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PSI/CEP Event - The Survival and Growth of Firms: Findings and Policy Implications

Friday 07 December 2007 10:30 - 16:00

Conference Room, LRB 405, 4th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building, LSE, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD

About this event

There is a growing literature in industrial organisation and industrial economics using micro-level firm and establishment data to test theory regarding the factors associated with survival and employment growth. This literature modifies some of the central tenets stemming from early theory, and indicates substantial heterogeneity in firms’ behaviour within industries and over the business cycle. This seminar will explore the determinants of employment growth and survival focusing on factors such as size, age, R&D, technology and human capital. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together academics and policy makers to consider findings from recent studies and their policy implications.

The Survival and Growth of Firms: Findings and Policy Implications

PSI/CEP Conference

Date: Friday 7 December 2007

Time: 09.30am - 5.00pm

Venue: CEP Conference Room, R405, 4th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Portugal St, London WC2A 2HD. Link to map

Overview: There is a growing literature in industrial organisation and industrial economics using micro-level firm and establishment data to test theory regarding the factors associated with survival and employment growth. This literature modifies some of the central tenets stemming from early theory, and indicates substantial heterogeneity in firms’ behaviour within industries and over the business cycle. This workshop explores the determinants of employment growth and survival focusing on factors such as size, age, R&D, technology and human capital. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together academics and policy makers to consider findings from recent studies and their policy implications.

The seminar is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (grant no. RES-000-22-1131) and is being organized by the Policy Studies Institute and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. If you would like to attend and have yet to confirm your place please contact Jenny Lau (j.lau@psi.org.uk).

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Programme and Papers
09.30 - 10.00	Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.30	Patrick Paul Walsh (Trinity College Dublin) Jobless growth through creative destruction: Ireland's Industrial Development Path 1972-2003
10.30 - 11.00	William Collier, Francis Green and Young-Bae Kim (University of Kent) Training and establishment survival
11.30 - 12.00	Erik Stam (Centre for Technology Management, University of Cambridge) Dynamic capabilities and new firm growth
12.00 - 12.30	Erling Bath, Harald Dale Olsen (Institute of Social Research, Oslo) and Alex Bryson (PSI) Employment growth and workplace closure in Norway and Britain
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.00	Alex Bryson (PSI & CEP) and Satu Nurmi (Stat Finland) Workplace survival and employment growth in Britain, 1998-2004
14.00 - 14.30	Jonathan Haskel (QMUL), Ron Jarmin (US Census), Kazuyuki Motohashi (Tokyo) and Raffaella Sadun (CEP) Retail market structure and dynamics: a three country comparison of Japan, the UK and the US
14.30 - 15.00	Coffee Break
15.00 - 15.30	Marco Vivarelli (IPTS, EC Seville), Francesca Lotti (Bank of Italy) and Enrico Santarelli (University of Bologna) Defending Gibrat's law as a long-run regularity
15.30 - 16.00	Blandina Oliveira (ESTG, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria) and Adelino Fortunato (GEMF and University of Coimbra) Firm growth and location: A dynamic analysis
16.00 - 16.30	Panel Discussion

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To register, please email Jenny Lau, j.lau@psi.org.uk

Participants are expected to adhere to the CEP Events Code of Conduct.

Directions

This event will take place in Conference Room, LRB 405, 4th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building, LSE, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD.

The building is labelled LRB on the LSE campus map. You can also find us on Google Maps. For further information, go to contact us.