We provide new insights into the role of individual inventors in innovation. We focus our analysis on prolific … inventors in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We analyse patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to thousands of …

using patent-based metrics. The treatment effect is amplified if the acquiring conglomerate operates a more active internal …

Managers are risk averse. Excessive risk-aversion can destroy shareholder wealth. A key source of risk is the threat of … icts of managerial risk aversion. managers and regulators argue that ATPs can ameliorate this problem. This article … presents a theoretical model and empirical results that show that for HtV firms, ATPs encourage managers to make value …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

capital is a major factor in creating the research and innovation infrastructure of a mature economy. Looking at the research … the soft skills of engineering students, and adopting an innovation perspective in the development of a nation. …

service improvement, and employment and growth, but significant activity is still required in research, innovation, and …