NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp

 

Thomas Hellmann, Organizer

 

July 23-26, 2008

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

TUESDAY, JULY 22:

 

 

6:00 pm

Welcome Reception

 

Grafton Street Pub & Grill

 

1230 Massachusetts Avenue

 

Cambridge, MA

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER

 

Topic:  Sources of entrepreneurship

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

Scott Stern, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Topic:  Markets for technology

 

 

 4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 7:00 pm

Reception

 

Harvard Business School, Kresge Patio

 

Soldiers Field Road

 

Boston, MA

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 24:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

Robert Fairlie, UC, Santa Cruz

 

Topic:  Employment and entrepreneurship

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

Antoinette Schoar, MIT and NBER

 

Topic:  Returns to private equity

 

 

 4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

FRIDAY, JULY 25:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

Christopher Woodruff, UC, San Diego

 

Topic:  Development and entrepreneurship

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

William Kerr, Harvard University

 

Topic:  Agglomeration and regional entrepreneurship

 

 

 4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Closing Dinner

 

Harvard Faculty Club

 

20 Quincy Street

 

Cambridge, MA

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker:

 

Edward Lazear, Council of Economic Advisers and NBER

 

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

Per Stromberg, Stockholm School of Economics and NBER

 

Topic:  Venture capital contracting

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

Thomas Hellmann, University of British Columbia

 

Topic:  Entrepreneurial finance

 

 

 4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/2/08