NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Productivity Potpourri Workshop

Ernst R. Berndt, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 24, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



WEDNESDAY, JULY 24:



8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries



9:00 AM EMMANUEL DECHENAUX, Purdue University

BRENT GOLDFARB and SCOTT A. SHANE, University of Maryland

MARIE C. THURSBY,Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER

Appropriability and the Timing of Innovation: Evidence from MIT Inventions



Discussant: SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER



10:00 AM Break



10:15 AM DIETMAR HARHOFF, University of Munich

BRONWYN HALL, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Intellectual Property Strategy in the Global Cosmetics Industry



Discussant: JOSHUA LERNER, Harvard University and NBER



11:15 AM MARGARET KYLE, Carnegie Mellon University

Entry in Pharmaceutical Markets



Discussant: JENNY LANJOUW, UC, Berkeley and NBER



12:15 PM Lunch



1:15 PM ELIZABETH KREMP, SESSI and NBER

JACQUES MAIRESSE, INSEE and NBER

Knowledge Management, Innovation and Productivity:

A First Look at French Manufacturing



Discussant: KATHRYN SHAW, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER



SI02 PRB program

page two



2:15 PM Break



2:30 PM LINDA MOELLER, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Accounting for Actual Work Experience:

Prototype Hedonic Labor Quality Indexes



Discussant: KEVIN LANG, Boston University and NBER



3:30 PM Break



3:45 PM CHRISTOPHER FORMAN, Carnegie Mellon University

The Corporate Digital Divide: Determinants of Internet Adoption



Discussant: HARUMI ITO, Brown University



4:45 PM Adjourn



6:00 PM Clambake

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA

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