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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Creative Construction: Knowledge Sharing in Production Networks
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Evgenii Fadeev\, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics\, Harvard 	Paper: Creative Construction: Knowledge Sharing in Production Networks 	Abstract: Knowledge flows between firms are often measured using patent citations. I show that even the most cited patents on average receive the majority of citations from one firm only\, and this concentration has significantly increased since 2000. Using the movement of inventors across companies\, I show that the concentration is primarily driven by firms rather than inventors. I develop a theory of knowledge sharing between firms that accounts for these citation patterns. Citations are correlated with the sharing of trade secrets that are complementary to patented technologies. They are concentrated because only a limited set of firms gets access to private knowledge of a patent owner. Firms have incentives to share their secrets with producers of complementary products such as suppliers and customers but to conceal them from competitors. In turn\, competitors can obtain private knowledge from each other through their common suppliers and customers if the latter did not sign confidentiality agreements. The model predicts contractual arrangements and patterns of knowledge sharing (citations) in a production network based on the degree of industry competition and firms’ bargaining positions vis-a-vis their suppliers/customers. Using the network data for the U.S. publicly traded firms and the variation across industries in the exposure to import competition from China\, I provide empirical evidence supporting the predictions of the theory. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-creative-construction-knowledge-sharing-in-production-networks/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Mechanisms of Hardware and Soft Technology Evolution and the Implications for Low-Carbon Energy Costs
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Magdalena Klemun\, Assistant Professor\, Division of Public Policy\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Interdisciplinary Program Office; Research Affiliate\, Institute for Data\, Systems\, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. 	Abstract: Technologies typically contain both physical (‘hardware’) and non-physical (‘soft technology’) features\, such as the duration of installation tasks and other services needed to deploy hardware. Both types of features contribute significantly to technology costs and performance\, yet soft technology has been researched less than hardware. 	In this talk\, she will discuss fundamental differences between hardware and soft technology features in how these features contribute to the evolution of hardware and non-hardware (‘soft’) costs\, using examples from the cost evolution of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and nuclear fission plants. Despite divergent overall cost trajectories\, the relative share of soft costs has risen in both technologies\, suggesting a greater role for non-hardware innovation in future cost trends. However\, past changes in soft costs were driven to a large degree by the evolution of hardware rather than soft technology features\, and rising shares of soft costs do not necessarily correspond to a greater cost influence of soft technology features today. These results reveal new insight into how technology costs might be driven down in the future\, through more deliberate\, model-informed approaches to improving soft technology and a continued emphasis on innovation in hardware. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Brief Bio: Magdalena M. Klemun is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Interdisciplinary Program Office and a Research Affiliate at the Institute for Data\, Systems\, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. She is also affiliated with the HKUST Energy Institute. Her research examines the dynamics of low-carbon energy innovation\, with a focus on how hardware and non-hardware factors interact and shape performance evolution at the technology- and systems-level. She holds a PhD in Engineering Systems from MIT\, an MS in Earth Resources Engineering from Columbia University\, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from Vienna University of Technology. Prior to joining HKUST\, she was a postdoc at IDSS.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-mechanisms-of-hardware-and-soft-technology-evolution-and-the-implications-for-low-carbon-energy-costs/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Development Talks: Community Engagement as a Frontline to National Development
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Topic: Community Engagement as a Frontline to National Development: The Peace Corps Experience 	Speaker: Dr. Josephine (Jody) K. Olsen\, Executive Director of U.S. Peace Corps (2017-2021) 	Moderator: Tim Freeman\, Research Fellow\, Growth Lab 	Whether attending in-person or watching over Zoom\, please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. 	About the speaker:Dr. Josephine (Jody) Olsen\, PhD\, served as the 20th Director of the Peace Corps from March 2018 to January 2021.  In March 2020\, at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic\, she led the nine-day evacuation back to the United States of all 7\,000 Peace Corps Volunteers from 61 countries. During her tenure\, she opened a new Peace Corps program in Viet Nam\, championed global women’s economic empowerment\, and led Peace Corps HIV/AIDS mitigation efforts in Africa. Read more
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-community-engagement-as-a-frontline-to-national-development/
LOCATION:Democracy Lab\, Rubenstein 414 AB/Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Colonialism and Development
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is the fourth in our Diversity in Development series. This panel will investigate connections between the world history of colonialism and related racism within the international development sector. Further\, the panelists\, both female scholars of color\, will discuss their visions of decolonizing the development sector. 	Panelists:Zophia Edwards\, Associate Professor\, Providence CollegeOlivia Rutazibwa\, Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics\, LSE 	Moderator: Syeda Masood\, HKS MPA/ID 2008 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	This series is hosted in coordination with the MPA/ID Program and the MPA/ID alumni community.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/seminar-colonialism-and-development/
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