Past Events

Past Events

2008
2007
2006 and before

2008 Archive 

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
 

2007 Archive

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

2006 Events and before

10/11/2006 Michael Best

"Cluster Emergence: Indirect Governance for Self-organizing Processes", Plenary presentation, The Competitiveness Institute, 9th Annual Conference, Lyon , France