Harvard Business School held its Second Annual Entrepreneurship Conference on December 9-10, 2005. The theme of the 2005 conference was Corporate Entrepreneurship. We received nearly 70 papers and selected ten to be discussed in the following sessions: Corporate Venture Capital, Accessing External Capabilities, Resource Allocation Processes, Accessing External Capabilities, Structuring for Growth, and Dynamic Capabilities and Resource-Based Change. A wide range of discussions and panels also took place; participants included Michael Cusumano, Connie Helfat, Clay Christensen, Vijay Govindarajan, Joe Bower, and Mike Tushman, among others.
Conference Schedule, December 9-10, 2005
| Friday, December 9 | |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 | Registration and check-in, lunch served |
| 1:00 - 1:10 | Welcome |
| 1:10 - 3:00 | Paper Session 1: Alliance Networks and Firm Boundaries Session Chair: Mary Tripsas, Harvard Business School/MIT "Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Alliance Formation: A Multidimensional Perspective" - Dovev Lavie, The University of Texas at Austin
- Lori Rosenkopf, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Toby Stuart, Harvard Business School/Columbia Business SchoolDownload Abstract |
| "Innovating Within a New Technological Paradigm: The Role of Individual, Firm, and Network-Level Effects in Building Capabilities" - Frank T. Rothaermel, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Andrew Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant: Clark Gilbert, Harvard Business SchoolDownload Abstract |
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| "Designing the Boundaries of the Firm: From "Make, Buy or Ally" to the Dynamic Benefits of Vertical Architecture" - Michael G. Jacobides, London Business School
- Stephan Billinger, London Business School
Discussant: Morten Hansen, INSEADDownload Abstract |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:30 | Paper Session 2: Structural Mechanisms for Growth Session Chair: Tom Eisenmann, Harvard Business School "Creating Cross-business Collaboration" - Jeffrey A. Martin, The University of Texas at Austin
- Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Discussant: Deborah Dougherty, Rutgers University Download Abstract |
| "Management of Uncertain Ventures: An Exploratory Analysis" - Thomas Keil, York University
- Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School
- Taina Tukiainen, Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia
Discussant: Ron Adner, INSEADDownload Abstract |
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| 4:30 - 4:45 | Break |
| 4:45 - 6:00 | Panel: Dynamic Capabilities and Resource-Based Change Panelists: - Connie Helfat, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
- Sid Finkelstein, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
- Will Mitchell, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
- Margaret Peteraf, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
- Harbir Singh, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
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| 6:30 - 7:00 | Reception |
| 7:00 - 8:30 | Dinner |
| Saturday, December 10 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 11:00 | Paper Session 3: Corporate Venture Capital Session Chair: Bill Kerr, Harvard Business School "Do Corporate Venture Capitalists Add Value to Startup Firms? Evidence from Valuations of IPOs" - Vladimir I. Ivanov, University of Kansas Business School
- Fei Xie, San Diego State University
Discussant: Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDownload Abstract |
| "Corporate Venture Capital and the Returns to Acquiring Entrepreneurial Firms" - David Benson, University of Michigan
- Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis, University of Michigan
Discussant: Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School Download Abstract |
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| "Swimming with Sharks: Technology Ventures and Corporate Relationships" - Jeff D. Rosenberger, Stanford University
- Riitta Katila, Stanford University
- Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Discussant: Ranjay Gulati, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityDownload Abstract |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Paper Session 4: Acquiring New Capabilities Session Chair: Constance Bagley, Harvard Business School "Brewing Up New Technological Capabilities: How Corporate Entrepreneurship Enabled Japanese Breweries to Enter the Biopharmaceutical Industry" - Michael J. Lynskey, St. John's College, University of Cambridge
Discussant: JoAnne Yates, Harvard Business School/MITDownload Abstract |
| "The Multilevel Impact of Complexity and Uncertainty on the Performance of Innovation-Motivated Acquisitions" - Saikat Chaudhuri, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Michael Cusumano, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDownload Abstract |
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| 12:30 - 1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | Resource Allocation Panel Panelists: - Joseph Bower, Harvard Business School
- Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School
- Yves Doz, INSEAD
- Clark Gilbert, Harvard Business School
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