The LSE Department of Management, CEP and STICERD host a one-day conference bringing together world-leading researchers studying entrepreneurship from a variety of perspectives. It will include presentations offering insights from theory, empirical assessments, policy evaluations, and providing views on entrepreneurs, small businesses, and linkages to the macroeconomy in developed and developing countries.

Confirmed speakers and papers include:

• John Haltiwanger, Maryland: The Post-Entry Growth and Survival of Business Startups: The Role of Founding Teams
• Ben Pusgley, Notre Dame: The Nature of Firm Growth
• Ben Moll, Princeton: Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
• Bill Kerr, Harvard: Gift of Global Talent
• Catherine Thomas, LSE: The Perfect Match: Assorting Matching in Mergers and Acquisitions
• Leo Bursztyn, Chicago: Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia