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The Technology, Governance and Regulation Conference in Jerusalem was hosted by the Jerusalem School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University and co-organized by Professor Yishay Yafeh of the Hebrew University and Professor Sharon Belenzon of Duke University.

The conference took place in Jerusalem as follows:

8 July 2019, Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem, Israel

9 July 2019, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus Jerusalem, Israel

 

Supported by

The British Academy; the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the School of Business Administration, the Hebrew University; the I-CORE Center on Empirical Legal Studies

Contact person

For questions or assistance please do not hesitate to contact: 

Prof. Yishay Yafeh : yishay.yafeh@huji.ac.il

Programme

Monday 8 July, 2019
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Session 1: Sources of Innovation

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Welcome: Coffee and Greetings

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Do Universities Substitute for Corporate Scientific Research?

Speaker(s)

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Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find, or Have Firms Just Become Too Big?

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Entrepreneurial Commercialization of Academic Science: Evidence from Twin Discoveries

Speaker(s)

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Coffee

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Session 2: Innovation and Labor Markets

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The Effects of Automation on Workers, Firms and Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the US Telephone Industry in the Early 20th Century

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The Dark Side of Technological Progress? Impact of E-Commerce on Employees at Brick & Mortar Retailers

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Lunch

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Session 3: Innovation and Governance

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Corporate Governance with Diverse Ownership

Speaker(s)

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CEO Activism as Communication to Multiple Audiences

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Better Together? CEO Talent and Firm Performance

Speaker(s)

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Coffee

Evening walking tour in the old city (dinner at Jacko’s Restaurant in Mahne Yehuda afterwards)

Tuesday 9 July, 2019
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Session 1: AI and Smart Contracts

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The Fine Print of Smart Contracts

Speaker(s)

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A Penny for Your Data: Data Labor Compensation in a Two-sided Market

Speaker(s)

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Coffee

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Adoption and Diffusion of AI in Healthcare

Speaker(s)

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Coffee

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Session 2: Organization and Entrepreneurship

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Intra-firm Division of Innovative Labor and the Organization of Science and Invention

Speaker(s)

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A Scientific Approach to Entrepreneurial Decision-making: Results from Three Randomized Control Trials

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Lunch

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When Does AB Testing Affect Startup Performance?

Speaker(s)

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Collaboration’s Credit Premium and Detrimental Collaboration: Evidence from Economics

Speaker(s)

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Walking Tour of the Mount Scopus Campus

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Coffee

Dinner (Mona Restaurant)

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