ECON 222/PHDBAC279I-1: SEMINAR ON INNOVATION

Spring 2008: C-320 Haas School, Wednesday 12:15-2 PM

Professors David Mowery and Catherine Wolfram

The innovation seminar is open to graduate students, faculty, and visitors from Economics, Haas, ARE, and other departments in the university who have an interest in the economics of innovation, technical change, and intellectual property. Here are some lists of past presentations:

Fall 2007 Spring 2007 Fall 2005 Fall 2004 Fall 2003 Fall 2002 Fall 2001 Fall 2000 Fall 1999 Fall 1998 prior to 1998

Information for Masters students only

Jan 23	organizational meeting
Jan 30 (New Location)	ERIN MANSUR, Yale University Market Organization and Efficiency in Electricity Markets (Joint with the UC Energy Institute at 2547 Channing Way)
Feb 6	ROB SEAMANS, UC, Berkeley Entry Deterrence in Local Cable TV Markets
Feb 13	NO SEMINAR
Feb 20	RIITTA KATILA, Stanford University Effects of Search Timing on Product Innovation: The Value of Not Being In-Synch (with Eric Chen, Stanford)
Feb 27
Mar 5	ROSEMARIE ZIEDONIS, University of Michigan Reputations for Toughness in Patent Enforcement: Implications for Knowledge Spillovers via Inventor Mobility (with Rajshree Agarwal and Martin Ganco, University of Illinois)
Mar 12	RALPH SIEBERT, Purdue University Does Licensing Resolve Hold Up in the Patent Thicket? Canceled
Mar 19	KIRA FABRIZIO, Emory University Absorptive Capacity and the Strength of Intellectual Property Rights
Apr 2	YURIY GORODNICHENKO, UC, Berkeley Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
Apr 9	MARGARET TAYLOR, UC, Berkeley Cap-and-Trade Programs and Innovation for Climate Safety
Apr 16	SEIKO ARAI, University of Oxford Absorptive Capability of Japanese and European MNCs: Balance between Autonomy and Control of R&D Subsidiaries in the US
Apr 23	YONGWOOK PAIK, UC, Berkeley Serial Entrepreneurs and Venture Performance: Evidence from U.S. Venture-Capital-Financed Semiconductor Firms
Apr 30	CÉDRIC SCHNEIDER, KU Leuven Commercializing Academic Research: The Quality of Faculty Patenting
May 7	ARVIDS ZIEDONIS, University of Michigan The Geographic Reach of Market and Non–Market Channels of University Research Commercialization (with David Mowery, UC, Berkeley)