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Opening Up Military Innovation : Causal Effects of 'Bottom-Up' Reforms to U.S. Defense Research
Howell, Sabrina T; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013231380
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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air?
bloom, nicholas; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718073
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth : Evidence from Europe
Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2021
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324851
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Innovation and Communication Media in Virtual Teams – an Experimental Study
Grözinger, Nicola - 2020
In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834578
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Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2014
Much of human knowledge is produced in the world's university departments. There is little scientific evidence, however, about how those hundreds of thousands of departments are best organized and led. This study hand-collects longitudinal data on departmental chairpersons in 58 US universities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060129
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Did Cheaper Flights Change the Direction of Science?
Catalini, Christian - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993873
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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 - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068355
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Half a Century of Public Software Institutions: Open Source as a Solution to Hold-Up Problem
Schwarz, Michael; Takhteyev, Yuri - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not been described in the literature: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012917
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Inputs, Incentives, and Self-Selection at the Workplace
Amodio, Francesco - 2019
This paper studies how asymmetric information over inputs affects workers' response to incentives and self-selection at the workplace. Using daily records from a Peruvian egg production plant, we exploit a sudden change in the worker salary structure and find that workers' effort, firm profits,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857695
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Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess
Künn, Steffen - 2020
During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, traditional (offline) chess tournaments were prohibited and instead held online. We exploit this as a unique setting to assess the impact of moving offline tasks online on the cognitive performance of individuals. We use the Artificial Intelligence embodied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827997