Balancing Public & Private Control: Germany and the US in the Postwar Era

A Symposium in the Glass Pavilion
October 1, 2004

Chair
Caroline Fohlin and Louis Galambos,

Speakers

 

 

 

 

Colleen Dunlavy, University of Wisconsin
Harold James, Princeton University
Christopher Kobrak, European School of Management
Mary O'Sullivan, INSEAD & the Wharton School
Ulrich Wengenroth, University of Technology, Munich
Raymond Stokes, University of Glasgow
Roland Vaubel, University of Mannheim
Richard Sylla, NYU Stern School

 

  9:00 Opening Remarks, Caroline Fohlin, Johns Hopkins University
  9:10 Session 1: Evolving Patterns of Ownership and Control of Enterprise
    Colleen Dunlavy, "Government Structure and Policy Making in Germany and the US and Policy Making in Germany and the US"
    Harold James & Christopher Kobrak, "Family Firms & Public Corporations"
  11:00 Session 2: Financial Markets and Institutions
    Mary O'Sullivan, "What Drove the US Stock Market in the 20th Century?"
    Caroline Fohlin, "Financing Innovation and the Evolution of Venture Capital: Germany
and the United States in the Postwar Era"
  2:00 Session 3: Innovation, Technology & Productivity
    Ulrich Wengenroth, "Technology and Productivity in the Modern Era¡ªGermany and the United States"
    Raymond Stokes, "Closing the Gap? America as Inspiration and Anti-Model in Post-War German Industrial Organization and Innovation"
  3:40 Session 4: Panel Discussion
    Roland Vaubel, Richard Sylla
  5:00 In conclusion, Louis Galambos


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