Swedish research: Lucky science

Journal of Membrane Science and Research

Journal of Membrane Science and Research

Lucky Factors

We propose a new method to select amongst a large group of candidate factors — many of which might arise as a result of data mining — that purport to explain the cross-section of expected returns. The method is robust to general distributional characteristics of both factor and asset returns. We allow for the possibility of time-series as well as cross-sectional dependence. The technique accomm...

By the Swedish Cognitive Science Society Editors

Research Strategies in Science-based Start-ups: Effects on Performance in Danish and Swedish Biotechnology

Although biotech start-ups fail or succeed based on their research few attempts have been made to examine if and how they strategize in this core of their activity. Popular views on Dedicated Biotech Firms (DBFs) see the inherent uncertainty of research as defying notions of strategizing, directing instead the attention to the quality of their science, or the roles of boards, management, and co...