In this paper we will focus on the two problems that we feel are inherent within most financial institutions in relation to data, disparate systems and batch processing. We begin our analysis with a discussion of the problems associated with each and then describe how they might be solved in...

How do new and foreign firms achieve superior productivity? Do they conduct more and better R&D? Or do they distinguish themselves through computerization and organizational capital? We investigate the determinants of and returns to several types of investment, using a panel of over 40,000...

The Multinomial Logit model is employed in this study to examine the relationship of the choices of technology strategies adopted by the manufacturing firms in Taiwan. The technology strategies are divided into four categories: "both R&D and purchased technology", "only R&D", "only purchased...

In this paper we carefully link knowledge flows to and from a firms innovation process with this firms investment decisions. Three types of investments are considered: investments in applied research, investments in basic research, and investments in intellectual property protection. Only when...

The literature on Open Source phenomenon has revealed the crucial role played by both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. However an analysis attempting to formally explore this interplay is still missing. In this paper, we try to fill the gap by introducing intrinsic motivations in standard...

Este artículo presenta un modelo de programación lineal en números enteros mixtos, el cual, puede ser utilizado para resolver el problema de minimización del tiempo total de paso de un grupo de tareas por un sistema de producción tipo Flow-Shop híbrido a dos etapas sin capacidad de...

The focus of this study is on interaction between local public administration, businesses and universities in a Triple Helix. The paper presents experiences from an independent research organization set up to further regional development, where doctoral students worked with a local community....

This paper presents a dynamic general equilibrium model of R&D-based trade between two structurally identical countries in which both innovation and skill acquisition rates are endogenously determined. Trade liberalization increases R&D investment and the rate of technological change. It also...

I study the incentives of Cournot duopolists to share their technologies with their competitor in markets where intellectual property rights are absent and imitation is costless. The trade-off between a signaling effect and an expropriation effect determines the technology-sharing incentives. In...

The aim of this paper is to present the concept of National InnovationSystems, their history and role in the understanding of a systemic approach to research,development and innovation at national and global level. We will present a briefintroduction to the main operational concepts and the...