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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier : Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 … are more dispersed in the Netherlands. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155491
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A Real Options Perspective on R&D Portfolio Diversification
Bekkum, Sjoerd van; Pennings, Enrico; Smit, Han - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
This paper shows that the presence of conditional staging in R&D (Research & Development) has a critical impact on portfolio risk, and changes diversification arguments when a portfolio is constructed. When R&D projects exhibit option-like characteristics, correlation between projects plays a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016277
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A Real Options Perspective on R&D Portfolio Diversification
Bekkum, Sjoerd van; Pennings, Enrico; Smit, Han - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This paper shows that the presence of conditional staging in R&D (Research & Development) has a critical impact on portfolio risk, and changes diversification arguments when a portfolio is constructed. When R&D projects exhibit option-like characteristics, correlation between projects plays a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257428
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137005
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257059
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Signals in Science - On the Importance of Signaling in Gaining Attention in Science
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
Which signals are important in gaining attention in science? For a group of 1,371 scientific articles published in 17 demography journals in the years 1990-1992 we track their influence and discern which signals are important in receiving citations. Three types of signals are examined: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795584
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Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence, and Endogenous Growth
Berden, Koen G.; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Institute - 2001
profits become negative and the firm stops producing the variety. This diminishes the life span of innovations, thus reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137353
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Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence, and Endogenous Growth
Berden, Koen G.; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001
becomenegative and the firm stops producing the variety. This diminishes the life span of innovations,thus reducing the return on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256370
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Signals in Science - On the Importance of Signaling in Gaining Attention in Science
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
Which signals are important in gaining attention in science? For a group of 1,371 scientific articles published in 17 demography journals in the years 1990-1992 we track their influence and discern which signals are important in receiving citations. Three types of signals are examined: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257178
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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 … are more dispersed in the Netherlands. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256679