WEFI

Register for the Wei Yang Tham seminar 10/9

WEFI

WORKSHOP ON ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AND INNOVATION

A bi-weekly, virtual workshop featuring research in entrepreneurial finance and innovation. The workshop is open to submissions at [email protected].  

The WEFI organizers are Michael Ewens, Camille Hebert, Song Ma and Melanie Wallskog.  Our two advisors are Yael Hochberg and David Robinson.

FORMAT AND TOPICS

  • 40 minute presentation (Zoom)
  • 15 minute invited discussion
  • 10 min moderated Q&A (collect questions during presentations)
  • More details here

REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP

Use this sign-up form join the mailing list for workshop announcements and the call for papers. We will send separate RSVPs for the presentations.

FALL SEMINAR SCHEDULE (12PM ET)

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October 9, 2023

Paper: Money, Time, and Grant Design

Presenter: Wei Yang Tham (Harvard)

Coauthors: Kyle Myers (Harvard)

Discussant: Carolyn Stein (UC Berkeley)

October 23, 2023

Paper: Mega Firms and Recent Trends in the U.S. Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Patent Data (pdf)

Presenter: Yuheng Ding (World Bank)

Coauthors: Serguey Braguinsky, Joonkyu Choi, Karam Jo & Seula Kim

Discussant: Tim Simcoe (Boston Univ.)

November 6, 2023

Paper: Does ESG Investing Help VC Funds to Attract Startups? Experimental Evidence (pdf)

Presenter: Ye Zhang (SSE)

Coauthors:

Discussant: Emanuele Colonnelli (Booth)

November 13, 2023

Paper: Student-run Workshop

Presenter: PhD students

Coauthors:

Discussant: TBD

December 4, 2023

Paper: “From Competitors to Partners: Banks’ Venture Investments in Fintech”

Presenter: Yiming Qian (UConn)

Coauthors: Manju Puri (Duke) and Xiang Zheng (Uconn)

Discussant: Paul H. Beaumont (McGill)

PAST SEMINARS

Interaction between Startups and Incumbents