The purpose of the SIG Entrepreneurship is to develop an ongoing and constructive dialogue among entrepreneurship scholars to conduct research that is relevant for entrepreneurship theory and practice in the contemporary world. The SIG Entrepreneurship aims at promoting research and networking interests in individual and collaborative forms of entrepreneurship by providing a wide-ranging, engaged and internationally focused forum to discuss and develop research and practice in the field. We put a distinct focus on the key European feature – ‘context matters’ – why we try in all activities to promote and stimulate what ‘European’ might mean in any given context and any approach of entrepreneurship research.
SIG OFFICERS (2020-2021):
SIG Chair, Marzena Starnawska (University of Warsaw, Poland) mstarnawska ( at ) wz.uw.edu.pl
SIG Programme Chair, Luca Gnan (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) luca.gnan@uniroma2.it
Past Chair, Matthias Raith (Otto Von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany) matthias.raith@ovgu.de
Past Chair, Massimiliano M. Pellegrini (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy) dr.massimiliano.pellegrini@gmail.com
Past Chair, Lucrezia Songini (Eastern Piedmont University, Italy) lucrezia.songini@uniupo.it
Past Chair and Entrepreneurship SIG Founder, Hans Lundberg (Linnaeus University, Sweden) hans.lundberg@lnu.se
Communication Officers, Marzena Starnawska (University of Warsaw, Poland) mstarnawska ( at ) wz.uw.edu.pl, Giulia Flamini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy giulia.flamini@uniroma2.it, Alex Alterskye (University of Lincoln, UK) alex@alterskye.karoo.co.uk, Jennet Achyldurdyyeva (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan) jennet6688@yahoo.com.
GT03_00 Entrepreneurship General Track
The SIG Entrepreneurship General Track aims to develop an ongoing and constructive dialogue among entrepreneurship scholars to conduct research that is relevant for entrepreneurship theory and practice in the contemporary world. This general track is intended to capture new and emerging research areas within as well as classical areas of study of entrepreneurship. In line with our mission – methodological, theoretical and empirical pluralism in entrepreneurship research – we welcome contributions from all areas related to entrepreneurship that are not explicitly covered by the other tracks sponsored by the SIG.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Lucrezia Songini, University of Eastern Piedmont, lucrezia.songini@uniupo.it
This year, on an exceptional basis these tracks become subtracks of GT03_00 – Entrepreneurship General Track
T03_07 – P2P Platforms and the Sharing Economy
Djamchid Assadi , Burgundy School of Business BSB, France, djamchid.assadi@bsb-education.com, djamchid.assadi@bsb-education.com
T03_15 – Entrepreneurial education, academic entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial university
Marina Dabic , Nottingham Trent University and University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, marina.dabic@ntu.ac.uk
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIG STANDING TRACKS
ST03_01/ST06_01/ST13_01 – Business Model – Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Venturing (co-sponsored ENT / INNO / SM)
(co-sponsored by Entrepreneurship SIG-03, Innovation SIG-06 and Strategic Management SIG-13)
Business Model – Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Venturing
The business model topic attracts continued interest in business research and practice (Massa et al., 2017; Foss & Saebi, 2017, Zott, Baden-Fuller and Mangematin; 2015: Spieth et al., 2014). However, despite ongoing research efforts to understand the business model and its role in firm performance, scholars face persistent questions about constituent components, sequences and contingencies for the process of business model innovation, impacting strategic intents of the firm to develop new value-creating and value-capturing activities.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Patrick Spieth , University of Kassel, spieth@uni-kassel.de
ST03_03 – Entrepreneurial Decision Making and Behaviour
This track focuses on entrepreneurs’ decision-making and behavior as a stimulating force in our world economy. In particular, we consider the individual entrepreneur cognitive and emotional aspects, and the processes of organizational resilience and professionalization, in the context of small and medium-sized companies and solo self-employment. The importance of these business internal processes and their consequences on limited-sized entrepreneurial ventures calls for attention of the academic community and policymakers especially during the Covid-19 economic and labor crisis. The track welcomes original research questions across a variety of contexts and cultures, and novel conceptual or empirical research approaches. We also look for interdisciplinary and multi-level studies.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Sara Sassetti , University of Pisa, sara.sassetti@unipi.it
This year, on an exceptional basis these tracks become merged with ST03_03 – Entrepreneurial Decision Making and Behaviour
T03_08 – From Entrepreneur to Manager: The Professionalization Process of SMEs
Giulia Flamini , Rome Tor Vergata University, giulia.flamini@uniroma2.it
T03_09 – Solo Self-Employment, aspects and challenges, particularly in the time of Covid-19
Martha O’Hagan-Luff , Trinity College Dublin, ohaganm@tcd.ie
T03_14 – Resilience of SMEs and FBs, what can we learn from them in times of crisis?
Damiano Petrolo , University of Rome Tor Vergata – Hasselt University, damiano.petrolo@uniroma2.it
ST03_04 – Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurial companies are the backbone of economic development. Yet, these firms often suffer from a lack of internal finance which limits their growth and survival. The availability of external finance is hence a key element in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Recently, the availability of external finance has changed dramatically. Whereas a large number of “traditional” investors (e.g. banks or venture capitalists) had to recover from the financial crisis, a novel set of financial instruments have emerged, such incubators, proof-of-concept centres or crowdfunding platforms. Considering the importance of these phenomena, it is crucial to understand how they influence the development of entrepreneurial finance.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Anita Quas , University of Milan, anita.quas@unimi.it
ST03_05 – Entrepreneurship, Regions & Regional Development
The main power of regional contexts is their ability to incubate high level of entrepreneurial activities, greater engagement with the global networks of production, employment, creation of first-class thinkers, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs, so to increase quality of the society and the economy. The following broad set of the topics will be considered: To what extent does forced migration and refugee status impact on regional development in similar and/or different ways to other types of migration? How does innovation and entrepreneurial behaviours evolve and diffuse over hierarchical social networks in private and public organizations?
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Marina Dabic , Nottingham Trent University and University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, marina.dabic@ntu.ac.uk
This year, on an exceptional basis this track becomes merged with ST03_05 – Entrepreneurship, Regions & Regional Development
T03_11 – Migrant Entrepreneurship Across Contexts
Beata Glinka , University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, b.glinka@uw.edu.pl
ST03_06 – Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
There has been an undeniable “social turn” in business and in the market that is increasingly absorbing ideas about sustainability, stakeholders’ interests and social enterprise. This track calls for papers investigating the impact of social and environmental concerns in the strategies of new ventures or existing ones, and in the formation of social enterprises and other forms of social movements in business to meet the grand challenges facing societies all over the world. We also welcome papers that investigate the reverse relation i.e., the influence of entrepreneurial activities on institutional, environmental and societal contexts. The track is planning to run competitive and development paper sessions.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty, Goal 2: Zero hunger, Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 13: Climate action, Goal 14: Life below water, Goal 15: Life on land, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Marzena Starnawska , University of Warsaw, mstarnawska ( at ) wz.uw.edu.pl
ST03_10 – Entrepreneurial Processes
The entrepreneurial process is a combination of both planned and emergent actions. Predetermined actions can be supplanted by rash decisions, and personal inclinations may need to be adjusted to fit with social expectations. Accordingly, scholars consider entrepreneurial processes as black boxes or opaque bundles that need to be unpacked. These scholars are particularly interested in better understanding how elements interact in various stages of the process. This track is designed to contribute to the investigation of entrepreneurial processes by filling in the above gap and encouraging scholars to unpack the black box.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty, Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Diego Matricano , Department of Management, Università degli Studi della Campania , diego.matricano@unicampania.it
ST03_13 – Growth Strategies & Internationalization for SMEs
SMEs growth strategies have been recently marked by increasing levels of internationalization. This evolution is not limited to exports or international outsourcing: it is indeed a brand new way of doing business. Internationalization of SMEs is challenging existing knowledge. Management scholars are invited to provide new perspectives on international entrepreneurial strategies of SMEs, their challenges and evolving business models, their relation to countries of destination, timing and entry mode, managerial tools, organizational structure, quality of acquired knowledge, relationships with multinationals and institutions. Theoretical contributions, reflections, and empirical analyses are welcome, provided they focus on SMEs.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Lara Penco , University of Genoa, lara.penco@economia.unige.it