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The Division of Labor in Teams : A Conceptual Framework and Application to Collaborations in Science

Häussler, Carolin - 2016

Even though teams have become the dominant mode of knowledge production, little is known regarding how they divide work among their members. Conceptualizing knowledge production as a process involving a number of functional activities, we first develop a conceptual framework to study the...

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Does venture capital spur innovation?

Kortum, Samuel; Lerner, Joshua - 1998

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Science and the Market for Technology

Arora, Ashish; Belenzon, Sharon; Suh, Jungkyu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Well functioning Markets for Technology (MFT) allow inventors to sell their inventions to others that may derive more value from them. We argue that the growing reliance on science in inventions enhances MFT. In addition to higher quality inventions, reliance on science may enhance gains from...

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Poisedness and Propagation : Organizational Emergence and the Transformation of Civic Order in 19th-Century New York City

Johnson, Victoria - 2015

The emergence of novelty, especially of new categories of people and organizations, is undertheorized in the social sciences. Some social worlds are more hospitable to novel introductions or exogenous perturbations than others. Explaining this relative "poisedness" is essential to understanding...

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A Synthetic Model of Disruption and Experimentation

Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper examines how a firm's choice of the type of experiment impacts on its potential exploitation of new technological opportunities. It does so in the context of the failure of successful firms (or disruption) where the literature has informally suggested that firms undertake errors in...

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Patent Trolls : Evidence from Targeted Firms

Cohen, Lauren - 2014

ability to defend themselves against litigation. We find that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at … innovation in the industries in which they are most prevalent …

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To Starve or to Stoke? : Understanding Whether Divestment vs. Investment Can Steer (Green) Innovation

Pless, Jacquelyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

divestment to combat climate change. Will it work? This chapter explores whether divestment might induce green innovation, a … critical component of transitioning to a cleaner economy. Divestment could theoretically steer innovation by increasing the … investment opportunities. I argue that continuing to invest in dirty industries could drive green innovation conditional on …

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Women in Academic Economics : Have We Made Progress?

Ginther, Donna K.; Kahn, Shulamit Beth - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This study uses data from Academic Analytics to examine gender differences in promotion to associate professor in economics. We found that women in economics were 15% less likely to be promoted to associate professor after controlling for cumulative publications, citations, grants and grant...

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Science as a Public Good : Public Use and Funding of Science

Yin, Yian; Dong, Yuxiao; Wang, Kuansan; Wang, Dashun; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Knowledge of how science is consumed in public domains is essential for a deeper understanding of the role of science in human society. While science is heavily supported by public funding, common depictions suggest that scientific research remains an isolated or 'ivory tower' activity, with...

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As Science Evolves, How Can Science Policy?

Jones, Benjamin - 2010

Getting science policy right is a core objective of government that bears on scientific advance, economic growth, health, and longevity. Yet the process of science is changing. As science advances and knowledge accumulates, ensuing generations of innovators spend longer in training and become...

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