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Does Mobility Increase the Productivity of Inventors?

Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

inventors has so far hardly discussed the impact of a move on inventive performance. Additionally, existing research has … different points of the performance distribution. Additionally, dummy variables are used to compare inventive performance prior … and in the aftermath of a move. Results reveal that inventors at the upper end of the performance distribution are better …

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Tracing Mobile Inventors – The Causality between Inventor Mobility and Inventor Productivity

Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper analyzes the causality between inventor productivity and inventor mobility. The results show that the level of education has no influence on inventor productivity. Making use of external sources of knowledge, on the contrary, has a significant effect on productivity. Finally, firm...

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Institutionalized Incentives for Ingenuity – Patent Value and the German Employees’ Inventions Act

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Germany is one of few countries in which the monetary compensation for inventors is not only determined by negotiations between employer and employee-inventor, but also by relatively precise legal provisions. In this paper, we describe the characteristics of the German Employees’ Inventions...

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Incentives for Quality over Time – The Case of Facebook Applications

Claussen, Jörg; Kretschmer, Tobias; Mayrhofer, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We study the market for applications on Facebook, the dominant platform for social networking and make use of a rule change by Facebook by which high-quality applications were rewarded with further opportunities to engage users. We find that the change led to quality being a more important...

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Private Regulation by Platform Operators – Implications for Usage Intensity

Claussen, Jörg; Kretschmer, Tobias; Mayrhofer, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Platforms operators act as private regulators to increase usage and maximize profits. Their goals depend on the development of the platform: overcoming the chicken-egg problem early on requires attracting platform participants while quality becomes more important later on. Private regulators...

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The Economics of Knowledge Regulation: An Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Flows

Haeussler, Carolin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Successful innovation depends on the management of a firm’s knowledge base. This paper empirically investigates the determinants of knowledge regulation. Using a unique survey dataset, the analysis suggests that R&D managers do not leak knowledge randomly, but rather regulate knowledge...

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What are the Channels for Technology Sourcing? Panel Data Evidence from German Companies

Harhoff, Dietmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different types of international technology sourcing activities...

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What Inspires Leisure Time Invention?

Davis, Lee N.; Davis, Jerome; Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper seeks to understand the intriguing but only sparsely explored phenomenon of “leisure time invention,” where the main underlying idea for the new product or process occurs when the inventor is away from the workplace. We add to previous research by focussing on the inventive...

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The Secret to Successful User Communities: An Analysis of Computer Associates’ User Groups

Schulz, Celine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper provides the first large scale study that examines the impact of both individual- and group-specific factors on the benefits users obtain from their user communities. By empirically analysing 924 survey responses from individuals in 161 Computer Associates' user groups, this paper...

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