Mircea Epure
@mircea_epure
Governance. Entrepreneurship. Institutions & culture. Prof at @UPFBarcelona @bse_barcelona @bsm_upf. Views my own.
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 "Strategically Small Firms and the Real Effects of Public Grants During a Crisis," w/ O. Güler & A. Pugliese How do size-dependent regulations affect firm behavior—not just in stable times, but when crises hit? Full paper: ssrn.com/abstract=52558… 🧵1/4
"Economic coordination isn’t a problem to be solved by computing an optimal answer. It emerges from the decentralized decisions and adjustments made by billions of economic actors—each with their own plans, preferences, and knowledge" wsj.com/opinion/algori…
Must read: "Missing the Target Why Stock-Market Short-Termism Is Not the Problem" by Mark J. Roe global.oup.com/academic/produ…
RIP to the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. There will never be another like him.
⚠️TIME UPDATE⚠️ 🕐 See you tomorrow at 1 p.m. 🏃➡️attending this 🔝research seminar with @mircea_epure, from @bsm_upf 📍SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - Facultade CC. Económicas e Empresariais- Aula 20 #research #business #corporatePerformance #management #centroColaborativo #CIGUS
We look forward to welcoming @mircea_epure to #ECOBAS and to close our research seminar series of the academic year 24/25 with his presentation: 📍Santiago de Compostela 🗓️July 17, 12 h 🔗acortar.link/I527kF #business #centrocolaborativo #CIGUS #FEDERGalicia #EUFunds
#Barcelona Drug Dealers Use the Laws to Hide in Plain Sight journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/am…
📣 We're hiring at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) — Barcelona! 🎓 We’re seeking tenure-track Assistant Professors to join us in September 2026 in any area of Business and Management 📅 Apply by September 7, 2025: upf.edu/en/web/econ/te… #AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition

Very happy to conclude two fantastic #Entrepreneurship workshop days at the @bse_barcelona Summer Forum organized with @theovladasel and Mirjam Van Praag 🚀 Our BSE Entrepreneurship family is growing after 6 editions and counting -- follow us at: bse.eu/summer-forum/w…📍
Empresas estratégicamente pequeñas que evitan regulaciones al mantenerse bajo ciertos umbrales reciben más fondos públicos en crisis, pero no crecen ni rinden mejor. Las regulaciones dependientes del tamaño generan distorsiones graves. ¡Hay que repensarlas ya!…
Wonderful news from Romania. It would have been tragic for Europe if they had elected a Putin-Orban hooligan. Ah! And after a Pope with a degree in Math, we got in Dan a Romanian president with two consecutive perfect scores in the math olympiad.
It was great to present our work on "Corporate Flight from Uncertainty and Business Dynamism" w/@FengZhou_93at the joint seminar of U. Lille & IÉSEG Paper: ssrn.com/abstract=48552… cc:@UPFBarcelona @bse_barcelona @bsm_upf
🎧 Want to listen to how education and experience shape entrepreneurial ambition—especially in times of crisis? 👉 lnkd.in/gPS_e78w Based on our paper at Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal lnkd.in/ghvMccUm w/ V. Martin-Sanchez, S. Aparicio, D. Urbano
Happy to see someone from inside the administration tweet this beautiful classic from Milton Friedman on the division of labor, supply chains and the working of the market. Maybe @elonmusk can send it to Trump?