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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
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Embodied and disembodied technological change : the sectoral patterns of job-creation and job-destruction
Dosi, Giovanni; Piva, Mariacristina; Virgillito, Maria … - 2019
This paper addresses, both theoretically and empirically, the sectoral patterns of job creation and job destruction in order to distinguish the alternative effects of embodied vs disembodied technological change operating into a vertically connected economy. Disembodied technological change...
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From R&D to market : using trademarks to capture the market capability of top R&D investors
Castaldi, Carolina; Dosso, Mafini - 2018
This paper investigates the links between the market capability of top corporate R&D investors (EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboards), as captured by trademark data and their economic performance in terms of net sales growth. It provides empirical evidence to better understand the extent to...
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A hippocratic oath for technologists
Abbas, Ali E.; Senges, Max; Howard, Ronald A. - 2018
This paper presents an ethical creed, which we refer to as the Hippocratic Oath for Technologists. The creed is built on three fundamental pillars: proactively understanding the ethical implications of technology for all stakeholders, telling the truth about the capabilities, advantages, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001256
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Foreign competition and domestic innovation : evidence from U.S. patents
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2019
emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U ….S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure …
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Risk-mitigating technologies : the case of radiation diagnostic devices
Galasso, Alberto; Luo, Hong - 2019
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How would AI regulation change firms' behavior? : evidence from thousands of managers
Lee, Yong Suk; Larsen, Benjamin; Webb, Michael; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123606
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Foreign competition and domestic innovation : evidence from U.S. patents
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2019
emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U ….S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105572
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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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Coalitional cohesion in technology policy : the case of the early solar cell industry in the United States
Ergen, Timur - 2017
The paper traces the rise and decline of solar cell commercialization efforts during the 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. It shows how technology policies for photovoltaic appliances gained and lost support in a time of increasing uncertainty about future resource supplies and the...
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