Program
Open conference program, Friday August 22
08:00 Coffee and registration
08:30-10:00 “Innovation, Disruption, and Entrepreneurship”
Hjalmar Winbladh, CEO of Wrapp
“Angel investing: theory and evidence”
Thomas Hellmann, University of British Columbia
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 “The Non-Pecuniary Benefits of Small Business Ownership"
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago
Panel discussion moderated by David Robinson, Duke University
Speakers joined by Anna Hallberg, Almi
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:45 ”Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur”
Konrad Bergström, CEO of Zoundindustries
13:45-14:15 Coffee
14:15-15:45 “The Macro-Impact of SME finance”
David Thesmar, HEC Paris
Panel discussion moderated by Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics
Speakers joined by Kerstin Cooley (Moor), Fabian Månsson (Independent)
15:45-16:00 Concluding remarks and mingle
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Academic conference program, Saturday August 23
(The presenting author is marked with an asterisk)
08:30 Coffee
09:00-09:45 Jean-Noel Barrot* (MIT): “Investor Horizon and the Life Cycle of Innovative Firms: Evidence from Venture Capital”
Discussant: Geraldo Cerqueiro (Catolica Lisbon)
09:45-10:30 Jonathan Brogaard, Matthew Denes*, and Ran Duchin (University of Washington): “Does Government Spending Spur Innovation?”
Discussant: Roine Vestman (Stockholm University)
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:45 Evgeny Lyandres* and Berardino Palazzo (Boston University): “Cash Holdings, Competition, and Innovation”
Discussant: Fabiana Penas (Tilburg)
11:45-12:30 James R. Brown (Iowa State), Christian Thomann (KTH), and Gustav Martinsson* (Swedish House of Finance): “Financing Constraints in the Crisis: Evidence from a Novel Policy Initiative in Sweden.”
Discussant: Joacim Tåg (IFN)
Lunch
13:30-14:15 Arnoud Boot and Vladimir Vladimirov* (University of Amsterdam): “Entrepreneurial Vision, Information, and Cash”
Discussant: Rob Seamans (New York University)
14:15-14:45 Coffee
14:45-15:30 Yifei Mao* (Indiana University): “Managing Innovation: the Role of Collateral”
Discussant: Mariassunta Gianetti (Stockholm School of Economics)
15:30-16:15 Thomas Åstebro* (HEC Paris) and Joacim Tåg (IFN): “Job Creators”
Discussant: James R. Brown (Iowa State)
Closing of conference.