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_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