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Wong, Poh-Kam; Singh, Annette - EconWPA - 2005

economies (NIEs) from East Asia as they move up the economic development ladder. In addition, the paper also investigates …

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The Porter Hypothesis Revisited: A Literature Review of Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests

Wagner, Marcus - EconWPA - 2004

The debate on the relationship between environmental regulation and competitiveness has been a topic of discussion for a number of years now. As early as 1991, the American economist Michael E. Porter proposed that stringent environmental regulation (under the condition that it is efficient) can...

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Networks of Innovation Clusters in Cova da Beira (Portugal)

Leitao, Joao; Osorio, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

functioning which accomplishes the general purposes of the National Integrated Programme to the Support for Innovation, and …

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Evidence Theory: A Mathematical Framework for Unpredictable Hypotheses

Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002

Shafer's evidence theory is a branch of the mathematics of uncertain reasoning that allows for novel possibilities to … be conceived by a decision-maker. Many of its findings exhibit striking similarities with an alternative decision theory … purported by Shackle in the 1950s, before expected utility maximization monopolized the scene. Evidence theory does not attempt …

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A Theory of Technology Diffusion

Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003

What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...

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Public provision of a private good: What is the point of the BSD license?

Gaudeul, Alex - EconWPA - 2005

Software is a potentially excludable public good. It is possible, at some cost, to exclude non-paying users from its consumption by using copyright law or technological restraints. Licensing the software under proprietary license terms makes of it a private good, licensing it under the BSD does...

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Patents Hinder Collusion

Kultti, Klaus; Takalo, Tuomas; Toikka, Juuso - EconWPA - 2005

We argue that a patent system makes collusion among innovators more difficult. Our simple argument is based on two properties of the patent system. First, a patent not only protects against infringement but also against retaliation by former collusion members. Second, a deviator has an equal...

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Cash and the Counter: Capabilities and Preferences in the Demand for Banking Technologies

Consoli, Davide - EconWPA - 2005

trial-and-error and learning by consuming. The key question that is addressed is: how do consumers deal with innovation? By … bringing together a number of threads within the innovation literature my claim is that consumers, akin to firms, follow …

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Protéger les méthodes commerciales liées à Internet : un frein au développement ?

Delzelle, Benoit - EconWPA - 2003

La protection juridique des méthodes commerciales liées à Internet est très controversée. Est-il opportun de protéger des biens immatériels ou des idées ? N'est-ce pas menacer durablement le développement de la "nouvelle économie" ? N'est-ce pas brider l'activité inventive et...

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Information Flow Structure in Large-Scale Product Development Organizational Networks

Braha, Dan; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - EconWPA - 2004

In recent years, understanding the structure and function of complex networks has become the foundation for explaining many different real- world complex social, information, biological and technological phenomena. Techniques from statistical physics have been successfully applied to the...

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