Many technology products and platform markets are characterized by indirect network effects. These network effects arise when the benefit from using a product or a service increases with the use of a complementary product or service.…Read More
This proposal seeks to study the relationship between the hiring of immigrant high-skill workers and firm-level production innovation.…Read More
The goal of our project is to establish a measure of the physical probabilities and risk premia associated with low (zero) interest rate outcomes.…Read More
In this project, we seek to address this knowledge gap by examining how the corporate social reputation of rival companies impact a focal firm’s entry and promotion strategies in the sustainable consumer packaged goods (CPG) market. …Read More
This project will examine the response by entrepreneurs to sociopolitical forces such as nationalism and populism.…Read More
This project uses detailed firm-level data to construct dynamic firm-to-firm innovation networks from 1919 to 2018 and explores the economic value as well as innovation opportunities and risks in innovation networks.…Read More
Private equity (PE) investment in U.S. healthcare has increased dramatically in recent years. …Read More
Innovation in medical technology has played a large role in the growth in welfare benefits and monetary costs due to health care over the last half century. Like many industries that rely on innovation, medical technology has an active market for corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). …Read More
The goal of this project is to examine the relation between financial contracting and the risks stemming from climate change. …Read More
Book adaptation is an important innovation source for movie production. Similar to other evolutionary product innovations (e.g., smartphones vs. dumbphones), adapting a book into a movie provides an opportunity to reach a larger audience.…Read More
In September 2019, the State of California passed Assembly Bill 5, a bill that re-defines many categories of work that previously fell under contractor status. Among all industries that will be affected by this bill, service platforms make the top of the list. …Read More
I plan to provide a theoretical framework to understand how firms actively participating in global production adjust their technology strategies in the flux of deglobalization. …Read More
This paper studies the strategy of entrepreneurs to finance their experimentation given the presence of adverse selection in capital markets. …Read More
Profit maximization is a central premise that guides much of our understanding of firm behavior. However, entrepreneurial companies do not appear to simply maximize profits. …Read More
The smart traffic light is one of the major disruptions for smart cities. We will study the effect of the smart traffic lights on road traffic, congestion, and the network effect for these installations. …Read More
In recent years, firms have started to incorporate new techniques from artificial intelligence into their decision making processes. However, these techniques come with a novel set of reputational and legal risks relating to algorithmic bias and digital discrimination. …Read More
The study uses a semi-structured interview strategy to examine how impact fund managers and impact advisors utilize impact data in investment strategy. …Read More
This proposal requests research funding for the development of two papers that propose novel methods for leveraging large amounts of imprecise information along with small amounts of specific information to improve the efficacy of medical treatment. …Read More
Despite the prevalence of paycheck dispersion, defined as fluctuations in the amount of pay they receive in return for their labor from paycheck to paycheck, in contemporary employment relationships, we know relatively little about its consequences for organizations.…Read More
Organizational sponsors foster young entrepreneurial firms by providing resources to increase survival rates. Sponsorship can be financial, as with tax incentive structures, public and private grant programs, or early stage private investment. …Read More
