http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/ News and information on entrepreneurship research and activities at UW-Madison en Copyright 2009 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:04:40 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Anne Miner will discuss different modes of learning in entrepreneurial organizations. This talk, part of the Wisconsin School of Business 'Rays of Research' series, will be held in Grainger Hall, room 1310 at 3:00 PM on Thursday, September 24, 2009. Paper Abstract Can new organizations learn from extreme early success or recovery experiences? Do they learn from failure by other organizations? Do they learn new capabilities or even new goals through the founding process itself? Where does the "memory" of a new organization come from? Miner's talk draws from her research that tests theory on these topics. DETAILS AT A GLANCE Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Grainger 1310]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/09/learning_by_new_organizations.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/09/learning_by_new_organizations.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:04:40 -0600 Saras Sarasvathy, an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Virginia. This free talk will be held in Grainger Hall, room 2167 at 3:30 PM on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Paper Abstract Professor Sarasvathy will discuss her work on effectuation. Effectual logic consists of a set of internally consistent heuristics of non-predictive control for creating new firms, markets and economic opportunities. The logic was induced from a protocol analysis of expert entrepreneurs and then developed in detail through studies of novices, managers, organic growth leaders, angels, VCs and the early histories of entrepreneurial firms. The logic has also been related to several key ideas from economics and social philosophy. In particular, effectuators generate constraint-satisfying solutions rather than searching for optimal ones, make rather than find opportunities, and in a deep sense, convert 'as-if' propositions into 'even-if' ones. DETAILS AT A GLANCE Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 PM Place: Grainger 2167]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/03/_professor_sarasvathy_will_dis.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/03/_professor_sarasvathy_will_dis.html Events Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:36:02 -0600 F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law at Washington University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. This free talk will be held in Grainger Hall, room 2167 at 3:30 PM on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Paper Abstract Property rule treatment of intellectual property (IP) is said to cause excessive transaction costs, thickets, anticommons, hold-ups, hold-outs, and trolls, unduly taxing and retarding innovation, competition, and economic growth. The popular response has been to offer a shift towards some limited use of weaker, liability rule treatment, usually portrayed as "just enough" to facilitate transactions in those special cases where the bargaining problems are at their worst and where escape hatches are most needed. This paper is designed to make two contributions. First, it shows how through a set of changes over just the past few years, the patent system has been hugely re-shaped from a system having several major, and helpful, liability-rule-pressure-release-valves, into a system that is almost devoid of significant property rule characteristics.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/02/removing_property_from_intelle.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2009/02/removing_property_from_intelle.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:13:01 -0600 Guanming Shi, Agricultural & Applied Economics and member of INSITE, will discuss her research into the nature of competition for biotech and conventional corn seed and the effects of that competition on pricing on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 3:30 PM in Grainger 1180. Shi investigates the practice of bundle pricing under conditions of imperfect competition. In multiproduct marketplaces, the possibility of substitution and the complementarity of different products can affect pricing in complex and unexpected ways. This analysis of the U.S. corn seed market investigates the pricing of conventional seeds and patented biotech seeds. For bundles of biotech seeds, it finds strong evidence that standard component pricing is inadequate for understanding what happens in this innovative, hi-tech industry. The econometric results document how increases in traditional and cross-market measures of imperfect competition contribute to higher seed prices. This INSITE seminar is one of many events being held at UW-Madison in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. For details on other campus entrepreneurship happenings, please visit Wiscontrepreneur.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/11/an_analysis_of_bundle_pricing.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/11/an_analysis_of_bundle_pricing.html Events Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:32:10 -0600 125th Anniversary Scientific Symposium & Rennebohm Lecture Series in the School of Pharmacy. Other contributors included: Jeanan Yasiri Executive Director of the Center for Nonprofits; Betty Chewning, Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences; Edmund Elder, Director of the Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station; and Carl Gulbrandsen, Managing Director of WARF.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/10/points_of_intersection_at_uwma.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/10/points_of_intersection_at_uwma.html News Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:15:37 -0600 Renk Agribusiness Institute will host a symposium entitled "World Food Challenge: Role of Technology in Food Production" on October 15th from 10:30-11:15 a.m. in the Ebling Symposium Hall of Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Dr.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/09/world_food_challenge_role_of_t.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/09/world_food_challenge_role_of_t.html Events Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:18:53 -0600 Dietram Scheufele, a Professor of Life Sciences Communication at UW-Madison, will give a free talk on religous climates and attitudes toward emerging scientific innovations on Tuesday, October 21 at 3:30 PM in Grainger Hall Room 1180. The paper he'll discuss examines the link between religious climates and attitudes toward nanotechnology in the U.S. and a number of European countries, using national survey data. The researchers' results show that respondents in the U.S. were significantly less likely to agree that nanotechnology is morally acceptable than respondents in many European countries. These moral views. in turn, correlated directly with aggregate levels of religiosity in each country, even after controlling for national research productivity and PISA science performance scores. The researchers also found the link between religiosity and attitudes to be stable across different indicators of support for nanotechnology.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/09/religious_beliefs_and_public_a.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/09/religious_beliefs_and_public_a.html Events Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:06:59 -0600 Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development on building and maintaining infrastructure. In a panel with the MIchael Pagano, Dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois - Chicago, Surdyk identified many of the elements of green infrastructure projects for dozens of newly elected MIdwestern and Canadian legislators. The panel explored the types of public benefits provided by different technologies and the complementary and potentially positive interactions between "gray" and "green" infrastructure when deployed with strategic intent at a regional level. The confluence of demographic pressures, aging roadways and sewerage systems, and energy needs are driving the adoption of green public works projects and sustainable real estate developments in places from Kansas City to Toronto. The challenges intriduced by these pressures also present opportunities worth billions of dollars for social entrepreneurs and creative nonprofit, government and business leaders who can deliver social AND economic value.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/08/gray_versus_green.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/08/gray_versus_green.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:50:14 -0600 University Research Park announced the opening of a new 6,000 square foot facility on East Washington Avenue in Madison. The Urban Research Center will offer more flexible lease terms and office configurations for companies that need less space or who want a more "edgy" feel. The companies of Burrill Competition alumni Joe Saari and Jon Hardin are mentioned. Also mentioned is the beta site for the INSITE Census of university startups cataloging companies with links to the university through the either technology or people involved.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/08/uwmadison_launches_a_new_hight.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/08/uwmadison_launches_a_new_hight.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:48:10 -0600 Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands participated in the 2nd annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp in July. With support from Dutch Agro Food Network for Entrepreneurship, faculty at Wageningen will produce a bootcamp during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November focusing on European innovation systems, patenting regulations and related matters for entrepreneurial scientists wanting to commercialize new technologies in the biotech and agricultural arenas. Up to six UW students may attend "WEB2." Please email INSITE Director John Surdyk for more information.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/wisconsin_students_invited_to.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/wisconsin_students_invited_to.html Events Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:04:54 -0600 From new fuel alternatives to embryonic stem cells, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is an international leader in scientific research. This week (July 20-25), the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (WEB) for graduate students in chemistry, biology, law, and engineering, among others. The program is an intensive, hands-on week of learning focused on technology entrepreneurship, meant to help 57 students explore how business start-ups can create both economic and social value. http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/theory_meets_practice_in_secon.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/theory_meets_practice_in_secon.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:51 -0600 WomenEntrepreneur, Anne Miner, Executive Director of INSITE, provides some examples of companies improvising successfully and a checklist to help others be more effective when doing things on the fly. Among her recommendations:

• Improvise in your areas of expertise
• Be creative
• Make do with what you have at hand
• Pay close attention to information you get from a variety of sources
• Ensure you have a focal point

Miner cautions that improvisation isn't a substitute for rigorous, thoughtful planning, but it can make the difference between shutting up shop or getting by for some firms.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/womenentrepreneur_taps_anne_mi.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/07/womenentrepreneur_taps_anne_mi.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:26:24 -0600 Technology Entrepreneurship & Institutions Conference concluded Tuesday, June 10 at the Pyle Center. Cutting-edge academic work presented at the event addressed two key questions: 1) How do specific webs of laws, rules, and norms influence technology entrepreneurship? 2) How do efforts to promote technology entrepreneurship themselves influence long-term changes in the institutional settings in which it occurs? The conference was organized by Anne Miner and Brad Barham from UW--Madison. Other key contributors included INSITE faculty and WAGE collaborators: Jon Eckhardt, Jermey Foltz, Sanjay Jain, Phil Kim, Gaunming Shi, Masako Ueda, and Jonathan Zeitlin. Conference Advisors included: Paul Hirsch (Northwestern) Daniel Kleinman (UW-Madison) Wes Sine (Cornell) Gordon Smith (BYU) Marie Thursby (Georgia Tech) Lynne Zucker (UCLA) Leading researchers from around the world in a variety of disciplines participated. Attendees came from key scholarly areas, including: Law, Finance, Sociology, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship, Political Sciences and more. Additional participants included leading stem cell scientists, area industry executives, the managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and a state senator instrumental in passing an early-stage investment law. This event was made possible with the generous support of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy at UW-Madison and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/06/ainsite_annual_research_confer.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/06/ainsite_annual_research_confer.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:21:53 -0600 Devon Cournoyer. NOTE: This event was previously scheduled for June 12th, but WARF has moved the date to avoid conflicting with the Wisconsin Technology Council's Entrepreneur Conference.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/05/warf_gilson_talk_the_capital_f.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/05/warf_gilson_talk_the_capital_f.html Tue, 20 May 2008 15:56:07 -0600 Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp! Program activities will include face-to-face sessions with: • John Morgridge - Former Chairman/CEO, CISCO Systems. UW alum. WEB sponsor. • G. Steven Burrill - Founder Burrill & Co. UW alum. Burrill Business Plan sponsor. • Top UW faculty from across campus • Campus and community experts in start-ups, intellectual property, and funding DETAILS AT A GLANCE WHEN: July 20 - July 25 (Sunday afternoon through Friday) Full time, full commitment immersion program with evening assignments and events. WHERE: UW- Madison campus. Classrooms in Grainger Hall. ELIGIBILITY: Physical, life science or engineering graduate students or post docs preferred. Must be enrolled at UW-Madison. Competitive admissions with limited seats. COST: No cost to participants due to generous donations from program sponsors.]]> http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/05/applications_for_the_wisconsin.html http://www.bus.wisc.edu/insite/blog/2008/05/applications_for_the_wisconsin.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:15 -0600