Spillover Asymmetry and Why It Matters

Spillovers Through Backward Linkages from Multinationals: Measurement Matters!

Spillovers Through Backward Linkages from Multinationals: Measurement Matters! We argue that the measures of backward linkages used in recent papers on spillovers from multinational companies are potentially problematic, as they depend on a number of restrictive assumptions, namely that (i) multinationals use domestically produced inputs in the same proportion as imported inputs, (ii) multinati...

On Management Matters: Why We Must Improve Public Health Management Through Action; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

Public health management is a pillar of public health practice. Only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. With this in mind, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an innovative program called Improving Public Health Management for Action (IMPACT) which aims to address th...

Why Learning How to Chase Butterflies Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

How Knowledge Spillovers between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs Affect the Specialization and Diversification of Venture Capital Funds -- and Why it Matters

We have a limited understanding of why different venture capital (VC) funds follow substantially different portfolio strategies and how these choices affect VC performance. We investigate this question by combining and extending the real options and knowledge spillover views of strategic entrepreneurship. In this approach, specialization by a VC fund implies a call option with liquidation value...

Does the education of peers’ mothers and fathers matter? Mechanisms of parental spillovers in the classroom∗

Research finds that parental characteristics of classroom peers, such as education, income, matters for achievement. We use rich survey data provided in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey to explore whether mother’s and/or father’s education creates spillover in the classroom and why the parental education of classroom peers matters. We distinguish between several possible channels of effe...