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THE ACADEMY:
The fourth oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy provides a unique platform to develop scholars in the early stages of their careers. Exceptional PhD candidates, post docs and young faculty are at the center of the program. The academy aims at advancing academic research, at building networks and at preparing the ground for research relevant for theory and practice. The event includes paper development workshops, professional development roundtables, research talks and outdoor activities in the picturesque Swiss Alps. Participants will also have the opportunity to apply their insights and skills in a HUB Challenge Lab in collaboration with The Hub Zurich (http://zurich.the-hub.net/) and Ashoka Switzerland (http://www.switzerland.ashoka.org) .


FACULTY:
Participants will benefit from presenting and discussing their work in progress with leading academics who provide feedback on their work and share advice about academic career and personal development. Feedback will be given by fellow students and three international researchers:

Anne-Claire Pache
Associate Professor, Holder of the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair,
ESSEC Business School, France

Filipe Santos
Associate Professor, Director, Maag International Centre for
Entrepreneurship, INSEAD, France

Claus Jacobs
SNF Professor of Strategy and Organization,
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland


TOPIC AND QUESTIONS:
Hybrid ventures combine institutional rationalities in attempts to address societal needs and problems that organizations operating with single institutional rationalities consistently fail to address. As such, hybrids for instance seek to combine economic and ecological logics to enable corporate greening, economic and social logics to provide micro-credits, economic and governmental logics to help governmental agencies operate in more efficient ways, or economic and religious logics to provide banking solutions that conform to religious guidelines. Despite their potential, however, hybrids face a number of challenges that constrain their chances of creation, diffusion, growth, and which generally limit their chances of survival and sustainable operation. Within this broad scholarly context, we invite conceptual and empirical submissions that may address, but are not limited to, the following exemplary TOPICS AND QUESTIONS:

1) Contextual setting of hybrid ventures:
- Which institutional settings are more conducive to the creation/growth of hybrid ventures?
- How do hybrid organizational forms diffuse within and across institutional settings?

2) Recognizing opportunities for hybrid ventures:
- How do entrepreneurs recognize and refine opportunities for hybrid ventures?
- Who recognizes opportunities for hybrid ventures?

3) Acquiring resources for hybrid ventures:
- How does resource acquisition differ between hybrid and 'classic' ventures?
- Human resources: How do entrepreneurs build teams and networks for hybrid ventures?
- Financial resources: How do entrepreneurs acquire financial resources for hybrid ventures?

4) Creating, growing, and exiting hybrid ventures:
- How are hybrid ventures created/maintained/developed?
- How do hybrid ventures prevent a 'value drift'?
- How do entrepreneurs exit hybrid ventures?


APPLICATION:
To allow for in-depth scholarly discussions, the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy is limited to 15 participants (Ph.D. candidates; PostDocs or Young faculty). The fee is CHF 500. oikos Foundation for Economy and Ecology will cover costs for hotel accommodation, board and excursions.

Your application should contain: (1)a paper outline of max. 3 pages, (2)a short curriculum vitae and (3)a letter of motivation and interest. Please send your application via email to the Academy's Program Chair Florian Ueberbacher, PhD (florian.ueberbacher@unisg.ch). Please submit your application by April 15, 2013. Applicants will be notified by April 30, 2013. Final papers must be received for circulation to academy participants by July 15, 2013.

We are in contact with Edward Elgar Publishing regarding a publication of selected contributions from this year's Academy.


GRANTS:
In order to facilitate participation by outstanding young scholars from developing countries, we offer up to three grants (fee and accommodation). To apply for one of these grants, please provide a Letter of Motivation and a Letter of Reference from a senior faculty member.


WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR APPLICATIONS!






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Florian Ueberbacher, PhD
Swiss NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Program chair: oikos Entrepreneurship Academy 2013

Institute of Management (IfB-HSG)
University of St Gallen
Dufourstrasse 40a
CH-9000 St Gallen
Switzerland

florian.ueberbacher@unisg.ch
Phone +41 71 224 2362
Fax +41 71 224 2355
www.ifb.unisg.ch

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