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of all scientific publications of Italian biotechnology firms over the period 1990 to may 2006 and we provide evidence on …
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Since the late 1970s, pharmaceutical R&D has grown at a rapid rate relative to sales and other variables. In this paper, we examine the determinants of pharmaceutical R&D using a pooled data sample of 11 major drug firms over the period 1974 to 1994. We find that expected returns and cash flows...
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A firm that introduces a new good enjoys monopoly profits for some initial period of time. What happens subsequently depends upon the relative strength of knowledge diffusion and increasing dominance. The first effect enhances challengers’ ability to develop the product, erodes the...
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The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although a "medical anti … difficult to predict the impact of patenting on biomedical innovation in developing and least developed countries. This paper … develops a framework of analysis for the impact of patent rights on biomedical innovation in "technology follower" developing …
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). This paper aims to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge of biotechnology and innovation processes in New Zealand. It is …The New Zealand Government has indicated a strong interest in fostering innovation and aims to concentrate on selected … areas where New Zealand may be able to develop a new comparative advantage. One such area is biotechnology, which would …
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) Entrepreneurship distributed in systems of innovation, 3) Entrepreneurs changing selection criteria, and 4) Rationality vs. uncertainty …
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European countries. As a whole, Europe is lagging behind in its ability to generate, organise, and sustain innovation processes … position of the US as a locus of innovation in pharmaceuticals has increased over the past decade compared to Europe. All in …
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the 1990s. This enabled us to characterise several features of the innovation process in pharmaceuticals, particularly the … firms - the so-called New Biotechnology Firms (NBFs). Our results can be summarised as follows: a)The NBFs are largely an …
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This Paper empirically tests the ‘bounds approach’ to industry structure proposed by Sutton ((1991), (1998)). To carry out this task, we focus on the chemical industry. Part of the novelty in this exercise is that we work on the finest possible level of disaggregation. Also, we identify...
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Innovation is becoming a fundamental tool of competitiveness of firms and economies. It is especially relevant in … research intensive branches. Chemical industry belongs to one of the most innovative branches in Hungary. As innovation … innovation by minimizing the costs and risks in the process. With the increasing number of collaborations the types and modes of …
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