Monthly Archives: June 2009

Weekly Announcements – June 30, 2009

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN: Massey University College of Business Joins MRN Research Paper Series We are pleased to announce that Massey University College of Business has started a Business School Research Paper Series within the Management Research Network (MRN). View Papers: http://http://www.ssrn.com/link/Massey-U-Business.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Massey-U-Business Among New Zealand universities, Massey University is unique. [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 26, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 26, 2009: 1. Are Stocks Really Less Volatile in the Long Run? by Lubos Pastor (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research; National Bureau of Economic Research) and Robert F. Stambaugh (University of [...]
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Recent SSRN Development Project – Commenting Functionality

As part of “narrowing the distance” between authors and readers, we are beta testing “commenting” on all public abstract pages in our Cognitive Science Network.  As I said in a previous post, “…as scholarly research has moved from a model of scarcity to one of information overabundance, content is no longer king. The conversation that [...]
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Keeping Up with the Cyber Current

From Octane magazine: “Keeping Up With the Cyber Current”: In the June 2009 issue of Octane, Entrepreneurial Organization’s quarterly magazine, I outlined SSRN’s “three-step approach” to expanding our online presence through social media.  The approach is an ongoing process that allows us to evolve and accommodate the needs of our users as technology evolves.  As part [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 19, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 19, 2009: 1. Betas Used by Companies and Professors in Europe: A Survey by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Vicente J. Bermejo (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) 2. A Quantitative Approach to [...]
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Engagement Not Enrichment. Imagination Not Incorporation.

In scholarly research, there are many differences between the practices of the Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) disciplines and the Social Science and Humanities (SS&H) disciplines. According to a report commissioned by the JSTOR, “Scholarly Communications in the Biosciences Discipline,” journal articles are the primary focus of literature searches during research in the STM disciplines. [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 12, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 12, 2009: 1. How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students by Orin S. Kerr (George Washington University – Law School) 2. Regulating Bankers’ Pay by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University – Harvard Law School; [...]
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Differing Views of Social Media

Richard Stacy had an interesting blog post about journalism and the sanctity of publication. In this post he discusses the indignant attitude of journalists as it relates to the social media and how traditional journalists view traditional publications as the only forms of discourse to be valued. I am excited that we are seeing a [...]
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Re-innovating at SSRN

When I look at the SSRN Community, I am excited and motivated by the challenges and possibilities in front of us.  We need to be innovative and responsive to the changing needs of our community, but have to deal with the harsh realities of a terrible economy and limited development resources. However, I hope we [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – June 5, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending June 5, 2009: 1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. Slapped in the Face by the Invisible Hand: Banking and the Panic of 2007 by Gary B. Gorton (Yale School of [...]
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Weekly Announcements – June 4, 2009

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: European Banking Center of Tilburg University Joins FEN Research Paper Series We are pleased to announce that the European Banking Center of Tilburg University has started a Finance Research Centers Research Paper Series within the Financial Economics Network (FEN). View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Tilburg-U-RES.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Tilburg-U-RES EBC, the European Banking [...]
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Is it really a Brave NOW World?

“Brave NOW World” was the theme at the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting in Baltimore last week where several ideas were presented for new publishing models and technologies. Geoffrey Bilder (CrossRef) returned this year proselytizing the same model he presented at last year’s meeting. In his usual dry, in-your-face style, he revisited his [...]
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