This study advances the prior literature concerning the impact of information technology on productivity in academe in two important ways. First, it utilizes a dataset that combines information on the diffusion of two noteworthy and early innovations in IT -- BITNET and the Domain Name System...

This study advances the prior literature concerning the impact of information technology on productivity in academe in two important ways. First, it utilizes a dataset that combines information on the diffusion of two noteworthy and early innovations in IT -- BITNET and the Domain Name System...

This dissertation examines entrepreneurial activities in the U.S. biotechnology industry. I combine (i) data on founders, scientific advisors and research executives of all U.S. biotechnology firms that have filed IPO prospectuses between 1972 and 2002, and (ii) a random matched sample of 5,000...