CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Organized by House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics
19-20 September 2025
Location: Sveavägen 65, 113 57 Stockholm
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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
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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
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Mehdi Ibn Brahim (SKEMA Business School)
Compound of Offset: Do Immigrant Workers Enjoy Compensation Advantages in New Ventures?​
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Pablo Leao (Copenhagen Business School)
Does the Race Wage Gap Vary across Organizations? An Examination of the Role of Managers and Organizational Characteristics
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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)
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Hui Sun (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
Friendly Courts: Legal Market Development and the Legal Advantage of Relational Embeddedness
Discussant: Carlos Serrano (HEC Paris)
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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​
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​Anna Baturevich (Stockholm School of Economics)
When conformity meets compliance: Innovating at the edge of regulation in the healthcare ecosystem
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Discussant: Jessica Eriksson (Umeå University)
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Natalia Panchieri (University of Bologna)
Framing Novelty for Multivocal Resonance: How Linguistic Ambiguity Shapes Audience Reception in Emerging Fields
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Quynh Le (Umeå University)
Collective Identity as Boundary Work: A Process Model on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Emergence
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Discussant: Stefan Haefliger (Stockholm School of Economics)