Monthly Archives: May 2010

Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 28, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 28, 2010: 1. The Subjects of the Constitution by Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (Georgetown University Law Center) 2. Market Risk Premium Used in 2010 by Analysts and Companies: A Survey with 2,400 Answers by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – [...]
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A Wandering Mind is a Busy Mind

A couple of weeks ago we blogged about taking contemplative time to find innovative solutions. Along the same theme, I wanted to visit another interesting behavior: the wandering mind. A friend shared a Wall Street Journal article that explores how a wandering mind can lead to creative insights. Today, more than ever, innovators are eager [...]
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Weekly Announcements – May 24, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing New FEN Subject Matter eJournal We are pleased to announce a new Financial Economics Network (FEN) Subject Matter eJournal — International Corporate Finance eJournal. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE eJOURNAL View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Corporate-Finance.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Corporate-Finance Editor: Rene M. Stulz, Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Finance, National Bureau [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 21, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 21, 2010: 1. Are State Public Pensions Sustainable? Why the Federal Government Should Worry About State Pension Liabilities by Joshua D. Rauh (Northwestern University – Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) 2. ANTEVENIO: The First Spanish [...]
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Weekly Announcements – May 17, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing 2 New and 1 Upgraded ERN Research Paper Series Journals We are pleased to announce that Norges Bank has started an ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series; Universidad Icesi Department of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series, both within the Economics Research [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 14, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 14, 2010: 1. Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model by Werner Erhard (Independent) and Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.) and Steve Zaffron (Landmark [...]
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Weekly Announcements – May 10, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN: Announcing 7th Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference Abstracting eJournal In cooperation with the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Georgia Tech’s College of Management, the Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network (ERPN) is pleased to announce the 7th [...]
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Vote on the Social Sciences’ Hardest Unsolved Problems

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the April 10th Hardest Problems Symposium that took place at Harvard University. The one day symposium brought together twelve panelists from top universities to share, in their view, the toughest social science challenges. The panelists identified the top thirty hardest, most important, unsolved problems in social science [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 7, 2010

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 7, 2010: 1. Relative Strength Strategies for Investing by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. Where to File Your Patent Case by Mark A. Lemley (Stanford Law School) 3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane [...]
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