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The reception of my self-experimentation

Roberts, Seth - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 7, pp. 1060-1066

Self-experimentation makes some experiments much easier. They might be impossible without it. It can generate plausible new ideas by (a) producing surprising results, which suggest new ideas; and (b) allowing implausible ideas to be cheaply tested. For example, one of my self-experiments showed...

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Muddling through in innovation — On incremental failure in developing an engine

Rehn, Alf; Lindahl, Marcus - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 6, pp. 807-813

extend the work following Lindblom by studying the failure of an innovation in engine technology. The key argument is that by … uses the case of how a new engine for lawnmowers incrementally failed to become an innovation as an illustration. In this …

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Institutional and economic drivers of entrepreneurship: An international perspective

Simón-Moya, Virginia; Revuelto-Taboada, Lorenzo; … - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 5, pp. 715-721

differences in entrepreneurial activity and innovation outcomes between these homogeneous groups. Results indicate significant … differences, not only in entrepreneurial activity, but also in the type of entrepreneurship and innovation results. These findings … entrepreneurial activity and innovation results. …

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Modelling the asymmetric volatility of electronics patents in the USA

Chan, Felix; Marinova, Dora; McAleer, Michael - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 64 (2004) 1, pp. 169-184

Since the 1970s, electronics and associated electrical equipment (henceforth “electronics”) has been one of the most dominant industries in the developed countries, with its geographical centre firmly rooted in the USA. The overall presence of electronics patents in the USA is considerable,...

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Evergreening, patent challenges, and effective market life in pharmaceuticals

Hemphill, C. Scott; Sampat, Bhaven N. - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 2, pp. 327-339

Observers worry that generic patent challenges are on the rise and reduce the effective market life of drugs. A related concern is that challenges disproportionately target high-sales drugs, reducing market life for these “blockbusters.”

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The other ex ante moral hazard in health

Bhattacharya, Jay; Packalen, Mikko - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 1, pp. 135-146

diseases and consumption of treatments to those diseases. This increases the reward for innovation and thus benefits the … innovator. It also increases treatment innovation which benefits all consumers. As individuals do not take these positive … externality for obesity. The lower bound is independent of how much additional innovation is generated. The results show that the …

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Competition and investment — A unified approach

Schmutzler, Armin - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 31 (2013) 5, pp. 477-487

Using a simple but general two-stage framework, this paper identifies the circumstances under which increasing competition leads to more cost-reducing investments. The framework can, for instance, capture increasing substitutability for different types of oligopoly models or changes from Cournot...

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The impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on the acquirers' R&D — Firm-level evidence

Stiebale, Joel - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 31 (2013) 4, pp. 307-321

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities …

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Evolving technologies and standards regulation

Cabral, Luís; Salant, David - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 36 (2014) C, pp. 48-56

The EU mandated a single standard for second generation wireless telecommunications, whereas the US allowed several incompatible standards to battle for market share. Motivated by this example, we argue that a single standard leads to a free riding problem, and thus to a significant decrease in...

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A structural model of firm and industry evolution: Evidence from Chile

Şeker, Murat - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 36 (2012) 6, pp. 891-913

Although there are many models that yield a simple interpretation of the basic features of firm and industry evolution, they are too stylized to confront the micro-level data in a formal quantitative analysis. By introducing heterogeneity to a stylized industry evolution model, I explain several...

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