Boye-Dohle, Passion and Neuroentrepreneurship

Today I’m juggling some notes from last week’s Summer School in Entrepreneurship at the Max Planck Institute of Economics. Among the interesting presentations, Melissa Cardon was speaking about entrepreneurial passion, Arvids Ziedonis held an in-depth discussion about the development of University-Industry relationships in the United States and in particular the role of innovations and patents following the Baye-Dohle act in 1980. Norris Krueger talked about the emerging research strand of “neuroeconomics” and “neuroentrepreneurship” (is it the future or simply a fad? – I remain undecided). In all, it was a splendid week with lots of interesting conversations, good food, and inspiring speakers.