Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) serves a dual role in economic development. While it promotes innovation by providing legal protection of inventions, it may retard catch-up and learning by restricting the diffusion of innovations. Does stronger IPR protection in a developing...

We describe the construction of a panel data set from the U.S. patent data that contains measures of inventors' life-cycle Ramp;D productivity--patents and patent citations. We match the data set to information on the U.S. pharmaceutical and semiconductor firms for whom they work. In this paper...

We develop and test a model of the patenting and R&D decisions of an innovating firm whose scientist-employees sometime quit to join or start a rival. In our model, the innovating firm patents to protect itself from its employees. We show theoretically that the risk of a scientist's departure...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employee participation in ownership and control in a modern corporation and its impacts on intra-organizational social capital and workplace dynamics. Design/methodology/approach: Using the National Bureau of Economic Research Shared Capitalism...

Many hospitals risk closure owing to rising costs, declining revenue, and reduced profits. Given the importance of identifying factors that impact hospital profitability, our study examines the relationship between tangible assets and the financial performance of hospitals in South Korea. We...