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Opening up military innovation: causal effects of "bottom-up" reforms to U.S. defense research
Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …
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Female inventors and inventions
Koning, Rembrand; Samila, Sampsa; Ferguson, John-Paul - 2019
have influenced the direction of innovation over the last four decades. Our findings suggest that the demography of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064997
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561206
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Collaboration, stars, and the changing organization of science : evidence from evolutionary biology
Agrawal, Ajay; McHale, John; Oettl, Alexander - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221842
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It's a Small(er) World: The Role of Geography and Networks in Biotechnology Innovation
Johnson, Daniel K.N.; Mareva, Milena - 2002
Using patent citation data for the U.S., we test whether knowledge spillovers in biotechnology are sensitive to distance. Controlling for self-citation by inventor, assignee and examiner, cohort-based regression analysis shows that spillovers are local but that distance is becoming less...
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Habakkuk revisited: a history friendly model of American and British technology in the nineteenth century
Fontana, Roberto; Guerzoni, Marco; Nuvolari, Alessandro - 2008
-dynamics that gave rise to different patterns of innovation in the two countries. In particular, we suggest that different demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266665
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The dynamics of resource allocation in research organizations
Filson, Darren - 2000
As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing...
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009
drive innovation. …
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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerard - 2010
-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274699
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009
drive innovation. -- Entrepreneurship ; Development; Stages of Growth ; Globalization ; Innovation ; Index ; Knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824122