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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... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009138628
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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.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360717
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862588
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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 1990’s, I examine the incidenceand intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments inorganizational innovation... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862804
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864516
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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... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865223
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868764
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248840
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond toChanges in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbedby the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factorprices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the moreabundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486973
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The Economics of Intellectual Property: A Review to IdentifyThemes for Future Research
Dixon, Padraig; Greenhalgh, Christine - 2002
the main industrial property rights of patents and trade marks. Intellectual property rights arise from the legal … protection accorded to certain inventions or creations. We begin with a review of studies of innovation and IPR incidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870250