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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations
Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...
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Embracing an entrepreneurial ecosystem : an analysis of the governance of research joint ventures
Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 52 (2019) 2, pp. 429-436
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and Ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - In: The World Bank economic review 32 (2018) 1, pp. 163-182
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Firms and the economics of skilled immigration
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - 2014
to fostering innovation …
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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
to fostering innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969384
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Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
Foley, C. Fritz; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results … indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a particular ethnicity are associated …
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; bloom, nicholas; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641727
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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms
Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. firms using matched employer-employee data. Unlike most previous work, we use the firm as the lens of analysis to account for a greater level of heterogeneity and the fact that many skilled immigrant admissions are...
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Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
Bozkaya, Ant; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms....
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Financing Innovation
Kerr, William R.; Nanda, Ramana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We review the recent literature on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This … related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage innovation projects … innovation and changing external conditions, especially reduced experimentation costs. …
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