NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Productivity Workshop
R&D, Strategy and Organizations
Rebecca Henderson and Adam Jaffe, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 23, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
TUESDAY, JULY 23:
9:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:30 AM AJAY AGRAWAL, Queen's University
IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER
University Research, Technology Commercialization and the
Anchor Tenant Hypothesis
Discussant: ANDREW TOOLE, Illinois State University
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM ZEYNEP HANSEN, University of Arizona
Effect of Technological Progress on Contractual Agreements: Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Collaborations
Discussant: RACHELLE SAMPSON, New York University
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM MARGHERITA BALCONI, Universita degli studi di Pavia
STEFANO BRESCHI, Universita degli studi di Brescia
FRANCESCO LISSONI, Universita Bocconi
Networks of Inventors and the Location of University Research: An Exploration of Italian Data
Discussant: SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
2:30 PM Break
SI02 PRHJ program
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2:45 PM JEFF FURMAN, Boston University
SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
Climbing Atop the Shoulders of Giants: The Economics of Cumulative Knowledge Hubs
Discussant: BRONWYN HALL, UC, Berkeley and NBER
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