Research Papers

• Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?

  By Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and James Bessen
  
  The extent to which geographic distance is a barrier to technological knowledge transfer is of interest to governments of countries distant from centers of knowledge creation or technology production; to entrepreneurs deciding where to locate a new firm that will need to remain abreast of technological developments; and to national or local policy-makers seeking to influence the decisions of such entrepreneurs.

• Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies

  Jim Bessen, Felix Poege and Ronja Röttger’s article “Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies”, Harvard Business Review, November 12, 2024.

• No Teens, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Investments

  By Cäcilia Lipowski
  
  Currently, 70% of U.S. firms report difficulties in hiring skilled labor (Manpower Group, 2024), and labor scarcity is expected to aggravate in the future due to demographic change.

• Can Machine Learning Target Health Care Fraud? Evidence from Medicare Hospitalizations

  By Shubhranshu Shekhar, Jetson Leder-Luis, and Leman Akoglu
  
  Hospitals often face financial incentives to overbill or commit fraud in order to maximize their reimbursements.

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