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We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...
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The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …
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Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … size-weighted average management score. We present a formal model of "Management as a Technology", and structurally …
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This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house and external R&D and at the acquisition of external technology in embodied and disembodied components. These input …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …
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automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …
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between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental …Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … improvements and modifications made upon the existing technology. This paper shows that distinguishing between these two types of …
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We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...
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The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American "dependencia theory" for five dimensions …
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We develop a model with two asymmetric countries. Firms choose the number and the location of plants that they operate. The production of each firm increases when trade costs fall. The fall also induces multinationals to repatriate their production into a single country, which is likely to be...
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We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany, we calculate...
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