Fall 2024 Program

Best paper winner 2024:  Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad (University of Toronto) for “A structural model of mentorship in startup accelerators: Matching, learning, and value creation”

Program

12:30pm – “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)

1:05pm – “Scientific Talent and Firm Growth: Evidence from Scientific Breakthroughs”

Author: Jialin Qian (Georgia State University)

Discussant: Tania Babina (Columbia University)

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)

Format

20-min presentation, 10-min discussion and 5-min Q&A

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