Dear colleagues,
With this letter we would like to invite you to our caucus on "Value of trust in entrepreneurship development: institutional and interpersonal perspectives" which is aimed at (1) connecting trust and entrepreneurship researchers and (2) seeking potential contributors for International Journal of Business and Globalisation
IJBG special issue's call for paper: http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=1907
Caucus time and venue: Monday, Aug 6 2012 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Marriott Boston Copley Place in Columbus I (http://program.aomonline.org/2012/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=547)
Contents:
Entrepreneurship is one of the most important forces shaping the changes in the economic landscape (Baumol, 1968). Entrepreneurship literature with regional, industry, and country empirical evidence demonstrated that entrepreneurship plays a vital role in economic growth and labor demand (Praag & Ophem, 1995; Carree & Thurik, 2010; Thurik, Wennekers, & Uhlaner, 2002). Therefore, it is important to understand what factors drive entrepreneurship, especially the one with positive contributions to the society. To date, very little research has delved into examining the influence of social-psychological factors in general and trust in particular. Nevertheless, interpersonal and institutional trust have been found to be critical for a wide variety of social relationships to develop and for economy to grow since transactions costs are low in instances of mutual trust (Fukuyama, 1995). Interpersonal trust enhances collaboration, mutual supportiveness, shared norms and values and represents a 'synthetic force within society' (Simmel, 1950: 326). Additionally, interpersonal trust allows high tolerance of uncertainty and risk-taking (Newton, 1999: 4), which should be important for entrepreneurship. At the same time, institutional trust (Paxton, 1999) has been found to have a significant impact on economic development and economic growth (Zaheer and Venkatraman, 1995). Therefore, it is important to explore different aspects of institutional and interpersonal trust in relation to entrepreneurship.
Part 1: Research round table discussion at AOM
Section 1: The concept of trust from institutional and interpersonal perspectives 30 min
Section 2: The role of trust on entrepreneurship development 30 min
Section 3: Potential contributions to the special issue 30 min
Part 2: Networking event after AOM caucus
Dinner or coffee session after the official session at AOM
Part 3: Development of papers in the topics discussed after the caucus
If you have any question or suggestion, please do not hesitate to contact us at mai.thai@hec.ca. We will be happy to be of your assistance.
We would like to thank you for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Mai Thai, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of International Business, HEC Montréal 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal (Québec), H3T 2A7, Canada
Tel: (+1) (514) 340-6188; Cell: (+1) (514) 627 1569; Fax: (+1) (514) 340-6987;
Email: mai.thai@hec.ca; Webpage: www.hec.ca/en/profs/mai-thi-thanh.thai.html
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