International Trends in Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

International Trends in Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

hosted by Lee Fleming and Gustavo Manso

The aim of workshop is to bring together leading scholars who study the financing of innovation and entrepreneurship in a variety of countries. It will explore various institutional, legal, and financial sector developments that affect the creation of entrepreneurial firms and technological innovation, their rate of success, the dynamism of incumbent firms, and their different contributions to economic development. The conference will also focus on understanding the role of entrepreneurs, emergent phenomena such as crowdfunding and FinTech, institutional investors, and financial markets in the governance of entrepreneurial firms; it will highlight differences across countries as a way to identify salient dynamics. The conference is made possible through the generous support of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy. See program here.

Type

Conferences

Location

Blum Center 330

Date & Time

Jun 29, 2017

Website

none

The Euro Crisis: A Look Back and a Look Forward

The Euro Crisis: A Look Back and a Look Forward

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the UC Berkeley will provide a retrospective on the euro crisis — which aspects were a surprise and which were predictable — and sketch a viable way forward for the Eurozone.

 

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Conferences

Location

Moses Hall

Date & Time

May 4-21, 2017

Website

none

Africa Business Forum

Africa Business Forum

The big-picture theme of 3rd annual Berkeley-Haas Africa Business Forum is how technology is disrupting every industry on the continent.
But the focus of the event, organized by the Africa Business Club at Berkeley-Haas and to be held on the UC Berkeley Campus, is on interaction, discussion, and building a network.
The Berkeley Haas Africa Business Forum seeks to act as a magnet for people with a vested interest in private sector development in Africa, and as a catalyst for action The goal is to build a diverse network of change agents who are capable and motivated to tackle the complex challenges and vast opportunities present in African economies.

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Conferences

Location

330 Sutardja Dai Hall, MC 1764 Berkeley, CA 94720-1764

Date & Time

Apr 29 – Mar 21, 2017

Website

https://www.abf-berkeleyhaas.com/

Bridge 2017 Asia Business Conference

Bridge 2017 Asia Business Conference

Celebrating its 17th year, Bridge is the premier student-led conference that connects those seeking greater involvement with business in Asia, the most dynamic region of the world.
It is a one-day conference featuring inspiring keynote presentations, in-depth panel discussions, and networking opportunities.

Type

Conferences

Location

Haas School of Business

Date & Time

Apr 14, 2017

Website

https://www.berkeleybridge.org/

Global Social Venture Competition 2017

Global Social Venture Competition 2017

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) empowers the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing them with mentoring, exposure, and over $80,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into ventures that address the world’s most pressing challenges. Teams from across the globe learn how to design scalable models through a process that emphasizes stakeholder discovery, business innovation, and social impact assessment.

Founded by MBA students at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1999, the GSVC has evolved into a global network of premier business schools, universities, and programs in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each partner school and program is supported by a network that includes other universities and organizations, judges, mentors, and investors focused on social impact, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In 2016, GSVC received nearly 500 entries from 50 countries. GSVC has helped launch successful social ventures such as Revolution Foods, d.light, Husk Power, Ethos Water, Sanergy, and World of Good.

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Conferences

Location

UC Berkeley

Date & Time

Apr 6-7, 2017

Website

https://gsvc.org/global-finals/

Do As We Say and Not As We Do: Crisis Response and Post Crisis Results in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

Do As We Say and Not As We Do: Crisis Response and Post Crisis Results in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

The Nordic-Baltic region has become highly integrated. The Nordic countries have been successful in balancing competitiveness and growth with social inclusiveness while the Baltic States have grown economically but remain vulnerable with weaker social systems and more unequal income distribution. Prof. Hilmarsson will discuss the crisis response in 2008-09 and post crisis results in the Nordic and Baltic countries, exploring the influence of Nordic-Baltic financial sector linkages on economic and social outcomes in the Baltic States. Important lessons can be learned by comparing the crisis response of these various small states that are at different income levels, have different welfare and tax systems, and are seeking different levels of integration with the European Union.

Type

Conferences

Location

201 Moses Hall

Date & Time

Nov 10, 2016

Website

none