STRATEGY RESEARCH FORUM 2004
Old Mill Inn, Toronto Ontario
May 22-23, 2004

-CURRENT PROGRAM-
 

Friday, May 21

This site gives a map and directions: http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/location.html.

If you tell a cab driver: I'm going to the Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Road, just north of the Old Mill subway station, then the cabbie should know exactly where this is. The prettiest way to get there is:
    427 South to Burnamthorpe Road.
    East (left) on Burnamthorpe Road to Dundas Road.
    Left on Dundas Road to Kingsway.
    South on Kingsway to Bloor, which is also where Old Mill Road meets Kingsway and Bloor.
    Very sharp left onto Old Mill Road (a harder left than going onto Bloor)    
    Go for 1.5 blocks on Old Mill Road. The Old Mill Inn will loom over you on the right side of the street.

Dinner (time and place tbd)

Saturday, May 22

8:45 Opening Remarks: Brian, Peter and Vit

9:00 Patrick Moreton "Value-based Strategy: Clarifications and Implications"
9:25 Discussant: Myles Shaver
9:40 Open Discussion led by Session Chair : Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

10:00 Michael Lenox (with Scott Rockart and Arie Lewin) "Complementarities, Competition and Sustained Intra-Industry Heterogeneity in Profits"
10:25 Discussant: Jan Rivkin
10:40 Open Discussion led by Session Chair : Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Belen Villalonga (with Raffi Amit) "How do Family Ownership, Management and Control Affect Firm Value?"
11:55 Discussant: Wilbur Chung
12:10 Open Discussion led by Session Chair : Jordan Siegel

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Roberto Weber (with Colin Camerer and Scott Rick) "The Effects of Organizational Structure and Codes on Performance of Laboratory Firms"
1:55 Discussant: Fabrizio Ferraro
2:10 Open Discussion led by Session Chair Vit Henisz

2:30 Guy Holburn and Richard Vanden Bergh "Influencing Agencies through Pivotal Political Institutions"
2:55 Discussant: Bennet Zelner
3:10 Open Discussion led by Session Chair Vit Henisz

3:30 Coffee break

4:00 Juan Alcacer and Michelle Gittelman "How do I know what you know? The role of inventors and examiners in the generation of patent citations"
4:25 Discussant: Brian Silverman
4:40 Open Discussion Led by Session Chair: Glenn Hoetker
 

5:00 Robert Salomon (with Xavier Martin) "Technology Transfer and Implementation: Exploring the ‘Time-to-Build’ Fabrication Facilities in the Global Semiconductor Industry"
5:25 Discussant: Bill McEvily
5:40 Open Discussion Led by Session Chair: Glenn Hoetker

6:00 Drink & Dine (times and places tbd)

Sunday, May 23

8:30 Jeff Furman (with Scott Stern) "Climbing Atop the Shoulders of Giants: The Impact of Institutions on Cumulative Research"
8:55 Discussant: Atul Nerkar
9:10 Discussant for paper in absentia by Robert Lowe and Arvids Ziedonis "Do University Entrepreneurs Exhibit Cognitive Bias?":
        Johanna Mair
9:30 Open Discussion Led by Session Chair: Peter Roberts

9:50 Brief Break

10:05 Heather Berry "Corporate Divestment: The Influence of Foreign Investment Strategies"
10:30 Discussant: Rachelle Sampson
10:45 Open Discussion led by Session Chair: Xavier Martin

11:05 Arturs Kalnins "Development Commitments, Managerial Biases and Venture Failure: Evidence from International Franchise Contracts"
11:30 Discussant: Joanne Oxley
11:45 Open Discussion led by Session Chair: Xavier Martin

12:05 Wrap-up: Brian, Peter and Vit -- collect thoughts and introduce next years triumverate

12:15 Go to Sumptuous Brunch at Old Mill Inn, followed by group hug