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Spreading the Word: Geography, Policy and Knowledge Spillovers
2012 study in The Review of Economics and Statistics looks at the diffusion of knowledge and patents across states and regions.
The Territorial Dynamics of Innovation in China and India
2012 study from the London School of Economics on differences between China and India in terms of business innovation.
Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Islands: Structural and Cultural Predictors of Organizational Innovation
2002 paper in Industrial and Corporate Change that examines innovation dynamics among more than 700 entrepreneurial teams attempting to start businesses.
Do Colleges and Universities Increase Their Region’s Human Capital?
2011 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the dynamics between higher education and local economies.
Self-employment and Local Economic Performance: Evidence from U.S. Counties
2011 study in Papers in Regional Science on the benefits of having more self-employed people and small businesses in a region.
Where Have All the U.S. Startups and Young Firms Gone?
2012 report by researchers from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Census Bureau on the relative decline in startups and “young” firms across the United States.
U.S. National Science Board: Science and Engineering Indicators 2012
2012 report from the National Science Foundation putting U.S. research and development and high tech industries in global context.
The Variability of IPO Initial Returns
2012 study in The Journal of Finance about the difficulty of pricing initial stock offerings accurately.
2012 study by the University of Toronto on the relationship between the skills used in a job and the salary for that job in a city of a given size.
2009 study in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing on the impact of fair trade on farmers’ quality of life.
Role of Microfinance in Promoting Women’s Social Capital and Normative Influence
2009 study from Wesleyan University on how small loan programs help women in India to gain wider agency, skills and power.
Creativity Bias: Why New Ideas Get Rejected
2011 study by Cornell University on feelings of uncertainty and the adoption of novel or practical ideas.
Skilled Immigration and Economic Growth
2008 Harvard, Duke and University of California study on the contributions of highly skilled and educated immigrants to the United States economy.
