NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

9th Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp

 

Thomas Hellmann, Organizer

 

July 18-22, 2016

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 


List of Participants




Monday, July 18:

 

 

8:30 am

All Boot Camp students are welcome to attend the regular session of the NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group, held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel http://conference.nber.org/confer/2016/SI2016/PRENT/PRENTprg.html

Attendance is voluntary and not formally part of the Boot Camp program.

 

 

4:05 pm

Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER

 

 

4:30 pm

Opening Session of the Boot Camp at NBER, attendance is required. The overall program will be introduced, and all students will get a chance to introduce themselves.

 

 

6:30 pm

Welcome Reception for all Boot Camp students

 

Grafton Street Pub, 1230 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 

 

 

Tuesday, July 19:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER

 

Topic:  The Empirics of Entrepreneurial Venture Creation

 

 

12:00 pm

Derek Ozkal, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

 

Topic:  Overview of Kauffman Initiatives

 

 

12:15 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Alicia Robb, UC Santa Cruz and Ewing Marion 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

Adjourn

 

 

Wednesday, July 20:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

 

Topic:  Productivity and Entrepreneurship

 

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Thomas Hellmann, University of Oxford and NBER

 

Topic:  Entrepreneurial Finance

 

 

4:00 pm

Break

 

 

4:30 pm

Alumni Panel:

 

Shai Bernstein, Stanford University and NBER
Michael Ewens, California Institute of Technology
Deepak Hegde, New York University
Hong Luo, Harvard University

 

 

6:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

Thursday, July 21:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Nick Bloom, Stanford University and NBER

 

Topic:  Management, Organization and Innovation

 

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

Topic:  Development and Entrepreneurship

 

 

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

6:00 pm

Closing Dinner

 

Harvard Faculty Club (East Dining Room)

 

20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker:  Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel-Aviv University and NBER

 

 

Friday, July 22:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Philippe Aghion, College de France and NBER

 

Topic:  Innovation, Competition and Growth

 

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

Topic:  Entrepreneurial Strategy

 

 

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading List