Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program Meeting
Organized by Nicholas Bloom and Josh Lerner
March 24, 2017
NBER, 1050 Mass Ave., Cambridge

Friday, March 24

9:05 am

Innovation: The Bright Side of Common Ownership

Miguel Anton, University of Navarra
Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER
Mireia Gine, University of Navarra
Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford

9:50 am

The Impact of Emerging Market Competition on Innovation and Business Strategy: Evidence from Canada

Lorenz Kueng, Swiss Finance Institute
Nicholas Li, University of Toronto
Mu-Jeung Yang, University of Colorado Boulder

11:40 am

The Best versus the Rest: The Global Productivity Slowdown, Divergence across Firms and the Role of Public Policy

Dan R. Andrews, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Chiara Criscuolo, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Peter N. Gal, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

2:30 pm

Pathways to Profits: Identifying Separate Channels of Small Firm Growth through Business Training

Bilal Zia, Duolingo

3:15 pm

The Skills to Pay the Bills: Returns to On-the-job Soft Skills Training

Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Anant Nyshadham, University of Michigan and NBER