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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