WEFI
The 6th WEFI student-led workshop will take place virtually (Zoom) on November 1, 2024.
Along with the lecture series and regular seminar series of the WEFI, this one-day event provides an opportunity for PhD students interested in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation to present their work and receive feedback from faculty in the area. Student-authored full-length papers from all disciplines covering areas of innovation and entrepreneurship are invited and preferred. Papers co-authored with faculty members are welcome if the student presents the paper at the workshop.
The workshop includes a best paper award of $500.
Program
12:30pm – “Scientific Talent and Firm Growth: Evidence from Scientific Breakthroughs”
Author: Jialin Qian (Georgia State University)
Discussant: Tania Babina (Columbia University)
1:05pm – “A structural model of mentorship in startup accelerators: Matching, learning, and value creation”
Author: Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad (University of Toronto)
Discussant: Ye Zhang (Stockholm School of Economics)
1:40pm – 10 min break
1:50pm – “Teams and Text: Collaborative Innovation in the Knowledge Space”
Author: Joseph Emmens (Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona and The Barcelona School of Economics)
Discussant: Donald Bowen III (Lehigh University)
2:25pm – “On the Shoulder of Giants: Financial Spillovers in Innovation Networks”
Authors: Bijan Aghdasi (LSE) and Abhijit Tagade (LSE)
Discussant: Deniz Yavuz (Purdue University)
20-min presentation, 10-min discussion and 5-min Q&A
Registration: Zoom registration required.
Student co-organizers: Alice Eliet-Doillet (EPFL), Yangyang Cheng (Bocconi University), Melissa Crumling (Drexel University), Tarikua Erda (Columbia University), Himal Gautam (BI Norwegian Business School), Blake Jackson (Florida University), Roham Rezaei (UNSW), Elizaveta Smorodenkova (LSE), Daisy Wang (Ohio State University), Pulkit Yadav (INSEAD).
Faculty co-organizers: Michael Ewens, Camille Hebert, Song Ma, and Melanie Wallskog