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Keeping it simple: financial literacy and rules of thumb

Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Gregory; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Individuals and business owners engage in an increasingly complex array of financial decisions that are critical for their success and well-being. Yet a growing literature documents that in both developed and developing countries, a large fraction of the population is unprepared to make these...

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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...

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Top team demographics, innovation and business performance: findings from English firms and cities 2008-9

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...

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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...

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Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship: blessing or curse?

Estrin, Saul; Hülya Danakol, Seçil; Reynolds, Paul; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our … entrepreneurship in aggregate and intra-industry to be negative. Policies need to consider how to counteract this effect. …

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Cultural diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship: firm-level evidence from London

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales strategies in London businesses between 2005 and 2007. London is … data allowed us to distinguish owner/partner and wider workforce characteristics, identify migrant/minority-headed firms … entrepreneurship. Overall, the results provide some support for claims that diversity is an economic asset, as well as a social benefit. …

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