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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SI 2012 Intellectual Property Policy & Innovation

 

Benjamin Jones and Scott Stern, Organizers

 

July 18, 2012

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Ballroom B

40 Edwin Land Boulevard

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

Wednesday, July 18:


8:30 am


Coffee and Pastries


9:00 am


Leonid Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, University of Chicago and NBER
Noah Stoffman, Indiana University
Technological Innovation, Resource Allocation, and Growth

Discussant:
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER


9:50 am


Jonathan Chiu, Bank of Canada
Cesaire Meh, Bank of Canada
Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER
Innovation and Growth with Financial, and Other, Frictions

Discussant: Thomas Hellmann, UBC and NBER


10:40 am


Break


11:00 am


Joint Session

Hong Luo, Harvard University

When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry


Milton Harris, University of Chicago
Suman Basuroy, University of Oklahoma
Avri Ravid, Yeshiva University
Intellectual Property Contracts: Theory and Evidence from Screenplay Sales

Discussant: Iain Cockburn, Boston University and NBER


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Chris Borek, Analysis Group
Laurits Chrsitensen, Analysis Group
Peter Hess, Analysis Group
Greg Rafert, Analysis Group
The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies

Discussant: Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School


2:20 pm


Break


2:50 pm


Aaron Chatterji, Duke University
Kira Fabrizio, Boston University
Do the Costs of Cooperation Drive the Gale of Creative Destruction? Commercialization Strategies in the Medical Device Industry

Discussant: Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER


3:40 pm


Simon Wakeman, European School of Management & Technology
How does Obtaining Intellectual Property Rights Impact Technology Commercialization Strategy for Start-up Innovators? Reconciling the Effects on Licensing vs. Financing  

Discussant: Matt Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


4:30 pm


Adjourn


6:00 pm


Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA