Papers by Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen
Review of Regional Studies
This paper advances a model of racially polarized voting that captures the intervening effects of... more This paper advances a model of racially polarized voting that captures the intervening effects of urbanization and residential segregation on white voters’ political behavior. The model is tested for a 2011 referendum election in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Using King’s method of ecological inference and weighted least squares regression, we find that regional minority population size impacts white opposition to minority-preferred political alternatives both directly and indirectly through an effect on residential racial segregation. Importantly, these influences hinge on intra-regional patterns of urbanization. The findings have important implications for understanding spatial variation in regional political behavior and intergroup relations.
Investigating Factors Influencing Web-Browsing Safety Efficacy (WSE) Among Older Adults
Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 2015
This research investigates the ability of older adults to perceive online threats. Specifically, ... more This research investigates the ability of older adults to perceive online threats. Specifically, the factors that influence web-browsing safety efficacy (WSE) among older adults are investigated. The factors investigated are: attitude towards unsolicited email senders, risk aversion, perceived efficacy in finding information, security education, and perceived social connectivity. Partial least squares regression analysis was used to analyze a sample of older adults age 55 years and older. The results showed that risk aversion, security education, and perceived ability in finding information online were positively associated with WSE among older adults. No relationship was found between social connectedness and attitude towards unsolicited e-mail senders.
A Framework for Examining Skill Specialization, Gender Inequity, and Career Advancement in the Information Security Field
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2005
This paper presents an ongoing research project that examines career advancement barriers to wome... more This paper presents an ongoing research project that examines career advancement barriers to women information security professionals. The study proposes to identify the skill sets critical for success in the information security area and to examine gender differences in specialized skill sets. The paper provides a brief review on IT workforce studies with a special focus on gender inequity problems.
Women in Cybersecurity: A Study of Career Advancement
IT Professional, 2010
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 1991
6 huallachain 1986). The two major modes of entry by foreign firms in the U. S. market are foreig... more 6 huallachain 1986). The two major modes of entry by foreign firms in the U. S. market are foreign acquisition of U. S. firms and the establishment of new plants. The purpose of this article is to examine the changing effects of foreign acquisitions and new plant establishments on employment in foreignowned manufacturing firms in the United States. FDI in the United States and the level of employment in foreign-owned firms are still small relative to overall U. S. economic activity. Following the definition of FDI' used by the U. S. Department of Commerce, the total value of the stock of foreign capital in all industries in 1986 was $209.3 billion. Approximately one-third of the incoming FDI in 1986 was in manufacturing industries (U. S. Department of Commerce 1988). In the same year, U. S. affiliates of foreign firms employed 2.9 million workers or 3.6 percent of the total U. S. workforce, paid $71.5 billion in wages and salaries, and owned one percent of U. S. land (Woodward & Glickman 1990). Nevertheless, the growth rate in foreign
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 1995
Using the polynomially distributed lags model we differentiate, through time, the aggregate impac... more Using the polynomially distributed lags model we differentiate, through time, the aggregate impacts of the two major modes of Foreign Direct Investment upon employment within theforeign manufacturjngsectm C the US. Our results indicate that the impact of FDI is not uniform; it is specific to entry mode. The acquisition of domestic f i i s by foreign interests appears to have little aggregate positive impact upon employment, while newplants, constructed by foreign concerns, have positive employment impacts on the foreign manufacturing sector in the United States.
Triple helix and regional development: a perspective from Oxfordshire in the UK
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2010
ABSTRACT This paper illustrates that distinctive patterns of regional development can be understo... more ABSTRACT This paper illustrates that distinctive patterns of regional development can be understood as resulting from the relative dominance of the three components in the triple helix model at any one time. This approach can be used to understand why high growth sectors, such as biotechnology, are concentrated at particular locations. Using the example of the biotechnology sector in Oxfordshire (UK), we examine how differences in formal (e.g. institutional arrangements) and informal networks are influenced by broader geographical, political, economic and social environments. These differences produce distinctive regional forms of the triple helix model. Oxfordshire is a national centre of the sector, having the key ingredients of a concentration of universities and government laboratories, heavily supported by government, and a growing number of biotech firms. The distinctive features of the Oxfordshire variant are that the role of Oxford University, a world centre for biomedical research, is secondary at the regional level rather than being dominant as might be expected and that the availability of skills, underplayed in traditional presentations of the model, is far more significant.
Science, Institutions, and Markets: Developments in the Indian Biotechnology Sector
Regional Studies, 2008
... DOI: 10.1080/00343400701652800 Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen a & Helen Lawton Smith b... more ... DOI: 10.1080/00343400701652800 Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen a & Helen Lawton Smith b pages 961-975. ... Bagchi-Sen S. et Lawton Smith H. La science, les institutions et les marchés: des développements dans le secteur de la biotechnologie en Inde, Regional Studies. ...
FDI in US Producer Services: A Temporal Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Sectors
Regional Studies, 1995
... SHARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN Department $Geography, University at Buflalo - SUNY, 105 Wilkeson Quad,... more ... SHARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN Department $Geography, University at Buflalo - SUNY, 105 Wilkeson Quad, Buflalo, NY 14261, USA ... BAGCHI-SEN S. (1995) L'investissement direct &ranger dans les services marchands: une analyse temporelle de I'in-vestissement direct &ranger ...
The Professional Geographer, 2001
Assessing the level and patterns of residential segregation is an important part of understanding... more Assessing the level and patterns of residential segregation is an important part of understanding many problems of today's cities. Traditional statistical measures of segregation, such as the exposure indices and the dissimilarity index, are useful but incomplete indicators. This study introduces a new graphical technique, the weighted ternary histogram, which visualizes complex patterns in the location of two or three subgroups of a population. The resultant graphs complement the common indices and expand on their descriptive power in the processes of assessment and hypothesis formulation. When the residential locations of different races in three midsize American cities are compared, the graphs show subtle differences in the pattern of residential segregation among the three cities.
The Professional Geographer, 1995
This paper examines the effects of structural transformation on occupational shifts for socio-dem... more This paper examines the effects of structural transformation on occupational shifts for socio-demographic groups. Although services add more jobs than manufacturing, shifts in manufacturing industries continue to be a source of growth in high-order white and blue collar work for males. However, for females, these industries are significant only in determining pink collar and low-order blue collar work. Similar trends are noted for advanced producer services such as finance, insurance, and real estate. Other nonmanufacmring sectors with relatively stable product markets and strong internal labor market conditions, such as construction and transportation, continue to be significant in creating a range of jobs for males. Although males are faced with reduced opportunities following the loss of manufacturing jobs, male-female differentials prevail in the labor market; males continue to fill high-order jobs in services, and females cluster in low-order occupations and in sectors with volatile product markets.
Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Policy, 2005
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2007
This article analyzes the role of intermediaries in the newly forming and demand-driven niche mar... more This article analyzes the role of intermediaries in the newly forming and demand-driven niche market of English voice dubbing in Seoul, Korea. Standardized surveys and structured interviews of North American voice actors and South Korean agents are used to gather data. The findings suggest that cultural and structural embeddedness as well as 'power' be integrated into studies of intermediary-facilitated networks, particularly when foreign workers are adjusting to a local work environment. Research results reveal six network configurations that represent the structural embeddedness of networks deployed by agents, voice actors, client firms and studios active in this niche market. The power and trust associated with these relationships is studied vis-à-vis the culturally embedded environment of the local market in Seoul. Agents conform to Benner's typologies in that they are highly specialized in their market segments, reduce transaction costs and help manage risk, and act as 'market makers'. Introduction and background Concurrent with research into immigration trends, studies concerning the vehicles by which, or the labor markets in which, immigrants participate in local economies have investigated the extent to which foreign labor, once situated in a local labor market, influences both economic prosperity and competitiveness (Wright and Ellis, 2000; Saxenian and Hsu, 2001; Fan, 2002; Motoyama, 2003). Very rarely, however, has the flow of North American labor to Asian countries been examined outside the context of North American nationals returning to the local workforce or labor that 'bridges' geographically divergent locations (Hsu, 1997). Studies concerning expatriate workers tend to focus on workers from developing countries working in developed countries (e.g. Johnson-Webb, 2002; Munshi, 2003). Business literature, on the other hand, focuses on expatriate labor in the strategic context of management training (Tung, 1982; 1984). Concerning expatriate management in Asia, emphasis is placed on the adjustment process to the Asian environment with a specific focus on cross-cultural business issues for managers of large, international corporations (Osman-Gani and Tan, 2005), or readjustment to the US environment upon return from a foreign assignment (Black, 1992). There does exist, however, a sector of North American labor in Asia that functions outside the boundaries of the 'safety nets' traditionally associated with corporate and government expatriate labor (e.g. housing assistance and cross-cultural training). Although this sub-grouping of expatriate labor in Asia may be small, it represents an interesting subject of inquiry, particularly because an examination of its unique circumstances and complexities may lead to a better understanding of how immigrants
Health & Place, 2010
Aggregate mortality data do not tell us if AIDS mortality is uniformly reduced or if there is spa... more Aggregate mortality data do not tell us if AIDS mortality is uniformly reduced or if there is spatial differentiation. A total of 2432 male and 1864 female deaths (2000-2004) from AIDS in Chiang Rai are used to detect mortality clusters. Both male and female clusters are more or less in the same location implying similar risk factors; however, male clusters remain more prevalent as male patients are likely to be slower in getting treatment. The findings indicate non-random clustering and confirm that although mortality rates are significantly reduced in most areas some sub-districts need attention for follow-up public health efforts.
Foreign Direct Investment in U. S. Manufacturing Industries: Source-Specific Variations
Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, 1995
... 21 Page 6. SHARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN Table 2. Sectoral Distribution of FDI in Manufacturing from ... more ... 21 Page 6. SHARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN Table 2. Sectoral Distribution of FDI in Manufacturing from Major Source Countries, 1988. ... Dicken (1992) succinctly de-scribes the difference between the foreign direct investors from the Western industrialized nations and Japan: ...
Strategic Considerations for Innovation and Commercialization in the US Biotechnology Sector
European Planning Studies, 2007
... “Biotechnology and the creation of a new economic space”. ... of R&amp;amp;D alliances an... more ... “Biotechnology and the creation of a new economic space”. ... of R&amp;amp;D alliances and noted that the majority of all high-technology alliances were in the pharma–bio sector. ... A strategic benefit to US firms would be access to foreign knowledge sources and markets with tougher ...
A Study of R&D, Collaboration, and Location Preferences of Health and Agricultural Biotech Firms
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2011
The biotechnology industry is now a top priority of state and regional economic development organ... more The biotechnology industry is now a top priority of state and regional economic development organizations. Existing geographic research focuses on what motivates the development of regional clusters of biotechnology firms in the area of human therapeutics and diagnostics. However, the biotechnology industry is segmented into broad subsectors, such as health and agricultural biotech, and each sector has different types of firms. The purpose of this paper is to characterize firm-specific differences that exist between health and agricultural biotechnology firms. Specifically, we use a survey instrument to understand how firms in each sector perceive and use different forms of collaboration and location factors in their operations. Although firms in each sector may pursue similar goals and support for innovation, they do not necessarily do so in the same fashion. By treating agricultural and health biotechnology sectors separately, we offer new evidence to reevaluate theories explainin...
Strategies and external relationships of small and medium-sized enterprises in the US agricultural biotechnology sector
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2007
This paper examines the characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in ... more This paper examines the characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in the agricultural biotechnology (agro-bio) sector. Specific objectives are to understand firm-specific strategies utilized to remain competitive in an uncertain business environment, and to examine the impact of government/policy and farmers on strategies. The controversial nature of processes used and the ethical debate surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) contribute to an ongoing struggle for these firms in negotiating their position in society as innovators. Data from surveys of US-based firms and farmers are used to show how firms respond to external conditions and how farmers adjust to the GMO controversy, and, in turn, affect the business of biotech. At first cut, the data suggest that firms are worried only about science; as the survey probes into firm-level evaluation of external actors, the importance of Federal over local – regional initiatives stand out. While states are investing to promote biotechnology clusters, the lack of perceived importance of state/local level efforts to innovators is of particular significance. The discussion also notes the disconnect between policymakers and SMEs. Farmers point out the indirect effect of public opinion in sustaining the business of agro-bio. This study raises questions about gaps in our understanding of the relationship among firms (innovators), users (farmers who are the traditional innovators), and the government (regulator – facilitator) in the agro-bio subsector of the biotech industry. The need to engage other partners (food companies, wholesalers, retailers, consumer groups) in understanding the prospect of agro-bio is evident.
The research university, entrepreneurship and regional development: Research propositions and current evidence
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2012
The objective of this paper is to set a framework for examining the conditions under which a rese... more The objective of this paper is to set a framework for examining the conditions under which a research university becomes more than a latent asset [Power, D., and A. Malmberg. 2008. The contribution of universities to innovation and economic development: In what sense a regional problem? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 1, no. 2: 233–46.] in regional economies. The framework is comprised of four propositions used to identify drivers of change, evidence of change and evidence of impact. As an exemplar, we examine the University of Oxford&#x27;s growing engagement in its local region. This paper shows that the convergence between the interests of the university and the local high-tech economy is particularly associated with broader technological trends and with the University&#x27;s capacity to draw on national funding programmes designed to stimulate ‘third-stream’ activities, including entrepreneurship courses and regional networking activities.
The Digital Economy: Business Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments - By Edward J. Malecki and Bruno Moriset
Economic Geography, 2009
The Digital Economy is a well-written book on a topic currently of interest to geographers and th... more The Digital Economy is a well-written book on a topic currently of interest to geographers and those who are interested in the interconnections of science, technology, and society. The book examine...
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