NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Strategic Alliances Conference
February 28 - March 2, 2002
Josh Lerner and Raghuram G. Rajan, Organizers
Cheeca Lodge
Islamorada, FL
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002
7:30 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2002
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM MIHIR DESAI, Harvard University and NBER
FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University
JAMES HINES, University of Michigan and NBER
International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm
Discussant: RAY FISMAN, Columbia University and NBER
10:00 AM GEORGE BAKER, Harvard University and NBER
ROBERT GIBBONS, MIT and NBER
KEVIN MURPHY, University of Southern California
Relational Contracts in Strategic Alliances
Discussant: OLIVER HART, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM MICHAEL RYALL, University of Rochester
RACHELLE SAMPSON, New York University
Formal and Informal Governance in Technology Alliance Contracts
Discussant: PER STROMBERG, University of Chicago
Alliance
Page Two
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Panel 1: Key Issues Facing Practitioners in Structuring and Managing Alliances
DOUGLAS BIRDSALL, Northwest Airlines
GREGORY GARDINER, Yale University Office of Cooperative Research
KEVIN OYE, Sycamore Networks
2:30 PM BEN GOMES-CASSERES, Brandeis University
JOHN HAGEDOON, University of Maastricht
ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER
Knowledge Flows in Technology Alliances
Discussant: GORDON PHILLIPS, University of Maryland
3:30 PM Adjourn
7:00 PM Reception and Dinner
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2002
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Panel 2: Legal Perspectives on Strategic Alliances
BERNARD BLACK, Stanford University
MICHAEL LEVINE, Harvard University
RONALD MANN, University of Michigan
10:15 AM JOE PEEK, University of Kentucky
ERIC ROSENGREN, Federal Reserve Bank - Boston
Corporate Affiliations and the (Mis)Allocation of Credit
Discussant: JEREMY STEIN, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 AM Break
Alliance
Page Three
11:30 AM DAVID ROBINSON, Columbia University
TOBY STUART, University of Chicago
Financial Contracting in Biotech Strategic Alliances
Discussant: BENGT HOLMSTROM, MIT and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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