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Patent hold-up and royalty stacking: the case of multiple downstream firms

Karbowski, Adam; Prokop, Jacek - 2015

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we study the patent hold-up problem in game-theoretic framework. We show that in subgame perfect equilibrium of the patent hold-up game the innovating manufacturer exerts reduced effort to develop the new product and the patent holder obtains the...

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Controversy over the economic justifications for patent protection

Karbowski, Adam; Prokop, Jacek - 2013

The objective of this paper is to show the necessity of reviving the debate on the economic justifications for patent protection. On the one hand, we see the need for the assessment of the overall welfare consequences of the existing systems of patent protection, and on the other hand, we...

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Impact of broadband speed on household income: Comparing OECD and BIC

Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2013

This paper aims to measure the impact of broadband speed access and upgrades on the household income based on a survey comprising 20,000 respondents in eight OECD and three BRIC countries in 2010 (Brazil, India and China). The study is novel, as most previous studies on broadband emphasize the...

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Firm R&D, Innovation, and Productivity in German Industry

Vuong, Van Anh; Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; … - 2013

This paper investigates empirically rm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the rm s future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German rm-level...

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In-house R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition What Makes Chinese Firms Productive?

Böing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth; Sandner, Philipp - 2013

This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity (TFP) of listed Chinese firms for the time period 2001-2010. We find a quantitatively important positive effect of in-house R&D. The achieved level of technological...

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On the ICT Economy in the European Countries: Investigating the Contribution of the ICT Sectors Using the Input-Output Model

Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2010

Investigating the Contribution of the ICT Sectors Using the Input-Output Model Previous studies have been devoted to investigating the future of economic growth and examining the importance of technology and the ICT sectors in accelerating the growth of the economy. These studies are from a...

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Open Innovation Success Factors by ICT Use in Japanese Firms

Idota, Hiroki; Bunno, Teruyuki; Tsuji, Masatsugu - 2010

The innovation by an independence principle is a limit in Japanese firm today. The expectation for the open innovation that positively uses outside resources on business has risen in Japanese firm. In open innovation, the strategy that expands sharing information and using the resource from...

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Empirical analysis of internal social media and product innovation: Focusing on SNS and social capital

Idota, Hiroki; Minetaki, Kazunori; Bunno, Teruyuki; … - 2011

Recently social media such as Blog and SNS has been introducing by many firms for means of sharing information inside the firm, in particular to promote product and process innovation. This paper attempts to examine the relationship between social media and product innovation, and research...

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Scenario driven requirement engineering for design and deployment of mobile communication networks

Markendahl, Jan; Mölleryd, Bengt G.; Beckman, Claes; … - 2011

magnificent challenge to design and deploy these s high-capacity wireless networks taking into account limitations in cost, energy … requirements, design and deployment of mobile broad band networks. The R&D has for many years been targeting high peak data rates … wireless networks connected via public fixed phones or broadband. However, many of these features driving the technology …

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Towards the alternative measurement: Discovering the relationships between technology adoption and quality of life in Indonesia

Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2011

The vast majority of the studies investigating telecommunication development (diffusion of mobile phone, Internet, the broadband, etc.) that have been carried out in the literatures aim at assessing the impact on economic indicators, mainly the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), whereas little...

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