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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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Innovation and R&D investments by leveraged buyout companies in times of crisis
Bertoni, Fabio; Nadant, Anne-Laure Le; Perdreau, Frédéric - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 856-864
We study innovation and R&D investments made from 2008 to 2010 by UK companies that were the targets of leveraged … buyout (LBO) in previous years. We find that overall, LBO companies do not exhibit lower innovation and R&D investments than … non-LBO companies during the crisis, with other things being equal. However, innovation and R&D investments decline …
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (scientific) giants? : evidence from chemistry
Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023
In recent decades, Chinese researchers have become preeminent contributors to the scientific enterprise, as reflected by the number of publications originating from Chinese research institutions. China's rise in science has the potential to push forward the global frontier, but mere production...
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Innovativeness of Exporting firms in a Developing Country: The Case of Tunisia
Rahmouni, Mohieddine - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 914-930
article is dedicated to this question through the analysis of the first innovation survey of Tunisian firms. In particular, it … Probit models) and non-parametrical regression trees on the results of the first community innovation survey in Tunisia. We … find that the innovation behavior of the three categories of firms is strongly contrasted. Our results show firms that …
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Identifying leadership skills required in the digital age
Klus, Milan Frederik; Müller, Julia - 2020
How should executives lead organisations and their employees in an increasingly digitalized business environment and what skills are needed to succeed? Although the evolution of digital technologies considerably changes working environments in organisations and creates new challenges for...
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
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Should we give up after Solyndra? : optimal technology R&D portfolios under uncertainty
Webster, Mort; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Popp, David; … - 2015
Global climate change and other environmental challenges require the development of new energy technologies with lower emissions. In the near-term, R&D investments, either by government or the private sector, can bring down the costs of these lower emission technologies. However, the results of...
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The role of human capital in structural change and growth in an open economy : innovative and absorptive capacity effects
Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran - 2021
Since the financial crisis in 2008, slow growth has riddled Europe and the Covid-19 pandemic is amplifying the challenge. Promoting economic growth and transforming to a more knowledge-based industrial structure will be high on the agenda for the coming decades. We study how more and better...
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Innovation and spillovers : evidence from European regions
Bottazzi, Laura; Peri, Giovanni - 2000
The importance of innovation for the economic performance of industrialized countries has been largely stressed … innovation, is the key parameter in determining sustained growth in a model with endogenous technological change. This paper … takles the extremely important task of identifying and estimating a production function of innovation for European regions …
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