In the UK, policymakers are increasingly encouraged to create industry networks as a means of supporting regional economic development. Yet research suggests that formal attempts to replicate successful industry networks have had little success. In order to understand some of the reasons why, this paper presents findings from a recent study into the formation of an industry networking group for the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. We conducted 14 in-depth interviews...

This study provides novel quantitative evidence of the multi-level and partial autonomous relation between institutional logics and individuals which is the driving element in institutional logic theory. Specifically, it provides new knowledge on the cognitive micro-processes that bridge institutional logics and the individual. We combine a unique longitudinal dataset (2004-2012) on individuals with a research design that exploit the financial crisis as natural experiment. This helps to...

We provide the first empirical evidence on the determinants of the lending decision of venture debt firms, specialized institutions that provide loans to finance growth of high-tech startups. Building on existing field interviews and case studies, we design a choice experiment of the lending decision and conduct experiments with 55 senior venture lenders. We find support for the hypothesis that backing by venture capital firms substitutes for startups' cash flow. Furthermore, we illustrate...

In the aftermath of the latest financial crisis, policy-makers at all levels are concerned about the impact of the crisis on access to financial resources by young firms, particularly as major changes occur in bank-lending practices and uncertainties surround the implementation of financial reform legislation. In this paper, we analyze the types and sources of financing used by young firms over the years 2007 through 2009. We find differential outcomes for firms who applied for loans and...

The large body of literature dealing with inter-organizational collaboration has advanced three different perspectives to understand and explain partner selection decisions. According to the 'social capital' view in the literature, organizations rely on prospective partner information that they obtain by being embedded in a network structure. Two other perspectives are the network strategy perspective, where organizations rely on their map of the network structure, and non-network information...

This seminar focuses on the discussion of the concepts of international entrepreneurship, "born global" companies and SME internationalisation research.

Previous research suggested that due to the uncertainties surrounding the venture creation process, planning activities my be more valuable for already operating firms than for emerging ventures (McGrath and MacMillan, 1995).

In this research seminar, I present my current PhD project which examines the nature of the interplay between rural context and entrepreneurial activity, and its effects on various aspects of regional development. It mainly focuses on the indirect social and socio-economic benefits that entrepreneurship generates in rural regions that go beyond economic growth and job creation.

Question and answer session in response to the Rural entrepreneurship: On the interplay between entrepreneurial agency and regional structure seminar.

The aim of this study is to explore and develop theory about the trade-off between legitimization and institutionalization on the one hand and profitability and competitive advantage on the other hand in the social business context using the theory perspectives of the resource-based view (RBV) and new institutional theory (NIT).

Building on insights from these successful social business franchise cases and social business governance principles of non-dividend, market wages, and profit reinvestment, we identify non-financial incentives as important for successful goal alignment in franchisee selection and management.

The goal of this research seminar is to present and discuss an ongoing young research project that links the experiential process with the development of entrepreneurial knowledge in higher education. More specifically, the focus is on the entrepreneurial process and in particular on the question "how to bring innovation to market and create value?"

This paper integrates insights from regional science and organizational ecology to the entrepreneurship field by constructing a theoretical framework that explains how the regional bed impacts the emergence of family and non-family businesses in differential ways. Using a rich multi-level data set, we investigate how characteristics of the economic milieu of regions influence firm births.

In this seminar I'd like to share my two main lines of ongoing research with you. The starting point for these two lines is that entrepreneurs operate in a fundamentally, Knightean, uncertain environment and that this comes with various challenges for them, and also for those who study them.

In this session Kim will present his paper, Hierarchical Substitution: How Culture Affects Network Resource Acquisition

In this session Martin will talk about his thesis 'Entrepreneurial Management and Growth'

Departing from a social constructionist understanding of gender, this study examines how the female entrepreneur is constructed in research texts about women's entrepreneurship. It finds that even if the texts celebrate women's entrepreneurship, they do it in such a way as to recreate women's secondary position in society. Building on Foucault's theory of discourse, the study analyzes the discursive practices by which this result was achieved. These practices include certain assumptions that...

Is it possible that a plausible explanation of firm survival could emerge seemingly independent of all the actors involved in the related events? Perhaps it should not be surprising that it could when one considers the absence of any current unifying and/or coherent explanation of firm survival.

Is it possible that a plausible explanation of firm survival could emerge seemingly independent of all the actors involved in the related events? Perhaps it should not be surprising that it could when one considers the absence of any current unifying and/or coherent explanation of firm survival.

Associate Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy is a member of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Ethics area and teaches courses in entrepreneurship and ethics in Darden's MBA program. In addition, she teaches in doctoral programs not only at Darden, but also in Denmark, India, Croatia and South Africa. In 2007, Sarasvathy was named one of the top 18 entrepreneurship professors by Fortune Small Business magazine.A leading scholar on the cognitive basis for high-performance entrepreneurship,...

Associate Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy is a member of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Ethics area and teaches courses in entrepreneurship and ethics in Darden's MBA program. In addition, she teaches in doctoral programs not only at Darden, but also in Denmark, India, Croatia and South Africa. In 2007, Sarasvathy was named one of the top 18 entrepreneurship professors by Fortune Small Business magazine.A leading scholar on the cognitive basis for high-performance entrepreneurship,...

Dean Shepherd is the Randall L. Tobias Chair in Leadership and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Dean is currently Adjunct Professor at The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) and has actively participated in the annual ACE Paper Development Workshop 'Bootcamp' since 2010. Dean received his doctorate and MBA from Bond University (Australia). His research is in the field of entrepreneurial leadership; he...

Dean Shepherd is the Randall L. Tobias Chair in Leadership and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Dean is currently Adjunct Professor at The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) and has actively participated in the annual ACE Paper Development Workshop 'Bootcamp' since 2010. Dean received his doctorate and MBA from Bond University (Australia). His research is in the field of entrepreneurial leadership; he...

Johan Wiklund is Kauffman eProfessor and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, USA; Professor of Entrepreneurship at Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden; and Professor Two at Nordland Research Institute, Norway. His research interests include: entrepreneurial failure; small business growth; the decision to be self-employed; new venture creation; and corporate entrepreneurship. He is considered a leading authority in...