Using NBER patent data and hedge fund holdings in U.S. firms during 1998-2006, we study the effect of hedge fund ownership on corporate innovation. We find that hedge fund ownership promotes both patent quantity and quality, even after controlling for endogeneity. This stimulating effect is more...

Volume 8 of Advances in global leadership includes timely and impactful chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across cultures and other boundaries. Amidst accelerating complexity and global inter-connectedness, a deeper understanding of the variables associated with...

FRONT COVER -- ADVANCES IN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION - PASSION, COMPASSION AND COMPLEXITY IN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP RESEARCH AND PRACTICE -- GLOBAL MANAGEMENT -- LEADING INNOVATION AND CHANGE -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT --...

Recently, microalgae has been identified as a renewable fuel source and shown advantages over other biomass-based fuels in terms of low natural resource utilization, low environmental footprint and high energy efficiency. However, with current technologies, scaling up the production of algal...