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We examine the effect of pay discrimination on corporate innovation and inventor productivity using difference … tests indicate that the passage of pay secrecy laws promotes innovation by motivating inventors (especially minority ones …
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A 2005 Science article by Jensen and Murray is widely cited for the proposition that 20% of human genes are patented, and has led to a pervasive assumption that thousands of human genes cannot be used, studied or even 'looked at' by researchers and healthcare providers without infringing a gene...
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facilitating an innovation-based transition towards a low-carbon economy. This paper conceptually explores some key challenges …
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studies which highlight the systemic nature of innovation, this paper argues that a radical technological change needs an … into account the systemic interdependencies between innovation policies and the supporting institutions. European and … successes and failures. The creation of a new regulatory body (the Office for Innovation and Climate Change) with the task of …
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In theory, innovation processes lie behind the evolution of national systems as they create interacting dynamics among … technologies, processes, markets, raw materials or organisational forms -- innovation in a Schumpeterian sense. Shifts in energy … sources, from fossil to non-fossil sources, among organisations in the Swedish innovation system therefore call for …
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This article questions the conventional theory purporting to establish that emissions trading encourages innovation … innovation hypothesis - that innovation occurs in response to high costs - would suggest that emissions trading would tend to … discourage innovation by lowering the cost of compliance through conventional techniques. Even innovation that costs a lot now …
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, along with a more complex set of innovation incentives. This chapter presents background on medical device regulation … adverse events and recalls), and concludes with a discussion of the implications of regulation for innovation incentives in …
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innovation within the managing of the enterprise. In such research area the purpose of the study was to identify and evaluate the …
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join teams working on the innovation process. According to findings presented in this article, the previous studies have … investigated insufficiently the gender-related issues in the decisions of managers who involve specialists in the innovation … women in the innovation process, considering their personal characteristics, attitudes, and behaviours. The research covered …
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Pharmaceutical firms spend increasing amounts in mergers and acquisitions (M&As), which raises the question of whether sufficient investment is left after mergers to further develop firms' internal drug development capability. We evaluate the effects of M&As on firms' post-merger R&D...
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