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industry structure are determined endogenously. Weak appropriability conditions in the downstream industry enhance innovation …
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This papcr uses a new firm panel data set to explore the relationship between R&D and productivity in German manufacturing firms for the period from 1979 to 1989. The results confirm the view that K&D is an important determinant of productivity growth. In the cross-section, the elasticity of...
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An increasingly influential "technological-discontinuity" paradigm suggests that IT-induced technological changes are rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some...
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Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …
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Our descriptive analysis of a random sample of businesses that received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research …
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findings from this body of research became a foundation for a number of technology and innovation policies promulgated in the … technology and innovation policy initiatives. We argue that there are lessons to be learned from PRA’s successes from its … and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program. …
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In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in … small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business … Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our years of study of the SBIR program that it is indeed bending the arc of …
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We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
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We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
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Innovation Research (SBIR) program, of which 624 had been discontinued prior to technical completion, we provide for the first …
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