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Strategic experimentation : the case of poisson bandits

Cripps, Martin; Keller, Godfrey; Rady, Sven - 2002

This paper studies a game of strategic experimentation in which the players have access to two-armed bandits where the risky arm distributes lumpsum payoffs according to a Poisson process with unknown intensity. Because of free-riding, there is an inefficiently low level of experimentation in...

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Isolation and innovation : two contradictory concepts? ; explorative findings from the German laser industry

Kudic, Muhamed; Ehrenfeld, Wilfried; Pusch, Toralf - 2015

We apply a network perspective and study the emergence of core-periphery (CP) structures in innovation networks to shed … some light on the relationship between isolation and innovation. It has been frequently argued that a firm’s location in a …. However, the importance of peripheral positions for innovation processes is still a widely neglected issue in literature …

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Does academic entrepreneurship pay?

Astebro, Thomas B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Broström, Anders - 2012

We investigate the private returns for academics that start new businesses. Total earnings for the universe of 478 individuals working at Swedish universities who quit to become full-time entrepreneurs between 1999 and 2008 are compiled. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analysis...

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Links between multinational firms and domestic firms : a comparison of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel

Giarratana, Marco (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

should devote attention to MNCs' entry timing in new industries. -- Software ; Technological Innovation and R&D …

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Skills and openness of OSS projects : implications for performance

Giuri, Paola; Ploner, Matteo; Rullani, Francesco; … - 2004

for innovation. Finally, design modularity is positively associated with the performance of the project. -- software … ; technological innovation ; human capital ; modularity …

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The revolution within : ICT and the shifting knowledge base of the world's largest companies

Mendonça, Sandro (contributor) - 2005

This empirical paper analyses the importance of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the technological diversification trend among the world’s largest manufacturing firms during the 1980s and 1990s. The objective of the research is twofold: firstly, to emphasise the emerging...

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Debt, R&D investment and technological progress : a panel study of Japanese manufacturing firms in the 90s

Ogawa, Kazuo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Based on a panel data set of Japanese manufacturing firms in research-intensive industries, we investigate quantitatively the extent to which debt outstandings in the 90s affected the firm’s R&D activities. We find that massive debt outstandings had significantly negative effect on R&D...

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Designing efficient institutions for science-based entrepreneurship : lessons from the US and Sweden

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor); … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

within universities and in business. -- Academic entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; R&D ; Spin-off firms ; Technology transfer …

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Bottom-up vs. top-down policies towards the commercialization of university intellectual property

Goldfarb, Brent (contributor); Henrekson, Magnus (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. May 26, 2002

; Innovation ; Intellectual property ; R&D ; Spin-off firms ; Technology transfer ; University-industry relations ; Universities …

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Firm R&D, innovation, and productivity in German industry

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - 2013 - Preliminary Draft

This paper investigates empirically firm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the firm's future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German...

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