Presented By: Department of Economics
Micro-enterprises and SMEs: Overcoming Growth Constraints
Multiple Speakers
Aiming to stimulate new ideas in economics business, and policy about firm growth, the Micro-enterprises and SMEs workshop will include three half-day sessions on Oct. 30-31, 2015. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE) of University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Speakers include David Atkin, MIT; Jing Cai, University of Michigan; Marcel Fafchamps, Stanford University; Nan Jia, USC; Imran Rasul, UCL; William Jack, Georgetown University; Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland; Albert Park, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University; and Bo Zhao, University of Hong Kong.
Workshop Schedule
Friday, Oct 30, 2015
12:45pm — Lunch
2:00pm — Official welcome and Keynote by Francine Lafontaine
2:30pm — Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
David Atkin, Amit K. Khandelwal, Adam Osman
3:20pm — From Production to Retail: The Case of Chinese Footwear Industry
Michael Zheng Song, Duncan Thomas, Miaojun Wang, Daniel Yi Xu
4:10pm — Coffee break
4:40pm — The Dynamics of Political Embeddedness in China
Heather A. Haveman, Nan Jia, Jing Shi, Yongxiang Wang
5:30pm — State Innovation Programs and the Retention of Science and Technology Start-ups: Evidence from the Great Lakes Region
Bo Zhao, Arvids A. Ziedonis, Rosemarie H. Ziedonis
6:20pm — Day’s Sessions end
7:00pm — Workshop dinner, for speakers or by invitation
Saturday, Oct 31, 2015
8:20am — Breakfast
8:50am — Microfinance Can Raise Incomes: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in China
Shu Cai, Albert Park, Sangui Wang
9:40am — Joint Liability, Asset Collateralization, and Credit Access: Evidence from Rainwater Harvesting Tanks in Kenya
William Jack, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, Tavneet Suri
10:30am — Coffee break
10:50am — The Misallocation of Labor in Village Economies
Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman
11:40am — The Casual Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Matias Busso, Sebastian Galiani
12:30pm — Lunch
1:30pm — Aspire
Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn
2:20pm — Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance
Jing Cai, Adam Szeidl
3:10pm — Workshop ends
Register by October 14, 2015 to attend via this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/124A8b3chLdh8ZhIM8O074zY65ok2nhv3wAxPalMCqeo/edit?usp=sharing
Speakers include David Atkin, MIT; Jing Cai, University of Michigan; Marcel Fafchamps, Stanford University; Nan Jia, USC; Imran Rasul, UCL; William Jack, Georgetown University; Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland; Albert Park, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University; and Bo Zhao, University of Hong Kong.
Workshop Schedule
Friday, Oct 30, 2015
12:45pm — Lunch
2:00pm — Official welcome and Keynote by Francine Lafontaine
2:30pm — Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
David Atkin, Amit K. Khandelwal, Adam Osman
3:20pm — From Production to Retail: The Case of Chinese Footwear Industry
Michael Zheng Song, Duncan Thomas, Miaojun Wang, Daniel Yi Xu
4:10pm — Coffee break
4:40pm — The Dynamics of Political Embeddedness in China
Heather A. Haveman, Nan Jia, Jing Shi, Yongxiang Wang
5:30pm — State Innovation Programs and the Retention of Science and Technology Start-ups: Evidence from the Great Lakes Region
Bo Zhao, Arvids A. Ziedonis, Rosemarie H. Ziedonis
6:20pm — Day’s Sessions end
7:00pm — Workshop dinner, for speakers or by invitation
Saturday, Oct 31, 2015
8:20am — Breakfast
8:50am — Microfinance Can Raise Incomes: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in China
Shu Cai, Albert Park, Sangui Wang
9:40am — Joint Liability, Asset Collateralization, and Credit Access: Evidence from Rainwater Harvesting Tanks in Kenya
William Jack, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, Tavneet Suri
10:30am — Coffee break
10:50am — The Misallocation of Labor in Village Economies
Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman
11:40am — The Casual Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Matias Busso, Sebastian Galiani
12:30pm — Lunch
1:30pm — Aspire
Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn
2:20pm — Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance
Jing Cai, Adam Szeidl
3:10pm — Workshop ends
Register by October 14, 2015 to attend via this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/124A8b3chLdh8ZhIM8O074zY65ok2nhv3wAxPalMCqeo/edit?usp=sharing
Cost
- The workshop is free to attend, however in order to attend you must register by October 14, 2015 via this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/124A8b3chLdh8ZhIM8O074zY65ok2nhv3wAxPalMCqeo/edit?usp=sharing
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