Secrecy and willingness to acquire information

Last registered on August 12, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Secrecy and willingness to acquire information
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005975
Initial registration date
August 12, 2020

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
August 12, 2020, 10:03 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
India
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Hyunjin Kim
Affiliation
Harvard University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Chiara Spina
PI Affiliation
Bocconi University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2020-05-01
End date
2022-02-28
Keywords
Firms & Productivity
Additional Keywords
competitor information, digitization, entrepreneurship
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We evaluate entrepreneurs' willingness to learn from competitors and the value of doing so.

This trial is linked to another data collection effort part of a field experiment registered as AEARCTR-0006020.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Kim, Hyunjin and Chiara Spina. 2020. "Secrecy and willingness to acquire information." AEA RCT Registry. August 12. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5975-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We randomly assign entrepreneurs to a competitively close or distant peer within an entrepreneurship training course to discuss their ventures and learn from each other.
Intervention Start Date
2020-08-29
Intervention End Date
2022-01-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to disclose information, engagement and learning from peer
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Firm performance outcomes
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We randomly assign entrepreneurs to peers in an entrepreneurship training program. Peers have a chance to exchange information as part of a pre-acceleration program.
Experimental Design Details
We vary whether they are matched with a peer entrepreneur who is working on a venture that is either competitively close or distant from them.
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Firm-level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
600 entrepreneurial firms
Sample size: planned number of observations
600 entrepreneurial firms
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
300 control, 300 treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Indian School of Business
IRB Approval Date
2019-12-30
IRB Approval Number
ISB-IRB 2019-10
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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Reports & Other Materials