NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH
Entrepreneurship Working Group
Meeting
Josh Lerner,
Organizer
October 6,
2007
NBER
2nd Floor Conference
Room
PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER
5:
6:00 pm
Group
Dinner
Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
6:
8:00 am
Shuttle
Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for
8:15 am
Shuttle
Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
The Consequences of
Entrepreneurship
9:00 am
EDWARD GLAESER,
Discussant: JEFF FURMAN,
10:00
am
UMIT OZMEL,
DAVID T. ROBINSON,
TOBY STUART,
Strategic Alliances,
Venture Capital, and the Going Public Decision
Discussant: SEAN NICHOLSON,
11:00
am
Break
Entrepreneurial Labor Markets
11:15
am
OLA BENGTSSON,
JOHN HAND,
CEO Compensation in
Private Venture-Backed Companies
Discussant: PAUL OYER,
12:15
pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
THOMAS ASTEBRO,
PETER THOMPSON,
Entrepreneurs: Jack of All Trades or
Hobos?
Discussant: PER STROMBERG,
2:15 pm
Break
Venture Capital and Innovation
2:30 pm
MARCOS MOLLICA, BlackRock
Inc.
LUIGI ZINGALES,
The Impact of Venture
Capital on Innovation and the Creation of New
Business
Discussant: MANJU PURI,
3:30 pm
DAVID HSU,
ROSEMARIE ZIEDONIS,
Patents as Quality Signals for
Entrepreneurial Ventures
(not available for
download)
Discussant: IAIN COCKBURN,
4:30 pm
Adjourn
9/25/07