Entrepreneurship Working Group
Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar, Organizers
December 8, 2017
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Cambridge
| Thursday, December 7 | ||||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) | |||
| Friday, December 8 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Shuttle Van Leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and uber for overflow) | |||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| Human Capital and Entrepreneurship | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Meghana Ayyagari, George Washington University Vojislav Maksimovic, University of Maryland Human Capital, Competition, and Entrepreneurial Success in Manufacturing
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| 9:50 am |
Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER Richard Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER Are Early Stage Investors Biased Against Women?
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| Entrepreneurship and Product Development | ||||
| 10:55 am |
Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER Developing Novel Drugs
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| 11:45 am |
Colleen M. Cunningham, London Business School Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER Song Ma, Yale University and NBER Killer Acquisitions
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| 12:35 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:35 pm |
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
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| 2:25 pm | Break | |||
| Finance and Entrepreneurship | ||||
| 2:40 pm |
Charlie Eaton, University of California, Merced Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER Constantine N. Yannelis, University of Chicago and NBER When Owner and Customer Incentives Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education
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| 3:30 pm |
Geraldo Cerqueiro, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa Maria Fabiana Penas, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Robert Seamans, New York University Debtor Protection and Firm Dynamics
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| 4:20 pm | Adjourn | |||
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FORMAT: 20 min for presenters, 15 for discussants, 15 for general audience |
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