NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

7th Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp

Thomas Hellmann, Organizer

July 15-18, 2014

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Participant List

MONDAY, JULY 14:


8:30 am


All Boot Camp students are welcome to attend the regular session of the NBER
Entrepreneurship Working Group. Attendance is voluntary and not formally part
of the Boot Camp program.


4:00 pm


Entrepreneurship Working Group adjourns

6:00 pm

Welcome Reception for all Boot Camp students
Grafton Street Pub & Grill
1230 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA


TUESDAY, JULY 15:


8:30 am


Continental Breakfast


9:00 am


Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Topic:  The Empirics of Entrepreneurial Venture Creation


12:00 pm


Robert Strom, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Topic: Overview of Kauffman Initiatives


12:15 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


Alicia Robb, UC Santa Cruz and Kauffman Foundation
Topic: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Databases


2:00 pm


Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Topic:  Entrepreneurship and Household Behavior


5:00 pm


Break


5:30 pm


Boot Camp Student Introductions

7:00 pm

Adjourn


WEDNESDAY, JULY 16:

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast


9:00 am


Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
Topic:  The Geography of Entrepreneurship


12:00 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Topic:  Productivity and Entrepreneurship


4:00 pm

Break

4:30 pm

Alumni Panel

Christian Catalini, MIT
Danielle Li, Northwestern University
Robert Seamans, New York University
Margarita Tsoutsoura, University of Chicago

6:00 pm

Adjourn


THURSDAY, JULY 17:

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast


9:00 am


Nick Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
John van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
Topic:  Management, Organization and Innovation


12:00 pm

Lunch


1:00 pm


Antoinette Schoar, MIT and NBER
Topic: Development and Entrepreneurship

4:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Closing Dinner
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Bresnahan, Stanford University and NBER


FRIDAY, JULY 18:


8:30 am


Continental Breakfast


9:00 am


Scott Stern, MIT and NBER
Topic:  Start-Up Commercialization Strategy and the Market for Ideas


12:00 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


David Robinson, Duke University and NBER
Topic:  Entrepreneurial Finance


4:00 pm


Adjourn