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Venture Capital to Innovate, But Don't Get Carried Away (Finance and Accounting) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The form of equity financing &ndash; either public or private &ndash; affects managers&rsquo; incentives to innovate. Researcher: André Castro Silva</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
The effectiveness of grassroots campaigns against electoral violence (Development and Macroeconomics) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Evidence from Nigeria&rsquo;s 2007 elections. Researcher: Pedro Vicente</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
Knowledge outflows in multinationals and subsidiaries (Strategy and Markets) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">How does it impact performance? Researcher: Luis Lages</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
Does it smell like team spirit? (People and Society) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The idea of &ldquo;team spirit&rdquo; is commonly used and taken to be an ingredient of great teams. But what exactly is this process called &ldquo;team spirit&rdquo;?</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
Organizing deadly utopias (People and Society) - ...
Is Vote Buying Effective? (Development and Macroeconomics) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Exchanging cash for votes happens frequently in many parts of the world. But what about its consequences? A field experiment in West Africa sheds some light on the subject.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
To lend securities or not to lend: that is the question! (Finance and Accounting) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Lending equities is an important source of income for investment advisors. What influences the decision to lend? How does it affect the performance of funds?</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
Calling Circles and Network Competition (Microeconomics) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The impact of calling patterns and their implications for network&nbsp;competition and market outcomes.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
The Real Effects of Sovereign Credit Rating Downgrades (Finance and Accounting) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Findings suggest that poor public debt management leads to large&nbsp;adverse effects for the private sector.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
How to promote employee risk taking? (People and Society) - <p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">How risk taking should be actively pursued by organizations,&nbsp;changing the attitudes of their employees.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: opensans--regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /> &nbsp;</p>
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Prizes and Awards . 27 November 2025 Ana Balcão Reis Appointed Portugal’s National Delegate to OECD’s CERI

Ana Balcão Reis has been appointed by the Deputy Secretary of State for Education to serve as Portugal’s National Delegate to the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and...

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