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Conference Paper
Peer effects in the workplace: evidence from professional transitions for the superstars of medicine
Pierre Azoulay?s presentation reported the progress on a very data-intensive project trying to understand the role of superstars in the medical sciences. Here the researchers are building a large panel data set on medical researchers and tracking the movement of superstars across institutions to better understand the effect of superstars on the research productivity of their colleagues.
Journal Article
The role of colleges and universities in building local human capital
Colleges and universities can contribute to the economic success of a region by deepening the skills and knowledge?or human capital?of its residents. Producing graduates who join the region?s educated workforce is one way these institutions increase human capital levels. In addition, the knowledge and technologies created through research activities at area universities may not only attract new firms to a region but also help existing businesses expand and innovate. These ?spillover effects? can in turn raise the region?s demand for high-skilled workers.
Working Paper
Research and development with asymmetric firm sizes
Briefing
Discussing Data: The Elevator Pitch
Researchers and custodians of data are often tasked with explaining their data to unfamiliar audiences. There exists a knowledge gap that can be challenging, particularly when attempting to communicate research that uses complex or less well-known data. This paper describes an “elevator pitch” that can be used to quickly and efficiently present core characteristics of data. Specifically, it outlines seven core characteristics that can be used to create such a pitch. Additionally, it provides examples of how this compact description can be integrated into research papers, presentations, or ...
Conference Paper
Academic entrepreneurs: social learning and participation in university technology transfer
Maryann Feldman?s research asked what determines whether individual faculty members at universities actively engage in the commercialization of their research. She shows that peer effects and prior training matter. A faculty member is more likely to engage in commercialization if his or her colleagues do so and if they were trained at institutions with strong commercialization programs.
Speech
Opening remarks: a speech at the Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference Financing Community Development, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2007
Presented by Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, presented at the Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference, Financing Community Development, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2007
Conference Paper
The influence of university research on industrial innovation
Gerald Marschke examined university and industrial patents and found evidence of two trends that suggest a growing link between university research and industrial innovation. First, the flow of university researchers to private sector firms is growing. Second, industrial innovators are using more university-created knowledge in their products.
Conference Paper
Research in the policy process
Monograph
Applying Research to Policy Issues in Distressed Housing Markets: Data-Driven Decision Making
A compilation of research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on housing markets experiencing foreclosure and/or a large number of vacant properties which sheds light on a wide range of housing markets. It provides possible policy solutions applicable to both regional and national policy discussions.