Research
Published research.
As an academic, my research appeared in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the RAND Journal of Economics, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, IEEE and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The common thread: how knowledge, people and technology create value - and how to measure it.
- 2023
Strategic Citation: A Reassessment
Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(2): 458–466
With Jeffrey Kuhn and Alan Marco
The United States patent system is unique in that it requires an applicant to cite documents they know to be relevant to the examination of their patent application.
PDF - 2020
Motivating Innovation: The Effect of Loss Aversion on the Willingness to Persist
Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3): 569–582
With Yaroslav Rosokha
We investigate the willingness of individuals to persist at exploration in the face of failure.
PDF - 2020
Patent Citations Reexamined
The RAND Journal of Economics, 51(1): 109–132
With Jeffrey Kuhn and Alan Marco
Many studies rely on patent citations to measure intellectual heritage and impact.
PDF - 2019
Text Similarity in Vector Space Models: A Comparative Study
IEEE, 18th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)
With Omid Shahmirzadi and Adam Lugowski
Automatic measurement of semantic text similarity is an important task in natural language processing.
PDF - 2018
Competitive Pressure on the Rate and Scope of Innovation
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 150: 162–181
With Tony Tong
While executives play an important role in leading firm innovation, they may economize on efforts to innovate when protected from takeover threat.
PDF - 2016
The Value of Employee Retention: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 25: 652–677
With Matt Marx
We estimate the firm-level returns to retaining employees using difference-in-differences analysis and a natural experiment.
PDF - 2015
How Anticipated Employee Mobility Affects Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Strategic Management Journal, 36: 686–708
With Tony Tong and Lee Fleming · Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Award, 2011
This study draws on strategic factor market theory and argues that acquirers’ decisions regarding whether to bid for a firm reflect their expectations about employee departure.
PDF - 2015
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy
National Bureau of Economic Research, The Changing Frontier (Adam Jaffe and Ben Jones, eds.), chapter 7: 199–232
With Ramana Nanda and Lee Fleming
We document three facts related to innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy.
PDF - 2012
Employee Mobility and the Appropriation of Value from Knowledge
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Academy of Management (BPS), 2013
Firms often rely on human assets to generate and maintain knowledge.
PDF - 2011
Clean Energy Innovation: Sources of Technical and Commercial Breakthroughs
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL/TP-6A20-50624
With Thomas Perry, Mackay Miller, Lee Fleming and James Newcomb
Low-carbon energy innovation is essential to combat climate change, promote economic competitiveness, and achieve energy security.
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