Dissertations / Theses: 'Incentive for innovation'

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Campbell, Georgina A. (Georgina Amy). "Incentive competitions as a policy tool for technological innovation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65500.

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Thesis (S.M. in Technology and Policy)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2011.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78).
Large incentive competitions are becoming increasingly popular amongst policymakers and philanthropists as a mission-orientated tool for inducing innovation, particularly in areas of national priority where market incentives and conventional tools such as patents and procurements tend not to be sufficient. Using inducement mechanisms (motivators) such as a large financial reward, demanding deliverables, and technical support, incentive competitions seek to motivate innovators to exert effort and develop creative solutions to pre-defined problems. According to the literature, these motivators can be powerful mechanisms for influencing effort and creativity but their effectiveness very much depends on the combination of motivators used and conditions under which they are executed. There is a serious lack of empirical evidence on the motivators and conditions of large incentive competitions and their effectiveness to influence behaviour and outcomes. Therefore, we cannot fully appreciate the role of large incentive competitions in the innovation policy tool kit. A small body of empirical data exists on the impact of motivators within small online prizes but these prizes are very different to large incentive competitions in terms of the intended motivators incorporated and the competition environment. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis of one large incentive competition- the Progressive Automotive XPRIZE (PIAXP), this thesis aims to explore the motivators incorporated into PIAXP and their ability to orient people towards a specified mission and induce innovative behaviour. In turn, this thesis aims to 1) better understand the role incentive prizes as an innovation tool and 2) identify the motivators and prize design that can be used in incentive competitions to promote desired outcomes. My research identifies two unique features of PIAXP, which can provide insight into large incentive competitions in general. 1) PIAXP effectively attracted and focused a diverse set of solvers on a specific problem, who otherwise would not or could not pursue the prize objective(s). For example, 35% of teams did not exist before. Of those teams that did exist, 30% were informal and 17% were non-vehicle- related, all turning to formal vehicle teams for the PIAXP; 2) PIAXP facilitated the development of participating teams and ideas, and actively induced innovative behaviour during the competition. These findings emphasize the important of motivators and prize design to attract and support the development of solvers and solutions. In terms of competition design, participants and organizations were influenced in different ways. Influential motivators included: recognition (validation, publicity, and personal pride), performance accelerators (business and personal), and intrinsic passion for the cause. Other elements of design that influenced entry levels and behaviour included: structure (length/ barriers to entry), categories (broad, specific or multiple), collaborative events, and support (for the organization and individual). Success within PIAXP was positively correlated with compensation and competition but negatively correlated with recognition. Effort was positively correlated with reputation but negatively correlated with fun.
by Georgina A. Campbell.
S.M.in Technology and Policy

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Basheer, Shamnad. "The invention of an investment incentive for pharmaceutical innovation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b53d2ab0-dcdd-4adc-8728-cdf32e948df6.

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Pharmaceutical drugs are often hailed as the poster child for the proposition that patents foster accelerated rates of innovation. This sentiment stems, in large part, from the significantly high research and development (R&D) costs endemic to the pharmaceutical sector. I argue that if the role of the patent regime is one of fostering higher amounts of investment in the R&D process, it is better served by a direct investment protection regime, where the protection does not depend upon whether or not the underlying idea behind the drug is 'new' and 'inventive', the two central tenets of patent law. Rather, any drug that successfully makes it past the regulatory filter ought to be entitled to protection, since its discovery and development entail significant investment and risk. Owing to the inadequacy of the current patent regime in appropriately protecting intensive pharmaceutical R&D investments from free-riders, I propose a comprehensive investment protection regime that protects all the investment costs incurred during the drug discovery and development process. Though similar to existing data protection regimes in some respects, it differs in others. Firstly, it enables a recovery of all R&D costs, and not only costs associated with clinical trials. Secondly, unlike patents and data exclusivity which offer uniform periods of protection, it rewards investments in a proportionate manner, wherein drug originators are entitled to protection against free-riders only until such time as they recoup their specific investments and earn a rate of return on investment that is dependent on the health value of the drug. Given that a pure market exclusivity based investment protection regime is likely to foster excessive pricing and subject the market to the dictates of a single firm, I advocate a compensatory liability model based on a novel cost sharing methodology, where follow-on entrants are free to manufacture the drug, but must pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the originator.

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Colombo, Daniel Gama e. "Economic analysis of innovation tax incentives in Brazil: essays on the impacts of law 11,196/05 on industrial innovation." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12140/tde-01092017-171755/.

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The objective of this thesis is to empirically assess how the tax incentives of Law 11,196/05 have affected the landscape of private industrial innovation in Brazil. The main point is to verify to what extent this tax relief has contributed to the fostering of innovation in the country. To achieve this broad objective, three specific research questions were devised as axes of investigation, and they are addressed in each of the stand-alone papers that comprise this thesis. I begin by assessing whether the incentives have impacted the volume of innovation investment of beneficiary firms. This first analysis also considers the effect of the policy on innovation outputs and firms\' performance. The second research question considers the behavioral additionality, estimating changes caused by the incentives on the composition of the bundle of innovation investments and on the type of innovation pursued by firms. The third investigation assesses whether the reduction of the tax burden has attracted international innovation investment by diverting it from alternative destinations, thus testing the \'footloose R&D\' argument for the Brazilian case. The first two papers use microdata on Brazilian firms from the Industrial Innovation Survey (PINTEC) and other sources, and the impact is estimated through propensity score matching with difference-in-differences. The third study relies on aggregate country data, mainly on activities of foreign affiliates of U.S. multinationals and international patent applications; and panel data estimators are applied to measure and test the correlation of the Brazilian policy with international innovation investment directed to other countries. The main findings of the thesis are: (a) the average impact of the policy on R&D expenditures in 2011 was around five hundred thousand Brazilian reais, or 6.8% of the mean R&D spending of beneficiary firms, which is less than the average benefit per firm in the same year, suggesting some level of crowding-out in the short-run; (b) incentives also positively affected the size of R&D personnel (average effect represents 16% of the average size of R&D staff); (c) the policy raised the chances of firms to innovate between 2009 and 2011 by 16%; (d) incentives positively impacted company\'s growth around 5% of the mean number of employees of incentivized enterprises in 2011; (e) R&D intensity of the bulk of innovative activities increased 9.5% because of the incentives; (f) part of the R&D increase was counterbalanced by a reduction effect on spending with acquisition of external knowledge and introduction of innovations in the market; (g) beneficiary firms hired more researchers with undergraduate degrees only as an effect of the policy (18.5% of the average number of their research personnel with such educational level); and (h) in the case of multinational groups, the increase in innovation investment does not seem to have been caused by the diversion of investment from other countries. The empirical investigations present clear evidence of the three dimensions of policy impact: input, output and behavioral additionality. A number of implications are drawn from the studies for the improvement of the policy design.
O objetivo desta tese é avaliar empiricamente os impactos dos incentivos fiscais da Lei 11.196/05 na inovação industrial brasileira. O ponto central é identificar em que medida essa redução tributária vem contribuindo para impulsionar a inovação no país. Para atingir esse objetivo, três perguntas de pesquisa foram concebidas como eixos de investigação, cada uma sendo abordada em um dos ensaios que compõem esta tese. A primeira questão é se os incentivos fiscais elevaram o volume de investimentos das empresas beneficiárias em inovação. Essa primeira análise também considera o efeito da política sobre os resultados desses investimentos e desempenho das firmas. A segunda parte pergunta de pesquisa considera os efeitos da política sobre o comportamento das empresas, estimando as mudanças ocasionadas na composição dos investimentos e no tipo de inovação perseguido pelas firmas. O terceiro ponto de estudo é se a redução da carga tributária atraiu investimentos internacionais em inovação em detrimento de outros países, testando o argumento de \'footloose R&D\' para o caso brasileiro. Nos dois primeiros trabalhos são utilizados microdados de empresas brasileiras constantes da Pesquisa de Inovação Industrial (PINTEC) e outras fontes, sendo aplicado o escore de propensão com diferenças-em-diferenças para estimar o impacto. O terceiro estudo baseia-se em dados agregados de países, essencialmente sobre atividades de filiais estrangeiras de multinacionais norte-americanas e pedidos internacionais de patentes, sendo aplicados estimadores de painel para mensurar e testar a correlação da política fiscal brasileira com o investimento internacional em inovação direcionado para outros países. As principais conclusões da tese são: (a) o impacto médio da política nos gastos em P&D em 2011 foi de aproximadamente quinhentos mil reais, ou 6,8% da média dos investimentos em P&D das firmas beneficiárias; esse valor é inferior ao benefício médio por firma no mesmo ano, o que sugere algum nível de crowding-out da política no curto prazo; (b) os incentivos também afetaram positivamente o tamanho das equipes de pesquisa (efeito médio representa 16% do tamanho médio das equipes de P&D); (c) a política elevou as chances das firmas inovarem no período de 2009 a 2011 em 16%; (d) os incentivos impactaram positivamente o crescimento das firmas em cerca de 5% da força de trabalho das firmas beneficiárias em 2011; (e) a intensidade de P&D no conjunto de atividades inovativas cresceu 9,5% devido à política; (f) parte do incremento em P&D foi contrabalanceada por um redução nos gastos com aquisição de conhecimento externo e introdução de inovações no mercado; (g) empresas beneficiárias elevaram a contratação de pesquisadores com diploma de graduação (18.5% do número médio de pesquisadores com esse nível educacional nas firmas beneficiárias em 2011); e (h) no caso de grupos multinacionais, o aumento nos investimentos em inovação não parece ter sido causado pela realocação de investimentos de outros países. As análises empíricas apresentam evidência das três dimensões de impacto da política fiscal: insumos, resultados e comportamental. Diversas lições são extraídas dos estudos para o aprimoramento do desenho da política.

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Mackeviciute, Agne, and Stanislav Iacubitchi. "The impact of Enterprise 2.0 tools on Innovation processes : The Case Study of Incentive at IBS." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Informatics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12609.

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The impact of Web 2.0 technologies has crossed the Internet borders and is increasingly af-fecting not only individuals but also organizations as entities. The emergence of the Enter-prise 2.0 concept, which presumes the application of Web 2.0 tools within the organiza-tional context, is being intensively adopted by many organizations of all types and sizes world-wide. Authors suggest that there is a direct impact of Enterprise 2.0 system on such organizational aspects as communication, collaboration, cooperation, co-creation and even innovation activities. There is though a sort of informational gap in the literature that would address these concepts (Enterprise 2.0 and Innovation) simultaneously and this was one of the main reasons that motivated the authors of this master thesis to investigate this topic.

In conducting this research all kinds of informational resources were used and these find-ings were combined with the results obtained from a real business case study, which is an example of an Enterprise 2.0 platform (Incentive) implemented within an organization (IBS). The overall research can be described in three main parts. In the first part analysis of the theoretical aspects related to Innovation and Enterprise 2.0 is made. A preliminary re-search framework is build based on these findings and this framework represents an at-tempt to bridge these theoretical dimensions. In the second part the investigation of the „Colin‟ case study was presented. With this case investigation the research gains access to primary data and information. This strengthens the initial research framework and also de-livers new insights and perspectives in connection to the highlighted topic. The findings re-lated to the impact of Enterprise 2.0 on Innovation processes are analyzed and discussed in the final part of the research from theoretical and empirical perspectives.

An enhanced framework, representing the result of the theoretical and empirical studies, is ultimately suggested. This model represents an attempt to portray how can an Enterprise 2.0 system support innovation activities in a more generic way, addressing together major factors that are critical for an innovation process. This investigation has also determined that such Enterprise 2.0 tools as Wikis, Blogs, Social Networking, Micro-blogging, Forums & Discussions, Search Engines, Tagging etc. are having the highest impact on innovation related activities. Additionally, the managerial aspect in relation to Enterprise 2.0 influence on Innovation has proved to be extremely important, especially during the implementation phase.

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Meirelles, Jorge Luís Faria. "Inovação tecnológica na indústria brasileira: investimento, financiamento e incentivo governamental." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18140/tde-30012009-085108/.

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O objetivo geral do presente trabalho foi identificar e caracterizar os aspectos financeiros do processo de implementação de inovações tecnológicas na indústria brasileira, no período 1998-2005. Em tal processo foram analisados o financiamento e os mecanismos financeiros de incentivo governamental para a realização de investimentos em atividades inovativas na indústria brasileira. Os dados utilizados foram obtidos em fontes secundárias, como Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Organização para Cooperação Econômica e Desenvolvimento (OCDE) e Oficina Estatística da União Européia (EUROSTAT). Especificamente sobre inovação tecnológica na indústria brasileira, foram utilizados os dados da Pesquisa Industrial sobre Inovação Tecnológica (PINTEC), do IBGE. Tais dados foram comparados com os resultados da quarta versão da Community Innovation Survey (CIS IV), da EUROSTAT. Há, na indústria brasileira, uma larga predominância das inovações que correspondem a aprimoramento de produtos e ou processos já existentes na empresa, ou de inovações para a própria empresa, mas já existentes no setor, no Brasil. O investimento nacional em P&D é relativamente baixo e a execução de P&D está associada mais ao governo. O setor empresarial executa cerca de 40% da P&D no Brasil. Na indústria brasileira, cerca de metade dos recursos investidos em atividades inovativas é destinada à aquisição de máquinas e equipamentos para inovar. Em segundo lugar aparecem os investimentos em atividades internas de P&D e em terceiro lugar as atividades de projeto industrial. Dentre as diferentes fontes de financiamento para inovação, o percentual de recursos próprios utilizados no financiamento das atividades inovativas é maior, principalmente no caso das atividades de P&D, em comparação com o financiamento dos investimentos em geral. Com relação aos recursos de terceiros, o percentual de utilização de recursos privados é maior no caso do financiamento das demais atividades inovativas, quando comparado com o percentual de recursos privados no financiamento da P&D, ainda que o percentual de recursos públicos seja maior que o de linhas de mercado, tanto no financiamento da P&D como das demais atividades inovativas. As possibilidades de utilização de linhas de financiamento de mercado para financiamento da P&D são reduzidas, por conta do risco elevado de tais atividades. A possibilidade de utilização de financiamento público para as atividades inovativas, principalmente a P&D, torna-se particularmente importante. As empresas maiores, com 500 ou mais pessoas ocupadas, têm melhor acesso aos recursos públicos, quando a base de comparação utilizada é o percentual de empresas que receberam financiamento público para realização de P&D e de aquisição de máquinas e equipamentos para inovar. O percentual de empresas inovadoras que utilizaram incentivos fiscais à P&D também apresentou grande disparidade entre as empresas maiores (com 500 ou mais pessoas ocupadas) e as menores. Essa disparidade é conseqüência das características dos benefícios previstos pela legislação.
The general purpose of the present study was the identification and characterization of the financial aspects of the process of implementation of technological innovation in the Brazilian industry, from 1998 to 2005. Funding and incentive mechanisms provided by the government to enhance investments in innovation in the Brazilian industry were assessed. The data used in this study were obtained from secondary sources, such as the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT). Concerning specifically technology innovation in the Brazilian industry, data from IBGEs Industrial Research on Technological Innovation (PINTEC) were used. Such data were compared to the results obtained in the fourth version of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS IV) by EUROSTAT. Innovation in the Brazilian industry is mostly based on the improvement of existing products and processes, or else on the introduction of processes that constitute an innovation in a given company, but already exist in the industry segment of the country. Brazilian investment levels in R&D are relatively low and most R&D activities are carried out by the government. Around 40% of R&D activities in Brazil are carried out by the entrepreneurial segment. Approximately half of the resources invested in innovation in the Brazilian industry are devoted to the purchase of machinery and implements to be used in innovation processes. Investments in in-house R&D activities come next and, finally, investments in industrial projects. Considering the various sources of financing innovation, the largest percentage corresponds to enterprises own funds, particularly in R&D activities, compared to the funding of investments in general. With regard to third-party funding, a greater percentage of private resources is used in other innovative activities compared to the percentage of private resources used in the funding of R&D activities, although the percent of public funding is greater than the private funding lines both for R&D and other innovative activities. There are few private funding lines for financing innovative activities, particularly R&D, due to the high risk of such activities. Therefore, the use of public funding in innovative activities, particularly R&D activities, becomes an important alternative. Larger companies, with 500 or more employees, have better access to public funding, when the comparative basis used is the percentage of companies that obtained public funding for performing R&D activities and the purchase of machinery and equipment for innovation purposes. The percentage of innovative companies that used fiscal incentives for R&D activities also showed a great disparity between larger companies (with 500 or more employees) and smaller companies. Such disparity results from the characteristics of the benefits stipulated by legislation.

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Kay, Luciano. "How do prizes induce innovation? learning from the Google Lunar X-prize." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193.

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Inducement prizes-where cash rewards are given to motivate the attainment of targets--have been long used to encourage scientific research, develop technological innovations, or stimulate individuals, groups, and communities to accomplish diverse goals. Lately, prizes have increasingly attracted the attention of policy-makers, among others, due to their potential to induce path-breaking innovations and accomplish related goals. Academic research, however, has barely investigated these prizes in spite of their long history, recent popularity, and notable potential. This research investigates prizes and the means by which they induce innovation. It uses an empirical, multiple case-study methodology, a new model of innovation applied to prizes, and multiple data sources to investigate three cases of recent aerospace technology prizes: a main case study, the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) for robotic Moon exploration; and two pilot cases, the Ansari X Prize (AXP) for the first private reusable manned spacecraft and the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (NGLLC) for flights of reusable rocket-powered vehicles. The investigation unveils the dynamics of prizes and contributes a better understanding of their potential and disadvantages in a context in which more traditional mechanisms are used to induce innovation. This research shows that prizes are a more complex mechanism and their investigation requires analyzing entrant- and context-level factors generally not considered by the literature. Prizes complement and not replace patents and other incentive mechanisms. The incentives offered by prizes attract entrants with diverse characteristics, including unconventional entrants--individuals and organizations generally not involved with the prize technologies. Entrants are generally attracted by the non-monetary benefits of participation and the potential market value of the technologies involved in competitions. Many more volunteers, collaborators, and partners also participate indirectly and support official entries as they also perceive opportunities to accomplish their personal and organizational goals. The monetary reward is important to position the competition in the media and disseminate the idea of the prize. Prizes can induce increasing R&D activities and re-direct industry projects to target diverse technological goals, yet the evolution of prize competitions and quality of the technological outputs is generally difficult to anticipate. The overall organization of prize R&D activities and their outputs depend on entrant-level factors and can only be indirectly influenced by setting specific competition rules. The most remarkable characteristic of prize R&D activities is their interaction with fundraising efforts which, in some circumstances, may constrain the activities of entrants. Prizes can also induce innovation over and above what would have occurred anyway, yet their overall effect depends significantly on the characteristics of the prize entrants and the evolution of the context of the competition. The ability of prizes to induce innovation is larger when there are larger prize incentives, more significant technology gaps implicit in the prize challenge, and open-ended challenge definitions. To successfully induce technological breakthroughs, prizes may require complementary incentives (e.g. commitments to purchase technology) or support (e.g. seed funding.) Prizes are particularly appropriate to, for example, explore new, experimental methods and technologies that imply high-risk R&D; induce technological development to break critical technological barriers; accelerate technological development to achieve higher performance standards; and, accelerate diffusion, adoption, and/or commercialization of technologies. They involve, however, higher programmatic risks than other more traditional mechanisms and their routine use, and/or challenge definitions that overlap, can weaken the incentive power of the mechanism. Successful implementation of competitions requires many parameters to be properly set.

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Tae, H. J. "Technological innovation in Korea : An empirical investigation into the effect of government innovation incentive policies, market pressure and competition, and firm's organisation structure." Thesis, Henley Business School, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383775.

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Sioncke, Yoann. "Fiscalité et innovation." Thesis, Paris 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA01D082.

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L'innovation est aujourd'hui l'une des variables essentielles de la croissance économique et de l'emploi. Toutefois, son financement est complexe. Ce qui justifie l'intervention des pouvoirs publics. Ainsi en France, la puissance publique dispose de deux outils principaux pour inciter les entreprises à augmenter leurs dépenses de R&D, les aides directes et apparentées et les incitations fiscales. Toutefois, c'est une mesure d'aide fiscale, le crédit d'impôt recherche (CIR), qui constitue le dispositif majeur de soutien à l'innovation en France. Puissant instrument d'encouragement à la R&D depuis 1983, il est devenu depuis sa dernière grande réforme, en 2008, le dispositif incitatif le plus prisé des entreprises et la deuxième dépense de l'État. Une sortie de l'anonymat suivie d'une entrée dans la polémique car en raison de son poids de plus en plus prégnant dans l'économie française, le CIR soulève plusieurs interrogations. La plus partagée concerne naturellement la réalité de son efficacité, opposant partisans et détracteurs de la mesure. Mais celle-ci appelle pourtant d'autres questions et d'autres observations. Car s'il semble partagé que ce crédit présente de nombreux avantages pour ses bénéficiaires, la sécurité fiscale de ceux-là apparaît néanmoins fragile. Puis, le choix même de la dépense fiscale comme mesure de soutien interpelle, tant s'agissant de son opportunité réelle dans l'ordre interne que de son articulation avec la réglementation européenne des aides d'État. Ce qui pourrait justifier une adaptation du mécanisme à partir des modalités d'un autre dispositif opérant dans un autre secteur et ne souffrant pas à ce jour des mêmes carences que le CIR
Today, innovation is one of the essential variables of the growth of the economy and employment. However, its financing is complex. This justifies the intervention of public authorities. In France, the public powers therefore have two main tools for encouraging companies to increase their R&D expenses, direct aids (and similar) and tax incentives. However, the main mechanism in support of innovation in France is a fiscal aid measure, namely the research tax credit. A powerful instrument for encouraging R&D since 1983, it has become, since its last major reform in 2008, the preferred incentive measure of companies and, at the same time, the State's second leading expenditure. A departure from anonymity followed by a step into controversy, since due to its increasing weight within the French economy, the research tax credit is prompting many questions. The most widely-shared question naturally relates to the reality of its efficiency, with supporters and detractors in equal measure. But this mechanism also elicits other questions and other observations. Since while it seems to be agreed that this credit offers many advantages for its beneficiaries, the fiscal security of the latter nevertheless appears to be fragile. Moreover, the very choice of a fiscal expenditure as a support measure is of concern, both with regard to its actual advisability within the internal order and in terms of its linkage with the European regulations relative to State aid. This could justify an adaptation of the mechanism on the basis of the provisions of another system used in another sector, but that does not currently have the same deficiencies as the research tax credit

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Schoettner, Anja. "Essays on incentive contracts under moral hazard and non-verifiable performance." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15287.

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Diese Dissertation enthält vier Aufsätze zur Theorie der Anreizsetzung bei nicht-verifizierbaren Leistungsmaßen. Es werden positive Dominanzanalysen für Anreizmechanismen durchgeführt, die in realen wirtschaftlichen Situationen Anwendung finden. Der erste Aufsatz analysiert zwei Bonus-Wettbewerbe in Unternehmen. Der Prinzipal kann entweder einen Bonuspool festlegen, dessen Aufteilung von der Leistung der Agenten abhängt, oder bereits ex ante die Höhe der Boni fixieren. Eine höhere Präzision der Leistungsmessung führt nur im zweiten Fall zu stärkeren Anreizen. Die optimale Wahl des Wettbewerbs hängt von den Präferenzen der Agenten, ihren Liquiditätsbeschränkungen und den Kosten der Leistungsmessung ab. Der zweite Aufsatz untersucht die optimale Zuordnung von Aufgaben auf Stellen wenn relationale Verträge basierend auf subjektiven Leistungsmaßen explizite Anreizverträge ergänzen können. Die Spaltung von Aufgaben ist optimal, wenn die glaubhafte Bindung an relationale Verträge nicht möglich ist. Dagegen sollten Aufgaben immer dann gebündelt werden, wenn relationale Verträge bereits bestehen. Im dritten Aufsatz möchte ein Käufer eine Innovation erwerben. Um qualitätssteigernde Investitionen bei potentiellen Anbietern zu induzieren, kann der Käufer entweder einen fixen Preis ausschreiben oder einen Auktionsmechanismus nutzen. Obwohl Investitionen unter der Auktion immer höher sind, bevorzugt der Käufer einen fixen Preis wenn die Grenzkosten der Qualitätsmessung hoch sind oder die Produktionstechnologie starken Zufallseinflüssen unterliegt. Im letzten Aufsatz möchte ein Prinzipal das Produktionsergebnis zweier Agenten maximieren, die vor der Produktion in eine kostenreduzierende Innovation investieren können. Dabei kommt es zu Spillover-Effekten. Bei einer allgemeinen Preissubvention sind Investitionen stets zu gering, während ein Innovationswettbewerb zu Unter- und Überinvestitionen führen kann. Der Prinzipal bevorzugt eine Preissubvention bei starken Spillover-Effekten.
This thesis consists of four self-contained essays that compare real-world incentive schemes used to mitigate moral hazard problems under non-verifiable performance. The first essay contrasts the impact of the precision of performance measurement on wage costs in U- and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments prizes are fixed. In J-type tournaments only an overall wage sum is specified. The principal prefers a U-type tournament if workers receive a rent under limited liability and the costs of increasing precision are low. However, if workers are inequity-averse and have unlimited liability, the J-type tournament leads to lower wage costs. The second essay analyzes optimal job design when there is only one contractible and imperfect performance measure for all tasks whose contribution to firm value is non-verifiable. Task splitting is optimal when relational contracts based on firm value are not feasible. By contrast, if an agent who performs a given set of tasks receives an implicit bonus, the principal always benefits from assigning an additional task to this agent. The third essay compares an auction and a tournament in a procurement setting with non-contractible quality signals. Signals are affected by firms' non-observable investments in R&D and the procurer's precision of quality measurement. Although investments are always higher with the auction, the procurer may prefer the tournament if marginal costs of quality measurement are high or the production technology for quality is highly random. In the last essay, a principal wants to induce two agents to produce an output. Agents can undertake non-contractible investments to reduce production cost of the output. Part of this "innovation" spills over and also reduces production cost of the other agent. Agents always underinvest with a general output price subsidy, while they may or may not do so with an innovation tournament. Strong spillovers tend to favor a general output price subsidy.

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Alkrdi, Bashar, and Jonas Lindberg. "Ankarskenor i byggandet." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20944.

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Vårt examenarbete om ankarskenor i byggandet omfattar implementering av en ny teknik i byggandet i form av föringjutna ankarskenor för installationer av VS rör, ventilation, sprinkler och EL. I en allt mer globaliserad värld råder en allt högre konkurrensutsatt marknad, vilket gör att det också ställs högre krav på entreprenörerna inom byggsektorn. Att man inom produktionen ägnar sig åt aktiviteter som inte tillfört något värde till slutprodukten klassas som slöseri. Konsten att effektivisera sina arbetsmetoder för att därmed uppnå en mer effektiv produktion, samt minska rådande slöseri anses inte vara en enkel uppgift inom byggindustrin. Byggindustrin har uppfattningen om att branschen är unik i sitt slag då förutsättningarna ständigt förändras. En betydande del av detta slöseri är aktiviteter knutna till internhanteringen av material. Slöseriet kan visa sig i form av väntan, materialspill, skador och produktionsstörningar.Byggbranschen anmäler fler arbetsolyckor med sjukfrånvaro än genomsnittet för samtliga branscher. Byggbranschen har i jämförelse med många andra branscher även en betydligt mer fysiskt påfrestande arbetsmiljö. Det handlar då bland annat om tunga lyft, buller och vibrationer. Alla de intervjuade var eniga om att de besparingar som görs med ankarskenor i förhållande till traditionell montering är att momenten borrning och montering av skruvankare eller slagankare försvinner. Analysen visar att tiden för montering har reducerats för alla yrkesgrupper förutom EL. Det visar sig att sprinkler har mest att vinna på monteringen av ankarskena, då de får en reducering på 66% av tiden för montering. VS och ventilation får en minskning på 50% vardera för tidsåtgången vid montering. En våning på vårdbyggnad BY 35 i norra sjukhusområdet är 3480m2. De tidsmässiga besparingarna med ankarskenor är 45,41h per våning. Vilket ger en total tidsmässig besparing för installationerna med ankarskenorna på 0,013 h/m2. Arbetsmomenten för en montering och utmätning på ett Peri skydeck normalvalv på 2200m2 med skenor tar cirka 30 timmar att utföra. I tillägg kommer sedan en rengöring av skenorna där gummiskyddet ska plockas ut och betongrester tas bort maskinellt med en mejselhammare. Den processen tar armerarna cirka 50 timmar att utföra, vilket ger en tidsåtgång för utsättning och rengöring på 0,036h/m2. Utsättningen äter därför upp besparingarna som görs med ankarskenorna i förhållande till traditionell montering.Alla nya metoder har sina utmaningar när de implementeras på arbetsplatsen Även ankarskenorna har detaljer som behöver förbättras enligt brukarna. Arbetare som använder dem eller är involverade har följande förslag på hur ankarskenorna kan förbättras med hänsyn till tid och arbetsmiljö. På de stråken där det hänger mycket rör bör avstånden och placering ses över. Projektörerna måste vara uppmärksamma på vad där ligger. Skenorna skulle varit lika höga som distanserna för armeringen. Då skulle de kunna användas som distanser för att få ett bättre tryck när armeringen pressar ner skenan på armeringen. Skenorna spikas på plats vilket kan ses som en nackdel. Skenorna hade suttit bättre om de hade skruvats på plats. Momentet som inte har tittats på är när det väl är gjutet ska skumgummilisten som sitter i tas bort. Man bör finna ett smidigare sätt att göra det på. När den dras kommer mycket betongvatten. Ett tunt betongskikt på en millimeter som spjälkas loss när den dras bort leder till att det kommer mycket smuts på golvet eller armeraren som drar bort det. Man borde använda sig av heltäckande skyddsglasögonen av typen goggles, vilket skulle reducera risken för damm och partiklar i ögat vid borrning och rengöring av ankarskena.Noggrannheten och precisionen av hur ”korrekta” tiderna som uppgetts är kan ifrågasättas även om det är projektledare och ledande montörer med flera års erfarenhet som kalkylerat tiderna. Det bör tänkas att det vid upphandling oftast är entreprenörer som ger det lägsta priset som vinner. En sådan upphandling leder till att det är en låg vinstmarginal. Det finns således ett vinstintresse för projektledarna och ledande montörer när de kalkylerar tiderna för montering. Slutsatsen är att tiden för ankarskenorna blir längre än för den traditionella tiden för montering. Det är utsättning och rengöring som bidrar till att det blir en tidsförlust i förhållande till traditionell montering. De tidsmässiga vinsterna i form av mindre städning och hämtning av material kan inte mätas och jämföras per m2. De vinster som ankarskenorna bidrar med tidsmässigt är av mer teoretiskt slag om hur arbetsmomenten kan förändras vid montering. Arbetsmiljön för montörerna förändras och förbättras i form att risken för arbetsskador minimeras eller elimineras. För montörerna försvinner de tunga lyften de måste utföra under borrningen när ankarskenan inte kan användas. Buller, vibrationer, flygande partiklar och kvartsdamm elimineras helt med ankarskenan. För armerarna blir arbetsmiljön sämre då de måste rengöra ankarskenan efter gjutning, risker som rengöringen medför är att arbeta med tunga maskiner som ger buller och vibrationsskador.
Our thesis on anchor rails in construction comprises the implementation of a new technology in construction in terms of precast anchor rails for the installation of VS pipes, ventilation, sprinkler, and electrical equipment. The purpose of the study is to critically evaluate the differences between the traditional installations of VS pipes, ventilation, sprinklers, and electricity in relation to installations with precast anchor rails. Our methods include literature studies, semi-structured interviews, and observations. Our study is a field case study that comprises the implementation of anchor rails in the construction project for the two new care buildings in Malmö hospital area for Region Skåne. The result is based on interviews from fitters of the installations, senior installers and project managers.The analysis shows that sprinklers reduces its time by 66%, pipefitters and ventilation by 50% by eliminating the drilling when installing. The time saved with mounted anchor rails is 45,41hrs per floor which gives a time saving, for installations with anchor rails, of 0,036h/m2. The work activities to mount, measure and clean on a 2200m2 Peri skydeck normal vault with rails, take about 80 hours to carry out. The time spent on placement and cleaning is 0,036m2.The accuracy and precision as to how “correct” the times stated are can be questioned even if they have been calculated by project managers and senior installers with years of experience.The conclusion is that the amount of time required to mount anchor rails is greater than that for traditional mounting. It is placement and cleaning that contribute to a time loss in relation to traditional mounting. The installers’ working environment changes or improves as the risk for work related injuries is minimized or eliminated. Noise, vibrations, flying particles and quartz dust is eliminated when using the anchor rail. For concrete workers, the working environment becomes worse when they must clean the anchor rail after molding as the risks include working with heavy machinery that can cause noise and vibration damage.

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Martins, Débora Segato. "Modelo para a avaliação da adicionalidade comportamental: uma aplicação em microempresas de base tecnológica beneficiadas com incentivo à inovação tecnológica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-12012012-150806/.

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Diversos autores tratam a necessidade das empresas gerenciarem seu processo de inovação para reforçar sua posição competitiva e de procurarem estratégias competitivas coerentes com as mudanças impostas pelo ambiente. O sucesso da inovação depende, além das fontes técnicas, de competências para gerenciá-las. Seguindo essa lógica, para cumprir com os objetivos dos programas de incentivos à inovação, é preciso, além de proporcionar recursos financeiros e humanos, assegurar que as empresas possuam competências para lidar com a gestão da inovação. Diante do exposto, este trabalho propõe um modelo para a análise da adicionalidade comportamental das empresas beneficiadas pelo programa de Subvenção Econômica da FINEP e o aplica com cinco microempresas de base tecnológica beneficiadas pelo programa. Sendo que o objetivo é de explorar de que maneira a participação no Programa de Subvenção Econômica pode modificar a estratégia e gestão de inovação dessas empresas. O modelo desenvolvido baseia-se no conceito de adicionalidade comportamental e nos modelos de avaliação de instrumentos de incentivos à inovação levantados na literatura. É pautado ainda nas teorias de gestão e estratégia de inovação como forma de captar as possíveis adicionalidades comportamentais no nível do projeto e da empresa. A aplicação do modelo às cinco microempresas de base tecnológica apoiadas pelo programa de subvenção econômica de 2006 mostrou a sua eficácia. Foi possível captar que as empresas apresentaram adicionalidade comportamental em intensidade distinta no nível do projeto e no nível da empresa e também para a dimensão da gestão da inovação e da estratégia da inovação. Essa abordagem não pretende substituir as avaliações já realizadas pela FINEP e sim ser de caráter complementar. Traz uma nova perspectiva para as avaliações de políticas públicas por considerar que a contribuição do instrumento de incentivo à inovação não deve trazer resultados pontuais ou ter caráter redistributivo de recursos, mas sim pode elevar a competência inovativa das empresas por eles beneficiadas, seja no aprimoramento de suas ferramentas ou processo de inovação ou por alterar de forma substancial e positiva a sua estratégia de inovação.
Several authors address the companies need for managing their innovation process in order to strength its competitive position and for seeking competitive strategies coherent with the changes imposed by the environment. Successful innovation depends, in addition to technical sources, of expertise to manage them. Following this logic, to meet the goals of the innovation incentives programs, we must ensure that companies have responsibilities to deal with the management of innovation, besides providing financial and human resources. Given the above, this paper proposes a behavioral additionality evaluation model of companies benefited by FINEP Economic Support Program and applies it to five technology based micro-enterprise. Since the goal is to explore how the participation in the Economic Support Program can modify the strategy and innovation management of these companies, the model is based on the concept of behavioral additionality and the evaluation models of technological innovation incentive raised in the literature. It is based on the theories of management and innovation strategy as a way to capture the possible behavioral additionality at the project and company level. The application of the model with the five technology based micro-enterprise benefited by FINEP Economic Support Program of 2006 showed its effectiveness. It was possible to capture that companies had different intensity of behavioral additionality at the project and the company level and also at the innovation management and innovation strategy dimension. This approach is not intended to replace the evaluation already carried out by FINEP, but to be used as complementary. It brings a new perspective for the public polices evaluation by considering that the contribution of the stimulate innovation instrument should not bring specific results or not have redistributive resources character, but can increase the innovation ability of the companies benefited by them, also in the improvement of your tools or innovation process or by changing substantially and positively its innovation strategy.

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Scherer, Tiago Vasconcelos. "A influência da política de incentivo fiscal nacional no desempenho inovativo das empresas beneficiárias." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/88084.

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O Brasil esta em defasagem tecnológica na corrida pela inovação, principalmente se comparado às economias mais desenvolvidas. O incentivo fiscal à inovação, introduzido pela Lei do Bem – Lei 11.196/05, é uma das principais políticas públicas voltadas a P,D&I. Junto a um conjunto de incentivos diretos e indiretos às empresas nacionais, intensificados a partir de 2004, o incentivo fiscal visa desonerar os gastos das organizações com as atividades de P&D, fomentando a inovação para que o país seja mais competitividade pelo incremento de valor dos produtos desenvolvidos em seu território. O Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação é responsável pelo acompanhamento do gozo do incentivo, tendo às empresas beneficiárias a obrigação de prestar informações anualmente. O MCTI publica informações como valores de dispêndios com P&D e os valores de renúncia fiscal concedido pela Lei, que somou 1,4 bilhão de reais em 2011 para 767 empresas beneficiárias. No entanto, não existem informações sobre a melhoria do desempenho inovativo destas organizações. Neste sentido, esta dissertação buscou avaliar o impacto dos incentivos fiscais à inovação sobre o desempenho inovativo das empresas beneficiárias. Para isso foi utilizado método survey com envio de questionários a cada empresa que esteve presente em todos os anos nas listas de beneficiárias da Lei. As questões buscavam avaliar a percepção do entrevistado sobre diferentes indicadores de P,D&I, identificados na revisão bibliográfica e agrupados em três blocos de indicadores (tradicionais, de valor e de processo). A pesquisa também identificou as características das empresas beneficiárias e a percepção de importância para os principais incentivos da Lei, sendo confirmado o perfil de grandes e tradicionais empresas como as principais usuárias dos incentivos. A pouca amplitude dos incentivos é creditada a exigência da empresa ser optante do Lucro Real e pela dificuldade de interpretação da Lei, potencializada por divergências dos principais órgãos de governo responsáveis pelo acompanhamento e fiscalização. No entanto, as analises convergem para uma percepção da existência de impacto positivo do incentivo sobre o aumento de investimentos e estrutura para P&D, do número de novos e melhorados produtos e seu grau de ineditismo. Este aumento se deve ao mais importante incentivo da Lei do Bem identificado, a desoneração dos valores de dispêndio em P&D. Com base nas correlações de dados o presentes no trabalho se identificou que a percepção de aumento de receita e lucratividade esta relacionada à adição de investimentos em P&D que resultam no desenvolvimento de maior número de produtos novos e melhorados e de seu grau de ineditismo, validando o efeito additionality da Lei e consequente geração de valor nas empresas com base em inovação. O trabalho também identificou o aprimoramento dos processos organizacionais para inovação, como a estruturação de setores de P&D e a melhor comunicação entre as diferentes áreas envolvidas nos projetos, que estão relacionadas a operação e controle exigidos para o gozo do incentivo. O trabalho alerta para a necessidade de atenção do governo aos processos de registro de patente e colaboração entre empresas e universidades, pouco intensificadas pela Lei em virtude de problemas históricos para estes indicadores. Assim, este estudo avança no conhecimento da política de incentivo fiscal à inovação, seus diferentes impactos para as empresas beneficiárias e contribui para a discussão e melhoria das políticas públicas à inovação no Brasil.
Brazil has a technological deficit regarding innovation race, especially when compared to more developed economies. The tax incentive for innovation, introduced by Lei do Bem - Law 11,196/05, is one of the major public policies concerning R, D & I. With a range of direct and indirect incentives to domestic companies, intensified after 2004, the tax incentives aim to relieve the expenses of the organizations with R & D, encouraging innovation for the country to be more competitive by increasing the value of products developed in their territory. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is in charge for monitoring the incentive, having the benefiting companies the obligation to provide information annually. The MCTI publishes information as values of expenditures on R&D and the values of tax waiver granted by the Law, which amounted to 1.4 billion reais in 2011 to 767 beneficiary companies. However, no information on improving the innovative performance of such organizations is given. In this sense, the following research aimed to assess the impact of tax incentives for innovation on the innovative performance of recipient firms. Survey method has been applied with sending questionnaires to every company that was present in all the years in the lists of beneficiaries of the Law. The issues aimed to assess the interviewees' perception of different indicators of R, D & I, identified in the literature review and grouped into three blocks of indicators (traditional, value, and process). The survey also identified the characteristics of the recipient firms and the perception of importance to the main incentives of Law, and confirmed the profile of large and traditional companies as the main users of the incentives. The low amplitude of incentives is credited to company requirement be opting of taxable income and the difficulty of interpreting the law, enhanced by differences of the principal organs of government responsible for monitoring and supervision. However, the analysis converge to a perception that there is a positive impact on encouraging increased investment and R&D structure, number of new and improved products and their degree of uniqueness. This increase is due to the most important incentive of the Lei do Bem identified the exemption values for expenditure on R&D. Based on data correlations in the present research, it was identified that the perception of increased revenue and profitability is related to the addition of investments in R&D resulting in the development of a greater number of new and improved products and their degree of originality, validating the effect additionality of the Law, consequently adding value to companies based on innovation. The study also identified the improvement of organizational processes for innovation, such as the structuring of R&D sectors and better communication between the different departments involved in the projects, which are related to operation and control required for the enjoyment of encouragement. The work points to the need of government attention to patent registration processes and collaboration between companies and universities, some intensified by law because of historical problems for these indicators. Thus, this study advances on the knowledge of the policy tax incentives for innovation, their different impacts on the beneficiaries and contributes to the discussion and improvement of public policies for innovation in Brazil.

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Aboukrat, Audrey. "De la protection à l'exploitation de l'invention en biotechnologies humaines : en droit français, en droit européen et en droit américain des brevets." Thesis, Paris 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA010253.

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L'application de la théorie du droit des brevets à l'innovation en biotechnologies humaines révèle certaines fragilités et pose de nombreux problèmes, au regard des composantes techniques et éthiques de sa protection Juridique. Au plan technique, la condition d'une invention en particulier, longtemps laissée de côté par la doctrine et par la jurisprudence, se trouve rappelée aux États-Unis, dans le secteur des biotechnologies humaines, comme une condition essentielle. Au plan éthique, les biotechnologies humaines, porteuses d'immenses espoirs. suscitent en même temps qu'une fascination certaine, la crainte de dérives qui échapperaient au contrôle des institutions compétentes. Les exclusions éthiques à la brevetabilité sont un moyen de les appréhender. A la lumière d'une approche comparative entre le droit européen et le droit américain, à titre principal, faisant état du droit français à titre d'illustration du droit européen, la, réflexion dans ce travail porte sur les limites des exceptions et des exclusions, techniques et éthiques, à la brevetabilité des inventions en biotechnologies humaines, et formule quelques pistes de réflexion. Face à la menace de blocages de la recherche par l'effet des brevets en biotechnologies humaines, largement alléguée dans ce champ de recherche, certains partent à la conquête de modèles alternatifs de gestion collective de l'innovation. La théorie économique des communs, dont la transposition à la sphère juridique concernée par les ressources immatérielles, se révèle, à cet égard, particulièrement prometteuse à la lumière des biotechnologies humaines et peut permettre d'unifier juridiquement ce foisonnement d'initiatives
Applying the patent law theory to innovation in the field of human biotechnology highlights weaknesses and raises multiple issues related to the technical and ethical elements of its legal protection. In terms of technique, a recent change in United States Law is shedding light on the condition of invention, now considered an essential condition, after being long disregarded by doctrine and case law. In terms of ethics, though fascinating and raising high hopes and great expectations. human biotechnology concurrently gives rise to the fear of possible drifts that might elude the control of competent institutions. Ethical exclusions from patentability are one solution to ward them off. Comparing American and European law, illustrated by a reference to French law, this study focuses on the limitations of technical and ethical exceptions and exclusions from the patentability of human biotechnology inventions and suggests some further lines of thought. Facing the threat of possible research deadlocks induced by human biotechnology patents, largely invoked in this research field, alternative models of collective innovation management are. being sought. Transposed to the legal sphere delving into the issue of immaterial resources, the economic theory of the Commons applied to human biotechnology appears as highly promising and could result in a legal unification of this profusion of initiatives

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Ederer, Florian Peter. "Essays on incentives for innovation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49709.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158).
This thesis consists of three independent essays that examine the role of incentives for innovation in organizations. Chapter 2 studies the provision of incentives when workers explore new work methods in parallel. In such a setting under-exploration may result as workers attempt to free-ride on the new ideas of co-workers. Optimal incentives for routine activities take the form of standard pay-for-performance where only individual success determines compensation while optimal incentives for parallel innovation tolerates early failure and provides workers with long-term group incentives for joint success. Using data from a controlled laboratory experiment I show that this link between incentives and innovation is causal. Innovation success and performance is highest under a group incentive scheme that rewards long-term joint success. In Chapter 3 which is co-authored with Gustavo Manso, I provide evidence that the combination of tolerance for early failure and reward for long-term success is effective in motivating innovation. Subjects under such an incentive scheme explore more, get closer to discovering the optimal business strategy, and produce higher average revenues than subjects under fixed-wage and standard pay-for-performance incentive schemes. I also show that the threat of termination can undermine incentives for innovation, while golden parachutes can alleviate these innovation-reducing effects. Finally, in Chapter 4, I investigate the choice of organizations to conduct interim performance evaluations.
(cont.) When ability does not influence workers marginal benefit of effort, the choice between giving workers feedback or not depends on the shape of the cost of effort function. However, when effort and ability are complementary, feedback policies have several competing effects. They inform workers about their relative position in the tournament as well as their relative productivity. In addition, performance appraisals create signal-jamming incentives to exert effort prior to performance evaluation.
by Florian Peter Ederer.
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Melo, Rita de Cássia Nonato. "Parques tecnológicos do estado de São Paulo: incentivo ao desenvolvimento da inovação." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-04082015-173913/.

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A criação de parques tecnológicos tem sido bastante acionada para incentivar o processo inovador no Brasil. Verifica-se um grande aumento no número de iniciativas de parques tecnológicos, fato que reflete as políticas de incentivo específico aos parques e a importância que a inovação possui como parte do processo de desenvolvimento econômico. Considerados como ambientes propícios às atividades das empresas inovadoras, os parques tecnológicos tem como objetivo reunir elementos específicos que gerem uma sinergia capaz de formar redes de cooperação para a inovação. As relações entre empresas, universidades e centros de pesquisa recebem, portanto, importância destacada uma vez que podem engendrar inovações e transferência de tecnologia. Desta forma, os parques tecnológicos podem constituir meios inovadores que, de acordo com Aydalot (1986), correspondem as condições externas à empresa que impulsionam a adoção da inovação e que podem desempenhar um papel determinante no processo de incubação de inovações. No Brasil, o estado de São Paulo constitui o ente federativo com o maior número de iniciativas de parques tecnológicos e também é o único a possuir uma política específica para o seu fomento, o Sistema Paulista de Parques Tecnológicos - SPTec. Partindo da análise dos parques tecnológicos do estado de São Paulo em operação e com credenciamento definitivo no SPTec, esta tese busca compreender a forma de atuação dos parques no fomento da inovação, como estruturas de apoio e como estruturas capazes de suscitar inovação, podendo compor meios inovadores.
The creation of science parks has been quite adopted to encourage the innovative process in Brazil. There is a large increase in the number of science parks initiatives, a fact that reflects the specific incentive policies to parks and the importance that innovation has as part of the economic development process. Considered environments capable of developing innovative activities in companies, science parks aim to bring together specific elements that create a synergy able to forming collaborative networks for innovation. Relations between companies, universities and research centers receive so prominent importance since they can engender innovation and technology transfer. Thus, science parks can provide innovative environments that, according to Aydalot (1986), correspond to the external conditions that drive enterprise adoption of innovation and that can play a decisive role in the incubation of innovation process. In Brazil, the state of São Paulo is the federal entity with the largest number of initiatives science parks and is also the only one to have a specific policy for promoting them, the Paulista System Technology Parks - SPTec. Based on the analysis of science parks in the state of São Paulo in operation and final accreditation in SPTec, this thesis seeks to understand the modus operandi of the parks in fostering innovation as support structures as structures capable of giving rise to innovation. In this movement, science parks can compose innovative environments.

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Westesson, Måns, and Magnus Pettersson. "Leadership and Innovation : The relationship between leadership in a company and the company’s ability to be innovative." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-13240.

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The purpose of this explanatory thesis is to study how leadership relates to innovation performance. The research findings aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of this relationship, and what actions management can take, in order to increase innovation performance. The thesis creates a model for the leadership stimulus influencing innovation performance. A survey was designed, based on the model, to assess the attitudes towards the studied parameters followed by the conclusive data processing, empirical findings, analysis, and conclusions. The stimulus used in the study was Visionary Leadership, Learning Organisation, Incentives and Resources spent on innovation.The originality and value that this paper adds, is to analyse the joint effects of different leadership dimensions with regards to innovation performance in one single study, and also make a compound correlation of these dimensions. The study validated the positive relationship between the compound leadership dimensions and innovation performance. Furthermore, the study shows that the strongest direct correlation was between visionary leadership and innovation performance as well as between learning organization and innovation performance. However, the research could not establish any clear relation either between incentives and innovation performance, nor resources spent on innovation, and innovation performance.

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Zeitlin, Andrew. "Institutions, Innovation, and Incentives in Rural Ghana." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.508684.

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Hall, Jonathan. "Digitalization of Facility Management : Financial Incentives." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-236766.

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The digital reality is within this current moment debated and something that affects people. Upcoming years in real estate in general, it will be crucial of developments within the industry concerning digital solutions. The processes, business and approaches that have affected an industry for a very long time are changing in its foundations. Owning a property or managing an object in the coming years in an increasingly digitized world will bring new types of demands on organizations that intend to participate in the development. For a long time, digitization has existed as a concept seeming exciting and interesting. Smart devices have taken a larger part of time through telephones, televisions and likewise. Banking processes have evolved through phones and other digital tools to provide new variations of banking services. Airports have developed digital check-in services, which mean that you are actually virtually on the plane before you arrive at the airport. The development of these banking and tourism services changes the market and companies have been able to take part of the market by providing new solutions. In development and innovation, there is a term used repeatedly, the idea of a “disruptive innovation”. More explicitly, a new innovation that destroys the previously functioning market. As a concrete example, the previously well-functioning camera - today largely exchanged for the digital camera. Or the previously mentioned development of banks and flight processes. It has previously been functioning markets, however, these new processes and innovations have eliminated earlier working solutions by performing better. The study investigates possibilities closer if there are potential "disruptive innovations" in facility management and digital key control. The thesis has been focusing on the consequences of digital keys by using a model to analyse the impact on work in a future process. The physical key is one of the most ancient innovations that have been refined and developed over the centuries. With the new digital reality, it may be possible to find a new process that create better functions.
Kommande år i fastighetsförvaltning i allmänhet kommer det att vara avgörande för utvecklingen inom industrin med digitala lösningar. De processer, affärer och tillvägagångssätt som har påverkat en bransch under en mycket lång tid är på väg att förändras i grunden. Äga en fastighet eller förvalta ett objekt de närmaste åren i en alltmer digitaliserad värld kommer att medföra nya typer av krav på organisationer som avser att delta i utvecklingen och vara aktuell på marknaden. Under lång tid har digitalisering funnits som ett koncept som synes spännande och intressant. Smarta enheter har tagit en större del av tiden via telefoner, tv-apparater och liknande. Bankprocesser har utvecklats genom telefoner och andra digitala verktyg för att ge nya variationer av banktjänster. Flygplatser har utvecklat digitala incheckningstjänster, vilket innebär att du faktiskt är på planet innan du kommer till flygplatsen. Utvecklingen av dessa bank- och turismtjänster förändrar marknaden och företagen har kunnat ta del av marknaden genom att erbjuda nya lösningar. Inom utveckling och innovation finns det ett begrepp vilket används återkommande, en idé om en ”disruptive innovation”. Mer explicit, att en ny innovation förstör den tidigare fungerande marknaden, där det konkreta exemplet är den tidigare väl fungerande kameran vilken idag i stor omfattning är utbytt till den digitala kameran. Eller den tidigare nämnda utvecklingen av bank och flygprocesser. Det har tidigare varit fungerande marknader, dock har nya processer och innovationer slagit ut tidigare fungerande lösningar. I det här arbetet har möjligheterna undersökts närmre ifall det går att finna potentiella ”disruptive innovations” inom fastighetsförvaltning. Den fysiska nyckeln är en utav de mest antika innovationerna som genom årtusenden och århundranden har förfinats och utvecklats. Med den nya digitala verkligheten kan det vara möjligt att finna en ny process vilken fungerar på ett bättre sätt.

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Kleer, Robin. "Three Essays on Competition Policy and Innovation Incentives." kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-wuerzburg/volltexte/2009/3476/.

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Lu, Yiqing. "Essays on adaptation, innovation incentives and compensation structure." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2015. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3186/.

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This thesis explores both theoretically and empirically how firms design employees’ compensation contracts to motivate them to work and to adapt to external changes under an informed principal framework. The first chapter analyzes how a principal, privately informed about the changing market condition, structures the agent’s incentive contract to inform and motivate her to adapt. The results show that a failure to overturn employees’ belief about the changing market condition could lead to insufficient adaptation. Further, a more pressing market condition induces earlier adaptation and greater information revelation. Finally, the compensation structure underpinning insufficient adaptation imposes a legacy problem due to excessive use of long-term incentives, which restrains the reconfiguration of the contract in place. Based on the first chapter, the second chapter aims to explain asymmetric contractual adjustment of CEO compensation, only upward but not downward. I argue that a principal, privately informed about the firm’s changing productive efficiency, uses contracts to provide the agent with not only working incentives but also information about her productivity. The principal commits to a back-loaded compensation plan with an increasing salary or with an increasing short-term performance pay. Such rigid contracts achieve greater efficiency by inducing more efforts from the agent through profit sharing. The third chapter, co-authored with Peggy Huang and Moqi Xu, finds CEO contracts explicitly account for subjective reviews in a new dataset of CEO contracts and stated reasons for compensation changes. Our results suggest that firms prefer to keep early R&D successes from the public and thus raise salaries for early R&D success not yet realized in performance measures. Consistent with this explanation, standalone salary increases predict better long-run portfolio and stock returns, but only following positive subjective evaluations and in firms with high R&D investment.

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Passos, Alexandre Orlandi. "Proposta de modelo para o desenvolvimento de projetos minerais sustentáveis no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3134/tde-21062016-151307/.

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A mineração brasileira, assim como todo o setor da industria de transformação, tem perdido competitividade ao longo do tempo, além disso o Brasil necessita tornar suas operações mais sustentáveis e agregar valor a sua produção industrial. A mineração é um setor onde esta questão se torna mais crítica, pois além de poder gerar forte impacto ambiental, a produção é fortemente baseada em commodities, com baixo valor agregado. Um dos caminhos para superar os obstáculos ao crescimento sustentável da mineração no Brasil é o desenvolvimento de projetos minerais inovadores. As condições estabelecidas pelo governo brasileiro para incentivo à inovação são muito abrangentes, práticas e atrativas; os recursos para financiamento são abundantes e os mecanismos para operacionalização extremamente profissionais. No entanto, na maioria das empresas brasileiras estão presentes a aversão ao risco, a falta das práticas de planejamento e de gestão de projetos e a visão de curto prazo focada na atuação corretiva, fatores que não favorecem o ambiente inovador nas empresas. Ou seja, o grande desafio para a mudança da mineração brasileira, tornando-a mais sustentável e competitiva, está na forma de pensar dos seus lideres; pois as condições existentes para desenvolvimento tecnológico estão disponíveis, mas as empresas necessitam aprender a utilizá-las. Este é um trabalho de pesquisa aplicada, que apresenta uma proposta de metodologia para desenvolvimento de projetos minerais sustentáveis, que foi utilizada por algumas empresas e obteve resultados muito positivos; com isto, é possível estabelecer um caminho que favoreça a mudança da cultura predominante, facilitando o desenvolvimento de inovações na mineração e contribuindo para o seu ganho de competitividade e sustentabilidade. A aplicação da metodologia proposta foi aplicada em um caso hipotético de mineração de ferro e os resultados foram muito positivos, demonstrando que o projeto inovador e sustentável seria muito mais competitivo que um tradicional, principalmente, em momentos de mercado em baixa.
The Brazilian mining as well as the entire industrial sector has lost competitiveness over time, furthermore Brazil needs to make its operations more sustainable and add value to its industrial production. Mining is an industry where this issue becomes more critical, besides generating significant environmental impacts, production is heavily based on commodities with low value aggregate. One pathway to overcome obstacles for a sustainable growth of mining in Brazil is the development of technological innovation projects. The established conditions by the Brazilian government for encouraging technological innovation are very comprehensive, practical and attractive; plentiful resources for funding and mechanisms for extremely professional operation. However, in most Brazilian companies risk aversion is present, lack of management practices and a short-termism for corrective actions, and are the factors that do not support an improved environment for innovation in companies. The biggest challenge for changing the Brazilian mining, making it more sustainable and competitive, is the leadership mind; because there are available conditions for technological development but companies need to learn how to use it. This work is an applied research, which proposes a methodology for managing innovation for Brazilian mining has been used by some companies and obtained very positive results; with this, it is possible to establish a path for changing the current companies culture, facilitating the development of innovations in mining and contributing to its competitiveness and sustainability. The proposed methodology was applied in a hypothetical case in an iron mining and the results were very positive, it showed that sustainable and innovator project would be more competitive than a traditional one even in times when market goes depressed.

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Spinova, Hanna. "R&D tax incentives : Do R&D tax incentives stimulate innovations and economic growth? Evidence of OECD countries." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Nationalekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37362.

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This study investigates the impact of tax incentives on the firms’ innovative activity and economic growth by using sample of 28 OECD countries. The study using panel data analysis and applies fixed effect OLS models. The results of the econometric investigation indicate that tax incentives have significant and positive effect on the R&D expenditure. Regression analysis also shows a positive significant impact of R&D tax incentives in combination with direct funding for business R&D. The paper finds no evidence of significant relationship between tax incentives and economic growth. The research also finds a positive significant impact of direct R&D support, R&D expenditure and tax incentives on registered patents. We suggest to apply public support policy including both types of support since previous studies showed that tax incentives and direct funding are not perfect substitutes.

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Palma, Andre Luiz Bortolato da. "Ambientes e incentivos fiscais para inovação: uma proposta para criação do Núcleo do Parque Tecnológico da Universidade de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12142/tde-15032018-152056/.

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A inovação tecnológica tem sido considerada um fator essencial e decisivo para a boa performance de uma economia e, portanto, foco de profundos debates e estudos ao longo das últimas décadas. No contexto brasileiro, a matéria é relativamente recente quando comparadas com países estrangeiros. Por outro lado, a dinâmica presenciada traz a oportunidade de participar ativamente deste processo de consolidação dos mecanismos de inovação, especialmente aqueles que tratam da interação entre Universidade e Empresa. Neste sentido, desponta-se o questionamento sobre qual o papel dos ambientes especializados como os Parques Tecnológicos dentro do Sistema Nacional de Inovação Brasileiro? Como contribuição prática, a partir da experiência do autor, apresenta-se a proposição de um modelo para criação de um ambiente no qual empresas privadas possam desenvolver programas de inovação colaborativa. Como forma de aplicação prática, tal modelo proposto está sendo utilizado como base na construção do Núcleo Parque Tecnológico da Universidade de São Paulo e encontra-se em estágio avançado de negociações de parcerias e investimentos público-privado. Como contribuição acadêmica, o autor busca identificar e analisar os diversos conceitos sobre ambientes de inovação e mecanismos de incentivo à inovação, especialmente aqueles que dizem respeito ao seu financiamento a fim de amparar a proposição do modelo.
Technological innovation has been considered an essential and decisive factor for the good performance of an economy and, therefore, the focus of deep debates and studies over the last decades. In the Brazilian context, the matter is relatively recent when compared with foreign countries. On the other hand, the dynamics witnessed the opportunity to participate actively in this process of consolidation of innovation mechanisms, especially those that deal with the interaction between University and Company. In this sense, the question arises as to the role of specialized environments such as Technology Parks within the Brazilian National Innovation System? As a practical contribution, based on the author\'s experience, a proposal is presented for a model for creating an environment in which private companies can develop collaborative innovation programs. As a practical application, such a proposed model is being used as a basis for the construction of the Technological Park Nucleus of the University of São Paulo and is at an advanced stage of negotiations of public-private partnerships and investments. As an academic contribution, the author seeks to identify and analyze the various concepts about innovation environments and mechanisms to encourage innovation, especially those that concern their financing in order to support the proposition of the model.

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Grothe, Michael [Verfasser]. "The impact of market structure on innovation incentives / Michael Grothe." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1065375506/34.

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Fantino, Davide. "Innovation activity, R&D incentives, competition and market value." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/166/.

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This thesis examines some characteristics of the interaction between innovation activity of firms, in particular R&D, and economic system. The first main chapter analyses a mechanism of interaction between R&D and market structure, in a horizontally differentiated market where firms invest to increase differentiation among varieties. R&D activity declines over time; prices, output and short-run profits of firms producing the differentiated product move towards the higher steadystate values, production of the non-differentiated good falls. The increasing specialization improves the overall utility of consumers. The comparison with the socially optimal solution shows that firms underinvest in R&D. The second main chapter evaluates the effectiveness of the incentives to development of innovations provided by the Italian Ministry for Economic Development through the Fund for Technological Innovation. We analyse the subsidies to firms supplied by the general and the special sections of this Fund, using a difference-in-differences framework and a regression discontinuity one. We find no hints of effect on investments, dimension, labour productivity, labour costs, financial structure and profitability. For the general section, the effect on assets is positive, suggesting that firms used the subsidy to finance current expenditures. The third main chapter examines the relationship between R&D and market value of firms. We find high heterogeneity in the coefficients of different US manufacturing sectors between 1975 and 1995; sometimes the effects of current R&D on market value are very small or negative. We develop a model with uncertain R&D, where we decompose market value in two components, due to the already concretized assets and to work-in-progress R&D. Risk aversion may cause different evaluations of these components: when investors are risk-averse and managers maximize the long-run firm value, the risk associated with work-in-progress R&D reduces the short-run firm value even if its expected long-run value grows.

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Wu, Xiaohua Sherry. "Innovation incentives and competition in the hard disk drive industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69479.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2011.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-53).
Firms in the hard disk drive industry are continually engaging in R & D and improving the quality of their products. We explore various determinants of the product innovation incentives for firms concerned with both their static and expected future profitability. We estimate the observed innovation outcomes as a function of market condition variables which have significant impact on innovation decisions. In addition, we estimate logit utilities that describe the marginal willingness to pay for quality improvements. One aspect of utility is that the willingness to pay for faster access time to data may be initially low but increases over time. The firms' decisions to introduce faster access time are partly motivated by dynamic considerations.
by Xiaohua Sherry Wu.
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Corazza, Paulo. "Incentivos fiscais à inovação tecnológica." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/132963.

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O presente trabalho trata dos incentivos fiscais à inovação tecnológica nas esferas federal e estadual apresentando um estudo de caso de uma grande empresa gaúcha na fruição do incentivo federal.São apresentados os principais conceitos pertinentes à legislação que regulamenta os incentivos, bem como os requisitos necessários para as empresas usufruírem dos benefícios fiscais em um ambiente tributário complexo e restritivo, como é o caso do ambiente tributário brasileiro. Nessa linha, são apresentados os principais aspectos referentes a planejamento tributário, os conceitos de evasão e elisão fiscal, aliados à utilização de incentivos fiscais emanados pelo poder público com a intenção de tornar o país competitivo internacionalmente e tecnologicamente desenvolvido. No estudo de caso, são apresentados os principais aspectos do projeto executado por empresa de capital aberto do setor automotivo gaúcho e os procedimentos realizados do ponto de vista fiscal, contábil e de controle interno de projetos e atividades de pesquisa. São apresentados os benefícios efetivos fiscais e financeiros da utilização de referidos incentivos, de modo a demonstrar de forma técnica e formal a importância da correta utilização das benesses concedidas pelo Governo e da relevância de profissionais preparados e antenados à evolução da legislação.
Present work deals with the tax incentives the technological innovation in the spheres federal and local presenting a study of case of a great company of the enjoyment of the federal incentive.The main pertinent concepts are presented the legislation that regulates the incentives, as well as the requirements necessary to companies use the tax benefits in a complex and restrictive tax environment, as the Brazilian tax environment. In this line, the main referring aspects are presented the tax planning, the concepts of evasion and fiscal elimination, allies the use of tax incentives gave by the public power with the intention to become the competitive country internationally and technologically developed. In the case study, the main aspects of the project executed for a registered company of the sector and the carried through procedures of the tax, accountable point of view and internal control of projects and activities of research are presented. The tax and financial effective benefits of the use are presented for related incentives, in order to demonstrate of form technique and deed of division the importance of the correct use of benefits gave by the Government and of the relevance of prepared professionals to the evolution of the legislation.

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Borg, Lena. "Procurement Contracts, Innovation and Productivity in the Construction Sector : Five Studies." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177455.

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With its size, large number of actors, and its impact on everyday life, the construction sector plays an important role in every nation’s economy and in the improvement of the built environment. The recognition of this fact by the sector, in combination with the reputation for being conservative, problematic, having low productivity growth, and low pressure for change leads to a focus on different strategies that can be used to improve of the sector. Suggestions to improve the productivity in sector have been many during the years. One example is enhanced procurement contracts that encourage long-term orientations to improve the performance outcome and increase innovations. This thesis consists of five studies with specific objectives. The overall objective is, however, to increase the understanding of how to enhance the conditions to improve the construction sector. This is a response to the concerns that the actors on the market have difficulties carrying out necessary measures to make improvements in the construction sector. Procurement contracts were studied in two ways; bundled procurement contracts with service as a key to create incentives for innovations (Paper II) and the difficulty in evaluating the effects of different procurement contracts because of unclear concepts (Paper I). Innovations were also studied in two ways: the importance for creating incentives for “good” innovations and how to open up for more transparency with respect to innovation (Paper III), and the direct and indirect effects a specific innovation have in the design choices of construction in profit-maximising firms (Paper IV). Policies are based on data and misleading data can lead to mistaken recommendations. Indications of measurement errors in the calculations of productivity have been reported which leads to an interest to increase the reliability of productivity calculations (Paper V). The first paper has the focus to make the evaluation process easier, for the scholar, the actors on the market as well as for governmental institutions which formulate policies, by trying to make the relation between different contract types clearer with a new framework for structuring procurement contracts. The second papers are showing that bundling construction with service will not automatically increase profit for firms in the sector, rather that it might be an alternative way to transfer the risk in construction projects. Moral Hazard problems can also reduce the potential positive effects. Paper III wants to shift the focus from the quantity of innovations to how incentives can nourish “good” innovation and suggests a new classification system for technical innovations. The objective is to achieve increased transparency and reduced information asymmetry in the construction sector. Paper IV takes it starting point in an indicated shift in developers’ planning and construction practices for laundry facilities in owner-occupied multi-family buildings. The mapping of the shift shows that a change in regulations can have an effect on how we build, and that developers are using spaces in innovative ways, which in turn can have unforeseen external effects. The finding indicates that even though the number of appliances has increased since the 1990s, the energy consumption has not necessarily increased during the usage phase, depending on the energy performance of the appliances and on user behaviour. Paper V highlights the effects of including more rigorously and detailed gathered indicators of characteristics in the calculations of productivity development figures in the sector. By including more cost-driving characteristics, it should be easier to distinguish pure price changes from price changes related to increase in quality. It is, important to bear in mind that there are several projects yearly that are delivered on time, within budget, with good quality and where innovations have been used. Seen against the background of this thesis, it can indeed be stated that improvements are needed if we intend to create an innovative friendly work environment that will contribute to productivity growth. However, the contribution here is also a warning that the evaluation tools that are used to describe the sector might not measure what we intend to measure.
Byggsektorn är stor och består av många olika aktörer. Den påverkar alla i samhället på ett eller annat sätt och spelar en viktig roll i varje land ekonomi och hur den byggda miljön utvecklas. I kombination med att byggsektorn tampas med ryktet om att vara konservativ, har kvalitetsproblem, dålig produktivitetsutveckling och låg förändringsgrad har lett till diskussioner om många åtgärder för att förbättra sektorn. En utgångspunkt för åtgärderna har varit att uppmuntra till långsiktighet i projekten så att incitament skapas för att förbättra kvalitén i sektorn och en miljö som främjar innovationer. Den här avhandlingen består av fem studier som var och en adresserar en specifik forskningsfråga relaterad till upphandling, innovation eller produktivitet. Det övergripande syftet med avhandlingen har varit att öka förståelsen för förutsättningarna att komma till rätta med problemen i byggsektorn. Upphandling undersöktes på två sätt; entreprenadkontrakt med helhetsåtagande med service som en viktig komponent för att skapa incitament för innovationer (Artikel II) och svårigheterna i att utvärdera effekterna av olika entreprenadkontrakt på grund av oklara begrepp (Artikel I). Innovation studerades också på två sätt: vikten av att skapa transperens och incitament för “bra” innovationer (Artikel III), och den direkta och indirekta effekten av en innovation i design av vinstmaximerande byggbolag (Artikel IV). En policy kan baseras på data men om uppgifterna den baseras på är bristfälliga, kan det leda till felaktiga rekommendationer. Mätfel kopplade till beräkningar av produktiviteten i byggsektorn har rapporterats, vilket har lett till ett intresse att öka tillförlitligheten i dessa beräkningar (Artikel V). Den första artikeln syftar till att göra utvärderingen av entreprenadkontrakt enklare för forskare, branschen samt statliga institutioner som formulerar rekommendationer, genom att strukturera entreprenadformerna utifrån olika steg i beslutsprocessen och om hur risker fördelas för att tydliggöra relationen mellan dem. Den andra artikeln visar att entreprenadkontrakt med helhetsåtagande inklusive service inte automatiskt ökar vinsten för företag inom sektorn, snarare att det kan vara ett alternativt sätt att överföra risken i byggprojekt. Moral Hazard problem kan minska potentiella positiva effekter. Artikel III flyttar fokus från mängden innovationer till hur incitament kan ge näring "bra" innovation och diskuterar ett nytt system för klassificering av tekniska innovationer. Målet är att uppnå ökad tydlighet och minskad informationsasymmetri i byggsektorn. Artikel IV tar sin utgångspunkt i en förändring i plan- och byggmetoder för tvättstuga i bostadsrättshus. Kartläggningen visar att en förändring av regle kan ha en effekt på hur vi bygger, och att utvecklare använder ytor på ett innovativt sätt, vilket i sin tur kan ha oförutsedda externa effekter. Artikeln visar att trots att antalet apparater har ökat sedan 1990-talet, har energiförbrukningen inte nödvändigtvis ökat under användningsfasen, beroende på apparaternas energiprestanda och på användarnas beteende. Artikel V belyser effekterna av mer noggranna och detaljerat insamlade kvalitetsegenskaper från nyproduktion när produktivitetet i byggsektorn ska beräknas. Genom att inkludera mer kostnadsdrivande egenskaper borde det vara lättare att skilja rena prisförändringar från prisförändringar relaterade till ökad kvalitet. Det är viktigt att komma ihåg att det årligen finns många byggprojekt som levereras i tid, inom budget, med god kvalitet och där innovationer har använts. Sett mot bakgrund av denna avhandling, kan det sägas att förbättringar behövs om vi har för avsikt att skapa en innovativ arbetsmiljö som bidrar till ökad produktivitet. Dock är bidraget här också en varning om att de utvärderingsverktyg som används för att fånga utvecklingen kanske inte mäter vad vi har för avsikt att mäta.

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Lyrio, Eduardo Felicíssimo. "Uma Análise da Utilização da Lei do Bem nas Micro e Pequenas Empresas (MPE)de Base Tecnológica Incubadas no Vale da Eletrônica, em Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG)." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2014. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=9061.

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A presente pesquisa objetiva analisar a utilização da Lei n 11.195/05, a Lei do Bem, por micro e pequenas empresas de base tecnológica - EBTs incubadas localizadas no polo tecnológico de Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), considerando para isto a interação da hélice tríplice, ou seja, a interação entre universidade-empresa-governo. Com intuito específico, objetiva identificar os principais motivos para a utilização da Lei do Bem, assim como dos motivos determinantes para a utilização ou não dos benefícios fiscais por ela proporcionados. A referida Lei proporciona benefícios fiscais voltados para a inovação e desenvolvimento de tecnologia, incluindo vantagens para a contratação de pesquisadores e na aquisição de equipamentos e maquinário para essas finalidades, entre outros. A pesquisa foi realizada pelo intermédio de uma estudo de campo na cidade de Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), que possibilitou a coleta dos dados mediante entrevistas estruturadas de maneira semiaberta com os empresários e órgão e instituições de apoio da região, possibilitando assim uma maior liberdade aos entrevistados para responderem dentro do roteiro estabelecido. O roteiro abrangia, de forma resumida, perguntas referentes à inovação, estrutura da região e do conhecimento e utilização da Lei do Bem. A análise dos dados coletados nas entrevistas constatou que o Arranjo Produtivo Local (APL) em que as empresas se encontram possui estrutura para a inovação e o desenvolvimento de tecnologia, entretanto, a interação entre os atores da hélice tríplice apresentou restrições em relação à utilização de financiamentos, fomentos e da utilização dos benefícios fiscais, em específico na dificuldade da utilização da Lei do Bem pelas empresas da região. Constatou-se nas as empresas pesquisadas, dificuldade para utilização de fomentos específicos para a inovação. Os fatores determinantes da dificuldade do uso da Lei do Bem apontados pela pesquisa foram o desconhecimento da Lei pelos empresários, falta de informação sobre a Lei e, o regime tributário escolhido. Esse estudo pode contribuir para aumentar o alcance da Lei do Bem às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (MPEs), e pela análise da citada Lei ao longo dos seus oito anos de vigência, sendo sete deles já reportados pelo Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), que resultou em uma lista com 1456 empresas que já se utilizaram dos benefícios proporcionados pela Lei do Bem de 2006 a 2012.
This research aims to analyze the use of Law No. 11.195/05, the Goodwill Law, for micro and small enterprises incubated technological base located in the technology hub of Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), considering that for the interaction of the triple helix, in other words, the interaction between university-industry-government. With specific, objective order to identify the main reasons for the use of the Goodwill Law, as well as determining reasons for using or not the tax benefits provided by. This law provides tax benefits directed towards innovation and technology development, including benefits for hiring researchers and the purchase of equipment and machinery for these purposes, and other incentives that will discourse in this research. The survey was conducted by means of a field study in the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), which enabled the collection of data through structured interviews with semi-open way entrepreneurs and supporting organ and institutions in the region, thus enabling greater liberty to the respondents to respond within the established script. The script included, briefly , questions relating to innovation , structure of the region and knowledge and use of the Good Law Analysis of the data collected in the interviews found that the Local Productive Arrangement (APL) in which companies are own structure for innovation and technology development , however, the interaction between the actors of the triple helix introduced restrictions on the use of funds , encouragements and utilization of tax benefits , in particular the difficulty of using the Law of Good by companies in the region. It was found in the surveyed companies, difficulty using specific encouragements to innovation. The determinants of the difficulty of using the Goodwill Law found in the survey were the lack of Law by entrepreneurs, lack of information about the law and the tax regime chosen. This study may contribute to increase the reach of the Goodwill Law for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE), and the examination of the said Act throughout its eight-year term , seven of them already reported by the Ministry of Science , Technology and Innovation (MCTI) , which resulted in a list of 1456 companies who have already used the benefits provided by the Good Law from 2006 to 2012.

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Keely, Louise Catherine. "Ideas and incentives in the innovation process : implications for economic growth." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325014.

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Stenbeck, Torbjörn. "Incentives to innovations in road and rail maintenance and operations." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Infrastructure, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-335.

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Worried voices in the Swedish road maintenance and operations industry claim that innovations and technical development has ceased in the last decades. One hypothesis is that it is an effect of the public tendering reform introduced in 1992. Since 2001, the Swedish railroad industry has also introduced public tendering and awarded contracts to private contractors. This study examines the validity of these claims by analyzing the incentives to innovation in the past and at present. The analysis is concluded by proposals how the innovative climate can be improved between the road and rail administrations and their contractors.

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Silva, Fabiane Padilha da. "Inovação e Lei do Bem em empresas selecionadas no Rio Grande do Sul entre 2006 e 2012: é possível ir além dos benefícios fiscais?" Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2015. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4860.

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Esta dissertação objetiva identificar quais são os benefícios colaterais resultantes da Lei do Bem na atividade inovativa percebidos por empresas selecionadas no RS no período de 2006 a 2012. A Lei 11.196 de 21 de novembro de 2005, ou Lei do Bem, é um mecanismo que busca promover a atividade inovativa nas empresas através da concessão de incentivos fiscais, que são considerados como benefícios fiscais. O Rio Grande do Sul ocupa o segundo lugar no país na utilização desses incentivos fiscais, como informa o Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI) no período de 2006 a 2012 no Relatório de Utilização dos Incentivos Fiscais da Lei do Bem (RAUIF). Esse mostrou-se o motivo inicial que fez com que empresas gaúchas fossem pesquisadas. Para isso foi necessário, à luz da Teoria Evolucionária, buscar referências em autores da linha neo-schumpeteriana e também outros estudiosos. Como temas de relevância para responder à problemática foram buscados aqueles relacionados à inovação e incentivos fiscais à inovação. Quanto à inovação, além da conceituação específica, consideraram-se os motivos para inovar, como inovar através do uso do conhecimento, habilidades e aprendizado e os riscos inerentes ao processo inovativo. No que tange aos incentivos fiscais à inovação, buscou-se avaliar o cenário internacional e as políticas de ciência, tecnologia e inovação (CT&I) para tornar mais adequada a análise quanto ao tema central. Optou-se pela realização de uma pesquisa de campo com o uso de estudo de casos múltiplos. Foram feitas entrevistas com roteiro pré-definido em seis empresas que possuem suas sedes no RS. Os respondentes estavam diretamente envolvidos com a pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) e inovação, fazendo parte do setor contábil/financeiro, planejamento e engenharia. O estudo identificou quatro benefícios colaterais além daqueles presumíveis em um incentivo fiscal: Adoção de controles, confiança derivada das rotinas, organização facilitadora e experiência reconhecida dos profissionais envolvidos nos projetos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento para inovação. Assim, respondendo à pergunta apresentada no título desse trabalho: ‘Lei do Bem: É possível ir além dos benefícios fiscais?’, responde-se: sim. E, ao longo da dissertação esses benefícios serão identificados.
This dissertation aims to identify what are the side benefits of the Lei do Bem in innovative activity perceived by companies selected in the RS from 2006 to 2012. Law 11.196 of november 21, 2005, or the Lei do Bem, is a mechanism that seeks promote innovative activity in companies by granting tax incentives, which are considered as tax benefits. The Rio Grande do Sul ranks second in the country in the use of these tax incentives, as reported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) in the 2006-2012 period in the Usage Report of Tax Incentives of the Good Law (RAUIF). This proved to be the initial reason that made local companies were surveyed. This required, in the light of Evolutionary Theory, check references on authors of neo-Schumpeterian line and also other scholars. How important issues to address the problem were sought those related to innovation and tax incentives for innovation. As for innovation, beyond the specific concept, they considered the reasons to innovate, how to innovate through the use of knowledge, skills and learning and the risks inherent in the innovation process. With regard to tax incentives for innovation, we sought to assess the international scene and science, technology and innovation (ST & I) policies to make it suitable for analysis as the central theme. It was decided to carry out a field survey using multiple case study. Interviews were conducted with pre-defined script in six companies that have their headquarters in RS. Respondents were directly involved with the research and development (R & D) and innovation as part of the accounting / finance, planning and engineering. The study identified four side benefits beyond those alleged in a tax break: Adoption of controls, confidence derived from routines , facilitating organization and recognized expertise of professionals involved in research and development projects for innovation. Thus, answering the question posed in the title of this work: ' Lei do Bem: Is it possible to go beyond the tax relief', he replied: yes. And along this dissertation these benefits will be identified.

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Khan, Zafar Dad. "Three essays on learning-by-doing and monetary incentive." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1338907741&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Stenbeck, Torbjörn. "Promoting Innovation in Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance : Incentives Contracting and Performance Based Specifications." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad (byte av engelskt namn 20110630), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4311.

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Knowledge of what action that is needed to drive innovation at a desired speed is in demand in civil engineering and its related maintenance. 1. What measures to stimulate innovation have been tested? 2. How much innovation has been achieved by contracting? 3. How much innovation was achieved by performance-based specifications? 4. How can cost models contribute to innovation? Methods include qualitative and quantitative methods that have been timed and mixed to optimize their merits. Sweden, France, USA and Canada have used as research ground. Technology transfer, multi-criteria evaluation, variant bidding, idea mailbox, weatherregulated payment, contests and earmarked funds for innovative projects were some of the method beside and within contracting and performance-based specifications that have been tested. Contracting as such has cut costs in Sweden but not in North America. Neither Sweden nor North America has noticed any increase of innovation, rather the contrary. The savings have primarily been achieved by cuts on staff and by using standardized, less expensive and less advanced machinery. Contracted highway maintenance provinces in Canada and Sweden on average had about 50 % higher costs than inhouse provinces and Washington State. The difference is reduced to 26 %, when corrected by weather and the higher traffic in the contracted provinces. Prestige, politics and competitivity made it difficult to extract economic data from private contractors, and even from the public owners and may explain the contradictory results in previous studies. The internally driven innovation appears small and incentives to innovation weak in inhouse systems, but contrary to expectation even less in contracted systems. Performance-based specifications (PBS), such as Design-Build (DB), have reduced delivery times and kept the budget better than traditional contracts, but quality, lifecycle cost and technical progress was rarely analyzed and even less confirmed in the literature, why a multiple case study was carried out. The result was that three out of four PBS cases delivered lower quality in the long run or showed higher costs already on the opening day, when compared to a traditional contract alternative. Cost models contribute to innovation by making regions with different conditions comparable and provide tools for rational planning and decision making. One model for how highway maintenance costs depend on snow, bridges and traffic and one model for how bridge maintenance costs depend on size and age were elaborated. Models included in contracts, e.g. to allow a contractor to reduce the weather risk, appear to have contributed to a more successful contracting rollout in Sweden than in Canada. France provides experience of how inhouse innovation contests and industry-own patent-like routines can promote innovation. After the first two years with an incentive contract, Banverket received 10 % better quality measured as train delay and 20 % better quality measured as the number of technical errors at no cost. A lesson learnt is that the success of performance-based specifications depends on how well the owner can describe and define the contracts, how compliance is measured and how deviations are handled, i.e. how the contractor is penalized for non-fulfillment or awarded for excess delivery
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Stenbeck, Torbjörn. "Promoting innovation in transportation infrastructure maintenence : incentives, contracting and performance-based specifications /." Stockholm, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4311.

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Wang, Yao. "The application of game theory to incentives for innovation in modern business." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-application-of-game-theory-to-incentives-for-innovation-in-modern-business(9b69c670-3cce-46db-bef4-813f361631cb).html.

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This thesis reports on a research project investigating the application of game theory to incentives for innovation in modern business. The overall aim of this study is to build a conceptual framework, from the strategic management perspective, for the application of incentives for innovation in order to respond to signals that there is a need to innovate. Game theory is applied as a framework for the analysis of interactions between companies and identification of how the incentives for innovation arise. The research questions of this study are: What signals the need for innovation? How do the incentives for innovation arise? What are the potential problems of changing the game through innovation? The inductive research approach is employed for the study. Starting from case studies (n=6), an initial insight for the direction of the study was provided, from which the base of semi-structured interviews (n=12) was established. The semi-structured interview further investigated and explored the issues discovered in the case study, and the results were validated by a questionnaire survey (n=119). The original contributions to knowledge are: the signals pointing to the need for innovation are identified; the situations where the incentives for innovation can arise are investigated. Barriers and difficulties that a company may encounter while trying to innovate are discussed, and cooperation in innovation is suggested as a way to remove the barriers and restore the incentive for innovation. A predictive model based on the conceptual framework built from this study is recommended for further research.

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Borg, Lena. "Incentives and choice of construction technique." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-37285.

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Guceri, Irem. "Tax incentives, R&D and productivity." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bd82c1ac-cade-4717-8411-eb577d002ecf.

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This thesis explores the causal relationships between tax incentives, research and development (R&D) and productivity. Using R&D survey data from the United Kingdom (UK) Office for National Statistics and administrative data on corporation tax returns from HM Revenue and Customs, I first conduct empirical analyses of tax incentive policies for R&D, and then estimate the elasticity of output with respect to firms' own R&D efforts as well as external R&D performed by neighboring firms in technology and product space. In the first two chapters which focus on tax incentive policies and their evaluation, I am able to identify the policy effect of interest by exploiting two significant reforms in the UK in 2002 and 2008. I find that tax incentives had a positive and significant stimulating effect on businesses' R&D spending. I argue that the availability of a quasi-experimental set up helps in better identifying the policy impact. The production function estimation exercise in the third chapter shows that double counting of R&D human resources and materials in the production function causes the elasticity of output with respect to the firms' own R&D to be substantially underestimated. I also find that the R&D done in multi-unit enterprise groups is productive for the production facilities which themselves do not perform R&D. The Jaffe (1986) and Bloom et al. (2013) measures of external R&D, which account for closeness of firms in technology and product space can be constructed and included in the production function in the spirit of Griliches (1979). I find that the point estimate for the elasticity of output with respect to firms' own R&D is around 3 percent and statistically significant. Evidence is mixed regarding the productivity effects of R&D carried out by competitors in the product market or neighboring firms in technology space. The detailed data sets used in this study offer valuable resources for empirical work on R&D and productivity.

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Carvalho, Ana Luíza Souza. "AS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE INCENTIVO À INOVAÇÃO NO GOVERNO DE GOIÁS (2015-2018)." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2017. http://tede2.pucgoias.edu.br:8080/handle/tede/3687.

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The State of Goiás in the period 2015-2018 has created a program called "Inova Goiás", which intends to transform the state into Brazil's third largest innovation platform. Supported by this program, the State Government has launched a slogan "Goiás Estado Inovador" that brings the idea that Goiás intends to be innovative. Innovation is a contemporary theme, Joseph Shumpeter, father of innovation says that economic development can only exist through innovation. Because "Inova Goiás" is a public policy, the theoretical analysis developed by Mariana Mazzucato was important for understanding the role of the State in innovation systems, and consequently to understand Goiás in this innovation dynamic. Goiás is a Brazilian state that has no tradition of innovation and technology, and for that to happen structural changes must take place, so that the state can be innovative. The present study aims to analyze the program "Inova Goiás", in its proposals, goals, budget forecasts, a verification of the progress of the program, in order to analyze which actions proposed in the program were executed, how much resource was assigned to The program, and whether the program has succeeded as a public innovation policy.
Goiás é um estado brasileiro que não possui tradição em inovação e tecnologia. Assim, visando mudar esse quadro, o governo estadual criou, para o período de 2015 a 2018, o programa Inova Goiás, que pretende transformar o estado na terceira maior plataforma de inovação do Brasil. Pelo fato de o programa consistir em uma política pública, a análise teórica desenvolvida por Mariana Mazzucato foi importante para a compreensão do papel do Estado nos sistemas de inovação, e, consequentemente, para entender Goiás nessa dinâmica. A par dessas considerações, objetivou-se, nesta dissertação, analisar o Inova Goiás em suas propostas, metas e previsões orçamentárias. Para tanto, procedeu-se a uma verificação do andamento do programa, analisando a execução das ações propostas, os recursos designados, e se o programa tem conseguido obter êxito enquanto política pública de inovação.

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Ding, Jin. "Evolution and dynamics of the sectoral system of innovation : a case study of orphan drug innovation in the US." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33059.

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Drugs for treating rare diseases had been neglected by the pharmaceutical industry for a long time, due to the complex and costly drug R&D process as well as a small unprofitable market. Since its introduction in 1983, the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) has sought to prompt the innovation of drugs for minority diseases by reducing the regulatory and economic barriers. The incentives of the ODA have been effected through market protection, tax credit, fee waiver and grants to increase the accessibility of orphan products for the public. The number of orphan drugs available in the market has risen sharply from just ten in the decade before 1983 to over 400 since 1983. This increase implies a substantial improvement of the healthcare of patients suffering rare diseases and a success of the orphan drug legislation with the aim to motivate the development and manufacture of products that have low commercial potentials. Although it is evident that the ODA has successfully stimulated drug companies to develop numerous orphan products, treatments are very expensive. The sales of blockbuster orphan drugs have provided drug companies with unusually highprofit margins and limited patient access to treatments. The dilemma presented by the ODA reflects many of the issues currently faced by policymakers. In this thesis, we have analyzed the long-term evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In particular, we have examined drug discovery in the period of random screening, rational design and network collaboration, and explored the influence of the ODA. We have taken the theory of the sectoral system of innovation, and combined it with the complex adaptive model of innovation, and found that the complex version of that theory is capable of explaining the comprehensive drug innovation system. A Multi-agent Based Model has been introduced to identify and analyze the dynamics of bio-pharmaceutical innovation. The model has explored the roles of the main players in the sector and the influence of their relationships embedded in the process of orphan drug innovation. Through this model, we have investigated the mechanisms of how the incentives stimulate orphan drug innovation during the period from 1983- 2012. Moreover, the model has been applied to solve the dilemma of the ODA through analyzing how to achieve the best trade-off between orphan drug developments. Drawing upon the results of the simulation, we provide a sound basis for adjusting the ODA incentives to strikes an appropriate balance between stimulating orphan drug innovation and providing benefits to society, propose some resolutions to the ODA, while also to motivate orphan drug development in a financial way. The Advice for other countries planning to enact the orphan drug legislation and directions for further research suggested by this model have been put forward.

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Garnotel, Guillaume. "Causes et conséquences sur la performance de l'entreprise de l'introduction d'incitations financières dans les contrats de rémunération des dirigeants." Thesis, Aix-Marseille 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011AIX32080.

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La rémunération des dirigeants est au centre des débats sur la gouvernance d’entreprise. La présente recherche a ouvert deux volets empiriques distincts pour nourrir ce débat. Dans le premier volet d’études empiriques, nous avons examiné la possibilité que les dirigeants profitent de leur pouvoir sur le conseil d’administration pour extraire des rentes économiques sous la forme d’actions gratuites et de stock-options. Puis, nous avons testé l’impact des incitations financières détenues par le dirigeant sur la performance de l’entreprise. Sur la base d’un échantillon de 510 entreprises-années extraites du SBF 120, nos résultats rejettent l’hypothèse d’extraction de rentes. Ensuite, nos résultats suggèrent que les dirigeants détiennent, en moyenne, le niveau optimal d’incitations financières permettant de maximiser la performance. Dans notre second volet d’études empiriques, nous avons souhaité évaluer le bien-fondé de la pratique de gestion consistant à intégrer des mesures d’innovation dans les contrats de rémunération. Sur la base d’un échantillon d’entreprises de haute et de basse technologie du S&P500, nos résultats semblent confirmer le bien-fondé de cette politique de rémunération. En effet, nous avons observé que la proportion d’entreprises dont les bonus des dirigeants intègrent une mesure de l’innovation est plus forte pour les entreprises des secteurs de haute technologie par rapport aux entreprises de basse technologie. Ensuite, nos résultats suggèrent que les entreprises de haute technologie qui intègrent des mesures d’innovation dans le bonus des dirigeants sont plus performantes que celles qui n’y ont pas recours
CEO compensation is at the core of the debates on corporate governance. This research has opened two different areas of empirical inquiry to enrich this debate. In our first area of inquiry, we investigate the possibility for CEOs to take advantage of their power on the board to extract economic rents in the form of restricted shares and stock-options. Then, we test the impact of CEO equity incentives on firm performance. On the basis of a sample of 510 SBF120 firm-year, our results reject the rent extraction hypothesis. Then, our results suggest that CEO hold, on average, the optimal level of equity incentives enabling the maximization of performance. In our second area of empirical inquiry, we examine the performance consequences that follow the use of innovation measures in CEO bonus contracts. The results, drawn from a sample of S&P500 high technology firms and low technology firms, support the relevance of this compensation policy. Indeed, we observe that the proportion of firms which CEO bonuses have integrated an innovation measure is higher for high technology firms compared with low technology firms. Moreover, we find that high technology firms whose CEO bonus incorporates R&D measures perform better than firms which rely on other types of financial and non financial measures in defining the CEO bonus

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Kuroki, Andreos Henrique. "Utilização pelas empresas do incentivo fiscal da inovação tecnológica." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2011. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/877.

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Despite all the positive factors that technological innovation can provide companies, since the creation of Tax Incentives for Technology Innovation Act of 2005 until 2009, only 1432 (thousand four hundred and thirty-two) companies have been benefited with this incentive, a very low volume compared with the number of companies considered innovative. It is estimated that only 14.5% of all enterprises that perform activities of Research and Development - R & D in the country are enjoying the benefits of Lei do Bem. The aim of this study is to identify the most relevant factors that motivate and hinder companies to use the tax incentive for technological innovation. This study is classified according to type as exploratory and descriptive. Regarding the method, this research is classified as qualitative. The population was composed of eleven companies that operate in different economic segments and the sample was represented by two groups of companies: those who have invested in innovation and technology research and were benefited with tax incentives for technological innovation and those who invested in innovation and technology research, however, not used this tax incentive. Data were collected through interviews with executives of these companies and the results were analyzed using the technique of content analysis. The main results of the study found that Brazilian companies are investing in technological innovation: to get competitive advantage over their competitors, keep the products current and competitive in domestic and international markets, reduce the number of complaints from its customers, maintaining its position in market, reduce costs and survive in the competitive market. The main factors that may hinder or prevent the Brazilian companies to invest in technological innovation are related: the uncertainty regarding the economic outlook and global crises, budget available to invest in technological innovation, lack of legislation to protect companies that invested in technological innovation , lack of skilled labor; rigidity of the organizational structure of businesses, reduction in profitability due to investment in innovation or due to restrictions of the headquarters. The main factors that prevent companies from using the Tax Incentive Technological Innovation are: requirement for regular tax; obligation to determine the Income Tax and Social Contribution on Real Profit; need to implement controls for the control of spending on technological innovation, unawareness of the benefits of the Good Law, the lack of clarity in the definition of projects that can be included in the incentive and the requirement that investments in innovation are made in the country.
Desde a criação do Incentivo Fiscal da Inovação Tecnológica pela Lei do Bem, em 2005 até o ano de 2009, apenas 1432 empresas foram beneficiadas pelo referido incentivo, um volume muito baixo quando comparado com a quantidade de empresas consideradas inovadoras. Estima-se que apenas 14,5% do total das empresas que realizam atividades de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (P&D) no país estejam usufruindo dos benefícios da Lei do Bem. Este estudo objetivou identificar os fatores mais relevantes que motivam e dificultam as empresas a utilizarem o incentivo fiscal da inovação tecnológica, segundo a percepção dos gestores das empresas. Quanto ao tipo, este estudo é classificado como exploratório e descritivo. Quanto ao método, esta pesquisa é classificada como qualitativa. No córpus analisado, a população foi composta por 11 empresas que atuam em diversos segmentos e a amostra foi representada por dois grupos de empresas: aquelas que investiram em inovação e pesquisa tecnológica e que usufruíram do incentivo fiscal da inovação tecnológica e aquelas que investiram em inovação e pesquisa tecnológica, mas que não utilizaram o referido incentivo fiscal. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas realizadas com executivos dessas empresas e os resultados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo. A partir dos principais resultados do estudo, verifica-se que as empresas brasileiras investem em inovação tecnológica para: obter vantagens competitivas em relação a seus concorrentes, manter os produtos atualizados e competitivos no mercado nacional e internacional, reduzir o número de reclamações de seus clientes, manter sua posição no mercado, reduzir custos e sobreviver no mercado competitivo. Por outro lado, as empresas deixam de investir em inovação tecnológica devido: às incertezas quanto ao cenário econômico e às crises mundiais, ao orçamento disponível para investir em inovação tecnológica, à falta de uma legislação para proteção das empresas que investem em inovação tecnológica, à ausência de mão-de-obra especializada, à rigidez da estrutura organizacional das empresas, à redução da lucratividade em virtude dos investimentos em inovação e de burocracias e restrições de sua matriz. Os principais fatores que impedem as empresas de utilizar o Incentivo Fiscal da Inovação Tecnológica são: a exigência de regularidade fiscal, a obrigatoriedade de apurar o Imposto de Renda e a Contribuição Social sobre o Lucro Líquido com base no Lucro Real, a necessidade da implementação de controles para contenção dos gastos com inovação tecnológica, o desconhecimento dos benefícios da Lei do Bem, a falta de clareza na definição dos projetos que podem ser incluídos no incentivo e a exigência de que os investimentos em inovação sejam realizados no país.

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Arendt, Anne. "An Assessment of Utah Resident Incentives and Disincentives for Use of OpenCourseWare (OCW)." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/389.

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This dissertation examines Utah resident views of incentives and disincentives for use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) and how they fit into the theoretical framework of perceived innovation attributes established by Rogers. Rogers identified five categories of perceived innovation attributes, which include relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. A survey instrument was developed using attributes that emerged from a Delphi technique with input from experts in the OCW field. The survey instrument was sent to 753 (n = 753) random individuals between 18 and 64 years of age throughout Utah based on information obtained from Alseco Data Group, LLC. Results indicated that the greatest incentives for OCW use were (a) no cost for materials (M = 4.59, SD = .68), (b) having resources available at any time (M = 4.35, SD = .89), (c) pursuing in depth a topic that interests me (M = 4.24, SD = 0.93), (d) learning for personal knowledge or enjoyment (M = 4.22, SD = .93), and (e) materials in an OCW were fairly easy to access and find (M = 4.12, SD = .98). Results indicated that the greatest disincentives for OCW use were (a) there was no certificate or degree awarded (M = 3.28, SD = 1.54), (b) it did not cover my topic of interest in the depth I desired (M = 3.17, SD = 1.31), (c) lack of professional support provided by subject tutors or experts (M = 3.14, SD = 1.25), (d) lack of guidance provided by support specialists (M = 3.09, SD = 1.26), and (e) feeling the material was overwhelming (M = 3.06, SD = 1.31).

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Na-Allah, A., and M. Muchie. "Social Absorption Capability, National System of Innovation and Manufactured Export response to Preferential Trade Incentives." Tshwane University of Technology, 2010. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001627.

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Abstract In many extant analyses of the impact of non-reciprocal system of trade preferences it is typical to focus on the details of market access value of tariff concessions as explanation for why export of beneficiaries’ products may or may not respond to incentives. Very often the role that supply-related factors can and do play in the process is relegated to the background. This paper argues that the social absorption capability of a beneficiary’s economy as expressed in her incumbent National System of Innovation is a crucial determinant of export performance response. The experience of sub-Sahara African countries under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act apparel trade incentive is used as a classical illustration of this proposition. It is shown that the comparative efficiency of Lesotho, despite emerging from a relatively weak performance potential background, in recording the highest level of export success among beneficiaries of the scheme is a function of the relative efficiency of her system of innovation in garment.

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Hollanda, Fátima Sandra Marques. "Financiamento e incentivos à inovação industrial no Brasil." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/285951.

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Orientador: Carlos Américo Pacheco
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia
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Resumo: O tema da tese é o financiamento da inovação industrial no Brasil. O seu objetivo é compreender o sentido e o alcance dos esquemas especiais de financiamento e incentivos do setor público voltados às atividades de inovação nas empresas industriais brasileiras. Inicialmente apresenta-se um marco teórico e conceitual para a análise do financiamento da inovação industrial, entendido como objeto de investigação específico dentro do campo mais amplo da discussão do elo entre finanças e investimento e de seus principais determinantes. As características institucionais dos sistemas financeiros são consideradas fundamentais para a decisão das firmas de investir em inovação, ainda que os recursos próprios sejam reconhecidos como as principais fontes de financiamento das atividades inovativas nos países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento. Aponta-se que, a despeito das profundas mudanças no sistema financeiro brasileiro nas duas últimas décadas, o financiamento dos investimentos das empresas industriais no país permanece muito dependente das linhas de crédito públicas. No caso específico das atividades de inovação, há evidências de um padrão histórico de limitado esforço inovador por parte do conjunto das empresas industriais brasileiras e de um financiamento público de dimensão restrita. Na ultima década, contudo, houve uma ampla reestruturação do suporte público à inovação empresarial, que implicou a ampliação dos recursos e a diversificação dos mecanismos de financiamento e de incentivo às atividades inovativas. A tese procura dar um tratamento sistemático e analisar esse processo de mudanças A conclusão é que a rede de apoio governamental ainda tem alcance limitado, tanto em termos do universo das empresas inovadoras como das atividades inovativas beneficiadas
Abstract: This dissertation deals with financing of industrial innovation in Brazil. Its main goal is to contribute to the understanding of the scope and the effectiveness of government?s financial support for innovation activities of Brazilian industrial firms. Initially, a theoretical and conceptual analysis of financing for industrial innovation is developed within the framework of the literature on finance and investment links and their determinants. The specific institutional features of a national financial system is considered to be an important factor in firms? innovation decisions even though the most important source of finance for innovation is acknowledged to be firms? own resources in both developed and developing economies. A large part of the credit that supports industrial firms? investment in Brazil still comes from public institutions, in spite of the deep changes that took place in the Brazilian financial system during the last two decades. In the specific case of innovation activities, there are evidences of the existence of a historical pattern of weak innovative effort by industrial firms and the public support for those activities used to be of a lesser dimension. Public financing for business innovation, however, was the object of a strong process of change, expansion and diversification during the last decade, and the dissertation develops a systematic treatment and analysis of this process. The dissertation concludes by pointing out that governmental support still benefits a small proportion of innovative firms and few classes of innovative activities
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Politica Economica
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Propp, Joshua M. "Incentives for Distributed Generation in California: The Rise of Third-Party Solar Development." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/82.

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There are a series of state and federal incentives in California to encourage the installation of distributed generation (DG) renewable energy, largely photovoltaic (PV). This thesis explores the policies behind the incentives, namely the Federal Investment Tax Credit, California Solar Initiative, and Net Energy Metering requirements. Discussion is informed by environmental policy tools, as well as business models that have acted to increase accessibility to these investment-intensive projects. Underlying this analysis is the theme of a shifting energy paradigm, with distributed generation spreading political, economic, and electric power.

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Campion, Marie-Geneviève. "Competition between originators and generics : public regulation and incentives to innovate." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010015/document.

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Dans une économie mondialisée sur un secteur très concurrentiel, ce travail de recherche articulé en cinq parties propose d’étudier de nouveaux schémas de concurrence entre médicaments princeps et génériques au sein de l’Union Européenne, en intégrant les articulations entre régulation publique et incitations à innover. Dans une première partie introductive, les spécificités réglementaires très évolutives des marchés pharmaceutiques sont présentées ainsi que leurs conséquences induites sur les systèmes de prix et l'innovation.La deuxième partie, vise à analyser dans un premier temps l'approche adoptée par la Commission Européenne et les autorités de concurrence des divers Etats membres quant à la définition du marché pertinent de produits sur ces marchés. Plus particulièrement, dans un second temps, une étude empirique des schémas de substitution existants est développée à partir des décisions prises par la Commission Européenne de 1989 à 2011 en matière de fusions dans le secteur concerné. Cet examen des différents critères retenus pour définir la taille du marché pertinent souligne la tendance lourde à définir des marchés pertinents de produits toujours plus étroits, atteignant même le niveau moléculaire.Dans la troisième partie, l’analyse du système de prix de référence mis en place dans de nombreux Etats membres sur ces marchés concurrentiels, montre,en prenant en compte les avantages informatifs des princeps, dans quelle mesure la mise en place d'un tel système, peut favoriser l’innovation.Sous la quatrième partie, la modélisation de l'impact des nouveaux modèles d'accords de partage de risques se propose d’étudier comment de tels accords peuvent résoudre les problématiques d'aléa moral et de sélection adverse sur ces marchés, en incitant les entreprises à investir dans leur produit et à renforcer la qualité des biens fournis.Enfin, la partie cinq conclut le travail en mettant en perspective les résultats obtenus et en analysant les conséquences sous-jacentes pour les politiques publiques
The aim of this thesis is to examine the competition patterns that exist between originators and generics by focusing on the articulations between regulation and incentives to innovate. Once the characteristics of regulation in pharmaceutical markets is reviewed in the first chapter and an analysis of some current challenges related to cost-containment measures and innovation issues is performed, then in the second chapter, an empirical study is performed to investigate substitution patterns. Based on the EC´s merger decisions in the pharmaceutical sector from 1989 to 2011, this study stresses the key criteria to define the scope of the relevant product market based on substitution patterns and shows the trend towards a narrower market in time. Chapters three and four aim to analyse in depth two widespread measures, the internal reference pricing system in off-patent markets, and risk-sharing schemes in patent-protected markets. By taking into account informational advantages of originators over generics, the third chapter shows the extent to which the implementation of a reference price for off-patent markets can contribute in promoting innovation. Finally, in the fourth chapter, the modeling of risk-sharing schemes explains how such schemes can help in solving moral hazard and adverse selection issues by continuously giving pharmaceutical companies incentives to innovate and supplying medicinal products of a higher quality

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Keller, Joachim. "Essays on innovation and investment decisions under imperfect competition." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209548.

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Innovation incentives are imperfectly provided in market settings: When deciding on their innovation activity, firms tend to focus on the maximization of their private benefits, poorly internalizing social benefits. This thesis analyzes how policy intervention could be designed in order to align private and social incentives.

In the three papers of this thesis, I will consider three environments where firms' choices in a laissez-faire situation may be socially inefficient. The inefficiencies arise because of learning externalities, free riding when the innovation decision is made by a group of participants, or because firms are not willing to invest in a new activity that has a higher social than private value.

In the first thesis paper, I deal with the strategies of firms in innovative consumer product markets characterized by demand uncertainty. I analyze the timing and location decision of firms in that context.

In the second thesis paper, I consider the investment incentives of financial market infrastructures (FMIs). FMIs comprise the set of institutions that allow financial market participants to engage with each other. I assess the innovation incentives for different forms of ownership (user-owned versus third-party owned) and identify infrastructure service provision equilibria.

In the third thesis paper, I address the question of how a government should allocate a subsidy budget over time in order to maximize the innovation activity in an industry.
Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion
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Mohammadi, Fateme, and Christina Mårtensson. "Monetary Rewards and Framing of the Problem in Crowdsourcing : Effects on Participation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448316.

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The purpose of this study is to explore if monetary reward negatively affects people’s willingness to participate in crowdsourcing projects and to see how the relationship between monetary rewards and the framing of the crowdsourcing problem affects participation in crowdsourcing contests. A two-phase data collection method is used to answer these questions; a survey to identify the people who had participated in crowdsourcing projects and a focus group with the suitable candidates to discuss the research questions further. According to our findings, framing a crowdsourcing project as a good cause is not a strong enough motivation to convince people to participate in a challenge. People usually look for a benefit (financial or personal) in a challenge when deciding to participate. On the other hand, offering a reward for a crowdsourcing contest that is held for a good cause increases people’s willingness to participate. Potential participants react differently to a reward that is larger than usual. While more experienced participants feel extra motivated by large rewards, those who have less experience in crowdsourcing projects are more likely to see the large reward as a threat, decreasing their chances of winning, thus, reducing their willingness to participate in those challenges.

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Zeeshan, Jafer. "U.S. Governmental incentives and policies for investment in electric vehicles and infrastructure." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-117157.

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The purpose of study is to research the development of electric vehicle technology in the United States. This study describes the United States public policies towards electric vehicle technology and system of innovation approaches. The government roles with the help of national system of innovation have been also covered in this study. The point of departure was the study of available literature and U.S energy policy acts which illustrates that the break-through in electric vehicles still not only depended on better battery technology and infrastructure for charging stations but also on social, economic and political factors. The important actors involved in the process are both at local and international level are private firms, governmental departments, research and development (R&D) institutes, nongovernment organizations (NGO’s) and environmental organizations etc. The arguments which are put forward in the background of development of such technologies are to reduce dependence on foreign oil and to reduce emissions of harmful gasses.

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