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Defacto and Deeded Intellectual Property : Knowledge-Driven Co-Evolution of Firm Collaboration Boundaries and IPR Strategy
Zucker, Lynne G. - 2014
Research on intellectual property has focused on formal legally recorded rights that we call deeded, most often measured by granted patents. Meanwhile, other "defacto" IP (mainly purposive secrecy and natural excludability) has become more important because of the increasing closeness of...
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Innovation Network
Acemoglu, Daron - 2016
linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …
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The Control of Strategic Alliances : An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations
Lerner, Josh - 1997
In this paper, we examine the determinants of control rights in technology strategic alliances between biotechnology firms and pharmaceutical corporations, as well as with other biotechnology firms. We undertake three clinical studies and an empirical analysis of 200 contracts. Consistent with...
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Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance
Cai, Jing - 2016
We organized business associations for the owner-managers of randomly selected young Chinese firms to study the effect of business networks on firm performance. We randomized 2,800 firms into small groups whose managers held monthly meetings for one year, and into a "no- meetings" control group....
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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance
Bernard, Andrew B. - 2015
This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...
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Spatial Production Networks
Arkolakis, Costas; Huneeus, Federico; Miyauchi, Yuhei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use new theory and data to study how firms endogenously form production networks across regions and countries. Supplier and buyer relationships form depending on firms' productivity and geographic location. We characterize the normative and positive properties of the spatial distribution of...
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Restructuring Research : Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation
Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2006
-tier universities in the national innovation system as producers of new, high-quality knowledge …
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The Influence of University Research on Industrial Innovation
Kim, Jinyoung - 2005
research on industrial innovation. Moreover, during this period we find that firms with large research operations in both …
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R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation : A Multiple Indicators Approach
Adams, James D. - 2004
consider the effects of sourcing, RJVs, and the firm's internal research on innovation, as defined by patents and new products …. Our results are that sourcing has little effect on innovation, but that RJVs and internal research increase innovation …. This suggests specialization: cost saving is the primary motivation for sourcing, while innovation is the primary …
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Dancing with the Stars : Innovation Through Interactions
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018
An inventor's own knowledge is a key input in the innovation process. This knowledge can be built by interacting with … of our new innovation-led endogenous growth model, in which innovations are produced by heterogeneous research teams of … model nests inside the innovation-based endogenous growth model. We estimate the model, which fits the data very closely …
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