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The Effects of Increasing Competition and Uncertainty on Incentives and Extreme-Value Outcomes in Innovation Contests

Harvard Business School Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Working Paper, Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2008-6

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2010

Kevin Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera and Karim R. Lakhani

Northeastern University, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Harvard Business School - Technology and Operations Management Group

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Different Missions and Commitment Power in R&D Organization: Theory and Evidence on Industry-University Alliances

Organization Science, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2015

Nicola Lacetera

University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Viral Altruism? Charitable Giving and Social Contagion in Online Networks

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Viral Altruism? Charitable Giving and Social Contagion in Online Networks

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2437463

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 May 2014 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Angelo Mele

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Viral Altruism? Generosity and Social Contagion in Online Networks

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8171

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 May 2014

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Angelo Mele

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Inside or Outside the IP-System? Business Creation in Academia

Research Policy, Vol. 39, pp. 1060–1069, 2010

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013

Riccardo Fini, Nicola Lacetera and Scott Shane

University of Bologna - Department of Management, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics

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Academic Entrepreneurship

Managerial and Decision Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2014

Nicola Lacetera

University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Academic Entrepreneurship

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, DOI: 10.1057/978113729467

Posted: 22 Nov 2013

Riccardo Fini, Nicola Lacetera and Scott Shane

University of Bologna - Department of Management, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics

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Individual Preferences, Organization, and Competition in a Model of R&D Incentive Provision

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Individual Preferences, Organization, and Competition in a Model of R&D Incentive Provision

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2014

Nicola Lacetera and Lorenzo Zirulia

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Bologna - School of Economics, Management, and Statistics

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Individual Preferences, Organization, and Competition in a Model of R&D Incentive Provision

NBER Working Paper No. w17031

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 May 2011

Nicola Lacetera and Lorenzo Zirulia

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Bologna - Department of Economics

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Different Yokes for Different Folks: Individual Preferences, Institutional Logics, and the Commercialization of Academic Research

SPANNING BOUNDARIES AND DISCIPLINES: UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION IN THE IDEA AGE-ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Gary Libecap and Marie Thursby, eds., Vol. 21, pp. 1–25, Innovation and Economic Growth, 2010

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013

Riccardo Fini and Nicola Lacetera

University of Bologna - Department of Management and University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Motivating Altruism: A Field Study

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3770

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 Oct 2008

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Social Image Concerns and Pro-Social Behavior

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3771

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Oct 2008

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market

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Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2010

Nicola Lacetera, Devin G. Pope and Justin R. Sydnor

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Case Western Reserve University

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Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market

NBER Working Paper No. w17030

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 May 2011

Nicola Lacetera, Devin G. Pope and Justin R. Sydnor

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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The Economics of Scientific Misconduct

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2011

Nicola Lacetera and Lorenzo Zirulia

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Bologna - School of Economics, Management, and Statistics

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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment

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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment

Milton Friedman Institute Working Paper No. 2011-010, Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2011-010

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2012

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Robert Slonim

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and The University of Sydney

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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w17636

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2011

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Robert Slonim

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and The University of Sydney

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Viral Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment of Social Contagion in On-Line Networks

NET Institute Working Paper No. 12-16

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Nov 2012

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Angelo Mele

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6085

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 09 Nov 2016

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10187

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 19 Sep 2016

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w22632

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 12 Sep 2016

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Rewarding Volunteers: A Field Experiment - Online Appendix

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Aug 2013

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Robert Slonim

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and The University of Sydney

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Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Substitution Effects in Pro-Social Behavior

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4567

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Dec 2009

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Robert Slonim

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and The University of Sydney

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Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4458

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Oct 2009

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration

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Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration

CESifo Working Paper No. 8182

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2020

Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Mirco Tonin

University of Chicago, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13092

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Apr 2020

Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Mirco Tonin

University of Chicago, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Expectations, Reference Points, and Compliance with Covid-19 Social Distancing Measures

NBER Working Paper No. w26916

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2020

Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Mirco Tonin

University of Chicago, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Is high-Quality Production Location-Specific? Evidence from the Automobile Industry

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2011

Nicola Lacetera and Justin R. Sydnor

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Case Western Reserve University

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Incentives and Ethics in the Economics of Body Parts

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Incentives and Ethics in the Economics of Body Parts

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2905069, Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14/2017

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jan 2017

Nicola Lacetera

University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Incentives and Ethics in the Economics of Body Parts

NBER Working Paper No. w22673

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Sep 2016

Nicola Lacetera

University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Understanding Repugnance: Implications for Public Policy

Serie Documentos de Trabajo, Nro. 614, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3051855

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Oct 2017

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda

NBER Working Paper No. w19525

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2014

Ajay K. Agrawal, John J. Horton, Nicola Lacetera and Elizabeth Lyons

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

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Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S

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Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6814

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Oct 2012

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Sarah Stith

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: the Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S

NBER Working Paper No. w18299

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2012

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Sarah Stith

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S. - Online Appendix

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Oct 2013

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Sarah Stith

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Does Scientific Progress Affect Culture? A Digital Text Analysis

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Does Scientific Progress Affect Culture? A Digital Text Analysis

CESifo Working Paper No. 7499

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Feb 2019

Michela Giorcelli, Nicola Lacetera and Astrid Marinoni

University of California - Los Angeles, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Toronto

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Does Scientific Progress Affect Culture? A Digital Text Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w25429

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2019

Michela Giorcelli, Nicola Lacetera and Astrid Marinoni

University of California - Los Angeles, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Toronto

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Moral Nimby-Ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada

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Moral Nimby-Ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11509

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 May 2018

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Moral NIMBY-ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7034

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jul 2018

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Moral Nimby-Ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada

NBER Working Paper No. w24572

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 15 May 2018

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Would You Buy a Honda Made in the U.S.? The Impact of Production Location on Manufacturing Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w18005

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2014

Nicola Lacetera and Justin R. Sydnor

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets?

NBER Working Paper No. w18720

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2014

Ajay K. Agrawal, Nicola Lacetera and Elizabeth Lyons

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

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Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities

NBER Working Paper No. w23214

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2017

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Paola Salardi

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

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Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes Toward Payments for Human Organs

NBER Working Paper No. w20866

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2015

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w19731

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Nicola Lacetera, Bradley Larsen, Devin G. Pope and Justin R. Sydnor

University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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The Effects of Information, Social and Economic Incentives on Voluntary Undirected Blood Donations: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Argentina

NBER Working Paper No. w18630

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Dec 2012

Victor Iajya, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis and Robert Slonim

Universidad Nacional de Tucumán - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and The University of Sydney

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Above a Swamp: A Theory of High-Quality Scientific Production

NBER Working Paper No. w21143

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 30 May 2015

Bralind Kiri, Nicola Lacetera and Lorenzo Zirulia

TOBB University of Economics and Technology, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of Bologna - Department of Economics

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Estimating the Effect of Salience in Wholesale and Retail Car Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w18820

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2020

Meghan R. Busse, Nicola Lacetera, Devin G. Pope, Jorge M. Silva-Risso and Justin R. Sydnor

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Toronto - Strategic Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of California, Riverside (UCR) - A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Leaning in or Not Leaning Out? Opt-Out Choice Framing Attenuates Gender Differences in the Decision to Compete

NBER Working Paper No. w26484

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Nov 2019

Joyce He, Sonia K. Kang and Nicola Lacetera

University of Toronto, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w25581

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Feb 2019

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of CEMA, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Social Image Concerns and Prosocial Behavior: Field Evidence from a Nonlinear Incentive Scheme

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2010

Posted: 12 Mar 2011

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

University of Toronto - Strategic Management and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Multiple Missions and Academic Entrepreneurship

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship

Posted: 04 Nov 2009

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University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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University of Toronto - Strategic Management

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University of Toronto at Mississauga - Department of Management

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