Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge

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Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Robert Grundke (OECD)

"Having the right Mix: The Role of Skill Bundles for Comparative Advantage and Industry performance in Global Value Chains" abstract This study assesses the effects of countries’ skill endowments on comparative advantage. It tests the theoretical model of Ohnsorge and Trefler (2007) and thus departs from empirical studies assuming that workers possess only one type…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Marcus Dejardin (Université de Namur)

"Fitting a firm’s strategic position and environmental context with its managers’ personality traits. A configurational study of SME performance" abstract Building upon the person–environment contingency model in combination with its strategy–environment counterpart, we adopt an integrated manager–strategy–environment configurational lens, and explore this perspective empirically by applying fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to data from a sample…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Bruno Cassiman (Universidad de Navarra)

"In Search of Performance Effects of Industry-Science Links" abstract We study how firms access basic research and translate this into more valuable technologies. Firms looking to access basic research need to bridge the “gap” between scientific and technology communities before basic research can be translated and used for developing new technologies. This gap is particularly…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Ben Jones (Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University)

"The Reverse Matthew Effect: Catastrophe and Consequence in Scientific Teams" abstract Teamwork pervades modern economies, yet teamwork can make individual roles difficult to ascertain.  In the sciences, the canonical "Matthew Effect" suggests that eminent team members garner credit for great works at the expense of less eminent team members.  We study this phenomenon in reverse,…