2009 Conference Agenda
 

Thu, April 30, 2009

7 - 9 p.m.

Dinner (Garden Restaurant, Inn & Conference Center)
 

Fri, May 1, 2009

7 - 8 a.m.

Breakfast (Garden Restaurant, Inn & Conference Center)

8 - 8:30 a.m.

Walk to Smith Business School (Van Munching Hall, Rm 1330)

8:30 - 9 a.m.
Registration & Coffee
Welcome Remarks by Dean Anand Anandalingam, Smith Business School

9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Entrepreneurial Optimism
(20 min.) Gary Dushnitsky, Wharton: A Cross-Country Study Of Entrepreneurial Optimism and Valuations,
(10 min.) Commentator: Chris Bingham, North Carolina/Chapel Hill
(20 min.) Phillip Kim, Wisconsin/Madison & Mingxiang Li, Wisconsin/Madison: Seeking Riches amid Uncertainty: Institutional Incentives for Entrepreneurial Entry in Emerging Economies,
(10 min.) Commentator: Brian Wu, Michigan
(30 min.) Open Discussion

10:30 - 11 a.m.

Break

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Interpretations, Enactment, and Learning
(20 min.) Chris Bingham, UNC: Socratic Dialogue: Bidirectional Questioning and the Micro-Foundations of Interorganizational Learning,
(10 min.) Commentator: Bala Vissa, INSEAD
(20 min.) Mukti Khaire, Harvard & R. Daniel Wadhwani, Univ of the Pacific: Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art,
(10 min.) Commentator: Rhonda Reger, Maryland
(30 min.) Open Discussion

12:30 - 2 p.m.

Lunch (3rd Floor Lobby, Van Munching Hall)

2 - 3:30 p.m.

Wine and Cheese Poster Session with PhD students
Alan Boss, Maryland: Entrepreneurial Resilience: How New Venture Founders Recover and Re-Start After Failure
Shon Hiatt, Cornell, The Enabling and Constraining Effects of Attention Structures on Entrepreneurial Activity in the U.S. Biodiesel Industry
R. Scott Livengood, Maryland: Can You Hear Me Now? An Austrian Economics View of the Market Process: Examining Market Discourse as a Sensemaking Mechanism of Entrepreneurial Actions
Daniel Malter, Maryland: Learning From Success, Failure, Or Observation In Opportunity Identification And Capture? Evidence For Entrepreneurial Alertness
Vivek Tandon, Michigan: Where Do Schumpeterian Combinations Come From? The Role Of Incentives And Structure In Codetermining The Location Of Combinations In Established Firms

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Exploration and Exploitation

(20 min) Sandip Basu, Cal State/East Bay & Corey Phelps, UW/Seattle: “The Role Of Exploratory Subunits In Organizational Ambidexterity: An Inductive Examination Of Corporate Venture Capital Units”
(10 mts) Commentator: Paulo Prochno, Maryland
(20 min) Jason Davis, MIT: “Network Dynamics of Exploration and Exploitation: Pruning and Pairing Processes in Collaborative Innovation”
(10 min) Commentator: Rachelle Sampson, Maryland
(20 min) Rafael Corredoira, Maryland: “Social Capital Accessibility: An Empirical Study of Generative Mechanisms and Redundancy of Inter-Firm Knowledge Access through Mobility, Alliance and Geographic Proximity”
(10 min) Commentator: Diane Burton, MIT
(30 min) Open Discussion

5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Walk to Inn & Conference Center

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Cocktail Reception (Inn & Conference Center)

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Dinner (Inn & Conference Center)
 

Sat, May 2, 2009

7 - 8 a.m.

Breakfast (Garden Restaurant, Inn & Conference Center)

8 - 8.15 a.m.

Walk to Smith Business School (Van Munching Hall, Rm 1330)

8.15 - 9.45 a.m.

Entrepreneurial Networks
(20 min.) Ben Hallen, Maryland: Can Entrepreneurs Believe Their Impressions of Venture Capitalists? Does it Matter? Entrepreneur Evaluations and Network Safety Nets
(10 min.) Commentator: Gary Dushnitsky, Wharton
(20 min.) Bala Vissa, INSEAD: With Whom Do Entrepreneurs Connect? A Matching Theory of Tie Formation and Success
(10 min.) Commentator: David Waguespack, Maryland
(30 min.) Open Discussion

9.45 - 10 a.m.

Break

10 a.m. - Noon

Inter-Firm Ties, Social Capital, And Innovation

(20 min) Aaron Chatterji, Duke & Kira Fabrizio, Duke: “How Do Firms Use Users? Collaborative Innovation in the Medical Device Industry”
(10 min) Commentator: Ben Hallen, Maryland
(20 min) David Waguespack, Maryland: “Network Positions, Network Signals, and New Tie Formation: the ‘et al’ Effect”
(10 min) Commentator: Jason Davis, MIT
(20 min) Lourdes Sosa, London Business School: “From Old Competence Destruction to New Competence Access: Evidence from the Comparison of Small- and Large-Molecule Targeted Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery”
(10 min) Commentator: Brent Goldfarb, Maryland
(30 min) Open Discussion

Noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch (3rd Floor Lobby, Van Munching Hall)

1 - 2:30 p.m.

Industry Evolution
(20 min.) Brent Goldfarb, Maryland & David Kirsch, Maryland: "When Are There Bubbles in New Industries?"
(10 min.) Commentator: Aaron Chatterji, Duke
(20 min.) Sea-Jin Chang, NUS & Brian Wu, Michigan: Post-Liberalization Industry Shakeout in China, 1998-2006"
(10 min.) Commentator: Anil Gupta, Maryland
(30 min.) Open Discussion

2:30 - 3 p.m.

Feedback and Conclusion

3 - 3:30 p.m.

Walk to Inn & Conference Center

6 - 8 p.m.

Dinner for those staying overnight
(Inn and Conference Center or on your own)