NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM MEETING
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Organizers
March 15, 2002
NBER Offices,
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MARCH 14:
6:00 PM Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02139
FRIDAY, MARCH 15:
8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
9 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM ASHISH ARORA, Carnegie Mellon University
MARCO CECCAGNOLI, INSEAD
WESLEY M. COHEN, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Discussant: TIMOTHY F. BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM JASON OWEN-SMITH and WALTER W. POWELL, Stanford University
Knowledge Networks in the Boston Biotechnology Community
Discussant: JEFF FURMAN, Boston University
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM JENNY O. LANJOUW, Yale University and NBER
MARK SCHANKERMAN, London School of Economics
An Empirical Analysis of the Enforcement of Patent
Rights in the United States
Discussant: ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER
Over, Please!
Productivity Program, Page 2:
2:30 PM PAROMA SANYAL, Brandeis University
<Birth of a Patent: The Role of Parents, Nursemaids and Constraints
Discussant: SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER
SAMUEL S. KORTUM, University of Minnesota and NBER
SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
Are All Patent Examiners Equal?
The Impact of Examiners on Patent Characteristics and Litigation Outcomes
Discussant: JOSH LERNER, Havard University and NBER
4:45 PM Adjourn
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