%0 Report %A Glazer, Amihai %A Kanniainen, Vesa %A Poutvaara, Panu %T Initial Luck, Status-Seeking and Snowballs Lead to Corporate Success and Failure %D 2004 %8 2004 Dec %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 1426 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1426 %X Corporate success often resembles a snowball. We show how initial luck in hiring talented people, the resulting technological advantage, superior corporate culture, and status-seeking by workers can make small initial differences generate large differences over time. %K industry equilibrium %K initial luck %K status effects %K snowball