TY - RPRT AU - Glazer, Amihai AU - Kanniainen, Vesa AU - Poutvaara, Panu TI - Initial Luck, Status-Seeking and Snowballs Lead to Corporate Success and Failure PY - 2004/Dec/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 1426 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1426 AB - 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. KW - industry equilibrium KW - initial luck KW - status effects KW - snowball ER -