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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Overview

Olav Sorenson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research predominantly falls under the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Strategy and Management.

The topics that frequently appear in Sorenson's work include Private Equity and Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Firm Innovation and Growth, Corporate Finance and Governance, Economic Growth and Productivity, Cinema and Media Studies, and Digital Games and Media.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sorenson include:

  • "The persistent effect of initial success: Evidence from venture capital" (2020, Journal of Financial Economics)
  • "Do Startup Employees Earn More in the Long Run?" (2021, Organization Science)
  • "The Silicon Valley Syndrome" (2021, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice)
  • "The Economics of Filmed Entertainment in the Digital Era" (2021, Journal of Cultural Economics)
  • "Building Status in an Online Community" (2022, Organization Science)

Sorenson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Tiantian Yang
  • Lee Fleming
  • Michael S. Dahl
  • S. Abraham Ravid
  • David M. Waguespack

The scholar has published notably in the following venues, often contributing multiple works to some:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Organization Science
  • Journal of Cultural Economics
  • Journal of Organization Design
  • Journal of Financial Economics

Olav Sorenson's book publications have appeared with The Berkeley-Haas Case Series at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business eBooks. Titles include:

  • Aptera: Technology and Manufacturing Choices (B) (2022)
  • Aptera: The First Time Around (A) (2022)
  • Aptera: The Future of Financing (C) (2022)

Awards received include the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments

    Olav Sorenson;Toby E. Stuart

  • Science as a map in technological search

    Lee Fleming;Olav Sorenson

  • Technology as a complex adaptive system: evidence from patent data

    Lee Fleming;Olav Sorenson

  • The social structure of entrepreneurial activity : Geographic concentration of footwear production in the United States, 1940-1989

    Olav Sorenson;Pino G. Audia

  • Complexity, networks and knowledge flow

    Olav Sorenson;Jan W. Rivkin;Lee Fleming

  • The geography of opportunity: spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms

    Toby Stuart;Olav Sorenson

  • Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth

    Sampsa Samila;Olav Sorenson

  • Finding the right mix: franchising, organizational learning, and chain performance

    Olav Sorenson;Jesper B. Sørensen

  • Liquidity Events and the Geographic Distribution of Entrepreneurial Activity

    Toby E. Stuart;Olav Sorenson

  • Home Sweet Home: Entrepreneurs' Location Choices and the Performance of Their Ventures

    Michael S. Dahl;Olav Sorenson

  • Strategic networks and entrepreneurial ventures

    Toby E. Stuart;Olav Sorenson

  • Bringing the Context Back In: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks

    Olav Sorenson;Toby E. Stuart

  • Social networks and industrial geography

    Olav Sorenson

  • Science and the diffusion of knowledge

    Olav Sorenson;Lee Fleming

  • The embedded entrepreneur

    Michael S. Dahl;Olav Sorenson

  • Interdependence and Adaptability: Organizational Learning and the Long-Term Effect of Integration

    Olav Sorenson

  • Social Networks and Entrepreneurship

    Toby E. Stuart;Olav Sorenson

  • Social Structure and Exchange: Self-confirming Dynamics in Hollywood

    Olav Sorenson;David M. Waguespack

  • Letting the market work for you: an evolutionary perspective on product strategy

    Olav Sorenson

  • Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments

    Olav Sorenson;Toby E. Stuart;Toby E. Stuart

  • Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Economic Growth

    Sampsa Samila;Olav Sorenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Fleming
Lee Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Toby E. Stuart
Toby E. Stuart University of California, Berkeley
Ramana Nanda
Ramana Nanda Imperial College London
Joel A. C. Baum
Joel A. C. Baum University of Toronto
Edward L. Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University
Michael T. Hannan
Michael T. Hannan Stanford University
William C. Strange
William C. Strange University of Toronto
Zoltan J. Acs
Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University
James N. Baron
James N. Baron Yale University
Steven Klepper
Steven Klepper Carnegie Mellon University

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