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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature
Nathan, Max - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
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Measuring patent quality and national technological capacity in cross-country comparison
Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth - 2016
China recently surpassed the USA as the greatest global source of patent applications. However, without internationally comparable measures of patent quality it remains questionable whether China's patent expansion constitutes the rise of a new technological superpower. Our novel quality index...
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Intellectual property infringements due to R&D abroad? : A comparative analysis between firms with international and domestic R&D activities
Schmiele, Anja - 2010
This paper aims at analysing the risk of intellectual property (IP) infringements by competitors from abroad and in particular whether this risk is higher for international innovating firms. We distinguish three different types of IP infringements from abroad: the usage of firms' technical...
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Global talent flows
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Özden, Çağlar; … - 2016
The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...
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Global talent flows
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Özden, Çağlar; … - 2016
The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011566486
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Does a VC’s Commitment Lead to Improved Investment Outcomes? Evidence From Climate Startups
Burt, Aaron; Harford, Jarrad V. T.; Stanfield, Jared R.; … - 2022
We assess whether a VC’s intrinsic commitment to a startup affects investment performance. We proxy for climate change commitment using the political contributions to democrats of the lead VC person on a deal. We find investments by democrats in climate-related startups have 8% higher...
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The design of licensing contracts : chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and electrical engineering in imperial Germany
Burhop, Carsten; Lübbers, Thorsten - 2011
We investigate a sample of 180 technology licensing contracts closed by German chemical, pharmaceutical, and electrical … design of licensing contracts, whereas inventor moral hazard and risk aversion of licensor or licensee seem to be irrelevant … licensing contracts. More specifically, profit sharing agreements or producer milestones were typically included into licensing …
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Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship : blessing or curse?
Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul … - 2013
between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our … entrepreneurship in aggregate and intra‐industry to be negative. Policies need to consider how to counteract this effect. …
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The firm size distribution across countries and skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2014
: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250019
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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19: decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow … that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …
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