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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Changing Financing Market for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Antoinette Schoar, Malcolm Baker, Josh Lerner, David Sraer, and Joshua Gans, Organizers

December 8, 2012

NBER

Feldstein Conference Room – 2nd Floor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

8:15 am

 

8:30 am

Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER

 

Continental Breakfast


9:00 am


Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
Christian Catalini, University of Toronto
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto
Crowdfunding’s Role in the Rate and Direction of Innovative Activity


9:40 am


Thomas F. Hellmann, University of British Columbia and NBER
Paul Schure, University of Victoria
Dan H. Vo, University of Victoria
Angels and Venture Capitalists: Complements or Substitutes?

10:20 am

Break


10:40 am


Michael Ewens, Carnegie Mellon University
Ramana Nanda, Harvard University
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Harvard University
The Changing Face of VC-backed Entrepreneurs


11:20 am


Thomas J. Chemmanur, Boston College
Tyler J. Hull, Norwegian School of Economics
Karthik Krishnan, Northeastern University
Do Local and International Venture Capitalists Play Well Together? International Venture Capital Investments and the Development of Venture Capital Markets

12:00 n

Lunch


1:20 pm


Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University
Maria Fabiana Penas, Tilburg University
Understanding Business Angel Networks


2:00 pm


Oren Livne, New York University
Alexander Ljungqvist, New York University and NBER
Secondary Markets for Unlisted Companies

2:40 pm

Break


3:00 pm


Sen Chai, Harvard University
Casper B. Hansen, Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation
Willy C. Shih, Harvard University

Funding Private-Public Partnerships and Impact on Firm Performance & Innovative Performance:

Evidence from Denmark

3:40 pm

Ulf Axelson, London School of Economics

Milan Martinovic, London School of Economics

European Venture Capital: Myths and Facts

4:20 pm

Adjourn