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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William; Lincoln, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian...
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The Protection of Innovations
Atallah, Gamal - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2004
higher levels of innovation and lower levels of secrecy. An increase in the size of the market, a reduction in the cost of … produits est associé avec davantage d'innovation et moins de protection. Une augmentation dans la taille du marché, une …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005169003
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Vertical R&D Spillovers, Cooperation, Market Structure, and Innovation
Atallah, Gamal - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2000
are taken into account. The paper proposes a theory of innovation and market structure, showing that the relation between … innovation and competition depends on horizontal spillovers, vertical spillovers, and cooperative settings. The private … coopération verticale. Le papier propose une théorie reliant le degré d'innovation à la structure du marché: la relation entre la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005273027
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Innovative Efforts as Determinants of Export Performance: The Case of Specialized Suppliers
Bourgault, Mario; Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995
This paper presents empirical evidence on the relationship between innovative efforts and performance on international markets for the specific case of small firms acting as specialized suppliers. In addition to tangible efforts such as R&D expenditures, intangible efforts are also considered....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627168
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Financial Institutions and The Wealth of Nations: Tales of Development
Tong, Jian; Xu, Chenggang - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … innovation. However, this regime requires more decentralized decision-making, which in turn depend on contract enforcement. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677512
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Tax Incentives: Issue and Evidence
Mohnen, Pierre - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1999
This paper discusses the issue of R&D tax incentives: why these incentives?, what are their modalities?, their pros and cons?, are they effective? and are there alternatives to R&D tax incentives? Cet article fait le point sur l'utilité des incitations fiscales à la recherche-développement:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005100743
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An Investigation of Firm-Level R&D Capabilities in East Asia
Jefferson, Gary H.; Kaifeng, Zhong - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
This paper uses a survey of 1,826 firms distributed over ten East Asian metropolitan areas – Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, and five Chinese cities – to investigate the sources of firm-level R&D capabilities. The analysis identifies the impact of 23 survey variables, classified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677418
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Learning Conditions in the Context of R&D and Development Projects: Empirical Evidence from a Research Centre
Bourgault, Mario; Sicotte, Hélène - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1998
Today's changing environment is bringing about a major transformation of the way organizations operate. Most of the discussion about such evolving environment focuses on the necessity for organizations to continuously renew their stock of knowledge and competencies. This renewal takes place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627154
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Restructuring with What Success? A Case Study of Russian Firms
Linz, Susan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000
This case study of enterprise restructuring utilizes data collected from thirty-two former state-owned firms in Taganrog, Russia, in the summer and fall of 1999. These data are used to construct three composite measures of enterprise restructuring. When defined broadly to include several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677651
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Migration and Regional Adjustment and Asymmetric Shocks in Transition Economies
Fidrmuc, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment and wage differentials has in fact been rather low. High wages appear to encourage, and, similarly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207890