early childhood intervention program that measures knowledge of narrowly defined skills on essentially equivalent subsets of … detailed knowledge measures. We reject the hypothesis of aggregate scale invariance and call into question the uncritical use …

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data … talent is a central ingredient for the production of knowledge. Second, such talented individuals born in low- or middle …-income countries are systematically less likely to become knowledge producers. Our findings suggest that policies to encourage …

the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle …

international business visits. The results indicate that accessing external knowledge is a key determinant of the decision to … probability of knowledge gain, while visits to new customers and suppliers are those with the lowest. The likelihood of accessing … external knowledge is also affected by the type of employer and functional unit involved, and the characteristics of the …

How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one … that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends … sufficient. Expert leaders are those with (1) inherent knowledge, acquired through technical expertise combined with high ability …

the exam, suggesting that social ties are relevant both for solving free-riding problems and for inducing knowledge …