CBR 30th Anniversary Conference
24 Sep 2024
12:30 -22:00
Times are shown in local time
Open to: By invitation only
Peterhouse
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RD
United Kingdom
On 24 September 2024 the Centre for Business Research held a conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its founding. Over 60 people attended the event, which took place at the Peterhouse Theatre, Cambridge. Those present included past and present researchers, members of the Centre’s Advisory Board and Committee of Management, and other friends of the Centre.
Photo gallery
Conference schedule
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Conference session 1: Enterprise and innovation
Welcome: Simon Deakin
Chair: Kate Barker
Giorgio Caselli and Andy Cosh: University engagement with the local economy
Alan Hughes and Michael Kitson: Lost in translation? Business and academic perspectives on university-industry interactions in the UK
David Connell: Selling less of the family silver: an independent, post-election manifesto for a better UK innovation and industrial policy
15:00-15:30
Tea
15:30-17:00
Conference session 2: Institutions and economic change
Chair: Gavin Reid
Linda Shuku: The evolution of judicial language in the English industrial revolution
Irakli Barbakadze: What do populists do once in office?
Gaofeng Meng: Solving Douglass North’s puzzle: property rights in China
17:00-17:30
Tea
17:30-18:30
Conference session 3: Translating research into policy
Chair: Mia Gray
Hanna Sitchenko: The legal framework for venture capital in Ukraine
Mona Jebril: The role of world universities at times of war and crisis
18:30-19:30