures : Inferences and Implications from the Advanced Technology Program
Adams, James D. - 2017
Research Joint Ventures (RJVs) are projects that combine the research resources of different firms. A sample of RJVs supported by the U.S. Advanced Technology Program shows that the projects yield revenues that are far less than costs. Related to this point, the RJVs are subject to...
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