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Chapter 6. Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 349-404). 2015
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data … and industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work links to innovation, and we discuss factors that help …
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Patents as Collateral
Chatelain, Jean-Bernard; Ralf, Kirsten; Amable, Bruno - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 34 (2010) 6, pp. 1094-1104
This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect of innovative rents on investment in research and development (R&D). We analyse the behaviour of innovative firms that face random and lumpy investment opportunities in R&D....
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Industrial research versus development investment : the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …
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From bricks to brains : increasing the contribution of knowledge-based capital to growth in Ireland
Haugh, David - 2013
investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …
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Mapping innovative clusters in national innovation systems
Spielkamp, Alfred; Vopel, Katrin - 1998
In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
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Fingerprints of the visible hand : Chandlerian organizations and their inward looking malaise
Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor);  … - 2004
their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that explorationʺ, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …
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Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany (Report 2012)
Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2013
On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its …
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Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany (Report 2010)
Achleitner, Ann‐Kristin - 2014
On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its … and innovation in Part C are presented in a new format, which we hope will be more readily accessible for decision … 2010. The German innovation system has done fairly well in the crisis. In addition, appropriate importance has been …
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Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany
Achleitner, Ann‐Kristin - 2014
Research and innovation are extremely important for Germany. New insights are generated by research, and new ways of … and innovation, and where the country ranks in the international innovation contest. The Federal Government of Germany … therefore decided in 2006 to establish an independent Commission of Experts on Research and Innovation (EFI), with the remit to …
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