RENT XX
Programme - Overview
Conference Venue:
Hotel Métropole
Place de Brouckère- Plein 31 – 1000 Brussels
Wednesday, November 22
10.00 – 18.00 Doctoral seminar on Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Chairmen Poul Rind Christensen and Friederike Welter
17.00 – 20:30 Registration – Ground Floor
Walking guided tours – departures 17:00 – 17:15 – 17:25 – 17:35- 17:40
18.30 – 20.00 Welcome drink
Thursday, November 23
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Opening Plenary Session
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Parallel sessions (1a – 1g)
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.45 Parallel sessions (2a – 2g)
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 - 17.45 Parallel sessions (3a – 3g)
19.30 - 23.00 Conference Gala Dinner –
Gate2Growth 2006 Best Paper Awards Ceremony
('Palais de la Bourse' - Place de la Bourse - 1000 Brussels)
Guest Speakers :
* Dr Reinhard Büscher
Head of Unit - European Commission - Directorate General Enterprise and Industry.
Presentation of 2006 Gate2Growth Best Papers Awards
* Dr Lieven Danneels
CEO of Televic, Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 most promising enterprise.
Friday, November 24
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel sessions (4a – 4f)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Parallel sessions (5a – 5f)
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.30 Symposium and round table discussion on ' Looking forward: The future of entrepreneurship as a field of research' (moderator: Roy Thurik)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30 Closing Plenary Session
RENT XX Programme
Thursday November 23
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Opening Plenary Session
* Welcome by the chairpersons of RENT XX :
Professor Hans Crijns (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School) and Professor Eddy Laveren (Universiteit Antwerpen)
* Opening address by Professor Paul Coughlan, University of Dublin, President of EIASM
* Keynote speeches
’Looking back at 20 years of research in entrepreneurship: what did we learn?’ by Professor Per Davidsson (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia)
'Highlights of the RENT conferences over the past 20 years'
by Professor José Veciana (Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Parallel sessions (1a – 1g)
Session 1a: Transition economies Chairperson: Zoltan Roman
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Entrepreneurs in a transition country: how different are they?
Glas Miroslav, Sasa Kotar
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Determinants of early new venture performance in the transition economies: a conceptual model
Schwarz Erich J., Malgorzata A. Wdowiak, Ana Kuntaric
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Enterprising households in a cross-border context
Welter Friederike, David Smallbone, Anton Slonimski, Olga Linchevskaya, Anna Pobol, Marina Slonimska
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SME development in Albania -an empirical investigation of business growth
Xheneti Mirela
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Session 1b: Family firms Chairperson: Uhlaner Lorraine
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Psychological ownership and family businesses – identifying the common ground through discriminant analysis
Markku Ikavalko, Iiro Jussila, Timo Pihkala
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Transgenerational entrepreneurship: untangling characteristics and dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation in family firms
Nordqvist Mattias, Timothy G. Habbershon, Leif Melin
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Ownership, governance and financial performance in small and medium-sized family firms
Steijvers Tensie, Wim Voordeckers, Sigrid Vandemaele
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Involvement of accountants and bankers in SME transfers: perspectives and witnessed difficulties
Van Teeffelen Lex
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Session 1c: Innovation and technological entrepreneurship Chairperson: Groen Aard
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 Determinants of innovation in new firms: linking absorptive capacity to the performance of start-ups
Delmar Frédéric, Erik Wetter
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Innovative behaviour and performance in the SMEs in peripheral areas
Garcia Zamora Evelyn, Muñoz Gallego Pablo
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Innovation in the micro and small KIBS firms: an empirical analysis
Pietikäinen Petri, Jukka Siikonen, Jarkko Pellikka
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Early formalization : a study of entrepreneurial organizing at early stages of high technology venturing
Sölvell Ingela
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Session 1d: Entrepreneurship and policy issues Chairperson: Miettinen Asko
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An assessment of the efficiency of government funding of business angel networks: a regional study
Collewaert Veroniek
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Explaining nascent entrepreneurs’ goal commitment: an exploratory study
De Clercq Dirk, Teresa V. Menzies, Monica Diochon, Yvon Gasse
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Public policy and success of business start-ups in Germany
Gross Verena, Michael Rothgang, Frederike Welter
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The effect of business regulations on nascent and young business entrepreneurship
Van Stel André, David J. Storey, A. Roy Thurik
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Session 1e: Emergence and entrepreneurial orientation Chairperson: Hytti Ulla
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The contribution of emergence to entrepreneurship theory : a review
Fuller Ted, Lorraine Warren, Friederike Welter
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Sustaining competitive advantages: conceptualising and measuring the impact of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation on innovation
Kocak Akin, Temi Abimbola
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Developing entrepreneurial orientation. The role of dynamic capabilities and intangible resources
Madsen Einar Lier, Alsos Gry Agnete, Odd Jarl Borch, Bjørn Brastad, Elisabet Ljunggren
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The link between cognitive styles, entrepreneurial orientation and perceptive firm performance
Vermeulen Sabine, Hans Crijns
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Session 1f: Entrepreneurship and special interest groups Chairperson: O'Gorman Colm
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An exploration of early stage entrepreneurial activity within different female ethnic minority groups
Brooksbank David, Dylan Jones-Evans, Caleb Kwong, Piers Thompson
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Profiling grey entrepreneurs - an Irish perspective
Laurincikova Lucia, Thomas M. Cooney
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“Venture survival of immigrant vs. Local entrepreneurs in the Basque country”
Peña Iñaki, Nahikari Irastorza
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Determinants of self-employment preference and realization among women and men in Europe and the united states
Verheul Ingrid, Roy Thurik, Isabel Grilo
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Session 1g: Social capital and gender Chairperson: Paasio Antti
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Social capital: does gender matter?
Co Mary Jesselyn
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The role of social capital in microfirm management:: an approach by French manager’s ethics
Courrent Jean-Marie, Katherine Gundolf
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The History and Herstory of the Field of Entrepreneurship: Gender in Focus and Production in the Core Literature
Watkins David, Whysni Basuki
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Gender differences in entrepreneurship in a transition context: evidence from Bulgaria
Yordanova Desislava, Tsvetan Davidkv
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13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.45 Parallel sessions (2a – 2g)
Session 2a: New venture creation Chairperson: Raffa Mario
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Spinning-off new ventures in Catalonia: a comparison with incubation strategies in European research institutions
Serarols Christian, Andrea Bikfalvi, David Urbano, Yancy Vaillant
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Creating new ventures in contrasting environments
Smallbone David, Xiao Jianzhong, Meng Li, Richard Hyde
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New firm growth paths explored and explained
Stam Erik, Petra Gibcus, Jennifer Telussa
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Session 2b: Entrepreneurial Finance and venture capital Chairperson: Landstrom Hans
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Venture capital and the investments of new technology based firms
Bertoni Fabio, Massimo G. Colombo, Annalisa Croce
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Informal investment, regional prosperity and entrepreneurial activity
Brooksbank David, Dylan Jones-Evans, Thompson Piers
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Perceptions of venture capital as a barrier to innovation: the characteristics and performance of ‘needy’ firms
Freel Mark, Paul Robson, Sarah Jack
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Session 2c: Innovation and technological entrepreneurship Chairperson: Surlemont Bernard
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No patents needed: innovation protection by SMEs
Mol Mischa C.
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The adoption of innovation in Ghana
Robson Paul, Helen Haugh, Bernard Obeng
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Adoption of digitally enabled marketing by smaller manufacturing enterprises: conceptual integration and empirical examination
Vanyushyn Vladimir
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Session 2d: SME success and business performance Chairperson: Rebernik Miroslav
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The role of market orientation and learning orientation in enhancing small firm business performance
Bard Ulla
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Entrepreneurial dimension behind business performance: an empirical investigation
Cassia Lucio, Alessandra Colombelli, Stefano Paleari
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Entrepreneurial and management teams: comparative analysis focusing on SME performance
Tihula Sanna, Mika Pasanen
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Session 2e: Entrepreneurship education Chairperson: Kirby David
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How to Support Learning of Entrepreneurs? A study of training programmes for Entrepreneurs in Five European Countries
Akola Elisa, Jarna Heinonen
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How do you react to entrepreneurship education? An examination of the role of predispositions in an enactive mastery experience of entrepreneurship
Delmar Frédéric, Régis Goujet
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Learning Processes in Entrepreneurship Education
Fayolle Alain, Benoît Gailly, Narjisse Lassas-Clerc
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Session 2f: Entrepreneurship and human capital Chairperson: Christensen Poul Rind
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“Been there, done that” - exploring the influence of industry and functional work experience on opportunity recognition
Gabrielsson Jonas, Diamanto Politis
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The Role of Work Experience in Entrepreneurial Career Choice
Paasio Kaisu, Tommi Pukkinen
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Prior start up experience as a source of learning: a comparison of novice and habitual entrepreneurs
Politis Diamanto
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Session 2g: The role of universities in fostering entrepreneurship Chairperson: Thurik Roy
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The characteristics and performance of businesses started by recent university graduates
Mason Colin, Sara Carter, Stephen Tagg
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When do university-based knowledge spillovers influence the growth of NTBFs?
Piva Evila, Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D’adda
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Student and/or entrepreneur? Managing multiple identities among emerging university student entrepreneurs
Sørensen Suna, William B. Gartner
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15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Parallel sessions (3a – 3g)
Session 3a: International entrepreneurship Chairperson: Mason Colin
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The role of inward foreign direct investment on domestic entrepreneurship
Barbosa Natalia, Vasco Eiriz
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Direct and indirect effects of entrepreneurial and market orientations on international performance of Spanish and Belgian international new ventures
Blesa Andreu, Diego Monferrer, Ysabel Nauwelaerts
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The role of social and business ties in the internationalisation of new ventures
Evers Natasha, Colm O'gorman
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Session 3b: Family firms Chairperson: Veciana José
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Agency problems and dividend policy in private family firms
Lybaert Nadine, Vandemaele Sigrid, Wim Voordeckers
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Financing and growth behavior of family firms: differences between first- and next-generation-managed firms
Molly Vincent, Eddy Laveren, Ann Jorissen
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The link between family orientation, strategy, and innovation in Dutch SMEs: lagged effects
Uhlaner Lorraine, Sita Tan, Joris Meijaard, Ron Kemp
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Session 3c: Entrepreneurship and regional development Chairperson: Jones-Evans Dylan
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The geography of new firm formation: evidence from independent start-ups and new subsidiaries in the Netherlands
Bosma Niels, André Van Stel, Kashifa Suddle
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How different are the regional factors of high-tech and low-tech start-ups? Evidence from the Japanese manufacturing industries
Okamuro Hiroyuki
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Linking entrepreneurial climates to entrepreneurship and the opportunity-necessity divide
Tamvada Jagannadha, David Audretsch
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Session 3d: SME success and business performance Chairperson: Klandt Heinz
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Constitutive elements of strategic planning and their relation towards SME success
Kraus Sascha, Rainer Harms, Erich Schwarz
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The effect of mediating mechanisms on IS planning in SMEs
Kyobe Michael
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Comparison of the informational bases of Merton type models and accounting models to assess default within small and medium sized enterprises
Lin Shu-Min, Jake Ansell
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Session 3e: Entrepreneurial learning Chairperson: Torres Olivier
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Examining entrepreneurial learning and real options: empirical test of successful and failed entrepreneurs
Bratnicki Mariusz, Agata Austen
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Entrepreneurial learning in high-tech start-ups: a conceptual framework and an empirical study
Chiesa Vittorio, Alfredo De Massis, Marco Giorgino, Diego Viviani
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Understanding the entrepreneurial process: what can we learn from anthropology?
Lauring Jakob, Poul Rind Christensen
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Session 3f: Entrepreneurship and human capital Chairperson: Brännback Malin
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The hunt for the Heffalump continues: who is the Flemish entrepreneur?
Cools Eva
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The influence of human capital and domain definition strategy on early business performance
Isaksen Espen John
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Modeling and analyzing entrepreneur role stress
Wincent Joakim, Daniel Örtqvist
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Session 3g: The role of universities in fostering entrepreneurship Chairperson: Urbano David
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On the role of academic staff as entrepreneurs in processes of commercialisation - case studies of biotechnology firms in Norway
Spilling Olav R.
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Entrepreneurship and the "theory of planned behavior" - empirical implications for promoting students' entrepreneurial activity
Tegtmeier Silke
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University – industry relationships - what academics actually do and think about it
Wahlbin Clas, Caroline Wigren
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19.30 – 23.00 Conference Gala Dinner –
Gate2Growth 2006 Best Paper Awards Ceremony
('Palais de la Bourse' - Place de la Bourse - 1000 Brussels)
Guest Speakers :
* Dr Reinhard Büscher
Head of Unit - European Commission - Directorate General Enterprise and Industry.
Presentation of 2006 Gate2Growth Best Papers Awards
* Dr Lieven Danneels
CEO of Televic, Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 most promising enterprise.
* Gate2Growth Nominee for 2006 Best Paper Awards Competition
Friday November 24
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel sessions (4a – 4f)
Session 4a: Business incubation and new venture strategy Chairperson: Voordeckers Wim
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Business model development in emerging industries: approaches of new technology-based ventures
Andries Petra, Bart Van Looy, Catherine Lecocq, Koenraad Debackere
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A comparative analysis of the start-up motives among micro entrepreneurs in Poland and Sweden
Saruckij Mark, Birgitta Eriksson, Patrik Larsson
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Why do they use financial bootstrapping? A quantitative study of new business managers
Winborg Joakim
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Session 4b: Entrepreneurial Finance and venture capital Chairperson: Limère Arthur
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SME financing in Europe: cross-country determinants of debt maturity
Hernández-Cánovas Ginés, Johanna Koeter-Kant
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The entrepreneurial finance gap - a case study of ethnic minority graduates in the west midlands, UK
Hussain Javed, Jonathan Scott, Cindy Millman, Paul Hannon
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Testing certification effect of venture capitalists
Lehtonen Oskari
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Session 4c: Entrepreneurship and regional development Chairperson: Mugler Josef
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The absorptive capacity of SMEs as a barrier to regional development
Rebernik Miroslav, Tadej Kroslin, Barbara Bradac
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Community entrepreneurship and social capital - how can new business ventures benefit?
Rønning Lars, Elisabet Ljunggren
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The role of innovativeness in the growth and success of existing firms in eastern Finland
Virtanen Markku, Tomi Heimonen
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Session 4d: Social entrepreneurship Chairperson: Watkins David
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Keeping [social] entrepreneurship hybrid: towards a dangerous research agenda?
Dey Pascal, Chris Steyaer
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Who do social entrepreneurs think they are?
Howorth Carole, Caroline Parkinson, Christine Coupland
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Emergency Entrepreneurship - Creative Organising in the Eye of the Storm
Johannisson Bengt, Lena Olasion
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Session 4e: Human resources management and Entrepreneurship Chairperson: Mussati Giuliano
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Human resource practices in franchise systems: company owned versus franchised units.
Brand Maryse , Evelien Croonen, Liesbeth Kneppers-Heijnert
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The recruitment and selection policies in ambidextrous organizations: exploration versus exploitation
Bratnicki Mariusz, Tomasz Ingram, Janusz Struzyna
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Smallness of firm and HRM: the key role played by proximity
Torres Olivier, Frédéric Delmar
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Session 4f: Entrepreneurship and human capital Chairperson: Fuller Ted
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Exploring entrepreneurial passion: a study of lethargic intentions and passionate opportunity exploitation
Brännback Malin, Alan Carsrud, Jennie Elfving, Norris Krueger
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Escalation of commitment in investment decisions
Brundin Ethel, Veronica Gustafsson, Holger Patzelt, Dean Shepherd
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Identification of entrepreneurial propensity: an empirical investigation of the Bolton and Thompson model
Galloway Laura,William Keogh, Steve W. Kelly
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10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Parallel sessions (5a – 5f)
Session 5a: Corporate entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship Chairperson: Pichler J. Hanns
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Corporate entrepreneurship: The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance – A configurational approach
Frank Hermann, Alexander Keßler, Matthias Fink
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The effects of psychological contracts on corporate entrepreneurship: a study of employee-firm interaction
Holmquist Carin, Karin Folkesson
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The ethical understanding of entrepreneurs ethics in small sized companies
Raich Margit, Claudia Müller
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Resource acquisition self-efficacy and the pursuit of opportunity
Thorén Kent, Terrence E. Brown
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Session 5b: Firm growth Chairperson: Glas Miroslav
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Understanding How Barriers Perceived and Experienced by Owner/Managers Influence Small Business Growth: An Intentions-based Approach to Barriers Research
Doern Rachel
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Determinants of fast growth: An empirical analyses of SME sector in Kosova
Hoxha Durim
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Company's growth in Belgium: empiric research on the relationship between age and performance/growth towards a life cycle model
Limère Arthur, Annemie Vandersanden
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Portfolio entrepreneurship as a growth strategy
Pasanen Mika
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Session 5c: Networking and entrepreneurship Chairperson: Johannisson Bengt
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Networking as a source of creative quality and value innovations in mechanical woodprocessing industry SME’s
Arhio Kaija
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An Investigation into the Characteristics of Structural and Relational Patterns of the Networks of International New Ventures.
Groen Aard, Paul Kirwan, Peter Van Der Sijde
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Governance of strategic alliances: the case of microfirms in France
Jaouen Annabelle, Katherine Gundolf
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Network-creator networking established networks – case Masterplanet & SparkNet
Malinen Pasi, Jussi Puhakainen
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Session 5d: Entrepreneurship and policy issues Chairperson: De Clercq Dirk
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Environmental influences and involvement in unproductive entrepreneurship: insights from an advanced transition setting
Sauka Arnis, Ruta Aidis
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High growth entrepreneurs, public policies and economic growth
Stam Erik, Kashifa Suddle, Jolanda Hessels, André Van Stel
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Entrepreneurial culture as determinant of nascent entrepreneurship
Suddle Kashifa, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Sander Wenneker
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Session 5e: Entrepreneurship education Chairperson: Fayolle Alain
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Entrepreneurial founder teams: exploring the relationship between team characteristics, team fluctuation and new venture performance
Almer-Jarz Daniela A., Erich J. Schwarz, Robert J. Breitenecker
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Enterprise training and entrepreneurial activity - evidence from the United Kingdom
Jones-Evans Dylan, David Brooksbank, Caleb Kwong, Piers Thompson
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Project seminar business plan development – an analysis of integrative project-based entrepreneurship education
Koch Hendrik, Tobias Manuel Johann, Heinz Klandt
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Searching for entrepreneurs among small business owners: the development of new roles and competencies in the changing agri-food sector
Lans Thomas, Wim Hulsink, Martin Mulder
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Session 5f: Entrepreneurship and human capital Chairperson: Steyaert Chris
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Equipreneurship: advancing research on entrepreneurial teams
Ben Hafaiedh Cyrine
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The relationship between innovativeness, leadership, growth and profitability in SMEs
Matzler Kurt, Erich Schwartz, Natasa Deutinger
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Identifying prominent and emerging antecedents to role stress
Örtqvist Daniel
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13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.30 Symposium and round table discussion on ' Looking forward: The future of entrepreneurship as a field of research' (moderator: Professor Roy Thurik)
Invited speakers:
Professor Simon Parker (University of Durham)
Professor Magnus Henrekson (Stockholm School of Economics)
Professor Frédéric Delmar (EM Lyon),
Rudy Aernoudt (Secretaris-generaal van het departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie, Brussels),
W. Vanderborght (Entrepreneur – CEO of Bananas)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Closing Plenary Session
* Annual meeting of ECSB, presented by David Smallbone, President of ECSB
'Presentation of Prizes for ECSB Case Study Competition'
* Best paper award for young researcher
* RENT Conference Best paper Anthology
* Presentation of RENT XXI
* Presentation of ICSB 2007 Conference in Turku
* Closing address by the chairpersons of RENT XX :
Professor Hans Crijns (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School) and
Professor Eddy Laveren (Universiteit Antwerpen)
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