14thWest Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship

Foster School of Business September 13 and 14, 2016 | Seattle, WA

9:00–10:30am | Entrepreneurial Process: The Early Stages

How Does Feedback Impact Entrepreneurial Performance?

Sandy Yu, University of California, Berkeley; Alicia Robb, Kauffman Foundation

Pivoting Isn’t Enough: Strategic Reorientation and Identity Management in New Ventures

Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao, Harvard Business School

Mental Model Change and Entrepreneurial Entry: The Case of New Space

Laura Huang and Anoop Menon, University of Pennsylvania; Tiona Zuzul, London Business School

11:00am–12:30pm | The New Age of Venture Financing: Crowdfunding and Peer-to-peer Lending

Social Is the New Financial: How Startups’ Social Media Activities Influence Funding Outcomes

Fujie Jin, Indiana University; Andy Wu, Harvard Business School; Lorin Hitt, University of Pennsylvania

Expansive Enactment: Dynamic Drivers of Cultural Entrepreneurship

Alex Murray and Suresh Kotha, University of Washington; Greg Fisher, Indiana University

The Positive of Negative: How Individuals Acquire Resources

Jayaram Uparna, University of California, Irvine; Chris Bingham, University of North Carolina

1:45–3:15pm | Social Dynamics and New Firms

Twitter Helipad: How a Platform Can Restructure Industry Power and Ecology

Henrich R. Greve and Seo Yeon Song, INSEAD

Repeat Winners (or Repeat Offenders): When Does Repeat Certification Help Ventures Acquire Resources?

Lauren Lanahan, University of Oregon; Daniel Armanios, Carnegie Mellon University

Status Spillovers

Brian Reschke, Brigham Young University; Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Toby E. Stuart,

University of California, Berkeley

3:45–5:15pm | Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Industries

Genesis of Pre-Commercialization Innovation Ecosystem: Knowledge Recombination in the Pre-Commercialization

Phase of Charge-Coupled Device Image Sensors—1969 – 1994

Raja Roy, Northeastern Illinois University; MB Sarkar, Temple University

Synchronization: Tradeoffs between Coordination and Competition in Temporal Agglomeration

Melissa Schilling, New York University; Joost Rietveld, Erasmus University

Technology Reemergence: Creating New Markets for Old Technologies, Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking 1970–2008

Ryan Raffaelli, Harvard Business School

WCRS 2016 Schedule Day 1

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 | Paccar Hall 291

10:30–11:00am | Coffee Break

12:30–1:45pm | Lunch (Deloitte Commons, Paccar 299)

3:15–3:45pm | Coffee Break

6:00–8:30pm | Dinner at UW Club (see map)

8:45–9:00am | Program Introduction

8:30–10:00am | Funding Partners and Resource Acquisition

The Colorblind Crowd? Founder Race and Performance in Crowdfunding

Peter Younkin, McGill University; Venkat Kuppuswamy, University of North Carolina

When Do High-Growth Ventures Remain Network Isolates? The Drivers of Entrepreneurial Bootstrapping in the

Mobile App Ecosystem

Benjamin Hallen, University of Washington; Jason Davis, INSEAD; Pai-Ling Yin, University of Southern California

Lowering Entry Barriers (but also Providing Resources): How Governments Spur Founding

Daniel Armanios, Carnegie Mellon University; Chuck Eesley, Stanford University

10:30am–12:30pm | The interplay between organizations and communities

Surviving or Thriving: Community Embeddedness and Startup Performance

Robert Eberhart, Santa Clara University; Renee Rottner, UC Santa Barbara

Corporate Strategy & the Wealth of Regions

Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe, University of North Carolina

Disruptive Events at the Nexus between Corporation and Community: How Accidents and Attacks Affect Market

Entry in the Commercial Drone Service Industry

Jue Wang and Lori Qingyuan Yue, University of Southern California

Oil and Water: Blending Market and Research Logics in Academic Entrepreneurship

Jeff Savage, University of South Carolina

1:45–2:45pm | Blending of Institutional Logics and Entrepreneurship

When Collaboration Bridges Institutions: The Impact of Industry Collaboration on Academic Productivity

Michaël Bikard and Keyvan Vakili, London Business School; Florenta Teodoridis, University of Southern California

Constructing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Conscious Capitalism: Evidence from Early Moments in the Seattle

Region 2007-2014

Tracy Thompson and Jill Purdy, UW Tacoma; Marc Ventresca, University of Oxford

WCRS 2016 Schedule Day 2

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 | Paccar Hall 291

10:00–10:30am | Coffee Break

12:30–1:45pm | Lunch (Deloitte Commons, Paccar 299)

2:45–3:00pm | Program Wrap-up

Chris Bingham

University of North Carolina

Robert Eberhart

Santa Clara University

Chuck Eesley

Stanford University

Maryann Feldman

University of North Carolina

Cheng Gao

Harvard Business School

Henrich Greve

INSEAD

Benjamin Hallen

University of Washington

Laura Huang

University of Pennsylvania

Suresh Kotha

University of Washington

Venkat Kuppuswamy

University of North Carolina

WCRS 2016

Authors in Attendance

Florenta Teodoridis

University of Southern California

Tracy Thompson

UW Tacoma

Jayaram Uparna

UC Irvine

Jue Wang

University of Southern California

Andy Wu

Harvard University

Pai-Ling Yin

University of Southern California

Peter Younkin

McGill University

Sandy Yu

UC Berkeley

Lori Qingyuan Yue

University of Southern California

Lauren Lanahan

University of Oregon

Rory McDonald

Harvard Business School

Alex Murray

University of Washington

Ryan Raffaelli

Harvard Business School

Brian Reschke

Brigham Young University

Renee Rottner

UC Santa Barbara

Raja Roy

Northeastern Illinois University

Jeff Savage

University of South Carolina

Melissa Schilling

New York University

Seo Yeon Song

INSEAD

About the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

Foster School of Business, University of Washington

Entrepreneurship is the dynamic union of innovation and opportunity, passion and vision, risk and reward. The Buerk

Center for Entrepreneurship was created in 1991 to inspire entrepreneurial thinking and provide the resources that ena-

ble University of Washington students and faculty to bring their entrepreneurial ambitions to life.

The Buerk Center recognizes that entrepreneurs come from all fields of study. We promote interdisciplinary collabora-

tion throughout the University, resulting in partnerships between students and faculty in everything from bioengineer-

ing to law, marketing to computer science.

The Buerk Center also connect students with experts in Seattle’s thriving entrepreneurial community through its advisory

board, competitions, and networking events. Students benefit from the mentorship and real-life experiences facilitated by

experts in venture investing, product development, cleantech, and more.