Munich Summer Institute 2021: Program

Due to Covid-19, the Munich Summer Institute 2021 will be held online on Gathertown. Registered participants will receive information on how to access the Munich Summer Institute 2021 via email.

Monday to Wednesday, June 7-9, 2021

Munich time (CEST)	New York time (EDT)	Singapore time (SGT)	Session
14:45 – 15:00	08:45am – 09:00am	20:45 – 21:00	Technical Introduction
15:00 – 15:45	09:00am – 09:45am	21:00 – 21:45	Keynote
15:45 – 16:15	09:45am – 10:15am	21:45 – 22:15	Plenary Presentation
16:15 – 16:30	10:15am – 10:30am	22:15 – 22:30	Break
16:30 – 17:00	10:30am – 11:00am	22:30 – 23:00	Plenary Presentation
17:00 – 17:45	11:00am – 11:45am	23:00 – 23:45	Poster Slam
17:45 – 18:15	11:45am – 12:15pm	23:45 – 00:15	Poster Session
18:15 – 18:45	12:15pm – 12:45pm	00:15 – 00:45	Plenary Presentation
18:45 – 19:15	12:45pm – 1:15pm	00:45 – 01:15	Plenary Presentation

Program Monday, June 7:
Digitization, Strategy and Organization

14:45 – 15:00	Technical Introduction
15:00 – 15:45	Keynote 1: Competition Policy in the Digital Age Pierre Regibeau, Chief Economist, Directorate General Competition, European Commission
15:45 – 16:15	Plenary Presentation 1: Playlisting Favorites: Measuring Platform Bias in the Music Industry Luis Aguiar, University of Zurich Co-authors: Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota; Sarah Waldfogel; University of Wisconsin-Madison Discussant: Tim Meyer, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
16:15 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00	Plenary Presentation 2: Platform Design and Innovation Incentives: Evidence from the Product Ratings System on Apple’s App Store Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University Discussant: Jörg Claussen, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich & Copenhagen Business School
17:00 – 17:45	Poster Slam AI Adoption and Firm Performance: Management versus IT Liudmila Alekseeva, IESE Business School Co-authors: Mireia Gine, University of Navarra & Wharton WRDS; Sampsa Samila; IESE Business School; Bledi Taska; New York University Influencer Cartels Marit Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham, Collegio Carlo Alberto Co-author: Toomas Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham The Value of Technology Releases in the Mobile App Ecosystem Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado at Boulder Co-authors: Yidan Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology; Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on Online Tracking Karlo Lukic, Goethe University Frankfurt Co-authors: Klaus Miller, Goethe University Frankfurt; Bernd Skiera, University of Frankfurt Digital Highways and Firm Turnover Lorien Sabatino, Polytechnic University of Turin Incentivizing Data Donations and the Adoption of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: A Randomized Controlled Online Experiment Victoria Fast, University of Passau Co-author: Daniel Schnurr, University of Passau The Impact of Digital Book Readers on Print Sales: Analysis using Genre Exposure Heterogeneity Siddhartha Sharma, Indiana University What’s the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information about Job Attributes Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania Cybersecurity Hiring in Response to Data Breaches Sebastian Steffen, MIT Sloan Co-authors: Sarah Bana; Stanford University; Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University; Wang Jin, MIT; Xiupeng Wang, MIT Only a “Longish” Tail Michael Ward, University of Texas at Arlington Co-authors: Stan J. Liebowitz; University of Texas – Dallas; Alejandro Zentner, University of Texas at Dallas Artificial Intelligence’s New Clothes? From General Purpose Technology to Large Technical System Simone Vannuccini, University of Sussex Co-author: Ekaterina Prytkova, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
17:45 – 18:15	Poster Session
18:15 – 18:45	Plenary Presentation 3: Does Gender Matter? The Effect of Management Responses on Reviewing Behavior Isamar Troncoso, University of Southern California Discussant: Dainis Zegners, Rotterdem School of Management
18:45 – 19:15	Plenary Presentation 4: Harder, Better, Faster, Longer: How Rivalry Drives Performance and Participation in Knowledge Work Tom Grad, Copenhagen Business School Co-authors: Christoph Riedl, Northeastern University; Gavin Kilduff, New York University Discussant: Joy Wu, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Program Tuesday, June 8:
Innovation and Entrepreneurship

14:45 – 15:00	Technical Introduction
15:00 – 15:45	Keynote 2: Public Funding for Risky Research Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven
15:45 – 16:15	Plenary Presentation 5: Lost Marie Curies: Family, Education, and the Probability of Becoming Inventors Karin Hoisl, University of Mannheim Co-authors: HC Konsted, Copenhagen Business School; Myriam Mariani, Bocconi University Discussant: Henry Sauermann, ESMT Berlin
16:15 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00	Plenary Presentation 6: Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China’s Technological Rise? Jean-Marie Meier, University of Texas at Dallas Co-author: Bo Bian, University of British Columbia Discussant: David Heller, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
17:00 – 17:45	Poster Slam Financing Early Stage Startups: The Effect of Angel Investor Subsidies Marius Berger, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research Co-author: Sandra Gottschalk, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research Air Pollution and Innovation Felix Bracht, KU Leuven Co-Author: Dennis Verhoeven, KU Leuven New Medicines for Serious Diseases: the Case of the FDA’s Breakthrough Designation Manuel Hermosilla, John Hopkins University Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation Jennifer Kao, UCLA Anderson Co-authors: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University; Ariel Stern, Harvard Business School Does Green Public Procurement Trigger Environmental Innovations? Bastian Krieger, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research Co-author: Vera Zipperer, German Federal Ministry of Finance Local Human Capital and Firm Creation. Evidence from the Massification of Higher Education in France Elio Nimier-David, CREST (ENSAE-Ecole Polytechnique) Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben Felix Poege, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition The Real Effects of Financial Markets on Scientific Disclosure: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment Markus Simeth, Copenhagen Business School Co-authors: Stefano Baruffaldi, University of Bath; David Wehrheim, IESE Business School Rational Industrial Policy: Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Gnomes? Dennis Verhoeven, Bocconi, KU Leuven, LSE Co-authors: Charlotte Guillard, UCL; Ralf Martin, Imperial College; Pierre Mohnen, Maastricht University; Catherine Thomas, London School of Economics Investor-Entrepreneur Gender Effects in New Venture Screening Terwase Viashima, IESE Business School Inventor Commingling and Innovation in Technology Startup Mergers & Acquisitions Qingqing Chen, University of Pennsylvania Co-authors: David Hsu, University of Pennsylvania; David Zvilichovsky, Tel Aviv University
17:45 – 18:15	Poster Session
18:15 – 18:45	Plenary Presentation 7: Herding in the Market for Startup Acquisitions Annamaria Conti, University of Lausanne Co-authors: Jorge Guzman, Columbia University; Ron Rabi, University of Lausanne Discussant: Thomas Astebro, HEC Paris
18:45 – 19:15	Plenary Presentation 8: Government IT Procurement Policy and Private Firm Behavior: Evidence from a French Open Source Software Policy Frank Nagle, Harvard University Discussant: Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Program Wednesday, June 9:
Law & Economics of Intellectual Property, Innovation & Digitization

14:45 – 15:00	Technical Introduction
15:00 – 15:45	Keynote 3: The Role of Consumer Uncertainty in Trademark Law: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation Christopher Sprigman, New York University School of Law
15:45 – 16:15	Plenary Presentation 9: Patent Enforcement and Innovation Marek Giebel, Copenhagen Business School Discussant: Mike Schuster, University of Georgia
16:15 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00	Plenary Presentation 10: Patents on General Purpose Technologies: Evidence from the Diffusion of the Transistor Markus Nagler, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Co-authors: Monika Schnitzer & Martin Watzinger, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich Discussant: Katrin Hussinger, University of Luxembourg
17:00 – 17:45	Poster Slam Batman Forever? The Economics of Overlapping Rights Alex Cuntz, World Intellectual Property Organization Co-author: Franziska Kaiser, World Intellectual Property Organization Strategic Patenting: Evidence from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Yun Hou, National University of Singapore The Meaning of Large and Unjustified Reverse Payment under the Actavis Thomas Lu, National Sun Yat-sen University The Economic Effects of Mobile Internet Access – Evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home Martin Quinn, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Co-authors: Miguel Godinho de Matos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Christian Peukert, HEC Lausanne Litigation versus Spillovers Heesang Ryu, ESSEC An Empirical Analysis of Patent Citations and Applicant Strategy Mike Schuster, University of Georgia Co-author: Kristen Valentine, University of Georgia Adherence to Intellectual Property Rights Treaties/Conventions and FDI in Emerging Economies: Evidence from OECD Outward FDI Mumtaz Shah, University of Peshawar How Does Patent Litigation by Patent Assertion Entities Impact Invention Activity Zhe Xue, Cornell University Co-author: Aija Leiponen, Cornell University Fragmented Ownership Rights, Patent Litigation and Innovation Spillovers Yabo Zhao, University of Texas at Dallas Co-authors: Julian Atanassov, University of Nebraska; Vikram Nanda, University of Texas at Dallas
17:45 – 18:15	Poster Session
18:15 – 18:45	Plenary Presentation 11: Patenting Inventions or Inventing Patents? Strategic Use of Continuations at the USPTO Cesare Righi, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Co-author: Timothy Simcoe, Boston University Discussant: Martin Watzinger, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
18:45 – 19:15	Plenary Presentation 12: How Innovating Firms Manage Knowledge Leakage: A Natural Experiment on the Threat of Worker Departure Hyo Kang, University of Southern California Co-author: Wyatt Lee, University of Toronto Discussant: Stefan Bechtold, ETH Zurich