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Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations

Griffith, Rachel; Lee, Sokbae; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

We examine the “home bias” of international knowledge spillovers as measured by the speed of patent citations (i.e. knowledge spreads slowly over international boundaries). We present the first compelling econometric evidence that the geographical localization of knowledge spillovers has...

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What are the channels for technology sourcing? Panel data evidence from German companies

Harhoff, Dietmar; Mueller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …

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The distinct effects of information technology and communication technology on firm organization

Bloom, Nick; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the “information” and “communication” components together. We show theoretically and empirically that these have very different effects on the empowerment of employees, and by extension on wage...

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The enactment of risk categories: organizing and re-organizing risk management practices in the energy industry

Scott, Susan V.; Perry, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Aimed at energy organizations adapting to the competitive demands associated with liberalization, transaction and risk management software “A-Trade” was part of the shift from a traditional engineer-led culture of risk cognition to market-oriented financial risk management. The story of...

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Understanding the characteristics of techno-innovation in an era of self-regulated financial services

Scott, Susan V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Can we identify the key characteristics of techno-innovation in the era of deregulated financial services? This is an … the following questions: What inspires innovation in financial services? How are processes of techno-innovation managed …? What are the expected and unexpected consequences of techno-innovation? …

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Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries

Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium sized manufacturing firms in the US, France, Germany and the UK. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level productivity, profitability, Tobin’s Q, sales growth and survival...

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Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...

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