Partner Selection in R&D Cooperation
The authors extend the R&D cooperation model to asymmetric firms, focusing on the incentives for cooperating with firms characterized by different levels of efficiency.
Economics of Scientific Research Coalitions: Collaborative Network Formation in the Presence of Multiple Funding Agencies
The paper develops a formal model of coalition-building (“network” formation) among research units that seek competitive funding from a supra-regional program, while also drawing support from their respective regional funding agencies.
Strategic R&D Location by Multinational Firms: Spillovers, Technology Sourcing and Competition
The authors analyse strategic interaction in R&D internationalization decisions by two multinational firms competing both abroad and in their home markets and examine different incentives for foreign R&D faced by technology leaders and technology laggards.
Firms Productivity Growth and R&D Spillovers: An Analysis of Alternative Technological Proximity Measures
This paper aims at assessing the impact of R&D spillovers on firms’ economic performance as measured by productivity growth.
National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five Years: Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel
The report indicates that the U.S. is currently the global leader in nanotechnology R&D, number of nanotechnology start-up companies, and research output as measured by patents and publications. However, that role is under increasing competitive pressure from other nations.
Are State R&D Tax Credits Constitutional? An Economic Perspective
The economic letter discusses how the unique economic
nature of R&D may bear on the question of the constitutionality of state R&D tax credits.
Firm Location, Corporate Structure, R&D Investment, Innovation and Productivity
This study elucidates how firm location and corporate structure influence R&D-intensity, external collaboration on innovation, return on R&D and economic performance. The study, based on 1,907 firm level observations, essentially compare a functional region with four other regional areas in Sweden.
Funding of University-based Research and Innovation in Europe: An Exploratory Study
The objective of this study by the European University Association is to illustrate needs and potential methods for gathering systematic data and an analysis of key elements of the funding of research and innovation in Europe.
Canada’s R&D Deficit — And How To Fix It
This Commentary re-examines the interaction between productivity growth and innovation and Canadian government policy in the field. The paper’s major conclusions are that R&D performance in Canada has been weak, in part because of structural factors related to Canada’s large natural resource base and the agglomeration of manufacturing in the centre of the country.
Migration and Agglomeration With Knowledge
In this paper, a Grossman-Helpman-Romer-type endogenous growth model is developed with two regions in which there are mobile workers and linkage between consumption goods and differentiated intermediate goods.