2024 AIEA-NBER Annual Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
14-16 August 2024
Industry Day (by invitation and registration only)
14 August 2024
12:00 - 12:30 Registration
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 Forum: The impact of industrial policy on entrepreneurship and innovation
Moderator: Kevin Fox (CAER Director, UNSW Sydney)
Welcome address: Stephen Rodda (Pro Vice-Chancellor Industry and Innovation, UNSW Sydney)
Round table forum speakers
1) NBER Fellows: Josh Lerner (Harvard), Scott Stern (MIT)
2) RBA: John Simon, Head of the Economic Research Department
3) IP Australia: Michael Falk, Chief Economist
4) Productivity Commission: Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner
5) E61: Michael Brennan, CEO and Former-Head of Productivity Commission
6) Atlassian: David Master, Head of Global Public Policy
7) UNSW Sydney: Stephen Rodda (PVC Industry and Innovation), Richard Holden (Professor of Economics)
3:45 - 4:45 Networking Drinks
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner for speakers and conference presenters and discussants
Academic Conference
15 August 2024
9:00 - 9:10 Opening and welcome
9:10 - 10:00 The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization
Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School), Henry Manley, Carolyn Stein, Heidi Williams
Discussant: Po-Hsuan Hsu (NTHU)
10:00 - 10:50 Product Liability Litigation and Innovation: Evidence from Medical Devices
Hong Luo (U of Toronto), Alberto Galasso
Discussant: Kwanghui Lim (University of Melbourne)
10:50 - 11:20 Break (Tea and coffee)
11:20 - 12:10 Firm Growth through Product Offerings
Elvira Sojli (UNSW Sydney), Leo Liu, Wing Wah Tham
Discussant: Scott Stern (MIT)
12:10 - 1:20 Lunch
1:20 - 2:10 Is Simpler Still Better? The Valuation of Design Features
Kevin Tseng (CU Hong Kong), Po-Hsuan Hsu, Tian Chan
Discussant: Michael Falk (IP Australia)
2:10 - 3:00 Junior Scholar Presentations (3 papers of ~15 minutes each)
Learning from the Band of Brothers: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Spillover
Chih-Ching Hung (National Taiwan University), with Kevin Tseng, Yen-Cheng Chang and Chun-Che Chi
The Effects of Anti-corruption on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Anti-corruption Campaign
Haizhen Jin (National University Singapore), with WonJoon Kim and Ke Feng
Adoption of Emerging Digital General-purpose Technologies: Determinants and Effects
Jonathan Hambur (RBA), with Kim Nguyen
16 August 2024
9:00 - 9:50 Leveraging Technology Expertise in Venture Capital Screening: Evidence from Start-up Competitions
Suting Hong (ShanghaiTech University), Su Wang and Xiang Yin
Discussant: Jeff Furman (Boston University)
9:50 - 10:40 Accelerating Innovation Ecosystems: The Promise and Challenges of Regional Innovation Engines
Scott Stern (MIT), Jorge Guzman, Fiona Murray and Heidi Williams
Discussant: Catherine de Fontenay (Productivity Commission)
10:40 - 11:10 Break (Tea and coffee)
11:10 - 12:00 Digital Platforms and the Real Economy: Entrepreneurship, Development, and Industry Clustering
Xiaohan Yang (Chinese University HK), Lin William Cong, Bo Liu and Xiaobo Zhang
Discussant: Richard Holden (UNSW Sydney)
12:00 - 1:10 Lunch
1:10 - 2:00 Time to Innovate
Sunwoo Hwang (Korea U), with Sooji Kim
Discussant: Russell Thompson (Swinburne University of Technology)
2:00 - 2:50 The Innovation Wage Premium and Labour Dynamics in Australia
Michael Falk (IP Australia), with Brodie Dobson-Keeffe
Discussant: Beth Webster (University of Melbourne)
2:50 - 3:00 Conclusion
6:00 - 8:00 Conference Dinner at HC Coombs Centre