Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program Meeting

Nicholas Bloom, Serguey Braguinsky, Sabrina T. Howell, and Josh Lerner, Organizers

March 26, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 26
Break
Format: Authors will have 15 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes of open discussion.
Format: Authors will have 15 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes of open discussion.
11:00 am
Introductions
11:10 am
Scott Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER

Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom (slides)
11:35 am
Tania Babina, Columbia University and NBER
Alex X. He, University of Maryland
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau

The Color of Money: Federal vs. Industry Funding of University Research
12:00 n
Maria Kurakina, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

The Dark Side of Patents: Effects of Strategic Patenting on Firms and Their Peers
12:25 pm
Break
12:35 pm
David T. Robinson, Duke University and NBER
Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER

Can the Media Spur Startup Activity? Evidence from the Television Show "Shark Tank" (slides)
1:00 pm
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Lindsey R. Raymond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Hiring as Exploration
1:25 pm
Katarzyna A. Bilicka, Utah State University and NBER
Daniela Scur, Cornell University

Organizational Capacity and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Multinationals
1:50 pm
Happy Hour on Gather
2:20 pm
Adjourn