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Urban Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Development Policy in Formal and Informal Economies

  • 1.  Urban Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Development Policy in Formal and Informal Economies

    Posted 07-30-2012 11:06
    Dear colleagues (apologies for cross-postings),

    please join us during the upcoming AOM meeting for our AAT-sponsored symposium on urban
    entrepreneurship, development policy, and the informal economy on Sunday, Aug 5 2012 4:30PM
    - 6:00PM at Boston Hynes Convention Center in Room 107

    TITLE:
    Urban Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Development Policy in Formal and Informal Economies

    ORGANIZERS:
    Arturo E. Osorio (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) and Banu ?zkazan?-Pan (University
    of Massachusetts, Boston)


    PARTICIPANTS IN PANEL SYMPOSIUM:

    Quintus Jett, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, School of Public Affairs and
    Administration (SPAA), Faculty fellow, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic
    Development (CUEED), qjett@andromeda.rutgers.edu

    Maureen Scully, Associate Professor of Management and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies,
    College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston, maureen.scully@umb.edu

    Arturo E. Osorio, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Management & Global Business (MGB),
    Faculty fellow, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED),
    osorio@business.rutgers.edu

    Banu ?zkazan?-Pan, Assistant Professor of Management and International Business, College of
    Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston, banu.ozkazanc-pan@umb.edu

    SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION:

    Guided by this year's all academy theme, our panel symposium brings together a diverse set
    of discussants to adress the intersections of urban entrepreneurship and socioeconomic
    development policies within formal and informal economies. Each panelist focuses on the three
    core questions and ideas guiding the symposium. These include discussing critically
    entrepreneuring activities and social policies for the purposes of urban development, addressing
    how informal activities related to entrepreneurship may take shape within formal economies
    including discussion of why these activities may arise, and finally, addressing what constitutes
    formal versus informal entrepreneurship activities particularly with respect to urban development
    policies.

    In this sense, our symposium aims to provide diverse theoretical perspectives on how the
    constitution of entrepreneurship activities within urban contexts, including examples from Boston,
    can be be understood with respect to development policies. By addressing these timely and
    important intersections around urban entrepreneurship, we aim to provide insights as to what
    constitutes successful development policies in urban settings. Ultimately, we are interested in
    highlighting whether and how these policies can be replicated in other urban contexts while
    recognizing the specifical formal and informal aspects of local economies.

    kind regards,
    Banu

    Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
    Assistant Professor of Management and International Business,
    College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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