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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH |
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Entrepreneurship Working Group
Meeting |
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Josh Lerner, Organizer |
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October 7, 2005 |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6: |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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Davios at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7: |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass.
Avenue. |
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8:30 am |
Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass.
Avenue. |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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ENTREPRENEURIAL
FINANCE |
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9:00 am |
NAOMI
LAMOREAUX and KENNETH SOKOLOFF, |
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UC, |
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Financing
Invention during the Second Industrial Revolution: |
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(Joint with
MARGARET LEVENSTEIN) |
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Discussant:
STEVEN KLEPPER, Carnegie Mellon University |
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10:00
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Break |
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THE
DETERMINANTS AND PERFORMANCE OF ENTREPRENEURS |
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10:15
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DAVID
HSU, |
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Entrepreneurs from
Technology-Based Universities: An Empirical First Look |
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(Joint
with EDWARD ROBERTS AND CHARLES EESLEY) |
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Discussant:
DAVID BLANCHFLOWER, |
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NICK
BLOOM, |
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Measuring and
Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries |
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(Joint
with JOHN VAN REENEN) |
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Discussant:
BELEN VILLALONGA, |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IN DEVELOPING NATIONS |
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1:15 pm |
GÉRARD
ROLAND, UC, Berkeley |
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Who Are |
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(Joint
with SIMEON DJANKOV, YINGYI QIAN, and EKATERINA ZHURAVSKAYA) |
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AMAR
BHIDE, |
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ESTHER
DUFLO, MIT and NBER |
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Understanding
Technology Adoption: Fertilizer in |
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(Joint
with MICHAEL KREMER and JONATHAN ROBINSON) |
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Academic
Discussant: RAY FISMAN, |
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Practitioner
Discussant: RUNA ALAM, CEO, Kingdom Zephyr |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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9/30/05 |
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