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Working Papers

2022

1. Entrepreneurship as the safe option: Evidence from India
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2019

2. The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The persistent effect of initial success: Evidence from venture capital, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (25) (2020)
3. The Silicon Valley Syndrome
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science
   See also Journal Article The Silicon Valley Syndrome, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2017

4. Innovation Policy in a Networked World
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Chapter Innovation Policy in a Networked World, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
   Journal Article Innovation Policy in a Networked World, Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (3) (2018)

2011

5. Spread Too Thin: Uncertainty Shocks and Diseconomies of Scope
   Working Papers, NET Institute View citations (1)

2010

6. Non-Compete Covenants: Incentives to Innovate or Impediments to Growth
   DRUID Working Papers, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Noncompete Covenants: Incentives to Innovate or Impediments to Growth, Management Science, INFORMS (2011) View citations (79) (2011)

2008

7. The Social Attachment to Place
   DRUID Working Papers, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies View citations (17)

2005

8. Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge across social boundaries
   Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography
   See also Chapter Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge Across Social Boundaries, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007) (2007)
9. Science, social networks and spillovers
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Science, Social Networks and Spillovers, Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (13) (2007)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The new argonauts: The international migration of venture‐backed companies
   Strategic Management Journal, 2024, 45, (8), 1485-1509
2. Theory, Search, and Learning
   Strategy Science, 2024, 9, (4), 372-381

2023

3. Jockeys, horses or teams? The selection of startups by venture capitalists
   Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2023, 19, (C) View citations (1)
4. The Silicon Valley Syndrome
   Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2023, 47, (2), 344-368 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Silicon Valley Syndrome, SocArXiv (2019) (2019)

2022

5. Building Status in an Online Community
   Organization Science, 2022, 33, (6), 2519-2540
6. Flat firms, complementary choices, employee effort, and the pyramid principle
   Journal of Organization Design, 2022, 11, (1), 11-14

2021

7. Do Startup Employees Earn More in the Long Run?
   Organization Science, 2021, 32, (3), 587-604 View citations (12)
8. Franchising for the social sector
   Journal of Organization Design, 2021, 10, (3), 119-121
9. The Economics of Filmed Entertainment in the Digital Era
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2021, 45, (2), 157-170 View citations (5)

2020

10. The persistent effect of initial success: Evidence from venture capital
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2020, 137, (1), 231-248 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2018

11. Do Start-ups Pay Less?
    ILR Review, 2018, 71, (5), 1179-1200 View citations (20)
12. Innovation Policy in a Networked World
    Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2018, 18, (1), 53 - 77 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Innovation Policy in a Networked World, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
    Chapter Innovation Policy in a Networked World, NBER Chapters, 2017, 53-77 (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
13. Social networks and the geography of entrepreneurship
    Small Business Economics, 2018, 51, (3), 527-537 View citations (31)
14. The gender gap in early career transitions in the life sciences
    Research Policy, 2018, 47, (6), 1007-1017 View citations (31)

2017

15. Entrepreneurs and Social Capital in China
    Management and Organization Review, 2017, 13, (2), 275-280 View citations (2)
16. Regional ecologies of entrepreneurship
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2017, 17, (5), 959-974 View citations (36)

2016

17. Crowding, satiation, and saturation: The days of television series' lives
    Strategic Management Journal, 2016, 37, (3), 565-585 View citations (10)

2015

18. Competitive Threats, Constraint, and Contagion in the Multiunit Firm
    Organization Science, 2015, 26, (6), 1721-1733 View citations (3)

2014

19. The who, why, and how of spinoffs
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2014, 23, (3), 661-688 View citations (21)
20. Valuation, Categories and Attributes
    PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, (8), 1-11

2013

21. Resource partitioning revisited: evidence from Italian television broadcasting
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2013, 22, (2), 459-487 View citations (4)

2012

22. Home Sweet Home: Entrepreneurs' Location Choices and the Performance of Their Ventures
    Management Science, 2012, 58, (6), 1059-1071 View citations (163)

2011

23. Noncompete Covenants: Incentives to Innovate or Impediments to Growth
    Management Science, 2011, 57, (3), 425-438 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Non-Compete Covenants: Incentives to Innovate or Impediments to Growth, DRUID Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
24. The Ratings Game: Asymmetry in Classification
    Organization Science, 2011, 22, (3), 541-553 View citations (22)
25. Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (1), 338-349 View citations (216)

2010

26. The migration of technical workers
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (1), 33-45 View citations (82)
    See also Chapter The Migration of Technical Workers, NBER Chapters, 2010 (2010) View citations (87) (2010)
27. Venture capital as a catalyst to commercialization
    Research Policy, 2010, 39, (10), 1348-1360 View citations (66)

2007

28. Brokers and Competitive Advantage
    Management Science, 2007, 53, (4), 566-583 View citations (34)
29. Science, Social Networks and Spillovers
    Industry and Innovation, 2007, 14, (2), 219-238 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Science, social networks and spillovers, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2006

30. Complexity, networks and knowledge flow
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (7), 994-1017 View citations (247)
    See also Chapter Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows, Chapters, 2010 (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
31. Editorial Objectives: Organizations and Social Networks
    Management Science, 2006, 52, (10), iv-iv View citations (1)

2004

32. Science and the diffusion of knowledge
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (10), 1615-1634 View citations (149)
33. Science as a map in technological search
    Strategic Management Journal, 2004, 25, (8‐9), 909-928 View citations (421)

2003

34. Asymmetric selection among organizations
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003, 12, (4), 673-695 View citations (10)
35. Interdependence and Adaptability: Organizational Learning and the Long--Term Effect of Integration
    Management Science, 2003, 49, (4), 446-463 View citations (56)
36. Social networks and industrial geography
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2003, 13, (5), 513-527 View citations (82)
    See also Chapter Social networks and industrial geography, Springer Books, 2005, 55-69 (2005) View citations (10) (2005)
37. The geography of opportunity: spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (2), 229-253 View citations (257)

2002

38. The Red Queen in organizational creation and development
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2002, 11, (2), 289-325 View citations (40)

2001

39. Finding the right mix: franchising, organizational learning, and chain performance
    Strategic Management Journal, 2001, 22, (6‐7), 713-724 View citations (101)
40. Technology as a complex adaptive system: evidence from patent data
    Research Policy, 2001, 30, (7), 1019-1039 View citations (451)

2000

41. Letting the market work for you: an evolutionary perspective on product strategy
    Strategic Management Journal, 2000, 21, (5), 577-592 View citations (53)

Chapters

2017

1. Innovation Policy in a Networked World
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 18, 2017, pp 53-77 View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Innovation Policy in a Networked World, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
   Working Paper Innovation Policy in a Networked World, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2010

2. Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows
   Chapter 15 in The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography, 2010 View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Complexity, networks and knowledge flow, Elsevier (2006) View citations (247) (2006)
3. The Migration of Technical Workers
   A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (87)
   See also Journal Article The migration of technical workers, Elsevier (2010) View citations (82) (2010)

2007

4. Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge Across Social Boundaries
   Chapter 7 in Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography, 2007
   See also Working Paper Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge across social boundaries, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2005) (2005)

2005

5. Social Networks, Informational Complexity and Industrial Geography*
   Springer View citations (5)
6. Social networks and industrial geography
   Springer View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Social networks and industrial geography, Springer (2003) View citations (82) (2003)