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Iain M. Cockburn
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 142
Citations - 16298
Iain M. Cockburn is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Intellectual property. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 142 publications receiving 15316 citations. Previous affiliations of Iain M. Cockburn include National Bureau of Economic Research & Queen's University.
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Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Pharmaceutical Research
TL;DR: This paper distinguishes between ‘component’ and ‘architectural’ competence, and using internal firm data at the program level from 10 major pharmaceutical companies shows that together the two forms of competence appear to explain a significant fraction of the variance in research productivity across firms.
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Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery
TL;DR: The authors examine the interface between for-profit and publicly funded pharmaceuticals, finding that 'Connectedness' is significantly correlated with firms' internal organization, as well as their performance in drug discovery.
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Scale, Scope and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productivity in Ethical Drug Discovery
TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between firm size and research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry and found that larger research efforts are more productive, not only because they enjoy economies of scale, but also because they realize economies of scope by sustaining diverse portfolios of research projects that capture internal and external knowledge spillovers.
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The Economics of Reproducibility in Preclinical Research
TL;DR: A framework for solutions and a plan for long-term improvements in reproducibility rates that will help to accelerate the discovery of life-saving therapies and cures are outlined.
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Industry Effects and Appropriability Measures in the Stock Markets Valuation of R&D and Patents
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the stock market's valuation of a firm's innovative activity, focusing on knowledge capital in the form of accumulated "stocks" of R&D and patents.