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Investments and Innovation with Non-Rival Inputs: Evidence from Chinese Artificial Intelligence Startups
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发布日期:2023年11月12日 上次修订日期:2023年11月12日

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Large technology firms have substantial advantages in data, a key non-rival input for developing AI technology. We argue that investments by large technology firms stimulate innovation by AI startups through the sharing of data, bringing more than money to the startups. We assemble a unique dataset containing (nearly) the universe of AI-inventing firms in China to examine the innovation effects of these investments. Our difference-in-differences estimation shows that, after receiving investments from large technology firms, AI startups increase the number of AI patent applications by 62% and the number of software products by 56%, relative to their mean values prior to the investments. Using a triple-differences strategy, we further find that the innovation impact of investments by large technology firms is stronger than that of investments by other firms without data advantages. We confirm these findings using an instrumental variables approach based on recent investments by large technology firms in peer startups. Finally, we provide novel evidence that the innovation effect works mainly through sharing non-rival data by leveraging our rich information on non-AI data-related patent applications and data-related online job postings.
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Jian Xie; Kang Zhou Investments and Innovation with Non-Rival Inputs: Evidence from Chinese Artificial Intelligence Startups (2023年11月12日) https://www.cfrn.com.cn/lw/15373.html

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