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The Spatial-Institutional Architecture of Firms’ Innovative Behaviour

Vaz, Eric de Noronha; Vaz, Teresa de Noronha; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

In recent decades there have been an enormous number of studies about innovation systems, partly inspired by a great … development strategies. Despite different perspectives, most studies highlight knowledge creation and innovation as the major … drivers of change and growth. This consensus disappears, however, as soon as the complexity of innovation and knowledge are …

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How to select Instruments supporting R&D and Innovation by Industry

Heide, Marcel J.L. de; Kothiyal, Amit - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

We present a theoretical framework which allows for the comparison of the effectiveness of tax measures, loans and funding, in supporting industry-oriented research. We estimate for each of the instruments the exact contribution required by a firm to decide on investing in R&D, given the costs...

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Social Exchange and Common Agency in Organizations

Dur, Robert; Roelfsema, Hein - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

We study the relation between formal incentives and social exchange in organizations where employees work for several managers and reciprocate to a manager's attention with higher effort. To this end we develop a common agency model with two-sided moral hazard. We show that when effort is...

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Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace

Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

This discussion paper has resulted in a publication in the Journal of Economic Psychology, 31(4), 676-686. We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard...

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Gift Exchange in the Workplace

Dur, Robert - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....

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