Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation

By Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb. 2008

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Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research

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Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge (2009, background): “This conclusion is consistent with the Agrawal and Goldfarb (2008) finding that the adoption of the Bitnet (the predecessor to the Internet) significantly increased engineering research collaboration among US universities.”
Spreading the Word: Geography, Policy, and Knowledge Spillovers (2013, background): “[5] Agrawal, Ajay and Avi Goldfarb (2008), Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation,American Economic Review 98(4): 1578-90”
The De-democratization of AI: Deep Learning and the Compute Divide in Artificial Intelligence Research (2020, background): “For instance, the introduction of Bitnet, an early version of the Internet, produced a greater benefit to mid-tier university researchers relative to elite university researchers (Agrawal & Goldfarb, 2008).”
Spreading the Word: Geography, Policy and University Knowledge Diffusion (2010, background): “Both forms of transmission may be constrained by geographic distance, and facilitated by improvements in information and communication technologies and other channels (Agrawal and Goldfarb, 2008; Adams, 2002).”
Information Technology and Intangible Output: The Impact of IT Investment on Innovation Productivity (2012, background): “The use of Bitnet, a cooperative U.S. university network predating the internet, increased the use of multi-institutional partnerships and participation of new actors in university engineering research (Agrawal and Goldfarb 2008).”
Has the Internet Fostered Inclusive Innovation in the Developing World (2016, background): “instance, Agrawal and Goldfarb (2008) find the internet is also an effective complement to the advantages provided by larger agglomerations.”
Roads and Innovation (2017, unknown): “Our estimates are consistent with the findings of Agrawal and Goldfarb (2008) documenting the existence of complementaries in knowledge production between face-to-face interactions and ICTs.”
Cocreation of Value in a Platform Ecosystem: The Case of Enterprise Software (2012, background): “First, as a falsification test we verify that the measured positive impacts of partnering on ISV performances do not occur before the partnering year (Agrawal and Goldfarb 2008).”
Peer effects in science: evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany (2012, unknown): “(3) # of Peersut = δ1 + δ2(Dismissal induced Fall in Peer Quality)ut + δ3(# Dismissed)ut + δ4Age Dummiesiut + δ5YearFEt + δ6IndividualFEi + εiut”
Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of small firms in the presence of large labs (2014, unknown): “Similarly, local productivity shocks due to availability of information and communication technologies (Agrawal and Goldfarb, 2008; Bloom et al., 2012) may impact both the organization of R&D labor and innovation. Finally, successful innovation may lead empire-building CEOs to engage in takeovers an”
Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring (2016, unknown): “[2] Agrawal, Ajay and Avi Goldfarb.”