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Random Effects" and "Control Function" to account for the endogeneity of regressors in a structural equations model, is …
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Random Effects and Control Function to account for the endogeneity of regressors in a structural equations model, is …
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the question, whether copyright infringement of digital products like software commonly labelled as piracy impedes innovation. We find the answer depends on the nature of piracy i.e. whether it is end-users or commercial piracy. For end user piracy,...
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This paper is an empirical test of the hypothesis that the appropriateness of different business strategies is conditional on the firm's distance to the industry frontier. We use data on four 2-digit high-tech manufacturing industries in the US over the period 1972-1999, and apply...
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This paper asks whether there is evidence of higher innovation output from firms where there is more foreign activity in terms of foreign direct investments (FDI), trade and collaboration on innovation, or if proximity between innovators is more important. With a sample of about two-thirds of...
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This paper deals with projects’ performance. To be more precise, we endeavor to redeem the concept of commercial failure, by making a critical appraisal of certain works on innovation journey. We show that product innovation is not always characterized by a stream of interdependent projects....
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This paper analyzes the impact of simultaneous increases in piracy (piracy effect) and network externalities (network effect) on R&D investment. A single firm's R&D investment increases (or decreases) if the network effect (or piracy effect) is dominant. With R&D competition, if the firms...
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business decisions, risk management, control that set the economic path of the company is mandatory for proving that the …
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This paper investigates how family ownership, control, and management affect firms’ investment performance. We use the …
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We study how the ownership and control structures may explain investment decisions of Mexican manufacturing firms. We … claim that agency costs, as a measure of the separation of management and control, and firms` size can explain investment … decisions. Furthermore the estimations support the necessity to include investment opportunities and cash flow as control …
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