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Innovations, technological specialisation and economic growth in the EU

Jungmittag, Andre - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 1 (2004) 2, pp. 247-273

The paper analyses the effects of innovations, technological specialisation and technology diffusion on economic growth and convergence of the EU countries from 1969 to 1998. The empirical analysis is based on a panel data model, which enables us to assess the impacts of these three factors as...

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Autonomy, Contractibility and the Franchise Relationship

Lewin-Solomons, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2000

Franchises are peculiar in two ways: first, the authority of franchisees is largely informal rather than formal. The efficiency of franchises is often attributed to their initiative and autonomy. Yet, in franchise contracts, franchisees agree to submit to the sometimes arbitrary will of the...

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The Utility Standard and the Patentability of Intermediate Technology

Aoki, Reiko; Nagaoka, Sadao - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2005

We explore the consequences of the utility requirement on speed of innovation and welfare. A weak utility requirement … stage innovation with free entry and trade secrecy, we identify cases when patentability is beneficial to society. Although … and innovation costs are high. However, patentability becomes less desirable as basic research costs decrease. We also …

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Internal and external R&DF complements or substitutes? Evidence from a dynamic panel data model

Lokshin, Boris; Belderbos, Rene; Carree, Martin - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2006

We examine the impact of internal and external R&D on labor productivity in a 6-year panel of 304 innovating firms. We apply a dynamic linear panel data model that allows for decreasing returns to scale in internal and external R&D with a non-linear approximation of changes in the knowledge...

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Would global patent protection be too weak without international coordination?

Lai, Edwin L.-C. - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2005

innovation in the world. Allowing for the possibility that countries discriminate against foreign firms in Nash equilibrium does …

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Firm Growth Dynamics Under Different Knowledge Regimes: the case of the pharmaceutical industry

Mazzucato, Mariana; Demirel, Pelin - Department of Economics, Open University - 2007

size composition of firms changes, how innovation patterns (patents) change, as well as locational decisions of firms (NJ … observation, and that the growth advantage of small pharma firms increases after the 1980's as the process of innovation becomes … more 'guided' and scale intensive and as small firm innovation becomes more 'persistent'. Furthermore, at the end of the …

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Financial Development and Technology

Tadesse, Solomon - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

innovation. In particular, industries whose younger firms depend more on external finance realize faster rate of technological …

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Uma nova contribuição neo-schumpeteriana para o entendimento da dinâmica do progresso técnico entre países - Resenha de "Natonal innvation systems: a comparative analysis"

Lemos, Mauro Borges - In: Nova Economia 4 (1994) 1, pp. 249-253

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A terceira edição de "The economics of industrial innovation"

Albuquerque, Eduardo da Motta e - In: Nova Economia 7 (1997) 2, pp. 215-219

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A Century of Rice Innovations

Halos, Saturnina C. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2005

Rice innovations are technologies and practices extensively adopted so as to change production practices and productivity. This paper documents the changes in rice productivity, policy and institutions in the last 100 years and identifies the technological change that may have affected rice...

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