SI 2016 Entrepreneurship

Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar, Organizers

July 18, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Monday, July 18
	Joan Farre-Mensa, University of Illinois at Chicago The Bright Side of Patents
	Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Private Impact of Public Maps: Landsat Satellite Imagery and Gold Exploration
9:00 am	Hans Hvide, University of Bergen Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER The Roles of Nature and Nurture in Entrepreneurial Success
9:45 am	Francisco Queiro, Nova School of Business and Economics The Effect of Manager Education on Firm Growth
10:45 am	Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College and NBER Ethan Cohen-Cole, Econ One Research The Impact of Consumer Credit Access on Employment, Earnings and Entrepreneurship
11:30 am	Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER Richard Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER Ting Xu, University of Toronto Does Career Risk Deter Potential Entrepreneurs?
1:15 PM	David Clingingsmith, Case Western Reserve University Scott Shane, Case Western Reserve University Training Aspiring Entrepreneurs to Pitch Experienced Investors: Evidence from a Field Experiment
2:00 pm	Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London Sampsa Samila, IESE Business School Olav Sorenson, University of California at Los Angeles The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital
3:00 pm	Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER William Gornall, University of British Columbia Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER Ilya A. Strebulaev, Stanford University and NBER How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?