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Sunday, June 11, 2006

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
Knight Center Dining Room
12:45 - 1:00 Opening Remarks
Rajshree Agarwal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Glenn MacDonald (Washington University)
1:00-2:30 "Intra-Industry Spinoffs,"
Steven Klepper (Carnegie Mellon University)
Peter Thompson (Florida International University)
Discussant: April Franco (University of Iowa)
Chair: Max Keilbach (Max Planck Institute) Download the paper
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:15 "Industry Learning Environments and the Heterogeneity of Firm Performance,"
Marvin Lieberman (University of California-Los Angeles) and Natarajan Balasubramanian (University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussant: Emin Dinlersoz (University of Houston)
Chair: Max Keilbach (Max Planck Institute) Download the paper
4:15 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 6:00 "Competitive Innovation and Information Flows in a Growing Industry,"
Serguey Braguinsky (SUNY-Buffalo)
Discussant: Matt Mitchell (University of Iowa)
Chair: Francisco Buera (Northwestern University) Download the paper
6:00 Board shuttle - Knight Center Lobby Entrance
Destination: Missouri Botanical Gardens for drinks and dinner
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner
with Richard Wall (Canisus College), Boyan Jovanovic (New York University) and David Audretsch (Indiana University)

Monday, June 12, 2006

8:30 - 10:00 "Product Strategies and Firm Survival in Technologically Dynamic Industries,"
Barry Bayus (University of North Carolina) and Rajshree Agarwal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Discussant: Ken Simons (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Chair: Francisco Buera (Northwestern University) Download the paper
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:45 "Lateral Dominance and Fringe Benefits: Strategic Dynamics Among Dominant and Fringe Firms,"
Brian Silverman (University of Toronto) and John de Figueiredo (MIT)
Discussant: Rajshree Agarwal (University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign)
Chair: Max Keilbach (Max Planck Institute) Download the paper
11:45 - 1:30 Lunch
with Michael Gort at the Whittemore House on Washington University's campus
1:30 - 3:00 "From Innovation to Firm Formation in the Windsurfing, Skateboarding, and Snowboarding Industries,"
Sonali Shah (University of Illinois)
Discussant: Glenn MacDonald (Washington University)
Chair: David Audretsch (Indiana University) Download the paper
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 "Creative Destruction in Industries,"
Boyan Jovanovic (New York University) and Chung-Yi Tse (University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Connie Helfat (Dartmouth College) Download the paper
4:45 - 5:00 Closing Remarks
Rajshree Agarwal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Glenn MacDonald (Washington University)

Sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, CRES (Center for Research in Economics and Strategy) and the Academy of Entrepreneurial Leadership