The Impact and Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulation on GTFP

Have environmental regulations introduced by local governments in China promoted regional green development? This paper identifies the impact and spillover effect of environmental regulations on Green Total Factor Productivity by using provincial panel data over the period 2005-2018. We found that the intensity of ERs is positively correlated with regional GTFP growth and also benefits its neighbours. I have also identified green innovation and FDI transfer as two mechanisms of action leading to this phenomenon. Finally, the effects of environmental regulation also vary according to geographical location, the degree of dependence on polluting industries and the level of nationalisation

Searching for Product-Market Fit with Externally Developed Components: Effects on Time to Product-Market Fit

Nascent digital start-ups that leverage digital technology (DT) could use externally developed components (EDCs) to search for DT features needed for product-market fit (PMF). Drawing on the organizational search literature, we investigate the relationship between nascent digital start-ups\u27 search breadth and search depth (in terms of EDCs use) on their time to achieve PMF (proxied by the receipt of Series A funding). We employ a survival analysis using data on startups and their EDC use from Crunchbase and LinkedIn. Our results reveal that higher search breadth reduces the time to PMF, whereas higher search depth increases it. Higher levels of interdependency between the DT and nascent digital start-ups’ business strengthen search breadth’s time reduction effect. Our findings contribute to the literature on digital entrepreneurship and organizational search and offer suggestions for how nascent digital start-ups should develop their DT in the early years

Modifying Photos Based on Photo Capture from Multiple Device Cameras

This disclosure describes techniques to modify photos based on additional photos captured from multiple cameras of a device. A user captures a main photo of a scene with one camera of a device, and, in the background, additional photo(s) are automatically captured by other camera(s) of the device. Portions from the additional photos can be used to modify the main photo. For example, the view and/or aspect ratio of the captured photo can be modified to show portions of the scene that are not present in the main photo. This saves the user time and effort by automatically capturing additional photos of a scene and providing a range of editing options that take advantage of the additional photos