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Endogenous product versus process innovation and a firm's propensity to export

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter - 2007

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effects of new product versus process innovations on export propensity at the firm level. Product innovation is a key factor for successful market entry in models of creative destruction and Schumpeterian growth. Process innovation helps securing...

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Patentability, R&D direction, and cumulative innovation

Chen, Yongmin; Pan, Shiyuan; Zhang, Tianle - 2016

We present a model of cumulative innovation where firms can conduct R&D in both a safe and a risky direction. Innovations in the risky direction produce quality improvements with higher expected sizes and variances. As patentability standards rise, an innovation in the risky direction is less...

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Contribution of cluster strategies and inter-cluster cooperation for the competitive progress of the EU and LAC

Fierro Carrión, Luis; Bercovich, Néstor; Paton, Jonatan; … - 2018

The evolution of exchange and collaboration between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) economies during the last 20 years is marked by significant growth in trade and investment, and by the increasing number of links between private companies and the public sector....

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Mature and developing ecosystems: a comparative analysis from an evolutionary perspective

Kantis, Hugo - 2018

This document provides relevant findings of the emergence of some ecosystems. Firstly, it looks into a long-term trajectory of two advanced ecosystems such as Silicon Valley (USA) and Tel Aviv/ Israel in an attempt to grasp their dynamics and evolution. Secondly, it analyzes the similarities and...

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Kartele i patenty a nakłady badawczo-rozwojowe przedsiębiorstw

Karbowski, Adam; Prokop, Jacek - 2018

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of R&D cartel, full industry cartel, and patents on process innovation of companies, and consumer surplus, and total welfare. The reference scenario is here the Cournot rivalry without patent protection of inventions. In this paper, the quadratic...

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Market Concentration and the Productivity Slowdown

Olmstead-Rumsey, Jane - 2019

Since around 2000, U.S. aggregate productivity growth has slowed and product market (sales) concentration has risen. At … the same time, productivity differences among firms in the same sector appear to have risen dramatically. In this paper I … for rising concentration, slower productivity growth, and wider technology differences among firms is that the incidence …

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Economic Operation of Self-Sustained Microgrid Optimal Operation by Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition

Mahdavi, Sadegh; Bayat, Alireza; Khazaei, Ehsan; … - 2019

This paper focuses on the optimal operation of the islanded microgrid. A novel heuristic method known as the Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition is presented to search for the optimal solution with a fast response. The efficiency of the method is tested on the IEEE 33...

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Market Concentration and the Productivity Slowdown

Olmstead-Rumsey, Jane - 2019

Since around 2000, U.S. aggregate productivity growth has slowed and product market (sales) concentration has risen. At … the same time, productivity differences among firms in the same sector appear to have risen dramatically. Sector …-level data shows correlations between rising productivity gaps, concentration, and slowing productivity growth. I propose a rich …

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The Causal Factors Driving the Rise in U.S. Health-services Prices

Feldman, Maria; Pretnar, Nick - 2023

We explore several possible avenues which have driven the rise in aggregate U.S. health-services prices since the mid-twentieth century. Our multi-sector general equilibrium model is structural change meets health macro, featuring endogenous population aging, market concentration in the health...

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Measuring Network Effects in Mobile Telecommunications Markets with Stated‐Preference Valuation Methods

Czajkowski, Mikolaj; Sobolewski, Maciej - 2010

This paper demonstrates how stated-preference methods can be applied to modeling consumers' preferences in the field of mobile telecommunications, and to measuring and the valuation of network effects. We illustrate this with a case study of mobile phone operators in Poland. We utilize the...

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