NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting

 

Josh Lerner, Organizer

 

October 6, 2007

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

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 1050 Mass. Avenue

 

 8:15 am          Shuttle Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

 

 8:30 am          Continental Breakfast

 

The Consequences of Entrepreneurship

 

 9:00 am          EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER

Entrepreneurship and the City

           

                        Discussant: JEFF FURMAN, Boston University and NBER

 

10:00 am         UMIT OZMEL, Columbia University

DAVID T. ROBINSON, Duke University

TOBY STUART, Harvard University

                        Strategic Alliances, Venture Capital, and the Going Public Decision

 

Discussant: SEAN NICHOLSON, Cornell University and NBER

 

11:00 am         Break

 

Entrepreneurial Labor Markets

 

11:15 am         OLA BENGTSSON, Cornell University

JOHN HAND, University of North Carolina

                        CEO Compensation in Private Venture-Backed Companies

 

Discussant: PAUL OYER, Stanford University and NBER

 

12:15 pm         Lunch

 

 1:15 pm          THOMAS ASTEBRO, University of Toronto

PETER THOMPSON, Florida International University

Entrepreneurs: Jack of All Trades or Hobos?

 

                        Discussant:  PER STROMBERG, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 2:15 pm          Break

 

            Venture Capital and Innovation

 

 2:30 pm          MARCOS MOLLICA, BlackRock Inc.

LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER

The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation and the Creation of New Business

 

Discussant: MANJU PURI, Duke University and NBER

 

 3:30 pm          DAVID HSU, University of Pennsylvania

ROSEMARIE ZIEDONIS, University of Michigan

                        Patents as Quality Signals for Entrepreneurial Ventures  (not available for download)

 

Discussant: IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER

 

 4:30 pm          Adjourn

 

 

9/25/07