Friday, April 25

11:45-12:45 pm – Registration and lunch

12:45 pm – Welcome (Harbir Singh, Wharton) and introductions

1:00-2:30 pm – Session 1: Spillovers and technology commercialization

Rajshree Agarwal (Illinois), Martin Ganco (Illinois) and Rosemarie Ziedonis (Michigan) “Reputation for Toughness in Patent Enforcement: Implications for Knowledge Spillovers via Inventor Mobility”

Tim Simcoe (Toronto), Stuart Graham (Georgia Tech), and Maryann Feldman (Georgia) “Competing on Standards? Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and the Platform Paradox”

Simon Wakeman (European School of Management and Technology) “A Dynamic Theory of Technology Commercialization Strategy”

Discussant: Lori Rosenkopf (Wharton)

2:30-3:00 pm – break

3:00-4:30pm – Session 2: Timing and innovation strategy                                 

Russell Coff (Emory), Peggy Lee (ASU), and Scott Hayward (Emory) “Corporate Disclosure of Competitive Advantages: Why Firms Direct Attention Toward Their Breakthroughs”

Ithai Stern (Kellogg) and Janet Dukerich (Texas) “Reputation, Self-Efficacy, and Alliance Formation between Biotechnology Companies and Pharmaceutical Firms”

Goncalo Pacheco-de-Almeida (NYU) and Peter Zemsky (INSEAD) “Time-Consuming Technology Development: How Imitation and Spillovers affect Competitive Dynamics”

Discussant: Harbir Singh (Wharton)

4:30-4:50pm – Break

4:50-6:00pm – Session 3: Micro-perspectives on idea generation and entrepreneurship

Danielle Dunne (SUNY Binghamton) and Deborah Dougherty (Rutgers) “How and Why Science Enhances Exploratory Product Innovation: The Case of Bio-Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery”

Graciela Kuchle (Witten Herdecke Univ.), Dietmar Grichnik (WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management), Anil Menon (ACM), and Saras Sarasvathy (Virginia) “The Bi-modal Landscape of Habitual Entrepreneurship”

Discussant: Rajshree Agarwal (Illinois)

7pm Dinner

Saturday, April 26

8:30-9am – Breakfast

9-10:30am – Session 4: Organizational structure and innovation/performance

Kevin Boudreau (HEC), Nicola Lacetera (Case Western), and Karim Lakhani (HBS) “Incentives versus Diversity: Re-Examining the Link between Competition and Innovation”

Samina Karim (Boston University) “Reorganization and Innovation: How Firms Learn in the Presence of Structural Change”

Jason Davis (MIT), Kathleen Eisenhardt (Stanford), and Christopher Bingham (Maryland) “Complexity Theory, Market Dynamism, and the Strategy of Simple Rules”

Discussant: Dan Levinthal (Wharton)

11am -12:10pm – Session 5: Location productivity and location choice

Luca Berchicci (Erasmus), Andrew King (Dartmouth), and Chris Tucci (EPFL) “No Place Like Home? Spin-offs’ Strategy and Location Choice”

Barak Aharonson (Washington University), Joel Baum (Toronto) and Anne Plunket (Faculte Jean Monnet) “Inventive and Uninventive Clusters: The Case of Canadian Biotechnology”

Discussant: Hans Pennings (Wharton)

12:10-1:30pm – Lunch

1:30-2:40pm – Session 6: Geographic channels for R&D

Margaret Kyle (LBS) and Anita McGahan (Toronto) “Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS:  How Public Policy, Technology and Globalization Shaped Drug Development”

David Mowery (Berkeley) and Arvids Ziedonis (Michigan) “The Geographic Reach of Market and Non-Market Channels of University Research Commercialization”

Discussant: Joel Baum (Toronto)

2:45pm – Conference adjourns

LOCATION & DIRECTIONS:  This event will be held on the 8th Floor of Huntsman Hall, located at the corner of 38th and Walnut in Philadelphia.  Huntsman is approx. 45 minutes from Philadelphia International Airport and 20 minutes from 30th Street Train Station.  There is an enclosed parking structure across the street from Huntsman.  

The nearest hotels are:  the Inn at Penn (215.222.0200) or The Sheraton University City (215.387.8000).

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