If we want everything to remain as it is, it willbe necessary for everything to change(Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957),Sicilian author). Over the last two decades, the externaldynamics of industrial firms have increasedconsiderably in terms of market andtechnological change.

Diverse and complex challenges in new venture formation demand rare and exceptional entrepreneurial acumen, particularly in technology-driven environments where disrupted markets amplify the factors and magnitude of uncertainty and risk. The successful technology entrepreneur (term of art for...

In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...