Posted 5/6/09
SEARLE CENTER SECOND ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
ON THE ECONOMICS AND LAW OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic
Growth at Northwestern University School of Law
Thursday, June 11th (12:00 PM)-Friday, June 12th
(3:00 PM), 2009
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, Thursday, June 11th - Friday,
June 12th, 2009. 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.
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, and
Henry N. Butler, Executive Director of the Searle Center
on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth.
AGENDA AS OF (MARCH 31, 2009):
Day One-Thursday, June 11th 2009
12-1:00 pm 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-What Drives Entrepreneurs?
Intrapreneurship or Entrepreneurship?
Simon C. Parker, Richard Ivey School of Business,
University of Western Ontario
Serial Entrepreneurs and Venture Performance: Evidence from
U.S. Venture-Capital-Financed Semiconductor Firms
Yongwook Paik, University of California at Berkeley
Household Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Is There a Link?
Silvia Magri, Bank of Italy
Incentives versus Synergies in Markets for Talent
Bharat N. Anand, Harvard Business School
Alexander Galetovic, Universidad de los Andes
Alvaro Stein, Decapack
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:30 Session Two-Entrepreneurship and Incentives
Incentives and Innovation: A Multi-tasking Approach
Veikko Thiele, Sauder School of Business, University of
British Columbia
The Impact of Innovation and Information Risk on Endogenous
Growth
Jose M. Plehn-Dujowich, Fox School of Business, Temple
University
Reputation Capital, Financial Capital, and Transition to
Entrepreneurship in Knowledge-Based Industries
Frederic Loss, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
Antoine Renucci, Universite Paris-Dauphine
The Impact of Personal Bankruptcy Law on Entrepreneurship
Ye (George) Jia, University of Western Ontario
5:30-6:30 Reception (Courtyard)
6:30 Dinner
Keynote Address:
Robert E. Litan, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Day Two-Friday, June 12th, 2009
8-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30-10:15 Session Three-Venture Capital and
Entrepreneurship
Exit Choices of Venture-Backed Firms: IPO v. Acquisition
Eric Ball, Oracle Corporation and Claremont Graduate
University
Hsin-Hui Chiu, Chapman University
Richard Smith, University of California Riverside and
Claremont Graduate University
Private Information and Bargaining Power in Venture Capital
Financing
Yrjo Koskinen, Boston University
How does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in
Private Firms? A Look Beneath the Surface
Thomas Chemmanur, Carroll School of Management, Boston
College
Karthik Krishnan, Carroll School of Management, Boston
College
Debarshi Nandy, Schulich School of Business, York
University
Does Angel Participation Matter? An Analysis of Early
Venture Financing
Brent Goldfarb, Robert H. Smith of Business, University of
Maryland
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Session Four-Institutions and Entrepreneurship
Finance and Entrepreneurship
Henry Manne, George Mason University Law School
Patenting by Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Study
Ted Sichelman, School of Law, University of California,
Berkeley, University of San Diego
Stuart J. H. Graham, School of Law, University of
California, Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology
Who Has 'The Right Stuff'? Human Capital, Entrepreneurship
and Institutional Change in China
Charles E. Eesley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Economic Development and Self-Enterprise on American Indian
Reservations: A Case for Rule of Law
Terry L. Anderson, PERC, and Hoover Institution
Dominic P. Parker, Montana State University
12-1:00 pm Lunch
Keynote Address:
Daniel F. Spulber, Northwestern University
1:30-3:00 Session Five-Geography and Entrepreneurship
Geography and the Structure of Venture Capital Financing
Xuan Tian, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
The Geography of Venture Capital Contracts
Ola Bengtsson, Cornell University
S. Abraham Ravid, Rutgers University and the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania
Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Robin Douhan, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
(IFN)
Entrepreneurial Finance around the World: The Impact of the
Business Environment on Financing Constraints
Larry W. Chavis, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leora F. Klapper, Development Research Group, The World
Bank
Inessa Love, Development Research Group, The World Bank
3:00 Adjourn
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
Tel: (312) 503-1811
Space is limited. Please register no later than June 1st,
2009.
LOCATION:
Northwestern University School of Law
Rubloff Building 175
375 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For more information regarding this conference or other
initiatives of the Searle Center, please visit:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter
or call or email:
Tel: (312) 503-1811
Email: MAILTO:searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu