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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372481
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Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald - 2014
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458300
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Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes
Kerr, William R.; Kominers, Scott Duke - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777358
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Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885295
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Clusters of Entrepreneurship
Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M.; Kerr, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548787
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Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714042
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly with employment growth across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821933
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Tech Clusters
Kerr, William R. - 2020
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481616
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Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
Foley, C. Fritz - 2011
indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a particular ethnicity are associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461322
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Financing Innovation
Kerr, William R. - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457990