In modern economies, technological knowledge can flow between firms through various channels. We test an economic theory that firms most likely to benefit from such knowledge flows disclose information about their technologies more readily, probably to attract technologically compatible...

We examine the effect of technology spillovers on the duration of executive compensation contracts. We find that in the presence of greater technology spillovers, firms tend to grant longer duration compensation contracts to their executives. This finding is consistent with theoretical...

This paper studies the asset pricing implications of technology spillover, an important externality in innovation. While technology spillover enables firms to produce a variety of products that better satisfy their customers' love for variety, such benefits are procyclical, and investors...

In this paper, we empirically examine how a supplier firm benefits from supply chain technology spillover in its product invention, and how customer concentration mitigates such a positive effect. Using a panel of approximately 1,670 U.S. technology-intensive supplier firms during the period...