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Cross-cutting ties, organizational density, and new firm formation in the U.S. biotech industry, 1994-1998 Bae, Jonghoon;Wezel, Filippo Carlo;Koo, Jun
The present paper examines the role of cooperative relations among incumbents in the formation of new firms. We argue that cooperative interfirm relations that bridge geographically remote and diverse sources of knowledge, i.e., cross-cutting ties, contribute to new firm formation. Employing data on state-level entries in the US biotech industry from 1994 to 1998, we find support to the...
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Università della Svizzera italiana
Does the support of innovative clusters sustainably foster R&D activity? Evidence from the German BioRegio and BioProfile contests Engel, Dirk;Mitze, Timo;Patuelli, Roberto;Reinkowski, Janina
In this paper, we evaluate the R&D enhancing effects of two large public grant schemes aiming at encouraging the performance of firms organized in clusters. These are Germany's well known BioRegio and BioProle contests for which we compare the research performance of winning regions in contrast with non-winning and non-participating comparison regions. We apply Difference-in-Difference...
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Università della Svizzera italiana
The impact of the institutional form on the cost efficiency of nursing homes Di Giorgio, Laura;Filippini, Massimo;Masiero, Giuliano
In Switzerland, nursing home services are mainly provided by regulated public and private nonprofit organizations. Some of them are created by local governments as foundations. This provides a unique setting to analyze the impact of the institutional form on the performance of nursing homes. We propose a model where the institutional form is represented as a legal constraint which affects...
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Università della Svizzera italiana
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