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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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We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …
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quickly. Also, the approval delay is likely to decrease as an industry moves from the early stages of an innovation cycle to …
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may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds our proprietary innovation, which on net may reduce total innovation …
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We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
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that venture capital investments stimulate innovation ('VC-first hypothesis'). This interpretation is, however, one …-sided because there may be a reverse causality that innovations induce venture capital investments ('innovation-first hypothesis … causality issue of venture capital investments and innovation in the US manufacturing industry using both total factor …
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Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … innovation activities. Using data from the Community Innovation Survey on Belgian manufacturing firms, we show that firms that …
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We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...
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We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...
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Expansion in mobile phone coverage has improved access to information throughout the developing world, particularly within sub-Saharan Africa. The existing evidence suggests that information technology has improved market efficiency and reduced consumer prices for certain commodities. There are...
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