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most citedThe Science of Startups: The Impact of Founder Personalities on Company Success

34 citations

5 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Compressed self-avoiding walks in two and three dimensions

C J Bradly, N R Beaton, A L Owczarek

We consider the phase transition induced by compressing a self-avoiding walk in a slab where the walk is attached to both walls of the slab in two and three dimensions, and the res…

econ.GN2023★ 34 cited

The Science of Startups: The Impact of Founder Personalities on Company Success

Paul X. McCarthy, Xian Gong, Fabian Stephany +3

Startup companies solve many of today's most complex and challenging scientific, technical and social problems, such as the decarbonisation of the economy, air pollution, and the d…

econ.EM2018★ 1 cited

Cancer Risk Messages: Public Health and Economic Welfare

Ruth F. G. Williams, Ka C. Chan, Christopher T. Lenard +1

Statements for public health purposes such as "1 in 2 will get cancer by age 85" have appeared in public spaces. The meaning drawn from such statements affects economic welfare, no…

econ.EM2018

Cancer Risk Messages: A Light Bulb Model

Ka C. Chan, Ruth F. G. Williams, Christopher T. Lenard +1

The meaning of public messages such as "One in x people gets cancer" or "One in y people gets cancer by age z" can be improved. One assumption commonly invoked is that there is no…

cs.LG2015★ 2 cited

MOOCs Meet Measurement Theory: A Topic-Modelling Approach

Jiazhen He, Benjamin I. P. Rubinstein, James Bailey +3

This paper adapts topic models to the psychometric testing of MOOC students based on their online forum postings. Measurement theory from education and psychology provides statisti…