PhD Summer School in Economics, Management, Political Science, Law and Public Administration

Kubija Hotel & Nature Spa,

Võru, EstoniaJune 26–29, 2018

GUEST LECTURERS

Dr Matthias Lehmann

is a Professor and Direc-tor of the Institute for International Private and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn. His research focuses in particular on Europe-an and international private law, commercial and financial market law. Dr Lehmann is a member of the Academ-ic Board of the Europe-an Banking Institute in Frankfurt. He has got his PhD from Fried-rich-Schiller-University of Jena and he holds a Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) from Colum-bia University.

Lecture: Blockchain and smart contracts: The vexed problem of the applicable law

Dr Tommaso Agasistiis an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano School of Management, Department of Man-agement, Economics & Industrial Engineer-ing. His research activ-ity is focused on Public Economics, Finance and Management, and the mainstream is in the field of economics and management of educa-tional services. He holds a PhD in Management Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano.

Lecture: Measuring the efficiency of public sector organizations - evidence from analyses of secondary and tertiary education institutions 

Dr Diana DiNitto is a Distinguished Teach-ing Professor and the Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Her teaching and research interests are in social welfare policy and alcohol and drug problems. She holds a Master’s in Social Work and PhD in Government from Florida State Uni-versity.

Lecture: Health care reform in the USAWorkshop: The Art of Doctoral Student Supervision

Dr Daniel Horn is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Science and an Asso-ciate Professor at the Economics Department of the Eötvös Lóránd University Budapest. His research focuses on the effectiveness and inequality of educa-tion systems, effects of institutions, and performance measure-ment issues in educa-tion. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Central European University.

Lecture: The long run effects of educational selection: Evidence from two natural experiments

Dr Mirosław Szreder is a Professor at the Department of Statis-tics, and the Dean of the Faculty of Manage-ment at the University of Gdansk. He special-izes in developing and applying quantitative methods in economics and social sciences. His main research inter-ests cover: sampling techniques, Bayesian inference, opinion polls, and various kinds of sur-vey-based research.

Lecture: Statistical surveys in the era of Big Data

Dr Ari Kokko is a Professor at the Department of Interna-tional Economics and Management at Copen-hagen Business School and Director of the School’s Asia Research Centre. In 2017-18, he is also Malmsten Visiting Professor at the School of Business, Economics, and Law at Gothenburg University. He holds a PhD in Economic Sci-ences from Stockholm School of Economics. Since 2007 Doctor Ho-noris Causa in Economic Science at the Universi-ty of Tartu, Estonia. Lecture: China in Africa: drivers, patterns, impact

SEMINAR FOR SUPERVISORS

„The Art of Doctoral Student Supervision“

Laura Põldvere started her career in 2005, when she participated in Eurovision Song Contest (Estonian final) with the song “Moonwalk”. In 2007 Laura started her studies at Berklee College of Music (Boston) and then continued the jazz path at Freiburg Rock & Jazz Schule in Germany.

She received her bachelor’s degree in jazz vocals and master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation at the Estonian Academy of Music & Theatre. She has released 3 pop albums and 2 jazz albums and has been the mostplayed artist in Estonia during the past 15 years. Laura’s jazzalbum LP “Memories

VOICE AND IMPROVISATION

TRAINING

“Mistakes are Good”

Strength hides in mistakes and in the condent making use of errors – improvising. A mistake generates an impulse which gives space for playfulness that, in its turn, breaks the routine. In everyday life we constantly improvise but it is generally subconscious. If you could switch in your improvisation

Lecturer: Dr Diana DiNitto, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin

This interactive 4-hours seminar will address the following topics:

1. Qualities of effective dissertation supervision,

2. Concerns of students and supervisors in the dissertation process,

3. Mentoring styles and the roles supervisors may play at various points in the dissertation process,

4. Approaches to addressing individual, institutional, and environmental challenges in the dissertation process, including ways to help students maintain motivation and complete a high quality dissertation in a timely manner.

Target group:

Supervisors of PhD students

Lecturer: Laura Põldvere,

Estonian singer

zone and use improvisation in practice,you would have a great ability.

You will discover that even in awkward situations you are able to find solutions that are constructive and positive. We will give the tools & means which help you to find, for example, your own service language, make your work environment playful for others, and enjoy your work environment. We improve the elements you need in public speaking through the training of improvisation.

- What kind of diction and voice melody do you have? - How do the others perceive your voice? - What kind of emotions do you convey with your voice?

We cannot teach you to learn from mistakes. We can only give you the means to take the best from the mistakes!

of Tomorrow” with Tõnu Naissoo jazztrio, was released in Japan.

Besides being active in the jazz and pop scene, she has collaborated with contemporary classical composers (Märt-Matis Lill / Kristjan Blak / Marianna Liik / etc) and the free improvisation scene. Collaboration with Han Bennink has taken her to perform in the Netherlands quite a bit. She has taken part in numerous improvisation workshops held in Switzerland, Finland, England, the Baltic countries, Sweden, Denmark, etc.

Media: Laura Official Web / Instagram / Facebook

GENERAL PROGRAMMETuesday, June 26 Room Chair

16.00-16.30 Welcome coffee

16.30-16.45 Opening Conference Maaja Vadi, Karin Jõeveer

16.45-18.15

Blockchain and smart contracts: The vexed problem of the applicable lawProf Dr Matthias Lehmann, University of Bonn

Conference Irene Kull

19.00 Dinner Restaurant

20.00 Visual improvisation workshop "PhD Life is Wild" 1 Open air Kristian

Pentus

Wednesday, June 278.00-9.30 Breakfast

9.30-11 .00Doctoral working paper session 1 FIRM Conference Kertu Lääts

Doctoral working paper session 2 LAW Seminar Irene Kull

11.00-11.30 Networking break & coffee

11.30-12.45

Measuring the effi ciency of public sector organizations- evidence from analyses of secondary and tertiary education institutionsDr Tommaso Agasisti, Politecnico Milano Graduate School of Business

Conference Kaire Põder

12.45-13.45 Lunch Restaurant

13.45-15.15

Doctoral working paper session 3 PUBLIC SECTOR Conference Kadri

Ukrainski

Doctoral working paper session 4 LABOUR Seminar Lenno

Uusküla

15.15-15.45 Networking break & coffee

15.45-17.00Health care reform in the USAProf Dr Diana DiNitto, The University of Texas at Austin

Conference Diana Eerma

17.15-18.30 Doctoral poster session Fireplace Elina Kallas

Board meeting of Doctoral School in Economics and Innovation Seminar

18.30-18.40 Voting for the best poster Fireplace Elina Kallas

19.00 Dinner Restaurant

20.00 Visual improvisation workshop "PhD Life is Wild" 2 Conference Kristian

Pentus

Thursday, June 28 Room Chair

8.00-9.30 Breakfast

9.30-11.00Doctoral working paper session 5 MACRO Conference Kadri

Männasoo

Doctoral working paper session 6 VARIA Seminar Anne Reino

11.00-11.30 Networking break & coffee

11.30-12.45

The long run effects of educational selection: Evidence from two natural experimentsDr Daniel Horn, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Conference Kaire Põder

12.45-13.45 Lunch Restaurant

13.45-15.15 Statistical surveys in the era of Big DataProf Dr Miroslaw Szreder, University of Gdansk

Conference Tiiu Paas

15.15-15.45 Networking break & coffee

15.45-17.15

The Art of Doctoral Student Supervision 1 (Diana DiNitto) / Seminar

Voice and improvisation training for PhD students (Laura Põldvere) Conference

17.30-19.00 Voice and improvisation training for supervisors (Laura Põldvere) Conference

19.30 Gala dinner and party, announcement of best paper and best poster awards, music by „Smile“

Restaurant

Friday, June 298.00-9.30 Breakfast

9.00-10.30 The Art of Doctoral Student Supervision 2 (Diana DiNitto) Seminar

10.30-11.00 Networking break & coffee, check-out from hotel

11.00-12.30

China in Africa: drivers, patterns, impactProf Dr Ari Kokko, Copenhagen Business School

Conference Urmas Varblane

12.30-13.00 Concluding remarks Conference Raul Eamets

13.00-14.00 Lunch Restaurant

14.15 Departure to Tartu/Tallinn

DOCTORAL WORKING PAPER SESSIONSWednesday, June 27

9.30-11.00Title Presenter Discussant

Working paper session FIRM

Chair: Dr Kertu Lääts

Foreign Owned Firms in Corrupt Environments: Effects on Decision to Invest and Firm Performance

Gaygysyz Ashyrov

Dr Peter McClenaghan

Adjustment Strategies of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Economic Crisis

Liis Roosaar Prof Ari Kokko

Dynamics of fi rm innovation strategies Tõnis Tänav Prof Ari Kokko

Working paper session LAW

Chair: Prof Irene Kull

Genetic research and applicable law: the intra-EU confl ict of laws as a regulatory challenge to cross-border genetic research

Kärt Pormeister

Prof Matthias Lehmann

Legal Interpretation in Juri Lotman’s Semiotic Framework

Liina Reisberg

Prof Matthias Lehmann

Land Reform versus the Principle of Legal Certainty and Legal Clarity: Practice of the Civil Department of the Supreme Court of Estonia 1918-1941

Karin Visnapuu

Prof Matthias Lehmann

13.45-15.15Working paper session PUBLIC SECTOR

Chair: Prof Kadri Ukrainski

Does polarized political environment hamper foreign investors? The evidence from parliamentary democracies

Nino Kokashvili

Dr Tommaso Agasisti

Legitimation of Public Sector Reforms Gerly Tammiste

Dr Peter Friedrich

Corporate Governance View on CSR Reporting in Listed Banks

Triinu Tapver

Dr Peter Friedrich

Effects of European Union funding and international collaboration on Estonian science visibility

Tanel Hirv Dr Tommaso Agasisti

Working paper session LABOUR

Chair: Dr Lenno Uusküla

Is the 60-year-old still fi t? The real-time performance of the Phillips curve in the OECD economies since the late 1980s

Kaspar Oja Prof Diana DiNitto

Does raising the retirement age make people work longer? The effect of retirement age increase on female labour force participation in Estonia

Orsolya Soosaar

Dr Daniel Horn

Language skills and labour market outcomes: Evidence from an Estonian online job search portal

Sven-Kristjan Bormann

Dr Daniel Horn

DOCTORAL POSTER SESSION

Thursday, 28 June

9.30-11.00Working paper session MACRO

Chair: Prof Kadri Männa-soo

Forecasting infl ation using Phillips curve in infl ation targeting countries

Diana Gabrielyan

Prof Miroslaw Szreder

Analysis of the FRED-MD Dataset with Regression Trees, Ensemble Methods, and Hierarchical Clustering

Luca Alfi eri Prof Miroslaw Szreder

Working paper session VARIA

Chair: Dr Anne Reino

Place attachment from the perspective of the entrepreneurs: Saaremaa and Valgamaa case studies from Estonia

Grete Kindel

Dr Peter McClenaghan

Relevance of university-industry collaboration barriers to different fi rms

Reelika Alunurm

Prof Tommaso Agasisti

The effect of element design in package designs evoked emotions and attention

Kristian Pentus Prof Ari Kokko

Wednesday, June 27

17.15-18.45 Title Presenter

The Impact of Tourism Quality Labels on Customer Satisfaction

Triin Veideman

Classifying the Business Model from a Strategic and Innovation Perspective

Julio Estanislao Cuc

Development of Leadership in Estonian Defence Forces Artur Meerits

Performing Paradox of Self-Realization and Survival in CCIOs and its Relation to Diagnostic Control Practices?

Marge Sassi

Later Life Career Development in Inclusive Talent Management Strategy

Birute Vilčiauskaite

Corporate Governance Bundle and Firm Life Cycle Virgo Süsi

Impact of Irrationality-Based Consumer Experience on Post-Purchasing Behavior

Jurgita Radzevice

The Evaluation of Investment in Technology in Circular Economy

Justina Banioniene

Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Ideas along the Entrepreneurial Journey

Julia Trabskaya

Does Economic Insecurity Predict Voting for Populists? Heili Hein

Foreign Owned Firms in Corrupt Environments: Effects on Decision to Invest and Firm Performance

Gaygysyz Ashyrov

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DIFFERENT WORKING FORMATS

Guest lectureGuest lecturers are welcome to organize presentations according to their will, but we kindly ask to keep at least 15 minutes in the end of the lecture for questions and discussion.

Doctoral working paper sessionWorking paper sessions are organized in two parallels.

The guidelines for presenters and reviewersPresentation of the paper should last 15 minutes, followed by discussion with re-viewer. Reviewer has 10 minutes to discuss the paper. Presentation fi nishes with ques-tions from the audience (max. 5 minutes). Speakers are asked to adhere to the given time constraints.

The guidelines for chairsSession chairs are asked to keep presen-tations of the papers to 15 minutes in length, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion and 5 minutes for the questions from the audience. The total time devoted to each presentation is 30 minutes.

The best paper awardDoctoral working papers in the area of Economics and Business Administration will compete for the best paper award giv-en by the Estonian Economic Association. The award will be handed over during the gala dinner.

PhD students have the opportunity to introduce their research ideas with help of posters. During the session authors are asked to stand next to their poster and talk about their work with everyone who is interested. Questions and active discussion from all participants of the summer school are expected.

Workshop for supervisors “The Art of Doctoral Student Supervision”This 4-hours interactive seminar will address all supervisors.

Public voting for the best posterPoster session will end with voting for the best poster. All summer school partici-pants are welcome to attend the voting. The best poster award will be handed over during the gala dinner.

Doctoral poster session

Best paper and best poster awards. Festive atmosphere will be created by ensemble „Smile“

Voice and improvisation training “Mistakes are Good”This 2-hours training is arranged in two groups:

1. PhD students and 2. Supervisors/guests.

Visual improvisation workshop „PhD Life is Wild“As part of the summer school social programme this workshop is arranged in mixed groups in open air. All participants are extremely welcome to attend. Necessary ecquipment: desire to contribute into PhD life, openness, good communication skills, thinking outside the box and desire to have fun. All groups will present their ideas in the given format. The best presentation will be awarded.

Gala dinner

Doctoral School in Economics and

InnovationA partnership between University

of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University,

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonian Business School and Bank

of Estonia. We offer PhD students different possibilities to focus on

their research and doctoral studies. Doctoral School is fi nanced by the

European Regional Development Fund through the institutional

package measure for R&D institutions and higher education

institutions (ASTRA).

Website sisu.ut.ee/doktorikool.midok/

home-page?lang=en

Contact Katrin Tamm,

University of Tartukatrin.tamm@ut.ee

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