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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters, and regions. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Performance; Economics
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    National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa

    We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts both for local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries in the eve of African independence... View Details

    • January 2017 (Revised December 2020)
    • Case

    Turkey and Russia: Dangerous Liaisons

    By: Rawi Abdelal, Esel Çekin, Eren Kuzucu and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in November 2015, after the Turkish military’s shooting down of a Russian military airplane over the Turkish-Syrian border. The incident threatened to undermine the countries’ political and economic ties, and starting from late 2015, the dialogue between... View Details
    Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Politics; Natural Gas; Natural Resources; Nuclear Power; Business and Government Relations; Energy Policy; Infrastructure; Energy; Strategy; International Relations; Russia; Turkey
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

    By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi
    We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the... View Details
    Keywords: Patent Trolls; Patents; Small Business; Employment; Venture Capital
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    • 02 Sep 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads

    Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & George Serafeim; Banking
    • 19 Nov 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    Duane Varan, MediaScience and Murdoch University

    • TeachingInterests

    Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

    By: Ranjay Gulati
    Given today's turbulent environment, business leaders are seeking a new path to success for their companies. But while many firms talk about transforming themselves around current trends such as digitization and remote work, most struggle when it comes to... View Details
    • Video

    Women, Contemporary Art, and Business

    • Research Summary

    Social Media and Their Consequences

    By: John A. Deighton
    Social media have had negative consequences for entertainment industries such as music and motion pictures, but they have had positive implications too. This project is concerned with one aspect of these social media effects: changes in the process by which talented... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Social Media
    • 2014
    • Chapter

    Technology Diffusion: Measurement, Causes and Consequences

    By: Diego A. Comin and Marti Mestieri
    This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions related to technology diffusion: what general patterns characterize the diffusion of technologies, and how have they changed over time; what are the key drivers of technology, and what... View Details
    Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Technology Adoption
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    • April–June 2022
    • Other Article

    Commentary on 'Causal Decision Making and Causal Effect Estimation Are Not the Same... and Why It Matters'

    By: Edward McFowland III
    There has been a substantial discussion in various methodological and applied literatures around causal inference; especially in the use of machine learning and statistical models to understand heterogeneity in treatment effects and to make optimal decision... View Details
    Keywords: Causal Inference; Treatment Effect Estimation; Treatment Assignment Policy; Human-in-the-loop; Decision Making; Fairness
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Antitrust Platform Regulation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China

    By: Ke Rong, D. Daniel Sokol, Di Zhou and Feng Zhu
    Many jurisdictions have launched antitrust enforcement and brought in regulation of large tech platforms. The swift and strict implementation of China’s Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Platform Economy (Platform Guidelines) provides a quasi-natural experiment... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Supply and Industry; China
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Cross-Border Reverse Mergers: Causes and Consequences

    By: Jordan Siegel and Yanbo Wang
    We study non-U.S. companies that have used reverse mergers as a means to adopt U.S. corporate law (and sometimes U.S. securities law as well). Early adopters of cross-border reverse mergers and those firms that hired a Big Four auditor exhibited superior corporate... View Details
    Keywords: Reverse Merger; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Nevada; United States
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    • 31 Oct 2015
    • News

    Social networks, ethnicity and entrepreneurship

    • 27 Jun 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in US Tax Policy and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions

    Keywords: by Benjamin Lockwood & Matthew Weinzierl
    • Article

    Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship

    By: Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth-Petersen and Ramana Nanda
    We exploit a mortgage reform that differentially unlocked home equity across the Danish population and study how this impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were founded in industries... View Details
    Keywords: Mortgage Reform; Home Equity; Financing Constraints; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Mortgages; Denmark
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    • Nov 14 2022
    • Testimonial

    An Inclusive Space To Learn And Grow

    • Program

    Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

    nonprofit organization—especially when tackling society's toughest challenges—senior executives and board members must prioritize assessment of organizational performance. In this live online program, you will View Details
    • November 1992 (Revised November 1993)
    • Case

    Anheuser-Busch and Campbell Taggart (Abridged)

    In 1984, the SEC accused Paul Thayer and eight others of insider trading. Some of Thayer's inside information came from his position on the board of Anheuser-Busch, where he had learned about Busch's 1982 merger with Campbell Taggart before the merger was publicly... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Capital Markets; United States
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    • 2013
    • Chapter

    Effective Teamwork and Collaboration

    By: Heidi K. Gardner
    Book Abstract: The ability to attract, develop, and retain talent has become one of the biggest competitive issues for law firms. But although talent management is now recognized as a business issue of prime importance, law firms often lack the experience, vision, and... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Legal Services Industry
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