by William Schmidt - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2010
Op-Ed

Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis

inquiry this week.) Meanwhile, he let serious product quality issues spiral out of control by understating safety risks and product problems. This left the media, politicians, and consumers to dictate the conversation, while Toyota... View Details

Keywords: by William George; Auto

12 Sep 2007
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The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

18 Nov 2011
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The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying

Keywords: by William R. Kerr, William Lincoln & Prachi Mishra

October 2009
Article

Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients

By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt

We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that family trustees... View Details

Keywords: Value; Information; Investment Funds; Stocks; Relationships; Financial Services Industry

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08 Jun 2019
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The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

27 Jan 2010
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Labor Regulations and European Private Equity

Keywords: by Ant Bozkaya & William R. Kerr

05 Dec 2013
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

21 Jan 2009
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

08 Dec 2006
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The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Shihe Fu; Technology

27 Nov 2013
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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

19 Sep 2013
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U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

23 Nov 2010
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Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

Keywords: by Ufuk Akcigit & William R. Kerr; Technology

05 May 2014
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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln; Technology

Blog Post

Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034

By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Regina M. Abrami

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11 Sep 2009
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Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda

June 2011 (Revised July 2011)
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Leading by Values: Sam Palmisano and IBM

By: William W. George

Keywords: Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Information Technology Industry

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March–April 2017
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Advancing Conservation by Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior

By: Sheila M. Reddy, Jensen Montambault, Yuta J. Masuda, Ayelet Gneezy, Elizabeth Keenan, William Butler, Jonathan R. Fisher and Stanley T. Asah

Behavioral sciences can advance conservation by systematically identifying behavioral barriers to conservation and how to best overcome them. Behavioral sciences have informed policy in many other realms (e.g., health, savings), but they are a largely untapped resource... View Details