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Wednesday, May 27

12:00 – 5:30    Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Scholars

5:30– 7:30       Registration and Cocktail Reception

8:00– 10:00     Early Career Scholars Dinner

Thursday, May 28

7:00 – 8:30       Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 – 8:45       Welcome and Introductions
 
8:45 – 10:15     Plenary - Globalization of R&D, Innovation and Knowledge Workers

Clair Brown, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Freeman, Harvard University
Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis

10:15 – 10:30   Coffee Break
 
10:30 – 12:00   Parallel Sessions 1

  1. High Tech Standards and Competitiveness
  2. Markets, Firms and Policy in the Clean Energy Industry
  3. The Geography of Innovation
  4. Organization of Industry: Cause and Effects
  5. Education and Internal Labor Market
  6. An Industry Perspective on Path Dependency and Regional Resilience

12:00 – 1:15     Lunch

1:15 – 2:45       Parallel Sessions 2

  1. Managing IT Workers: Industry & International Comparisons
  2. Global Value Chains
  3. Energy Markets, Systems Design, and Public Policy
  4. Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Global Networks
  5. Firm Strategies and Performance in Retail Industries
  6. Industry Structure and Employment Systems
  7. Industry Innovation and Consumer Outcomes

2:45 – 3:00       Tea break

3:00 – 4:30       Parallel Sessions 3

  1. Small Firm Competitiveness in Emerging Markets
  2. High Technology Clusters Creation Dynamics: Failure and Success
  3. Biofuels—Miracle or Menace? Possible Energy and Environmental Futures from an Industry Perspective
  4. Globalization of Professional Services: Comparing the Offshoring of Legal and other Knowledge-Intensive Services
  5. How Do Firms Respond to Environmental Regulation and Institutional Change?
  6. Managing Human Capital for High Performance Health Care

5:30 – 7:00       Cocktails and Interactive Session


  7:00 – 9:00       Dinner and Awards
   
  Friday, May 29

  7:30 – 8:30       Continental Breakfast
   
  8:30 – 10:00     Plenary - What Future Now for Financial Services
 
            Margaret Blair, University of Vanderbilt Law School
            John Coates, Harvard University Law School
            Raghuram Rajan, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
   
  10:00 – 10:15   Coffee Break
   
  10:15 – 11:45   Parallel Sessions 4  

  1. Financialization and Sustainable Business Models
  2. Comparative Research on Sustainability of Regional Clusters
  3. Optimizing Planning and Operations Decisions with Operations Research
  4. High Tech Entrepreneurs
  5. Industry Structure, Network Effects, and Firm Behavior
  6. Latino Immigrant Workers in the US Construction Industry: Skill, Place, and In/Formality
  7. Organizational Change and Engagement of Front-Line Workers in Health Care

11:45 – 1:00     Lunch / ISA Board Q&A

1:00 – 2:30       Parallel Sessions 5

  1. How Can Industry Studies Contribute to Policymaking During Crisis?
  2. Value Chain Restructuring and Impacts on Work and Employment in Europe
  3. Emerging Models of Employment, Innovation, and Logistics
  4. Technological Disruptions and Transitions
  5. Spatial Dimensions of Industry Organization
  6. Skilled Immigrants in the IT Workforce:  Impact on Employment Outcomes and Management Practices

 

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2009 Industry Studies Conference Program Committee

  • Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University, Co-chair
  • Rosemary Batt, Cornell University, Co-chair
  • Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Roger Bohn, University of California - San Diego
  • Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
  • Martin Kenney, University of California - Davis
  • Geoffrey Parker, Tulane University
  • Hal Salzman, Rutgers University
  • David Weil, Boston University
  • Gail Pesyna, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation