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We fully solve an assignment problem with heterogeneous firms and multiple heterogeneous workers whose skills are imperfect substitutes, that is, when production is submodular. We show that sorting is neither positive nor negative and is characterized sufficiently by two regions. In the first...
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In this paper, we display the tools and principles of personnel economics through a series of models aimed at addressing the questions posed above. We focus on the building blocks that form the foundation of personnel economics: the assumptions that both the worker and the firm are rational...
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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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, ranging from self-employment to small and medium size enterprises to technology- and innovation-driven startups, recent … of new firm entry, but rather by a small subset of high-growth startups that are primarily categorized as innovation …-driven. This paper provides a survey of the growing literature on the economics of such innovation-driven entrepreneurship. We …
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the allocation and impacts of innovation subsidies, using the data from the China Employer Employee Survey (CEES). We find … that the innovation subsidies are preferentially allocated to state owned firms and politically connected firms. Of these … also find that the firms that receive innovation subsidies file and receive more patents, are more likely to introduce new …
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This paper examines whether there are complementarities between investments in ICT, R&D and organizational innovation … return of 9.7%, followed by 6% to 7% on organizational innovation and a modest 1.4% to 1.8% on R&D in services and …
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of innovation and imitation, we explore how inventive capability affects a firm's R&D investments, and thus whether and … innovation and the division of innovative labor among US manufacturing firms, we find that high capability firms tend to use …
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Innovation is important for firm performance and broader economic growth. But breakthrough innovations necessarily … effect on the rate of breakthrough innovation and the profitability of firms …
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effect on innovation. We develop a simple "trapped factor" model of innovation that is consistent with these empirical …
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Our histories depart somewhat from the bulk of the energy innovation policy literature in focusing attention on the … role of vigorous competition - particularly entry - in stimulating innovation, suggesting that in several industries a mix … stimulating innovation by encouraging extensive competition and entry by newly founded firms. Many of the most innovative …
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