“Different conceptions of privacy and free speech often lead to different transatlantic approaches to regulating the internet. Whereas a strong first amendment in the US often means the US regulators are less likely to circumscribe speech and expression in online forums, the EU’s strong principals-based approach to privacy and individual reputation often trumps individual rights to free speech....

in value creation process via finding and exploiting opportunities, entrepreneurs have to create and use social networks to gain access to resources and information and benefit from their social capital. the entrepreneurs’ activities, contacts and performance can influence the social capital of a society. this research reviews the previous research regarding the effect of sex segregation on soc...

In this article, I compare personal networks of Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs in terms of network structure, relationships and resources accessed in networks. The Chinese data is composed of longitudinal phone interviews with 94 Internet entrepreneurs in Beijing, and the Russian data is comprised of longitudinal face-to-face interviews with 75 entrepreneurs in Moscow, Ekaterinburg and Petro...

Everyone experiences failure at some point in their lifetime. Entrepreneurs, especially, have a high incidence of failure, with estimates that over sixty percent fail within six years. Yet, a high percentage of failed entrepreneurs recover and persevere to start another business. Sometimes, they even become " serial entrepreneurs " who start many businesses. How do entrepreneurs recover from fa...

Best practice research indicates a need for a policy shift toward positive youth development (YD) principles and strategies. The New York State Youth Development Team (YDT) is a public-private partnership of leading agencies whose holistic vision, "families, schools and communities partner to support the development of healthy, capable and caring youth," requires key stakeholders at all levels ...

Sustainability transitions pose novel challenges to cities that go beyond traditional planning and urban development policies. Such transitions require broader engagement, empowerment, and breakthrough strategies which enable, facilitate, and direct social innovation processes towards adaptive and innovative urban futures. The transition approach offers a set of principles, a framework, instrum...

We demonstrate that firm eponymy—the familiar convention of firms being named after their owners—is linked to superior performance. We propose a novel explanation, referred to as “utility amplification,” and develop a corresponding signaling model. The model generates three main empirical predictions: (1) The incidence of eponymy will be low; (2) Eponymous firms will outperform other firms; (3)...

This paper explores three interconnected issues of relevance to sustainability and climate change: agro-ecological farming, poverty reduction and information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing countries. It collates evidence from different sources pointing to the potential benefits of agroecological farming methods for climate change adaptation and its poverty-reduction possibil...

This presentation will discuss a couple of arguments concerning public policy towards the management of tourism driven by natural attractions. Such attractions are public assets, but are priced at zero for private entrepreneurs for whom they are an essential input. The first argument I will address is that this is economically inefficient. Second, while price discrimination between domestic and...

Crowdfunding has emerged as a prominent way for entrepreneurs to secure funding without sophisticated intermediation. In crowdfunding, an entrepreneur often has to decide how to disclose the campaign status in order to collect as many contributions as possible. Such decisions are difficult to make primarily due to incomplete information. We propose information design as a tool to help the entre...