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 (2023-2024):
SIG Chair, Diego Matricano (Università degli Studi della Campania, Italy) diego.matricano@unicampania.it
SIG Programme Chair, Damiano Petrolo (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale) damiano.petrolo@uniupo.it
Paper Development Workshops Officers:
Gorkem Aksaray (Trinity Business School, Ireland) gorkem.aksaray@tcd.ie
Galit Klein (Ariel University, Israel) galitk@ariel.ac.il
Bisrat Misganaw (NEOMA Business School, France) bisrat.misganaw@neoma-bs.fr
Francesca Sanguineti (Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy) francesca.sanguineti@unipv.it
Publication Acceleration Programme Officers:
Andrea Caputo (Università di Trento, Italy) andrea.caputo@unitn.it
Luca Gnan (University of Rome Tor Vergata, italy) luca.gnan@uniroma2.it
Massimiliano M. Pellegrini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) massimiliano.pellegrini@uniroma2.it
Communication Officers:
Maria Claudia Angel Ferrero (IAE Montpellier, France) maria-claudia.angel-ferreo@umontpellier.fr
Alessia Munnia (Università di Catania, Italy) alessia.munnia@phd.unict.it
Francesco Russo (Università di Catania, Italy) francesco.russo@phd.unict.it
Past Chair, Luca Gnan (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) luca.gnan@uniroma2.it
Past Chair, Marzena Starnawska (University of Warsaw, Poland) mstarnawska@wz.uw.edu.pl
Past Chair, Matthias Raith (Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany) 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
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIG STANDING TRACKS
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; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact
Damiano Petrolo – damiano.petrolo@uniupo.it
ST03_01/ST06_01/ST13_01 – Business Model – Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Venturing (co-sponsored ENT / INNO / SM)
The business model topic attracts continued interest in business research and practice, spanning the fields of strategy (Leppänen et al., 2023; Casadesus-Masanell and Ricart, 2010), innovation (Spieth et al., 2023; Foss & Saebi, 2017) and entrepreneurship (Snihur and Zott, 2020). While business models are conceptualized as boundary-spanning activity systems encompassing value creation, value capture, and value delivery activities (Teece 2018; Snihur and Zott 2020), business model innovation describes “designed, novel, nontrivial changes to the key elements of a firm’s business model and/or the architecture linking these elements” (Foss and Saebi 2017).
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact
Dirk Schneckenberg – dirk.schneckenberg@rennes-sb.com
ST03_02 – Entrepreneurship Processes: Leveraging innovation to start up
Entrepreneurship processes are fluxes (Steyaert, 1997), flows (Hjorth et al., 2015), trajectories (Matricano, 2020), avenues of becoming during which consistent changes take place (Bygrave, 1989a, 1989b). These processes do not work straightforwardly (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000; Shane, 2003) since they are based on
innovation and aim to bring it to the market. This track calls for papers that investigate what
happens during entrepreneurship processes:
– How individuals identify innovation;
– How they shape/manage innovation;
– If/how they mobilize and organize resources to exploit innovation;
– How innovation gets to the market (for example as startups or patents).
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
Primary Contact
Diego Matricano – diego.matricano@unicampania.it
ST03_02 - Entrepreneurship Processes: Leveraging innovation to start up
ST03_03 – Entrepreneurial Cognition and Behaviour
The success and longevity of entrepreneurial ventures depend on effective intra- and inter-organisational cognition and behaviour. Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, guided by their emotions, values, beliefs, and cognitive processes, shape their organisations and supporting systems. These in turn govern future decisions and outcomes, which often occur under uncertainty. The scholarly exploration of the various facets of entrepreneurial cognition and behaviour – including intuition, rationality, cognitive versatility, opportunity identification-exploitation, imagination, creativity, trust, negotiation, conflict management, perspicacity and metacognition – offers extensive opportunities for advancement. This track invites pioneering research (conceptual and empirical) that advances the understudied aspects of entrepreneurial cognition and behaviour.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 10: Reducing inequalities
Primary Contact
Leonie Baldacchino – leonie.baldacchino@um.edu.mt
ST03_04 – Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurial companies are vital to economic development, yet they frequently face financial constraints that impede their growth and survival. Recent advancements in digital technologies, including crowdfunding, artificial intelligence (AI), as well as venture capital (VC) dynamics, have transformed how these firms set objectives through the acquisition of financial resources, connect with potential investors, shape decision-making processes and, therefore, how entrepreneurs achieve purpose. Additionally, factors such as the evolving use of workspace at home and in the offices, especially post-COVID-19, have significantly affected startup organization and productivity, further influencing their funding patterns.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 10: Reducing inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact
Francesca Tenca – francesca.tenca@uniupo.it
ST03_05 – Entrepreneurship, Regions & Regional Development
The main power of regional contexts is their ability to incubate a high level of entrepreneurial activities, build entrepreneurial ecosystems, greater engagement with the global networks of production, employment, and creation of first-class thinkers, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs, so to increase the quality of the society and the economy. The following broad set of topics will be considered: To what extent do EU goals impact regional development? How do innovation and entrepreneurial behaviours evolve and diffuse over hierarchical social networks in private and public organizations? What are the results of SMART integration, coopetition and networks?
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality; 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 13: Climate action; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact
Marina Dabic – mdabic@net.efzg.hr
ST03_06 – Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
This year’s EURAM theme, “Managing with Purpose,” highlights organizational approaches that transcend profit-making, emphasizing aspirations to drive positive societal change. It focuses on engaging people in doing business for good, especially in social and sustainable entrepreneurship, where purpose is integral to entrepreneurs’ values and their support systems. Aligned with impact goals, it enables entrepreneurs to create and grow purpose-driven organizations that address societal challenges, allowing profit to follow naturally from collective efforts. United in our passion and commitment to supporting the research of junior, mid-career, and senior scholars, this track invites conceptual and empirical papers in social and sustainable entrepreneurship.
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
Primary Contact
Nicole Siebold – nicole.siebold@mgmt.au.dk
ST03_07 – Growth Strategies & Internationalization for SMEs
SMEs growth strategies are characterized not only by complex paths of internationalization, but also – increasingly – by digitalization and sustainability. Furthermore, SMEs are often part of international value chains and are therefore exposed to repeated shocks in the environment which challenge their survivability and resilience. Management scholars are invited to provide new perspectives on international entrepreneurial strategies of SMEs, their challenges and evolving business models (also in terms of digital transformation and sustainability), their relation – inter alia – to countries of destination, timing and entry mode, managerial tools, organizational structure, type and quality of acquired knowledge, learning processes.
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
Primary Contact
Lara Penco – lara.penco@economia.unige.it
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIG TRACKS
T03_08 – Entrepreneurial Profiles
Modern entrepreneurship is evolving towards more inclusive and diverse models, reflecting the variety of identities, experiences, and contexts from which new entrepreneurs emerge. The increasing prominence of women and immigrants in the entrepreneurial landscape, the rise of ventures based on collective efforts, and the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups means that entrepreneurship is no longer an individualistic and homogenous endeavour. This track encourages research that explores how gender, ethnicity, disability, and other dimensions of diversity influence the creation and development of new ventures.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 5: Gender equality
Primary Contact:
Sara Poggesi, Tor Vergata University – sara.poggesi@uniroma2.it
T03_09 Academic Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial University
Universities are key agents in the promotion of entrepreneurship. The “third mission” emphasizes their role in fostering the economic and social development. This is based on the alignment of teaching and research with a structure related to the real economic world and a dynamic combination of the traditional academic mission with entrepreneurial vocation.
This proposal invites researchers to investigate new relationships among key constructs and contribute to theory by means of exploratory and explanatory methodological approaches, also inquiring into the ways in which entrepreneurship educators can better understand, execute and critically reflect how entrepreneurship education can support a sustainable future.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact:
Laura Castaldi , Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, laura.castaldi@unicampania.it
T03_10 – Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
The last 15 years, entrepreneurial ecosystems have received an increased interest from theory and practice as a concept conducive to economic growth, sustainability and inclusiveness. It gained prominence as a “buzzword” illustrating entrepreneurial schemes and policies in fostering economic development. This growing interest has enabled to bring insights from different contexts and contributed to a better understanding for the enablers and disablers of building successful entrepreneurial ecosystems. Best paper(s) may be considered as fast track on Small Business Economics or Journal of Small Business Management.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 10: Reducing inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Primary Contact:
Christina Theodoraki, IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management – christina.theodoraki@iae-aix.com
T03_11 -Designing the Future: Entrepreneurship, Life Design and AI
Designing the Future includes the focus on life design, the centrality of human beings at each economic choice and also future scenarios including AI and the platform economy. Life Design has the objective to support humans using the innovation method design thinking with positive psychology helping individuals to design a meaningful future. The centrality of human beings emphasizes “new entrepreneurs” in Society 5.0 considering all factors involved in the entrepreneurial choices, that allow entrepreneurs to go beyond profit. In addition, creating the future will also include the platform economy with AI-based crowdsourcing, expertise expertise to uncover market opportunities and fostering a more efficient startup landscape.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people; Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reducing inequalities; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact:
Sebastian Kernbach, University of St. Gallen, Stanford University, African Doctoral Academy – sebastian.kernbach@gmail.com