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Past Events
12/31/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker: "The New Clothes of Capitalism," Conference on the Governance of the Modern Firm, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
12/01/2008 – William Lazonick
Seminar: "The Stock Market and Economic Insecurity," RESD/CIC Sloan Seminar, University of Massachusetts Lowell
10/30/2008 – William Lazonick
Seminar: "The Quest for Shareholder Value," Centre of Innovation, Knowledge, and Development, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
10/27/2008 – William Lazonick
Invited speaker: "US Biopharmaceutical Finance and the Sustainability of the Biotech Boom" (paper written with Oner Tulum), International Conference on Genomics and Society: Reinventing Life, London
10/18/2008 – William Lazonick
Invited speaker: "Prospects for the US Economy," Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California Berkeley
10/01/2008 – William Lazonick
Seminar: "Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?: Business Organization and High-Tech Employment in the United States," [on his forthcoming book to be published by the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research]
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Faculty Salon
08/22/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, "Entrepreneurial Ventures and the Developmental State"
Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Development
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
Helsinki, Finland
07/05/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, Session on Companies, New Conquests and New Conquerors
Le Cercle des économistes, Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum: "Firms: The New Frontiers"
Aix-en-Provence, France
07/04/2008 - Michael Best
"A High-Tech Industrial District: Systems Integration in Massachusetts", Association of Business Historians annual conference
University of Birmingham
06/13/2008 - Michael Best
"Cluster Evolution, Globalization, and Regional competitiveness: Examples and Lessons", keynote address VII European Economy Workshop "Industrial clusters, Globalization, and Regional Policy," Milan, Italy
05/29/2008 – Michael Best
"Management of Rapid Growth: Production Capabilities, Business Models, and Industrial Transitions", conference on Confronting the Challenge of Technology for Development: Experience from the BRICS, Oxford University
05/20/2008 - William Lazonick
Seminar presentation, "Entrepreneurial Ventures and the Developmental State"
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Seminar
Imperial College, London, UK
05/01/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, Session on Companies and Countries
Alfred P. Sloan 2008 Industry Studies Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
04/23/2008 - Michael Best
"From Off-shoring to Local Innovation: Toward a Strategy for Labor", keynote address at Irish Congress of Trade Unions conference titled Globalization and Irish Workers
04/12/2008 - William Lazonick
Paper presenter, "Boston's Biotech Boom"
Business History Conference Annual Meeting
Sacramento, California
04/11/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, "Entrepreneurial Ventures and the Developmental State"
The Kauffman Foundation Innovation Scholars Research Network
Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia
04/09/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, "Why Corporate Finance and the Stock Market Matter to Innovation Strategies, Policies, and Outcomes"
1st DIME Scientific Conference
Knowledge in Space and Time: Economic and Policy Implications of the Knowledge-based Economy
University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
04/05/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited speaker, "Entrepreneurial Ventures and the Developmental State"
Conference on Rethinking Development in the Age of Globalization
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire
03/21/2008 - William Lazonick
Invited Speaker, "The New Economy Business Model and Sustainable Prosperity", 3rd International Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy (CLPE) Workshop: The Embedded Firm
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada
02/22/2008 - William Lazonick
Seminar Presentation, "nnovation and Competition in the Global Communications Technology Industry"
Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
02/01/2008 Philip Moss
"Chocolate Chicken: bittersweet implications for low wage work in the food processing industry in Europe and the United States," with Klaus Grunert and Susan James. To be present at Opportunity in the Workplace: A United States - Europe Comparison: A conference in preparation for publication of an edited book to be published by the Russell Sage Foundation, Paris, France, February 1-3, 2008
12/13/2007 William Lazonick and Edward March
Seminar presentation, "Boston's Biotech Boom," CIC/RESD Seminar Series, University of Massachusetts Lowell
12/07/2007 William Lazonick
Invited speaker,"Dynamic Capabilities and Sustained Innovation," Conference on Dynamic Capabilities and Beyond, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
12/07/2007 Michael Best
"Convergence: An Evolutionary Capabilities Perspective with Lessons from Fast Growth Experiences", Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University
12/06/2007 William Lazonick and Edward March
Paper presentation, "From Microtech to Nanotech by Way of Biotech," Nanotechnology, Literature, and Society Conference, University of Massachusetts Lowell
11/26/2007 William Lazonick, Edward March, and William Mass
Keynote speakers, "Creating Value, Building Knowledge", Nypro Technical Conference, University of Massachusetts Lowell
11/09/2007 William Lazonick
Featured speaker, "he US Stock Market and the Governance of Innovative Enterprise,"Workshop on Finance, Innovation, and Inequality, sponsored by Innovation Knowledge Development Centre of The Open University and DIME (Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe), Regents Park Development Centre, London, UK
09/26/2007 William Lazonick
Featured Speaker,"The Theory of Innovative Enterprise," at International Summer School, Policies for Innovation and Growth, Villalago, Terni , Italy
09/20/2007 Michael Best
"Innovation, Rapid Growth, and Skills: Strategies and Policies for Competitiveness with Lessons from Ireland", Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico.
09/18/2007 William Lazonick
Featured speaker, "The Theory of Innovative Enterprise," at Ecole Thématique CNRS, Les methods de l'analyse institutionnelle, La Rochelle , France.
09/06/2007 William Lazonick and Edward March
Seminar presentation, "Boston's Biotech Boom," New England Study Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
08/23-24/2007 William Lazonick
Organizer and featured speaker, Conference on Innovation and Competition in the Global Communications Technology Industry, INSEAD, Fontainebleau , France.
07/12/2007 William Lazonick
Featured speaker, "Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Development," International Summer School of e-Business and Complexity: New Management Practices, University of Salento, Ostuni, Italy.
05/15/2007 Michael Best
"Nanotechnology in Massachusetts : The Next Big Thing?", Boston Fifth Century Trustees Meeting, Boston.
03/12/2007 Michael Best
"Medical Technology Networks", Medical Technology Council of Ireland , Dublin
01/25/2007 Michael Best
"Return of the Industrial District: An Evolutionary Capabilities Perspective", SIEPE (Italian association of industrial organization economists), University of Florence
01/18/2007 Michael Best
"Cluster Evolution and Regional Competitiveness: Examples and Lessons", Birmingham Business School
10/11/2006 Michael Best
"Cluster Emergence: Indirect Governance for Self-organizing Processes", Plenary presentation, The Competitiveness Institute, 9th Annual Conference, Lyon , France