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Innovation, R&D and productivity in the Costa Rican ICT sector : a case study
Monge González, Ricardo; Hewitt, John - 2010
This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246566
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Trade secret laws, labor mobility, and innovations
Motta, Massimo; Rønde, Thomas - 2002
We show that when the researcher’s (observable but not contractible) contribution to innovation is crucial, a covenant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142258
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Improving the energy-efficiency of buildings : the impact of environmental policy on technological innovation
Noailly, Joëlle - 2010
energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy …. -- Innovation ; Technological Change ; Patents ; Energy-Efficiency ; Buildings ; Environmental Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736817
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Notes on the determinants of innovation : a multi-perspective analysis
Crespi, Francesco - 2004
The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600332
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The Battle for Patent Rights in Plant Biotechnology: Evidence from Opposition
Schneider, Cédric - 2010
This paper describes and analyzes the occurrence and extent of oppositions initiated against plant biotechnology patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). The opposition mechanism is a legal procedure that allows any third party to challenge the validity of patents awarded by the EPO....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142367
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Economic incongruities in the European patent system
Mejer, Malwina; Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - 2009
This paper argues that the consequences of the ‘fragmentation’ of the European patent system are more dramatic than the mere prohibitive costs of maintaining a patent in force in many jurisdictions. First, detailed analysis of judicial systems in several European countries and four case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003820846
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Emerging through technological capability : an overview of India's technological trajectory
Ray, Amit Shovon (contributor) - 2008
India’s emergence in the world economy over the last decade, has often, in popular discourse, been attributed, at least to a large extent, to its sustained efforts towards technological learning and capacity building. In this paper we present an overview of India’s technological trajectory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003781183
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Patenting public-funded research for technology transfer : a conceptual-empirical synthesis of US evidence and lessons for India
Ray, Amit Shovon; Saha, Sabyasachi - 2010
The question of protecting intellectual property rights by academic inventors was never seriously contemplated until the introduction of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in the US. The Act allowed universities to retain patent rights over inventions arising out of federally-funded research and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934753
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Drivers of academic research and patenting in India : econometric estimation of the research production function
Ray, Amit Shovon; Saha, Sabyasachi - 2010
In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic research and patenting in India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and number of research scholars) are transformed into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003963558
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Openness and the optimal taxation of foreign know-how
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2016
Developing countries frequently offer tax incentives and even subsidize the entry and operation of foreign firms. I examine the optimality of such policies in an economy where growth is driven by entrepreneurial know-how, a skill that is continuously updated on the basis of the productive ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585840