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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670637
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151064
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655943
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In brief: Two cheers for Anglo-Saxon financial markets?
Aghion, Philippe; Reenen, John Van; Zingales, Luigi - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549053
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Innovation and Institutional Ownership
Aghion, Philippe; Reenen, John Van; Zingales, Luigi - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670440
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Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation and the Life-Cycle of Products
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000
A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their ideal production process by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016845
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The Impact of an Innovative Human Resource Function on Firm Performance: the Moderating Role of Financing Strategy
Dawson, J; Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, M - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategyon the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from aresource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theoryperspective on capital structure....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670421
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Do Organisational Climate and Strategic Orientation Moderate the Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices and Productivity?
Neal, Andrew; Patterson, M; West, M - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest thatthe effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examinedwhether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturingcompanies is contingent upon organizational climate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670503
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Organizational Climate and Company Productivity: the Role of Employee Affect and Employee Level
Patterson, M; Warr, P; West, M - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
Consistent with a growing number of models about affect and behaviour and with arecognition that perception alone provides no impetus for action, it was predicted thatassociations between company climate and productivity would be mediated by average levelof job satisfaction. In a study of 42...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670579
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Interoperability and Market Foreclosure In the European Microsoft Case
Kühn, Kai Uwe; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
incentives and (b) innovation effects of the proposed remedy. We discuss the economic basis for the Commission's claims that … and argue that the effects on innovation are not unambiguously negative as Microsoft claim. We conclude with some general … implications of the case for anti-trust enforcement in high innovation sectors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702087