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.
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.
Podcast with Julien Mc Donald-Guimond interviewing TPRI’s Executive Director, James Bessen, on why automation sometimes increases employment and decreases it at other time.
La planche à billets ASDEQ , May 8, 2024.
A recent paper “Perpetuating Wage Inequality: Evidence from Salary History Bans” published in the Journal of Economic Inequality by scholars from TPRI (James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng) has influenced policy.
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director, quoted in “The US steel industry is going through a rough patch. How did it get there?” Marketplace, March 14, 2024.
Firms are increasingly investing in marketing activities; marketing assets are becoming an important component of firm capital. But how much do these investments contribute to economic growth?
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director, provided testimony before the House of Commons of Canada HUMA Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities about AI and the workforce on November 20, 2023.
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director, was interviewed and his research was cited in “What history tells us to expect about the future of AI and automation”, Charter Works, November 12, 2023.