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Accounts of the ‘copyright industries' suggest that strong intellectual property rights help creative firms. However, mounting evidence from sectors such as video game production and 3D printing indicate that business models based on open IP can also be profitable. This study investigates the...
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Psychology studies have for some time shown that, as humans, we tend to recognise the ownership of ideas and that the unauthorised use of others’ ideas is frowned upon (Olson and Shaw, 2011). Morally, a person is often said to have a natural right to the product of their brain (Vaver, 1990)....
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This paper introduces and describes the invention-insight sample space and uses it to describe the creative process of discovering invention insights — the essential combinations of elements of knowledge to envision the basic working configurations of inventions, the working ideas for new...
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Creativity is a basic human trait that comes into play in a variety of contexts, including the production of art. It … problems. In this chapter we consider various definitions of creativity and proceed to consider theories and models of … creativity that endeavor to characterize both the creative individual and creative modes of thought. Next, we examine some of the …
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Economic research on innovation has long discussed which policy instruments best foster innovativeness in individuals and organizations. One of the instruments easily accessible to policy-makers is innovation contests; however, there is ambiguous empirical evidence concerning how such contests...
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Purpose - The key question addressed in the paper is whether creativity fostering methods increase innovation output in … matching methods, we estimate the average treatment effect of the treated (i.e. firms that employ creativity stimulation … creativity stimulation method used by the firm. Findings - The results confirm that the creativity enhancing methods have a …
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In this paper I assess the existence, and the magnitude, of technological externalities in the form of creativity …-based, indicators of creativity at the NUTS3 level, while controlling for firm localization, size and industry. I also control for … estimates show that: (i) there is a positive and highly statistically significant effect of creativity on innovativeness; (ii …
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In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
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Aim/purpose - Creativity and innovation are crucial for attaining a competitive advantage for organizations. However … organizational culture and leadership style which foster creativity and innovation. Design/methodology/approach - As a result of the …
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