Can large-scale peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation? We conducted an RCT involving almost 5 …

a remarkable persistence. We examine one particular source of persistence, namely the prevalence of gendered networks …

This paper discusses the relationship between a company's investment in innovation and its success in introducing new … homogenous R&D-based knowledge production function by introducing different types of innovation investments (R&D and technology … acquisition) for different sets of companies.Using the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) dataset comprising more than 3000 Italian …

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …

Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where … subprovincial governments freely traded land conversion quotas, and investigate the role of leader networks on the boundary between … uncertainty, incomplete contracting, and asset specificity, we find that leader career networks facilitate trade, controlling for …

generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in the field. We find that networks of different dimensions differ … substantially in density, clustering, and centrality. When relating generosity to networks we observe that social distance only …

This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which … firm. These findings have important implications in suggesting that job search networks help to reduce informational …