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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

We develop a theory of commercialization mode (entry or sale) of entrepreneurial inventions into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Moreover, preemptive...

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Technology Transfer to Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates by Multinational Firms

Fors, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993

No abstract.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818350

R&D and Foreign Sales: Evidence from Swedish Multinationals

Svensson, Roger; Fors, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

No abstract.

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Utilization of R&D Results in the Home and Foreign Plants of Multinationals

Fors, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

This paper analyzes the utilization of R&D results in the home and foreign plants of Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs). The empirical findings indicate that the firms' R&D undertaken in the home country is used as an input in both the home and foreign plants of the MNEs. Around...

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Overseas R&D by Multinationals in Foreign Centers of Excellence

Fors, Gunnar; Zejan, Mario - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This paper examines the determinants of overseas R&D by Swedish multinationals. Our empirical results indicate that the location of R&D abroad to a large extent is motivated by the need to adapt products and processes to conditions in the foreign markets where the firms operate. However, we also...

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R&D and Foreign Sales in Multinationals: A Simultaneous Relationship?

Fors, Gunnar; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

This paper analyzes the simultaneous relationship between R&D and foreign sales in Swedish multinational enterprises in the manufacturing sector. We argue that this two-way relationship should especially apply to multinationals based in small open economies due to the firms' high dependence on...

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Technology Transfer to Foreign Affiliates by Multinational Enterprises Technology Transfer to Foreign Affiliates by Multinational Enterprises

Fors, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

This paper examines whether Swedish multinational enterprises transfer R&D-generated knowledge to their foreign affiliates. The empirical results suggest that such technology transfer takes place from parent companies to affiliates, especially in the case of newly established affiliates. In...

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Commercialization of Swedish Patents – A Pilot Study in the Medical and Hygiene Sector

Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002

In this paper, I analyze the commercialization of patents in the Swedish medicine & hygiene sector. A unique database makes it possible to use a new method, where I follow the commercialization process of individual patents. A surprisingly low share (10%) of the inventions was discovered at...

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The Inventor’s Role: Was Schumpeter Right?

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian … entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation process. In addition, we provide a framework where the theories of … possibilities of successful commercialization since the inventor may further adapt the innovation to customer needs, transmit …

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