PROGRAM - Queen`s University

7th Conference on the Economics of Entrepreneurship and
Innovation
June 12th – 14th, 2014
Queen’s School of Business, Kingston, Ontario
PROGRAM
The organizers - Jean de Bettignies (Queen’s), Ajay Agrawal (Toronto), and Douglas Cumming (York) gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Research Office at Queen’s School of Business, and
the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto, without which this
conference would not be possible.
Note: All sessions will take place in Room 118, Goodes Hall (West Wing), QSB, 143 Union Street.
They will be divided into 45min presentations, 15min discussions, and 15-min Q&A from the floor.
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
5:15 – 7:30pm:
Cocktail Reception – Pump House Steam Museum, 23 Ontario Street, Kingston.
Note: Please do come and join us even if you arrive a bit late. The museum is a
short 4-minute walk from the Hochelaga Inn.
Friday, June 13th, 2014
8:30am – 9:00am:
Coffee and Welcome Remarks
9:00am – 10:15am:
Session 1: Does Compulsory Licensing Discourage Invention? Evidence from
German Patents after the US Trading-with-the-Enemy Act
Chair: Jean de Bettignies
Presenter: Petra Moser (Stanford, Econ.)
Discussant: Hellen Kim (MIT, Sloan)
10:15am – 10:45am: Coffee Break
10:45am – 12:00pm:
Session 2: Copyright Enforcement in Stock Photography
Chair: Ajay Agrawal
Presenter: Hong Luo (Harvard Business School)
Discussant: Sharon Belenzon (Duke, Fuqua)
12:00pm – 1:15pm:
Lunch and Coffee on Site
1:15pm – 2:30pm:
Session 3: The Impact of Venture Capital Monitoring: Evidence from a
Natural Experiment
Chair: Douglas Cumming
Presenter: Xavier Giroud (MIT, Sloan)
Discussant: Rob Seamans (NYU, Stern)
2:30pm – 3:00pm:
Coffee Break
3:00pm – 4:15pm:
Session 4: Posturing and Efficient Contracting in Venture Capital
Chair: Jean de Bettignies
Presenter: Richmond Mathews (Maryland, Smith)
Discussant: Robert Marquez (UC Davis, Management)
6:15pm – 9:15pm:
Boat Cruise and Barbecue around the Thousand Islands. Boarding starts at
6:15pm, from #1 Brock Street.
Saturday, June 14th, 2014
8:30am – 9:00am:
Coffee
9:00am – 10:15am:
Session 5: Public R&D Investments and Private Sector Patenting: Evidence
from NIH Funding Rules
Chair: Ajay Agrawal
Presenter: Danielle Li (Northwestern, Kellogg)
Discussant: Alberto Galasso (U of Toronto, Rotman)
10:15am – 10:45am: Coffee Break
10:45am – 12:00pm: Session 6: Wisdom and Madness: Comparing Expert and Crowd Evaluation
Chair: Douglas Cumming
Presenter: Ethan Mollick (Wharton)
Discussant: Jing Chen (Copenhagen Business School)
12:00pm – 12:05pm: Concluding Remarks
12:05pm – 1:00pm:
Light Lunch on Site
POINTS OF INTEREST
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (as of June 12th, 2014)
Ajay Agrawal (Toronto, Rotman)
Sharon Belenzon (Duke, Fuqua)
Jean de Bettignies (QSB)
Joel Blit (Waterloo, Econ.)
Emily Breza (Columbia Business School)
Christian Catalini (MIT, Sloan)
Vincent Chandler (Queen’s, Econ.)
Jing Chen (Copenhagen Business School)
Paul Chipperton (QSB)
Pascal Courty (U. of Victoria, Econ.)
Decio Coviello (HEC Montreal)
Douglas Cumming (York, Schulich)
Alberto Galasso (Toronto, Rotman)
Xavier Giroud (MIT, Sloan)
Anthony Goerzen (QSB)
Rachel Harris (York, Econ.)
Ibtissam H’Midouche (QSB)
Guy Holburn (Western, Ivey)
Xinning Huang (QSB)
Richard Ishac (Queen’s Econ.)
Olena Ivus (QSB)
Hellen Kim (MIT, Sloan)
Anna Koroleva (QSB)
Jonathan Lee (Queen’s, Econ.)
Tracy Lewis (Duke, Fuqua)
Danielle Li (Northwestern, Kellogg)
Jing Liang (QSB)
Hong Luo (HBS)
Chen Liu (QSB)
Chris Liu (Toronto, Rotman)
Hanna Liu (QSB)
Robert Marquez (UC Davis, Management)
Richmond Mathews (Maryland, Smith)
John Maxwell (Indiana, Kelley)
Ethan Mollick (Wharton)
Petra Moser (Stanford, Econ.)
Bo Pazderka (QSB)
Keith Rogers (QSB)
Samir Saadi (Ottawa, Telfer)
Amir Sariri (Toronto, Rotman)
Koray Sayili (QSB)
Robert Seamans (NYU, Stern)
Dong Shen (Queen’s, Econ.)
Kristjan Sigurdson (Toronto, Rotman)
Arash Soleimani (Waterloo, Man. Sciences)
Fatma Sonmez (QSB)
Kelly Shue (Chicago, Booth)
Veikko Thiele (QSB)
Tina Tian (QSB)
Mihkel Tombak (Toronto, Rotman)
Wei Wang (QSB)
Jane Wu (MIT, Sloan)
Jan Zabojnik (Queen’s, Econ.)
Christina Zheng (QSB)
Feng Zhan (York, Schulich)
Minjie Zhang (York, Schulich)