CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Organized by House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics
19-20 September 2025
Location: Sveavägen 65, 113 57 Stockholm
Friday, 19 September 2025
8:30-9:15
Welcome & Coffee
9:15-12:25
PhD Session 1
Chair: Nel Dutt (Bocconi)
Abhishek Bhatia (London Business School)
Speed and (or) Specialization: Synchronizing Scaleup’s Product Market Strategy with Organization Design
Yangyang Cheng (Bocconi)
Securing Venture Capital for Sustainability-Driven Ventures: An Analysis of Funding Delay
Matteo Burato (Imperial Business School)
Corporate Sustainability Transformation Activities and Stock Returns
Discussant: Luca Berchicci (Rotterdam School of Management)
10:25-10:55
Coffee Break
10:55-12:05
Faculty Session 1
Chair: Sam Cao (SSE)
Luisa Gagliardi (Bocconi)
Investing Amidst Inequality: Social Unrest and Funding Decisions within Cities
Discussant: Francesco Castellaneta (SKEMA Business School)
Matthias Qian (ESMT Berlin)
AI Hype, Belief Aggregation, and Venture Performance: Integrator CEOs and Brokerage Asymmetry in Startup Teams
Discussant: Elena Novelli (Bayes Business School)
12:05-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:40
PhD Session 2
Chair: Valentina Tartari (SSE)
Diego Jannace (Bocconi)
Subtraction and Scientific Approaches in Entrepreneurial Strategies
Mehdi Ibn Brahim (SKEMA Business School)
Compound of Offset: Do Immigrant Workers Enjoy Compensation Advantages in New Ventures?
Pablo Leao (Copenhagen Business School)
Does the Race Wage Gap Vary across Organizations? An Examination of the Role of Managers and Organizational Characteristics
Session Discussant: Bala Vissa (INSEAD)
14:40-15:10
Coffee Break
15:10-16:20
Faculty Session 2
Chair: Sebastian Krakowski (SSE)
Ann-Katrin Eicke (LMU Munich)
A Carnegie School Perspective on Recovering from Performance Shortfalls
Discussant: Ronald Klingebiel (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
Hui Sun (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
Friendly Courts: Legal Market Development and the Legal Advantage of Relational Embeddedness
Discussant: Carlos Serrano (HEC Paris)
16:20-16:50
Coffee Break
16:50-18:15
PhD Session 3
Chair: George Chondrakis (ESADE)
Ghina Chammas (HEC Paris)
Amour-Propre: Unveiling The Impact Of CEO Narcissism On CEOs Taking a Public Stance On Sociopolitical Issues
Anna Baturevich (Stockholm School of Economics)
When conformity meets compliance: Innovating at the edge of regulation in the healthcare ecosystem
Discussant: Jessica Eriksson (Umeå University)
Natalia Panchieri (University of Bologna)
Framing Novelty for Multivocal Resonance: How Linguistic Ambiguity Shapes Audience Reception in Emerging Fields
Quynh Le (Umeå University)
Collective Identity as Boundary Work: A Process Model on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Emergence
Discussant: Stefan Haefliger (Stockholm School of Economics)