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| Jose Plehn-Dujowich |
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| ''Innovation, Firm Size, and R&D Search'' |
| ( 2007, Vol. 12 No.18 ) |
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| We present evidence that small firms perform two to four times more innovations per dollar of R&D than large firms. We propose a search theory of R&D that accounts for the evidence. A firm incurs R&D expenses until it has discovered a level of R&D productivity that is sufficiently great to warrant stopping the search. We show that because the large number of R&D projects run by a large firm becomes a substitute for enhanced R&D productivity, the average R&D productivity of a firm is decreasing in firm size. |
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JEL: L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General
O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Jun 22 2007 | | Manuscript Accepted : Aug 31 2007 |
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