8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall

9:00 a.m.

Introductions

9:15 a.m.

David Gaddis Ross, Columbia University

"Randomness, Variability, and Competitive Advantage: A Value-Based Analysis”

Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, New York University

10:15 a.m.

Coffee break- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall

10:30 a.m.

Bryan Bollinger, New York University, and Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University

"Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels"

Discussant: Amanda Starc, University of Pennsylvania

11:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall

11:45 a.m.

Robert Seamans, New York University, and Feng Zhu, University of Southern California

"Technology Shocks in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers”

Discussant: Qiaowei Shen, University of Pennsylvania

12:45 p.m.

Lunch- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall

1:45 p.m.

Jerry Kim, Bruce Kogut, and Jae-Suk Yang, Columbia University

"Executive Compensation, Fat Cats and Best Athletes”

Discussant: Rodrigo Canales, Yale University

2:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall

3:00 p.m.

Rahul Kapoor, University of Pennsylvania

"Persistence of Integration in the Face of Specialization: How Firms Navigated the Winds of Disintegration and Shaped the Architecture of the Semiconductor Industry”

Disussant: JP Eggers, New York University

4:00 p.m.

Reception- Calder Lounge - 1st Floor Uris Hall