Dear Colleagues
If you are planning to go to the AoM in Boston we are happy to invite you to the PDW "Beyond Discovery and Creation: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship Research".
The PDW will take place on Friday August 3rd at 10.15 in Liberty Ballroom B at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
Pre-registration is not required and we hope to see many of you for a lively and constructive discussion.
For further details please follow the link or see the abstract details below.
http://program.aomonline.org/2012/submission.asp?mode=showsession&SessionID=593
Beyond Discovery and Creation: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship Research
Coordinator: Henrik Berglund; Chalmers U. of Technology
Presenter: William B. Gartner; Clemson U.
Coordinator: Steffen Korsgaard; Aarhus U.
Coordinator: Kåre Sven Moberg; Copenhagen Business School
The aim of the workshop is to inspire discussion and development in relation to the concept of opportunities in entrepreneurship research. Recent years has seen the emergence of numerous diverging views on the nature of opportunities. Reviews have conceptualized the debate as a dichotomous confrontation between two views: discovery and creation. This dichotomous framing has been helpful in bringing out a number of decisive questions and challenges for entrepreneurship research, yet also suffers from serious drawbacks in particular in so far as it overlooks alternative views and exaggerates the internal homogeneity of the discovery and creation views. Also, the two views as presented in reviews do not readily lend themselves to empirical research. In light of this situation, we propose this PDW to inquire into the problems and potentials of using the opportunity concept in entrepreneurship research with a particular view to moving beyond the discovery-creation dichotomy. We expect this to enhance our understanding of opportunities and the entrepreneurial process. To accomplish this, the PDW is organized to ensure interaction and discussion among participants. First, the format and purpose of the workshop will be introduced by the sponsors, including a brief review of relevant research. Thereafter, the participants will break up into smaller groups to discuss a number of more specific issues. The PDW ends with a concluding discussion where the different groups are invited to reporting back the results of their discussions.
Best regards Steffen Korsgaard
Steffen Korsgaard
Assistant Professor, PhD.
Aarhus University
Business and Social Sciences
Department of Business Administration
Haslegaardsvej 10
8210 Aarhus V
T: +45 8716 5095
M: stk@asb.dk
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