Entrepreneurship & Innovation Seminar (EIS)

• Introduction
• Objectives and Coverage
• Schedule
   

Introduction

Organized by Mark Schankerman, Professor of Economics and Muzzy Chair in Entrepreneurship

In order to provide a forum for scholars working on issues related to entrepreneurship, Dr. Schankerman is organizing the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar (EIS) in the Eller College of Management. The seminar will be held roughly every two weeks on Fridays, 1:00-2:30 p.m. The venue will be announced shortly.
 

Objectives and Coverage

The objective of the seminar series is to bring social scientists from different academic disciplines whose research relates in some way to the process and outcomes of entrepreneurial activity. The seminar is open to both empirical and theoretical research. Relevant academic disciplines include economics, management, finance, sociology, psychology, law, and others. Research topics of relevance include (but are certainly not limited to):

• University technology transfer and entrepreneurship
• Impact of monetary incentives and intrinsic motivation on entrepreneurship
• Impact of tax policy on entrepreneurial activity
• Venture (and other financial) capital, including the design of financial contracts
• Use and enforcement of intellectual property in entrepreneurial firms
• Mobility of scientists and its impact on knowledge spillovers and innovation
• Sociological and economic determinants of network formation and its implications for entrepreneurship
• Behavioral and experimental psychology and economics as applied to entrepreneurship

Interested social scientists and legal scholars in the Eller College of Management and colleagues from other departments within The University of Arizona are cordially invited to participate on a regular basis. Subject to budgetary and scheduling constraints, the plan is to try to alternate between presentations by scholars from The University of Arizona and invited speakers from other universities.

If you have an interest in presenting a paper at one of the EIS seminars, or if you have suggestions for outside academic speakers whom we may wish to invite, please contact Dr. Schankerman directly at schanker@eller.arizona.edu.
 

Schedule

The seminar is held roughly every other Friday from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Location TBD.

  
For further information, please contact us.