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3rd IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research

Organizers: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam), Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam)
Location:Potsdam, Germany
Date:June 14, 2012 - June 15, 2012

Event Manager:

Ulrike Maurer (IZA)

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Program

+++ presentation: 30 minutes +++ discussion: 5 minutes +++ floor discussion: 10 minutes +++

Thursday, June 14:

09:25 - 09:30   Welcoming Remarks
Marco Caliendo
(University of Potsdam and IZA)
Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin and IZA)
 
 
        Session A
  Chair: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam)
 
09:30 - 10:15   Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal), Monika Piegeler (Jackstädt Center For Research on Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
  "Gender Differences in Competitiveness, Risk Tolerance, and Other Personality Traits: Do They Contribute to the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship?"
  Discussant: Henry Sauermann (Georgia Institute of Technology)
 
10:15 - 11:00   Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Daniel S.J. Lechmann (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
  "Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-all-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear’s Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data"
  Discussant: Thomas B. Astebro (HEC Paris)
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee/Tea Break
 
 
        Session B
  Chair: Thomas B. Astebro (HEC Paris)
 
11:30 - 12:15   Philipp Koellinger (Erasmus University Rotterdam), The Gentrepreneur Consortium
  "The molecular genetic architecture of self-employment"
  Discussant: Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal)
 
12:15 - 13:00   Roxana Turturea (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Joern Block (Technical University Munich), Ingrid Verheul (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Katrin Burmeister (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Roy Thurik (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  "AD/HD SYMPTOMS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS"
  Discussant: Laura Rosendahl Huber (University of Amsterdam)
 
 
13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
 
 
        Session C
  Chair: Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
 
14:00 - 14:45   Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen (Aarhus School of Business), Anders Hoffmann (Aarhus University), Rikke Ibsen (Aarhus University), Dorte Hoeg Koch (Aarhus University)
  "Stagnate or Die: The Life and Death of New Firms"
  Discussant: Sander M. Hoogendoorn (University of Amsterdam)
 
14:45 - 15:30   Diemo Urbig (University of Antwerp), Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal), Erik Monsen (University of Strathclyde)
  "Entrepreneurship and General Expectations of Good Luck and Social Support: An Unexpectedly Negative Relationship"
  Discussant: Enrico Sass (University of Potsdam)
 
 
15:30 - 16:30   Coffee/Tea Break and Poster Session
 
 
16:30 - 18:00   Keynote Speech
  Chair: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam)
 
        Simon C. Parker (University of Western Ontario)
  "New Directions in the Economics of Entrepreneurship"
 

Friday, June 15:

        Session D
  Chair: Frank M. Fossen (Free University of Berlin)
 
09:00 - 09:45   Thomas B. Astebro (HEC Paris)
  "Business Partners, Financing, and the Commercialization of Inventions"
  Discussant: Philipp Koellinger (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
 
09:45 - 10:30   Enrico Sass (University of Potsdam)
  "Startup Motivation of University Scientists"
  Discussant: Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen (Aarhus School of Business)
 
 
10:30 - 11:00   Coffee/Tea Break
 
 
        Session E
  Chair: Katharina Hölzle (University of Potsdam)
 
11:00 - 11:45   Laura Rosendahl Huber (University of Amsterdam), Randolph Sloof (University of Amsterdam), Mirjam van Praag (University of Amsterdam and IZA)
  "The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment"
  Discussant: Christian Schultz (University of Potsdam)
 
11:45 - 12:30   Russell Toth (University of Sydney)
  "Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
  Discussant: Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
 
 
12:30 - 13:30   Lunch
 
 
        Session F
  Chair: Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal)
 
13:30 - 14:15   Christian Schultz (University of Potsdam), Tamara Almeyda (University of Potsdam), Katharina Hölzle (University of Potsdam)
  "Effects of Teaching and Team Composition on Success in an Entrepreneurship Education Course"
  Discussant: Diemo Urbig (University of Antwerp)
 
14:15 - 15:00   Sander M. Hoogendoorn (University of Amsterdam), Mirjam van Praag (University of Amsterdam and IZA)
  "Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Randomized Field Experiment"
  Discussant: Russell Toth (University of Sydney)
 
 
15:00 - 15:30   Coffee/Tea Break
 
 
        Session G
  Chair: Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam)
 
15:30 - 16:15   Henry Sauermann (Georgia Institute of Technology), Michael Roach (The University of North Carolina)
  "Founders and Joiners: The Role of Individual Characteristics, Social Context, and Commercial Opportunities in Entrepreneurial Intentions"
  Discussant: Roxana Turturea (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
 




List of Participants

Thomas B. Astebro (HEC Paris)
Jörn Block (Technical University Munich)
Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal)
Iris Burmester (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA)
Frank M. Fossen (Free University of Berlin and IZA)
Jens Hogenacker (IZA)
Katharina Hölzle (University of Potsdam)
Sander M. Hoogendoorn (University of Amsterdam)
Philipp Koellinger (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Steffen Künn (IZA)
Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin and IZA)
Danial S.J. Lechmann (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Christian Loersch (University of Potsdam and IZA)
Andreas Moczall (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg)
Simon C. Parker (University of Western Ontario and IZA)
Patrick A. Puhani (University of Hannover and IZA)
Miriam Reuschel (University of Potsdam)
Alicia Robb (Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation)
Laura Rosendahl Huber (University of Amsterdam)
Enrico Sass (University of Potsdam)
Henry Sauermann (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IZA)
Chistian Schultz (University of Potsdam)
Russell Toth (University of Sydney)
Roxana Turturea (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Diemo Urbig (University of Antwerp)
Martin Weißenberger (University of Potsdam)
Niels Westergard-Nielsen (Aarhus School of Business and IZA)