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Skilled Human Capital and High-Growth Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Inventor Inflows
Balsmeier, Benjamin - 2020
To what extent does high-growth entrepreneurship depend on skilled human capital? We estimate the impact of the inflow … millions of inventor surnames in the 1940 U.S. Census. Inventor immigration increases county-level high-growth entrepreneurship … a smaller but significant negative effect of inventor arrival on entrepreneurship in nearby counties …
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Entrepreneurial Reluctance : Talent and Firm Creation in China
Bai, Chong-En; Jia, Ruixue; Li, Hongbin; Wang, Xin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The theoretical literature has long noted that talent can be used in both the entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial sectors, and its allocation depends on the reward structure. We test these hypotheses by linking administrative college admissions data for 1.8 million individuals with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533414
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Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists
Gompers, Paul A.; Mukharlyamov, Vladimir - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this paper we explore whether or not the experience as a founder of a venture capital-backed startup influences the performance of founders who become venture capitalists (VCs). We find that nearly 7% of VCs were previously founders of a venture-backed startup. Having a successful exit and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191001
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Populism and the Return of the “Paranoid Style” : Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance against Elite Betrayal
Tella, Rafael Di - 2016
the Trump-Clinton 2016 election: on average, subjects primed with the importance of competence in policymaking decrease … their support for Trump, the candidate who scores lower on competence in our survey. But two groups respond to the treatment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455705
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Leadership : A Personnel Economics Approach
Lazear, Edward P. - 2010
A theory of leadership is proposed and tested. Leaders are characterized as those who have the ability to choose the right direction more frequently than their peers. The theory implies that leaders tend to be more able, place themselves in visible decision making situations more frequently, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462733
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Understanding Corporate Governance Through Learning Models of Managerial Competence
Hermalin, Benjamin E. - 2014
A manager's shareholders, board of directors, and potential future employers are continually assessing his ability. A rich literature has documented that this insight has profound implications for corporate governance because assessment generates incentives (good and bad), introduces assorted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458636
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The Next Wave of Energy Innovation : Which Technologies? Which Skills?
Popp, David; Vona, Francesco; Gregoire-Zawilski, Myriam; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The costs of low-carbon energy fell dramatically over the past decade, leading to rapid growth in its deployment. However, many challenges remain to deploy low-carbon energy at a scale necessary to meet net zero carbon emission targets. If net zero goals are to be met, developing complementary...
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Gender Diversity in Academic Entrepreneurship : Social Impact Motives and the NSF I-Corps Program
Burrage, April; Dasgupta, Nilanjana; Ganguli, Ina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This study examines gender differences in the social impact and commercial motives for academic entrepreneurship using … the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) program. I-Corps provides experiential entrepreneurship … are more interested in pursuing commercialization and entrepreneurship activities when they are tackling societal problems …
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Management Practices, Workforce Selection and Productivity
Bender, Stefan - 2016
Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are mediated through employee decision-making and...
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Behind the GATE Experiment : Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2012
Various theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs … throughout the world. Using data from the largest randomized control trial ever conducted on entrepreneurship training, we …
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