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A Reprise of Size and R & D
Abstract
Numerous studies have shown that within industries, the propensity to perform R & D and the amount of R & D conducted by performers are closely related to the size of the firm, while R & D productivity declines with firm size. These findings have been widely interpreted to indicate that there is no advantage to large firm size in conducting R & D. We show how a simple model based on the idea of R & D cost spreading can explain the prior findings about the R & D-firm size relationship, as well as additional features of the R & D-firm size relationship, implying an advantage to large size in R & D.
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- Authors
- Cohen, W. M., & Klepper, S.
- Venue
- The Economic Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-07
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 437
- Pages
- 925
- ISSN
- 0013-0133 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2043553350
- Cited by
- 1,220
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 30.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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