2024 Program
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00-9:00 p.m. | Social Dinner | Lula and Sadie’s, 2022 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC |
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
The conference will take place in the Esbenshade Meeting Room of the Fuqua School of Business, 100 Fuqua Dr, Durham, NC 27708.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:05 a.m. | Welcome (Sharon Belenzon, Duke Strategy Area Chair) |
| 9:05-9:15 a.m. | Introductions, Conference Overview |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | Keynote Speech (Ashish Arora, Rex D. Adams Professor) |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Tiancheng Wang (INSEAD) - Information Institutions and Returns in International Acquisitions Discussant: Justine Boudou Gabriel Cavalli (Rotman, U of Toronto) - How Scientific Organizations Adapt to Advances in Artificial Intelligence: The Impact of AlphaFold1 Discussant: Jaeho Kim Hilary Ahn (Kenan-Flagler, UNC) - Venturing Through Time: Navigating the Shifts in Growth and Profitability Emphases of Ventures and Venture Capitals Discussant: Derek Lief |
| 12:00-12:45 p.m. | Lunch (Alpaca Peruvian Chicken) |
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. | Tour of Fuqua PhD Suite and Strategy Area Offices |
| 1:15-3:15 p.m. | Thien Dong (Scheller, Georgia Tech) - Bitten But Not Shy? How Lawsuits Against Parent Firms Affect Their CVCs’ Investment Directions Discussant: Tiancheng Wang Hongyuan Xia (Cornell) - How Does Industry Shape Academic Science? Evidence from “Million Dollar Plants” Discussant: Gabriel Cavalli Joonho Oh (UNC) - Peer Network Effects in Accelerators: New Funding Opportunities Brought by Peers Discussant: Hilary Ahn Jaeho Kim (Wharton) - Building for the Future: Competing R&D Strategies in Artificial Intelligence Discussant: Belle (Chaoyi) Zhang |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Justine Boudou (HBS) - Competing for Scientific Talent: Industry vs. Academia Discussant: Thien Dong Derek Lief (Ross, U of Michigan) - Gotta’ Have Faith: The Effect of Organizational Religiosity on Worker Preferences Discussant: Hongyuan Xia Belle (Chaoyi) Zhang (CMU) - The Problem with Fear of Missing Out: Peer Effects on the Imitation in VC Decision-Making Discussant: Joonho Oh |
| 5:00-5:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 5:30 p.m. | Optional Dinner + Beers at Hi-Wire (at own expense) |