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Within the policy debate, there is a fear that large incumbent firms buy small firms' inventions to ensure that they are not used in the market. We show that such "acquisitions for sleep" can occur if and only if the quality of a process invention is small; otherwise, the entry profit will be...
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We study the effect of analyst coverage on firms' innovation strategy and outcome. By considering three different … negative effect becomes not significant when firms' in-house R&D spending and external innovation channels are taken into … account. We find that more financial analysts encourage firms to make more efficient investments related to innovation, which …
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We study the gains from trade in an economy with oligopolistic competition, firm heterogeneity, and innovation …. In addition to markups, selection and innovation provide additional channels through which the trade-induced effect on … channels; we find that innovation plays a small but non-negligible role, while the main component is equally split between the …
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domestic welfare. We consider the potential implementation of three innovation agreements: cooperative research joint venture …
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creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial … innovation during the second industrial revolution. Religious tolerance is measured through population's religious diversity …
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Digital technology has allowed inventors to circumvent traditional intermediaries and directly reach consumers, which may affect licensing outcomes and efficiency in the market for ideas. We study these impacts theoretically and empirically in the book publishing industry, where the number of...
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Empirical studies have uncovered an inverted-U relationship between product-market competition and innovation. This is … inconsistent with the original Schumpeterian Model, where greater competition reduces the profitability of innovation. We show that …
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We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography …
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that helps low-skilled labor is conducive for controlling inequality and raising wage. Skilled talent-led innovation could … embedded in talented immigrants targeted for innovation. …
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contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …
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