NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Thomas Hellmann, Organizer
July 14-17, 2015
NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 13:
8:30 am All
Boot Camp students are welcome to attend the regular session of the NBER
Entrepreneurship Working Group. Attendance is voluntary and not formally part
of the Boot Camp program.
5:00 pm Entrepreneurship Working Group
adjourns
6:00 pm Welcome Reception for all Boot Camp students
Grafton
Street Pub & Grill
1230
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
TUESDAY, JULY 14:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Josh
Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Topic:
The Empirics of Entrepreneurial
Venture Creation
12:00 pm E.J. Reedy, Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation
Topic: Overview
of Kauffman Initiatives
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Alicia Robb, UC Santa Cruz and
Kauffman Foundation
Topic: Introduction
to Entrepreneurship Databases
2:00 pm Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and
NBER
Topic:
The Geography of Entrepreneurship
5:00 pm Break
5:30 pm Boot
camp student introductions
7:00 pm Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am John
Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Topic:
Productivity and Entrepreneurship
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and
NBER
Topic:
Entrepreneurship and Household
Behavior
4:00 pm Break
4:30 pm Alumni Panel
6:00 pm Adjourn
THURSDAY, JULY 16:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Nick Bloom, Stanford
University and NBER
Topic:
Management, Organization and
Innovation
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Antoinette Schoar,
MIT and NBER
Topic: Development
and Entrepreneurship
4:00 pm Adjourn
6:00 pm Closing
Dinner
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Keynote Speaker: TBD
FRIDAY, JULY 17:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Scott Stern, MIT and NBER
Topic: Entrepreneurial Strategy
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Thomas Hellmann, University of Oxford
and NBER
Topic:
Entrepreneurial Finance
4:00 pm Adjourn