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Why is Productivity Correlated with Competition?
Backus, Matthew - 2019
The correlation between productivity and competition is an oft-observed but ill-understood result. Some suggest that … there is a treatment effect of competition on measured productivity, e.g. through a reduction of managerial slack. Others … argue that greater competition makes unproductive establishments exit by reallocating demand to their productive rivals …
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From Russia with Love : The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
Falck, Oliver - 2010
effects are due to increased competition for local resources …
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What Drives Differences in Management?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2017
: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …
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Seeking Alpha : Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Acharya, Viral V. - 2013
We present a model in which managers are risk-averse and firms compete for scarce managerial talent ("alpha"). When managers are not mobile across firms, firms provide efficient compensation, which allows for learning about managerial talent and for insurance of low-quality managers. When...
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What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation
Sauermann, Henry - 2008
We examine the impact of individual-level motives upon innovative effort and performance in firms. Drawing from economics and social psychology, we develop a model of the impact of individuals' motives and incentives upon their innovative effort and performance. Using data on over 11,000...
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Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital : Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
Gompers, Paul - 2006
This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. Funding by more...
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Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship
Azoulay, Pierre - 2018
Many observers, and many investors, believe that young people are especially likely to produce the most successful new firms. We use administrative data at the U.S. Census Bureau to study the ages of founders of growth-oriented start-ups in the past decade. Our primary finding is that successful...
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Measuring Loan Outcomes at Postsecondary Institutions : Cohort Repayment Rates as an Indicator of Student Success and Institutional Accountability
Chou, Tiffany - 2017
Low- and middle-income college borrowers often struggle with economic opportunity and loan burdens after leaving school. However, some institutions, including some non-selective schools, do a good job of providing economic mobility to low-income students. This implies that there is scope for a...
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Measuring Instructor Effectiveness in Higher Education
De Vlieger, Pieter - 2016
Instructors are a chief input into the higher education production process, yet we know very little about their role in promoting student success. This is in contrast to elementary and secondary schooling, for which ample evidence suggests teacher quality is an important determinant of student...
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Killer Incentives : Status Competition and Pilot Performance during World War II
Ager, Philipp - 2016
. However, status competition is also associated with excessive expenditure on status goods, greater likelihood of bankruptcy …, and more risk taking by money managers. This paper examines the effects of recognition and status competition jointly. In … collected data on monthly "victory" scores of more than 5,000 German pilots during World War II, we find that status competition …
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