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spillovers all interacting within a hypothetical industry. In a two-stage sequential game framework, four types of cooperation … are studied: full non-cooperation; cooperation in both stages; cooperation only in the R&D stage; and simultaneous … cooperation and non-cooperation in the R&D stage. It is shown that the effect of competition on total innovation investment varies …
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-divisional cooperation can play an important determinant of competitive advantage. We study these issues in an agency framework where … costly to provide, managers with larger spillovers should receive higher equity incentives. The return-maximizing incentives … also encourage greater cooperation from managers with riskier divisional performance and have useful implications for …
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We examine how spillovers can circulate. More precisely, we study how spillovers can flow inside cooperation. We first … present the standard conception that considers spillovers are market failures. In that case, cooperation allows internalising … knowledge by the cooperation's contracts, we show that externalities can circulate inside this organisational form of governance. …
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environment that fosters location-dependent knowledge spillovers and promote R&D investments by .rms. Yet, not much is known about … show that strongly localized knowledge spillovers, skilled labor abundance, and low commuting costs are key drivers for a …
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upstream sectors. R&D investment determines the production costs of the downstream sector and has spillovers on the rivals …
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environment that fosters location-dependent knowledge spillovers and promote R&D investments by firms. Yet, not much is known … show that strongly localized knowledge spillovers, skilled labor abundance, and low commuting costs are key drivers for a …
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We examine the role of intangible capital as a production factor using Austrian firm-level register data. Descriptive statistics show that intangible investment has increased over time. The intensive and extensive margins of firms' investments are highly skewed. They differ across sectors. A...
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In this paper, we examine the relationship between R&D collaboration, corporate ownership, market orientation and innovation. In doing so, we classify a Swedish sample of 1,249 multinational enterprises, MNEs, on the basis of their main market, corporate ownership structure and whether their...
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This report presents a case study of the role of a large R&D intensive multinational company for a small open economy. The case study examines the role of AstraZeneca in the Swedish economy, i.e. an economy dominated by multinational companies. The purpose of the report is to analyze the...
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Recent debate has focused on how foreign direct investments and foreign take-overs may effect growth and welfare. In this study we have methodologically approximated foreign-ownership by foreign take-over and raised the question: how would a firm’s behaviour and performance have been if a...
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