Posted 5/8/08
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON THE ECONOMICS AND LAW
OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
at Northwestern University School of Law
Wednesday, June 18th (12:00 PM) - Thursday, June 19th
(2:30 PM), 2008
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
presents a Research Symposium on The Economics and Law of
the Entrepreneur which will be held at Northwestern
University School of Law, Wednesday, June 18th - Thursday,
June 19th, 2008. The goal of this Research Symposium is to
provide a forum where economists and legal scholars can
gather together with Northwestern University's own
distinguished faculty to present and discuss high quality
research relevant to the economics and law of the
entrepreneur.
Panels cover research on Venture Capital and the
Entrepreneur; Entrepreneur Law; Economic Growth and
Development; Innovation and the Entrepreneur; and The
Social Context of Entrepreneurship.
The conference is organized by Professor Daniel F. Spulber,
Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International
Business and Professor of Management Strategy, Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University.
PROGRAM:
DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY JUNE, 18TH 2008
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:15 Welcome and Introduction
David E. Van Zandt, Dean and Professor of Law, Northwestern
University School of Law
Henry N. Butler, Executive Director, Searle Center,
Northwestern University School of Law
Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of
International Business and Professor of Management
Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University
1:15-3:00 Session One - Venture Capital and the
Entrepreneur
Moderator: Olufunmilayo Arewa, Associate Professor of Law,
Northwestern University School of Law
Competition between Informed Venture Capitalists and
Entrepreneurs' Fund-Raising Strategy
Catherine Casamatta, Professor of Finance, Toulouse School
of Economics, CRG, IDEI
Carole Haritchabalet, Toulouse School of Economics
Venture Capital Exit Rights
Carsten Bienz, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
and Management, Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration
Uwe Walz, Professor, J.W. Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt/Main
Financing Start-Ups
Joaquin Poblete, Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University
Relational Contract and Replaceability
Yuk-fai Fong, Assistant Professor of Management and
Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University
Jin Li, Senior Lecturer/Donald P. Jacobs Scholar, Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University
Peter Andrew Schnabl, Massachusetts Institute for
Technology, Department of Economics
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:30 Session Two - Entrepreneur Law
Moderator: Henry N. Butler, Executive Director, Searle
Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth,
Northwestern University School of Law
Law and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
D. Gordon Smith, Glen L. Farr Professor of Law, J. Reuben
Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Darian M. Ibrahim, Associate Professor of Law, James E.
Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
The Effect of Litigation on Venture Capitalist Reputation
Vladimir Atanasov, Assistant Professor of Economics &
Finance, Mason School of Business, College of William and
Mary,
Vladimir Ivanov, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
School of Business
Katherine V. Litvak, Assistant Professor, University of
Texas School of Law
Schumpterian Law: Rethinking the Role of Law in Fostering
Entrepreneurship
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Associate Professor of Public
Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University
Discussants:
Henry E. Smith, Fred A. Johnston Professor of Property and
Environmental Law, Yale Law School
Masako Ueda, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of
Wisconsin-Madison School of Business
Peter H. Huang, Harold E. Kohn Chair Professor of Law,
Temple Law School
5:30-6:30 Reception (Law School Atrium)
6:30 Dinner (Law School Atrium)
Keynote Address (TBD)
DAY TWO - THURSDAY JUNE 19TH, 2008
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:15 Session Three - Economic Growth and Development
Moderator: Kenneth Ayotte, Associate Professor of Law,
Northwestern University School of Law
Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth
Daniel Brou, Ph.D Candidate, Economics, Columbia University
Michele Ruta, Marie Curie Fellow, Economics Department,
European University Institute
Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job
Satisfaction
Milo Bianchi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Paris School of
Economics
Bureaucratic Start-Up Costs, Entrepreneurial Capital, and
Sectoral Growth
Christian Fons-Rosen, London School of Economics
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Session Four - Innovation and the Entrepreneur
Moderator: Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished
Professor of International Business and Professor of
Management Strategy, Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University
Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D
Nisvan Erkal, Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Department
of Economics
Suzanne Scotchmer, Professor of Economics and Public
Policy, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Management of Knowledge Workers
Hans K. Hvide, Professor of Economics and Finance,
University of Aberdeen Business School
Eirik G. Kristiansen, Norwegian School of Economics and
Business
The Entrepreneurial Spawning of Scientists and Engineers:
Stars, Slugs, and the Small Firm Effect
Daniel W. Elfenbein, Assistant Professor of Organization
and Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis
Barton H. Hamilton, Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished
Professor of Entrepreneurship, Washington University in St.
Louis
Todd R. Zenger, Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of
Business Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Session Five - The Social Context of
Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Peter G. Klein, Associate Professor, University
of Missouri, Division of Applied Social Sciences
Group Status and Entrepreneurship
Simon C. Parker, Head of Department, Department of
Economics & Finance, Durham University
C. Mirjam van Praag, Professor of Entrepreneurship and
Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business, University
of Amsterdam
American Indian Entrepreneurs: Unique Challenges, Unlimited
Potential
Robert J. Miller, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
The Law and Economics of Entrepreneurship in China's
Marketising Economy
Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, University of Oxford
Legality and Venture Governance Around the World
Douglas Cumming, Associate Professor of Finance and
Entrepreneurship, and Ontario Research Chair, York
University Schulich School of Business
Daniel Schmidt, J.W. Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt/Main and
CEPRES
Uwe Walz, Professor, J.W. Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt/Main
2:30 Conference adjourns
REGISTRATION:
To reserve a space at this event, you must send a message
with name, affiliation and full contact information to:
Email: MAILTO:searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu
or call
Tel: (312) 503-1811
Space is limited. Please register no later than June 12th.
Additional information can be found at:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter/conference/2008/entrepreneur/index.html
LOCATION:
Northwestern University School of Law
Arthur Rubloff Building, Room 175
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
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initiatives of the Searle Center, please visit:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter
call: (312) 503-1811
or send an email to:
Email: MAILTO:searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu
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