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New linked data on research investments : scientific workforce, productivity, and public value

Lane, Julia; Owen-Smith, Jason; Rosen, Rebecca; … - 2014

Longitudinal micro-data derived from transaction level information about wage and vendor payments made by federal grants on multiple U.S. campuses are being developed in a partnership involving researchers, university administrators, representatives of federal agencies, and others. This paper...

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Did cheaper flights change the direction of science?

Catalini, Christian; Fons-Rosen, Christian; Gaulé, Patrick - 2016

We test how a reduction in travel cost affects the rate and direction of scientific research. Using a fine-grained, scientist-level dataset within chemistry (1991-2012), we find that after Southwest Airlines enters a new route, scientific collaboration increases by 50%, an effect that is...

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Drivers and impacts in the globalization of corporate R&D : an introduction based on the European experience

Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - 2011

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...

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Does emigration drain entrepreneurs?

Anelli, Massimo; Basso, Gaetano; Ippedico, Giuseppe; … - 2020

Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...

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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy

Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

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The effect of (mostly unskilled) immigration on the innovation of Italian regions

Bratti, Massimiliano; Conti, Chiara - 2014

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …

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Does foreign entry spur innovation?

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Švejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine D. - 2015

trade have strong positive spillover effects on product and technology innovation by domestic firms in emerging markets. The …

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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

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Innovation, inequality and a golden rule for growth in an economy with Cobb-Douglas function and an R&D sector

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2015

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

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Artificial intelligence against COVID-19 : an early review

Naudé, Wim - 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...

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