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Promoting University-Industry Linkages in Japan: Faculty Responses to a Changing Policy Environment

Walsh, John; Baba, Yasunori; Goto, Akira; Yasaki, Yoshihito - In: Prometheus 26 (2008) 1, pp. 39-54

Since the mid-1990s, Japan has instituted a series of policy reforms in order to encourage greater university participation in commercial activity. Using data from a survey of scientists in engineering and biomedical fields in Japanese universities, we find that there has been a significant...

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Is Monsanto Leaving Money on the Table? Monopoly Pricing and Bt Cotton Value with Heterogeneous Adopters

Oehmke, James F.; Wolf, Christopher A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36 (2004) 03

which greater producer (farmer) heterogeneity leads to greater producer benefit from innovation in non-competitive markets …

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Towards innovative environmental management in the Agro-food Industry

Bremmers, Harry J.; Haverkamp, Derk-Jan; Sabidussi, Anna; … - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 2 (2008)

This article focuses on the problem: what external (stakeholder) and internal (structural/organizational) factors drive companies in the food- and agribusiness towards innovative environmental management? Innovative companies are those considered to have adopted a supply-chain perspective,...

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Strategic Positioning of Alliances

Rosenkranz, Stephanie; Weitzel, Utz - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 14 (2007) 1, pp. 135-149

In this paper we use a simple linear demand structure to analyze firms' and alliances' strategic positioning with regard to cost reduction and product differentiation. In particular, we compare investment decisions under competition and in alliances and analyze comparative static properties...

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Entry, Growth and Patenting in Industrial Clusters: A Study of the Aerospace Industry in the UK

Beaudry, Catherine - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 8 (2001) 3, pp. 405-436

This paper studies how firm performance is influenced by the strength of the industrial cluster (or industrial district) in which it is located. The paper presents estimates of firm-level employment and patent growth models for a range of '5-digit' aerospace industries in the UK. In these...

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The performance of business incubators and their potential development in the north east region of england

Wynarczyk, Pooran; Raine, Arnold - In: Local Economy 20 (2005) 2, pp. 205-220

The creation of incubators is viewed by many local and regional strategic bodies in the UK and abroad as an effective way of nurturing and facilitating the success of new technology-based companies. Drawing on a survey of 17 incubators operating in the North East of England, based on original...

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The Effects of Entry on Incumbent Innovation and Productivity

Aghion, Philippe; Blundell, Richard William; Griffith, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … sectors which differ by their distance to the technological frontier. We show that entry threat spurs innovation incentives in … technologically advanced sectors - successful innovation allows incumbents to prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages …

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The Jukebox Mode of Innovation - A Model of Commercial Open Source Development

Henkel, Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

In this Paper, I explore the circumstances under which innovation processes without secrecy or intellectual property …

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Industry/University S&T Transfers: What Can We Learn From Belgian CIS-2 Data?

Capron, Henri; Cincera, Michele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The second European Innovation Survey (CIS-2) provides information about different modes of interactions between … firms innovation activities as well as a GHK triprobit model to explore the role of firm and industry characteristics on …

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Learning for Employment, Innovating for Growth

Falkinger, Josef; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

productivity. Education as well as innovation and production require skilled labour as inputs. This and the fact that learning …

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