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Commenting Added to ERPN

Last month, we beta tested abstract “commenting” functionality on all abstracts in our Cognitive Science Network (CSN). With the initial success and positive feedback, we added the functionality to all abstracts in our Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network (ERPN). This feature expands the possibilities and conversations based on scholarly research in the SSRN eLibrary. We [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 24, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 24, 2009: 1. The Unreasonableness of the Patent Office’s ‘Broadest Reasonable Interpretation’ Standard by Dawn-Marie Bey (King & Spalding LLP) and Christopher Anthony Cotropia (University of Richmond School of Law) 2. Distributed Security: A New Model of Law Enforcement [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 17, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 17, 2009: 1. Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals by Allen Rostron (University of Missouri at Kansas City – School of Law) and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri at Kansas City – School of Law) 2. [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 10, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 10, 2009: 1. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008 by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank – Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset [...]
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Weekly Announcements – July 6, 2009

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN: Loyola University Chicago School of Law Joins LSN Research Paper Series We are pleased to announce that Loyola University Chicago School of Law has started a Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Loyola-U-PUB.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Loyola-U-PUB First Issue: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/sample_issues/1410172_CMBO.html [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – July 3, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending July 3, 2009: 1. Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008 by Daniel Kaufmann (Brookings Institution) and Aart Kraay (World Bank – Development Research Group) and Massimo Mastruzzi (World Bank Institute) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset [...]
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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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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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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 Top 5 Papers – May 29, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 29, 2009: 1. Betas Used by Professors: A Survey with 2,500 Answers by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 3. Slapped [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 22, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 22, 2009: 1. Slapped in the Face by the Invisible Hand: Banking and the Panic of 2007 by Gary B. Gorton (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research) 2. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 15, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 15, 2009: 1. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management) 2. Buying Troubled Assets by Lucian A. Bebchuk (Harvard University – Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research; European Corporate Governance [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 8, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 8, 2009: 1. Too Big to Fail, Hidden Risks, and the Fallacy of Large Institutions by Charles S. Tapiero (NYU-Poly Institute) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NYU-Poly Institute) 2. Interrogation’s Law by William Ranney Levi (Yale University – Law School) [...]
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SSRN joins Twitter, Facebook, & LinkedIn

Today’s post was originally going to be a quick one describing what we are doing with “social networking” and how to follow us.  It still includes instructions below, but I was reviewing my notes from Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody for my AACSB presentation last week and realized a couple of fairly obvious points. First, [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 1, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending May 1, 2009: 1. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Cost and Ownership Structure by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard Business School; The Monitor Company; Social Science Electronic Publishing) and William H. Meckling (University of Rochester Simon School [deceased]) 2. [...]
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 24, 2009

Here are the top 5 papers downloaded from the SSRN eLibrary for the week ending April 24, 2009: 1. Best Ideas by Randolph B. Cohen (Harvard Business School), Christopher K. Polk (London School of Economics), and Bernhard Silli 2. Green Jobs Myths by Andrew P. Morriss (University of Illinois College of Law), William T. Bogart [...]
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