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Openness and Technological Innovationsin Developing Countries:Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are importantchannels for the transfer of technology...

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The Adoption and Diffusion of OrganizationalInnovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lynch, Lisa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

States during the 1990s, I examine the incidenceand intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments inorganizational innovation... …

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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Can Institutional Change Impact High-Technology Firm Growth?: Evidence from Germany's Neuer Markt

Elston, Julie Ann; Audretsch, David B. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

and innovation within the German economy... …

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KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION UNDER PATENTASYMMETRIC FIRMS

Mukherjee, Arijit; Uday Bhanu Sinha - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2005

We show that if patent protection and trade secrecy generate asymmetricmarket structure, an innovator may prefer patent protection than trade secrecy even ifthe diffusion probability is higher under the former but it increases marketconcentration by preventing some imitators...

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General Purpose Technologies and the Industrial Revolution

Dudley, Leonard - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2010

potential willingness tocooperate. The result is regional specialization in the innovation process by degree ofcooperation … innovation in theirregions where such direct cooperation was not required... …

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Competition Issues in the Seed Industry and the Role of Intellectual Property

Moschini, GianCarlo - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010

Research and Development (R&D) and innovation are crucial features of the seed industry. To supportlarge R …&D investments by the private sector, strong intellectual property rights, such as patents, arenecessary. The exclusivity granted by … patents naturally creates market power positions and raisesdifficult and unresolved competition issues in an antitrust context.[...] …

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Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics and Political Science

This paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate inIndian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growthin the period 1958-92. We show that states which ammendedthe Industrial Disputes Act in a pro-worker direction experiencedlowered output, employment, investment and...

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Estimating the Need for PhDs in theAcademic Sector via a Survey of Employers

Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Kanep, Hanna - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academicsector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities,institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in allcountries around the...

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Das Gründungsgeschehen in Dresden,Rostock und Karlsruhe:Eine Betrachtung des regionalenGründungspotenzials

Henning, Tobias; Mueller, Pamela; Niese, Michael - Technische Universität <Freiberg> / Fachbereich … - 2006

Der Beitrag analysiert Struktur und Entwicklung des Gründungsgeschehens in den dreideutschen Raumordnungsregionen Dresden, Rostock und Karlsruhe. Die Gründungsratender beiden ostdeutschen Regionen fallen wesentlich höher als in Karlsruhe aus.Die Betriebe der Gründungskohorten in Dresden und...

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