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We have nearly 100 registrants for our Professional Development Workshop: Using Simulation Experiments to Build and Test Entrepreneurship Theories...but we want more. We will be in the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Constitution Ballroom A, which seats 300.
*If you were wait-listed, didn't have the opportunity to register, or need something to do early on Friday morning, come to our workshop - we'll have a seat waiting for you.*
Details are below. The doors will open at 08:00 and we'll take the first 30 minutes to get everyone acclimated and signed in; formal presentations will begin at 08:30 and last until around 12:00.
We have a fantastic panel talking about an über-important topic: theory development. This topic is especially important in entrepreneurship, where the field is believed to be "tilting at windmills" - referencing Cervantes' misguided and hapless Don Quixote - attempting to develop a comprehensive theory that can unite our efforts. These efforts become exceedingly difficult given the extreme variance in the distribution of both the inputs and outcomes of entrepreneurial action. To wit, seminal (Simon, 1968) and contemporary (Boisot & McKelvey, 2010) theory-building guidance suggests that when highly skewed (i.e., power-law) distributions are present in a domain, the assumptions of linear relationships and independent observations at the foundation of Gaussian statistics are invalid. Indeed, studies show that using Gaussian assumptions and methods to explain and predict these phenomena can lead to inaccurate conclusions, under-specified theoretical models, and misleading normative recommendations – all of which reduce the credibility of scholarly research (O'Boyle & Aguinis, 2012). Simulation methods have been proposed as a valid alternative for constructing rigorous, formal theory that can account for our interdependent, non-linear, and uncertain empirical reality.
The first half of the PDW will cover theory development using simulation from a conceptual view; the second half will address applied model building.
| Program Session #: 13 | Submission: 17401 | Sponsor(s): (ENT)
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 3 2012 8:00AM - 12:00PM at Sheraton Boston Hotel in Constitution Ballroom A
| Using Simulation Experiments to Build and Test Entrepreneurship Theories
Entrepreneurship Simulation | | | | |
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Chair: G. Christopher Crawford; U. of Louisville;
Presenter: Jason Davis; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Presenter: Erik Johnston; Arizona State U.;
Presenter: Michael North; Argonne National Laboratory;
Discussant: Maria Minniti; Southern Methodist U.;
Discussant: Christoph Zott; IESE Business School;
Management scholars have used computer simulation models to build and test theories for more than forty years. Yet, entrepreneurship scholars have maintained their theoretical distance from management's methodologies while pursuing domain legitimacy and distinct research boundaries. As the field has matured, senior entrepreneurship scholars have broadly called for the use of simulation and agent-based modeling for developing methodologically rigorous, domain-specific theory. Nevertheless, in a competitive publish-or-perish environment, these calls have not been enough to motivate the field to alter the path of research inertia. This workshop provides a primer, an outline, and specific examples of how simulation methods can apply to entrepreneurship's research agenda. A panel of authors who have published entrepreneurship research using simulation will take part in a discussion on the topic, while an editor's panel will provide a venue to discuss the topic from an editor's perspective. In addition, two software toolkits, NetLogo and Repast, will be presented to show scholars how models can be built from the ground up, using examples from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Kauffman Firm Survey.
| Search Terms: | entrepreneurship , simulation , agent-based modeling | |
Teaching-oriented | Practice-oriented | International-oriented | Theme-oriented | Research-oriented Diversity-oriented
Selected for Best Paper Proceedings |
The online description is here:
The AOM board says that registration closed on August 1st. Show up anyway - there's room.
Looking forward to seeing you in tomorrow.
Best regards,
CC
G. Christopher Crawford Ph. D. Candidate
Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
University of Louisville
College of Business
3rd Floor - Unit 398
Louisville, KY 40292
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