TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION:

ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOAN WOODWARD

Call for Papers for a Volume in the Research in the Sociology of Organizations Series

Deadline:

Abstracts of less than 1000 words due January 29, 2007.

Editors:

Dorothy Griffiths, Imperial College London (d.griffiths@imperial.ac.uk)

Nelson Phillips, Imperial College London (n.phillips@imperial.ac.uk)

Graham Sewell, Imperial College London (g.sewell@imperial.ac.uk)

Rationale

It is now 35 years since the death of Professor Joan Woodward, one of the founding figures of organization studies. Professor Woodward died in 1971 at the age of 54 after a relatively brief but highly distinguished career as a management researcher and teacher, and just six years after the publication of her landmark book Industrial Organization. At the time of her death, Professor Woodward was the Chair in Industrial Sociology at Imperial College London, having been elected as only the second women professor at the College in 1970. She had joined the Production Engineering and Management Section of Imperial in 1958 and the majority of her most important work was published during this period. Prior to this she had spent a number of years at the South East Essex College of Technology where she conducted much of the empirical work that informed her significant contributions to the field.

Given the character and scope of these contributions, it is particularly appropriate that Research in the Sociology of Organizations will devote a volume to the commemoration of her life and work. Professor Woodward was instrumental in bringing technology to the fore in organizational sociology and her 10 year research program was one of the most influential projects ever carried out in the field of organization and management studies. In fact, Charles Perrow argues that Joan Woodward's work is "the most ambitious and stimulating comparative study using technology as an independent variable." Indeed, the significant number of citations her work continues to receive across many disciplines is testament to its originality and importance.

The purpose of this proposed volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations is to critically re-engage with Joan Woodward's contributions to organizational scholarship, while carrying forward the spirit of her thinking on the complex interaction between the social and technical realms. We also wish to take stock of recent developments in the themes, issues, and theories that she introduced including the relationship between technology and organizational design, the role of technology in improving organizational performance, and the ways we should conceptualize technology when studying organizations. We particularly encourage submissions that apply and extend such concepts through an empirical engagement with new and emerging technologies, although outstanding theoretical submissions that critically engage with topics in technology and organization are also encouraged.

More specifically, some possible themes that might be considered in submissions include (but are not restricted to):

×            How our thinking on technology and organization should be adapted to reflect the new technologies that have recently entered, or that are in the process of entering, organizations (i.e., 3G mobile telephony, second generation web services, lean production, modular production, supply management systems, electronic surveillance, etc.).

×            How our thinking on technology and organization should be adapted to reflect the development of new organizational forms (i.e., network organizations, virtual organizations, off-shoring, alliances, etc.).

×            What new theoretical perspectives have potential in helping us to understand the role of technology in organizations (i.e., institutional theory, resource based views of the firm, social construction of technology, actor network theory, critical management studies, etc.).

×            The rise of the "security society" and its implications for technology and organizations.

×            Empirical papers that use novel methods for studying the role of technology in organizations.

In sum, we invite the submission of papers that engage and extend the themes that first came to prominence in the work of Joan Woodward, that critically appraise her contributions, that articulate recent developments in key areas related to her scholarship, and that put forward possible enrichments or challenges to her ideas.

Authors are asked to submit an abstract of their proposed paper by January 29, 2007. The editors will invite a limited number of authors to submit full drafts by June 15, 2007. Authors invited to submit full drafts will also be invited to an optional paper development workshop to be held at Imperial College London in July 2007. Manuscripts revised following the workshop will be peer reviewed by three reviewers, revised, and then resubmitted for final consideration for publication.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Government Policy and Entrepreneurial Activity

Special Issue Editor: Maria Minniti, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Babson College</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>

Recent studies have shown that the contribution of the entrepreneurial sector to employment and GDP is increasing. A large amount of work has also established the social significance of entrepreneurial activity. Relatively little, however, is known about how (and if) government policies influence entrepreneurial activity, and whether these effects are consistent across countries.

Institutions and government policies may be crucial in determining entrepreneurial behavior as they define the incentives for individuals to transform perceived opportunities into actions and contribute to determine to what extent the environment is supportive of and conducive to entrepreneurial behavior. In addition, as Baumol has pointed out, the ratio of productive to non-productive entrepreneurial activity depends on the "rules of the game" in a society. Government policies and programs mold institutional structures for entrepreneurial action, encouraging some activities and discouraging others. Public policy shapes the rules of competition and creates niches where investment and entrepreneurial activities are perceived as being more or less attractive. The nature of political interventions influences alertness and entrepreneurial incentives. Finally, government policy influences the fate of organizations by disrupting established ties between firms and resources. The purpose of the Special Issue is to contribute to the elimination of this gap and to provide a forum for the debate of important and often controversial issues.

This special issue will present high quality research exploring a wide variety of topics related to policy and its implications for entrepreneurial behavior. The call is open to both empirical and theoretical papers and to contributions from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Topics should be broad enough to be of interest to a wide readership. They include, but are not limited to,

- Entrepreneurial activity and economic growth

- <st1:place w:st="on">Opportunity</st1:place> and necessity entrepreneurship

- Push and pull interventions

- Institutions and developing countries

- Liberalization in transition economies

- Property and intellectual rights  

- Sustainable growth and innovation

- Globalization and market openness

- Cross-country comparisons 

- Role of international organizations

- Elimination of poverty

- Entrepreneurship and war

- Immigration

Submissions are to be prepared in a form consistent with ET&P's style guide. Papers should be submitted to Maria Minniti at minniti@babson.edu by March 15, 2007. Publication date will be September 2008. If you have any questions on this special issue feel free to contact Maria Minniti.

First Call

Cross Border Cooperation and Entrepreneurship Development in Border Regions

International Scientific Conference

to be held on 2 - 4 July 2008

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Varna</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region></st1:place>

The purpose of the Conference is to bring together leading researchers interested in the field of entrepreneurship and regional development in border regions, particularly those aspects related to cross border co-operation.

The Conference is organised within the frame of a FP6 research project, concerned with entrepreneurship development in EU border regions and cross border co-operation, known as CBCED (see http://www.crossbordercoop.net). The aim is to present and discuss some of the main results of the CBCED project to a wider audience, as well as  research undertaken by other researchers on related topics. This will include some invited speakers and some papers presented in response to this open call. It is intended to publish an edited selection of the best papers presented at the Conference in a book on Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Co-operation.

-        Researchers

-        Consultants and practitioners

-        Entrepreneurs

-        Policy-makers

Topics

 Organising Body

Abstracts and papers submissions

Conference Venue

How to get the Conference Venue    

Conference Fees and Participant Entitlement

Accommodation

Further information

You are hereby invited to contribute to this special session at the 2010 ERSA Congress. This special session is organized by The Research Unit for Rural Entrepreneurship and Growth (RUREG), Jönköping International Business School.

Academy of International Business, Southeast USA Chapter

2010 Annual Conference, October 27 - 29

TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL

Submission Deadline:  June 15, 2010

The 2010 annual meeting of the AIB-SE will be held in St. Pete Beach, FL in cooperation with the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association (SMA), on October 27-29. You are invited to submit papers and presentation proposals addressing topics across a breadth of international business topics.

 The Conference

The conference centers on the presentation of the newest ideas and work in progress to an international audience. Integration into the SMA annual meeting provides access to a comprehensive placement services, and several publishers' exhibitions as well as the ability to cross-register and participate in both conferences in a single trip!   Please visit our website for paper submission information: http://www.aibse.org/call for papers 2010.asp

Other special conference features include two William J. Ziegler AIB-SE (USA) Student Awards, one for Ph.D. student papers and one for undergraduate or MBA student papers. Please note that  AIB-SE USA welcomes undergraduate and graduate research papers.  See

http://www.aibse.org/Ziegler awards.htm and more information. 

The conference's hotel is the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida.  A beautiful peninsula located on Florida's West coast, the area is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the west and by Boca Ciega Bay to the east.  St. Pete is where you want to be! 

 Areas of Interest

This year we are soliciting papers and symposia that address all areas of International Business from the perspectives of Research, Teaching, and Practice. All work submitted must be original and unpublished/not under review. You are invited to submit empirical, theoretical, and application-to-practice research papers on international business topics from all areas: economics, marketing, human resource management, strategy, finance, and accounting, including cross-cultural, trade, and country-specific studies. Submissions also are encouraged on IB andragogy, including experiential learning exercises and case studies with teaching notes. Works-in-progress, nearing completion, are also invited.

Doctoral Consortium

This year we will also be sponsoring a doctoral consortium on October 27, 2010 from 2 to 5:00 p.m., doctoral students are invited to attend a short Doctoral consortium.  For more information, please visit our website  http://www.aibse.org/doctoral consortium 2010.htm .

Dear Colleagues,

Below you will find a link to a conference on Business & Management Education in Emerging Markets, from which a book will be published.  One page proposals are due May 15th, 2011. 

http://www.ciber.gatech.edu/calendar/2011/2011-10-11-Innovation-Global-Business.pdf

We look forward to your participation.

Best Regards, Ilan

Ilan Alon, Ph.D.

Cornell Professor of International Business Director of the China Center Rollins College

1000 Holt Ave

Winter Park, Florida 32789, USA

Book: www.chinarules.org

Annual conference: www.chinagoesglobal.com

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The Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship  is pleased to announce a Special Issue on

"Mindfulness and entrepreneurial marketing"

The guest editors welcome submissions offering new insights into mindful entrepreneurial marketing which may be in the form of conceptual, case-based or empirical papers

Guest Editors:

Dr Nelson Oly <st1:placename w:st="on">Ndubisi</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Griffith</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Gold Coast</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.

Dr Can Uslay. Rutgers, The State <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of New Jersey</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>.

Submission deadline: Thursday, 31st January 2013

For more information, please visit the journal homepage.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Call for Papers

Exploration and Exploitation in Early-Stage Ventures and SMEs

For publication in: Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy, Volume 14 (2014), Emerald

Submission Deadline: October 1, 2013

Volume Editors:

Uriel Stettner, Tel Aviv University

Barak S. Aharonson, Tel Aviv University

Despite a growing body of research on exploration and exploitation in the management literature, scholars have tended to study this phenomenon from a narrow perspective mostly within larger, well-established organizations. (Gupta, Smith, & Shalley, 2006; Jansen, Simsek, & Cao, 2012; Lavie, Stettner, & Tushman, 2010). Exploration and exploitation are conflicting organizational activities that compete for firms' scarce resources and entail distinctive sets of skills and capabilities. When engaging in exploration and exploitation, organizations trade off short-term productivity for long-term innovation as well as stability for adaptability (Lewin, Long, & Carroll, 1999; March, 1991). Although both exploration and exploitation are essential for survival and prosperity, limited resource availability compels firms to prefer one type of activity over the other. Nevertheless, achieving a balance between exploration and exploitation is essential for firm survival and economic performance (March, 1991).

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the implications of Exploration and Exploitation activities in early-stage ventures and small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs). We seek papers that explore how such organizations engage the general paradox of having to balance their exploration and exploitation activities. This paradox may intensify in such firms as they generally lack an abundance of resources and capabilities (Ahuja, Lampert, & Tandon, 2008; Voss, Sirdeshmukh, & Voss, 2008) driving them away from balancing these activities and towards either exploration or exploitation. Potential research topics might include but are not limited to research that offer insights into the performance implications of balancing exploration and exploitation; balancing mechanism; strategies of early-stage ventures for building firm-level resources and competencies (Human resources, financial capital, etc.); creating dynamic capabilities; and implications to organizational creativity and innovativeness (e.g., Adner & Levinthal, 2008; Greve, 2007; Hess & Rothaermel, 2011; Jansen, Van Den Bosch, & Volberda, 2006; OReilly & Tushman, 2008; Russo & Vurro, 2010; Tzabbar, Aharonson, Amburgey, & Al-Laham, 2008).

·         We welcome contributions that tackle these and related issues from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Contributions to this TIE-CS volume may take a range of forms, may focus on different levels of analysis, and may employ both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

·         Submission Guidelines

·         Submissions are due no later than October 1st, 2013. All papers submitted must represent original research not previously published elsewhere.

·         Depending on the scope that you wish to present, the chapter should be approximately 30 to 40 double spaced pages including any illustrations, figures, tables and graphs (for the format of the citations please refer to the Harvard Reference system).

·         All submissions will be subject to in-depth review, and editorial decisions and revision requests will be communicated to authors about four weeks after full chapter manuscript is received.

·         Publication of volume: about four months after final, revised chapters have been received by the volume editors; expected in July 2014.

For questions regarding the content of this TIE-CS volume, the editorial process, or to submit a paper, please contact: Uriel Stettner (urielste@tau.ac.il) or Barak Aharonson (aharonson@tau.ac.il)

References

Adner, R., & Levinthal, D. 2008. Doing versus seeing: acts of exploitation and perceptions of exploration. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2(1).

Ahuja, G., Lampert, C. M., & Tandon, V. 2008. Moving beyond Schumpeter: Management research on the determinants of technological innovation. The Academy of Management Annals, 2(1): 1–98.

Greve, H. R. 2007. Exploration and exploitation in product innovation. Industrial and Corporate Change, 16(5): 945–975.

Gupta, A. K., Smith, K., & Shalley, C. E. 2006. The interplay between Exploration and Exploitation. Academy of Management Journal, 49(4): 693–706.

Hess, A. M., & Rothaermel, F. T. 2011. When are assets complementary? Star scientists, strategic alliances, and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Strategic Management Journal, 32: 895–909.

Jansen, J., Van Den Bosch, F. A. J., & Volberda, H. W. 2006. Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation, and performance: Effects of organizational antecedents and environmental moderators. Management Science, 52(11): 1661–1674.

Jansen, J. J. P., Simsek, Z., & Cao, Q. 2012. Ambidexterity and performance in multiunit contexts: Cross-level moderating effects of structural and resource attributes. Strategic Management Journal.

Lavie, D., Stettner, U., & Tushman, M. 2010. Exploration and exploitation within and across organizations. The Academy of Management Annals, 4(1): 109–155.

Lewin, A. Y., Long, C. P., & Carroll, T. N. 1999. The Coevolution of New Organizational Forms. Organization Science, 10(5): 535–550.

March, J. G. 1991. Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science, 2(1): 71–87.

O'Reilly, C. A. I., & Tushman, M. L. 2008. Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator's dilemma. Research in Organizational Behavior, 28: 185–206.

Russo, A., & Vurro, C. 2010. Cross-boundary ambidexterity: Balancing exploration and exploitation in the fuel cell industry. European Management Review, 7(1): 30–45.

Tzabbar, D., Aharonson, B. S., Amburgey, T. L., & Al-Laham, A. 2008. When is the whole bigger than the sum of its parts? Bundling knowledge stocks for innovative success. Strategic Organization, 6(4): 375.

Voss, G. B., Sirdeshmukh, D., & Voss, Z. G. 2008. The effects of slack resources and environmental threat on products exploration exploitation. Academy of Management Journal, 51(1): 147–164.

Call for Papers and Reviewers

The Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

Organizational Theory Division

invites you to submit and review a manuscript or symposium proposal for its 42nd annual conference

Muskoka, Ontario, Canada

May 9^th-13^th, 2014

~ Sustainability and Innovations in Work and Leisure ~

ASAC 2014 will be hosted in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, by Nipissing University. The conference theme, Sustainability and Innovation in Work and Leisure is an opportunity to examine and discuss issues and phenomena about change and the ecological, social and economic impacts on our workspaces and society. Organizational Theory Division welcomes scholars, practitioners, and teachers to reflect on and share their unique perspectives as authors, reviewers, session chairs, or discussants.

The conference will take place at the beautiful Deerhurst Resort located in the town of Huntsville in the Muskoka Region of Northern Ontario, also known for being the renowned cottage country of Toronto. The Muskoka Region was selected by National Geographic Traveler as one of the top places in the world to visit in 2012. The conference site, Deerhurst Resort, has been known as "the place where the world meets" as evidenced by its hosting of the 2010 G8 Summit.

Paper Submission

Original papers, written in English or French, should be submitted electronically to the Organizational Theory division in Microsoft Word. All contributions will be peer reviewed, and all accepted papers may have an abridged version included in the Proceedings.

Submissions should follow these guidelines:

• The maximum length for submitted papers is 30 double-spaced pages, including title page, tables, figures, illustrations, but excluding references.
• APA style (6^th edition) for formatting and referencing is MANDATORY. A summary of APA style guidelines can be found at
  http://www.mtroyal.ca/library/files/citation/apa.pdf (English) and http://www.polymtl.ca/biblio/utiliser/citations-guide.pdf (French)
• Only papers that are included in the conference proceedings are eligible for awards. Authors have the option of sending a five-page abridged version for inclusion in the conference proceedings, instead of the full text of the paper.

All papers must be submitted via the conference webpage www.asac.ca no later than January 15^th, 2014. Late submissions and submissions made directly to divisional executive members will not be accepted. Reviewers will examine one or two manuscripts between 20 January 2014 and 17 February 2014 and will be recognized and honored in the ASAC proceeding.

Symposia and Workshops
Members interested in organizing a symposium or workshop should prepare a detailed description of its overall purpose and the specific role of each participant and submit it via the conference webpage www.asac.ca no later than January 15^th, 2014.  The same quality requirements and blind review procedures apply as for paper submissions. Symposium proposals can be jointly submitted to up to three divisions. However, the names of all the divisions must be noted in the symposium proposal. This permits the divisional officers to co-ordinate their program development efforts if a symposium proposal is accepted.

DIVISIONAL EDITOR:                       Bing Ran

Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg

bingran@psu.edu

PROGRAM COORDINATOR:         Elden Wiebe

King's University College

                                                                elden.wiebe@kingsu.ca

DIVISION CHAIR:                              William M. Foster

University of Alberta

wfoster@ualberta.ca

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Call for papers

Submissions deadline: August 1, 2014

Born-Global: Internationalization Strategies and Processes of New Ventures

For publication in: Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy, Volume 15 (2015)

Volume editors

Barak S. Aharonson, Uriel Stettner, Terry L. Amburgey

Traditionally, international business was mainly the domain of large, well-resource endowed multinational enterprises (MNEs). This was largely due to the fact their entrepreneurial counterparts have far fewer financial, human, and tangible resources, and suffer from liability of newness. Recently, entrepreneurial firms with distinctive characteristics have emerged that address resources and legitimation issues, which are at the core of their survival. Born global firms are organizations that at or near the founding of the firm are active in the international arena by design rather than by emergence (Fan and Phan, 2007; Hashai, 2011; Lopez, Kundu, and Ciravegna, 2008; Zhou, Wu, and Luo, 2007). Such firms are much smaller than their MNEs counterparts, yet they are able to establish an international presence and revenue streams rapidly (Autio, Sapienza, and Almeida, 2000; Knight and Cavusgil, 2004; McDougall and Oviatt, 2000).

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the environment in, both the home and host countries that facilitates the emergence of Born-Global organizations, the entrepreneurial actions and inclinations of these firms' founders that lead them to enter the international arena at an early stage. We seek papers that explore how such organizations are able to overcome the liability of newness and lack of resources and engage in international activities.  Research topics might include but are not limited to studies that offer insights into the relative performance implications of Born-Global firms, Born-Global strategies, factors that lead to greater success of Born-Global firms, and the learning process of building dynamic international capabilities of such firms.

We welcome contributions that tackle these and related issues from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Contributions to this TIE-CS volume may take a range of forms, may focus on different levels of analysis, and may employ both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Submission Guidelines

All papers submitted must represent original research not previously published elsewhere. Depending on the scope that you wish to present, the chapter should be approximately 30-40 double-spaced pages including any illustrations, figures, tables and graphs. References to other publications must be in APA 6th Edition reference style.

All copyedited submissions will be subject to in-depth review, and editorial decisions and revision requests will be communicated to authors.

For questions regarding the content of this TIE-CS volume, the editorial process, or to submit a paper, please contact: Barak Aharonson (aharonson@tau.ac.il) or Uriel Stettner (urielste@tau.ac.il)

References

Abrahamson E. and Rosenkopf. L. 1997. Organization Science 8: 289-309

Ahuja, G. 2000. Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study. Administrative Science Quarterly, 45(3): 425–455.

Amburgey, T. L., Al-Laham, A., Tzabbar, D., & Aharonson, B. 2008. The structural evolution of multiplex organizational networks: Research and commerce in biotechnology. Advances in Strategic Management, 25: 171–209.

Capaldo A. 2007. Network structure and innovation: The leveraging of a dual network as a distinctive relational capability. Strategic Management Journal. 28: 585–608,

Gilsing, V., Nooteboom, B., Vanhaverbeke, W., Duysters, G., & van den Oord, A. 2008. Network embeddedness and the exploration of novel technologies: Technological distance, betweenness centrality and density. Research Policy, 37(10): 1717–1731.

Guler I. and Nerkar A. 2012. The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Strategic Management Journal  33: 535–549,

Powell, W. W., Koput, K. W., & Smith-Doerr, L. 1996. Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology. Administrative Science Quarterly, 41(1): 116–146.

Tsai, W. 2001. Knowledge transfer in intraorganizational networks: Effects of network position and absorptive capacity on business unit innovation and performance. Academy of management journal, 996–1004.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Edward Elgar:  Elgar Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship

The Construction of Social Identity: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs

Edited by Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush, Babson College

RATIONALE AND APPROACH

The intent of this book is to advance the discussion of women entrepreneurs and their businesses or organizations through a focus on their construction of social identity, particularly around issues relating to business and personal aspirations, the development and practice of entrepreneurial behaviors (mindset and skill set), and the impact of confidence levels, including consideration of entrepreneurial self-efficacy for start-up and growth.   The desired approach is one of intentional provocation with an interest in challenging existing assumptions, asking harder questions, and providing a platform for debate for various theoretical perspectives.    The format of this book will include chapters, followed by short commentaries and critiques that further extend research possibilities and provide new perspectives.

We welcome both conceptual and empirical papers as well as those using qualitative and/or quantitative methods and hope for a very global response to this call for papers.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Researchers interested in studying women's entrepreneurship.

ORGANIZATIONAL THEMES

Part One: Context

            The Theory of Social Identity

Social Identity and Entrepreneurship

Social Identity and Women's Entrepreneurship

Part Two:  Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Aspirations

Part Three: Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Behaviors

Part Four: Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Confidence

Part Five:  Summary of Learnings from the submitted chapters

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

·         Factors influencing the development of self confidence in women entrepreneurs

·         Influence of entrepreneurial identity on organizational identity

·         The role of race and ethnicity on social identity in women entrepreneurs

·         How context influences behaviors of women entrepreneurs in the start-up process

·         The role of family and social structures on self-confidence of women entrepreneurs

·         Linkages between self-confidence, aspirations and growth of women entrepreneurs

·         Family influences on aspirations of women entrepreneurs

·         Socio-demographic factors and their influences on growth aspirations of women   entrepreneurs

·         Multi-cultural factors and their influences on start-up behaviors and growth aspirations

TIMETABLE 

Submission of Chapter Proposal                    September 21  2015

Proposals are requested to be no more than two pages and describe the research question, proposed methodology, and implications. 

Acceptance decisions posted                         September 30 2015

Submission of full draft:                                  December 30 2015

Review session for authors                            USASBE meetings (Jan. 22-25)

The USASBE opportunity is pending and would be optional.

Comments back to authors                            January  30 2016

Final chapters due                                          March  302016

Potential presentations                                    Diana Conference, Norway, June 2016

All papers must also be accepted by the conference organizers.

Publication:                                                     Late 2016

QUESTIONS

Please address questions to Patricia Greene   greene@babson.edu

Prof. Candida G. Brush

Vice Provost- Global Entrepreneurial Leadership

Faculty Research Director- Arthur M. Blank Center

Babson College- Entrepreneurship Division

Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

246 Forest St.

Wellesley, MA 02457

Ph- 781-239-5014       Fax- 781-239-4178

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/profiles/pages/brush-candida.aspx

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Edward Elgar:  Elgar Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship

The Construction of Social Identity: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs

Edited by Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush, Babson College

RATIONALE AND APPROACH

The intent of this book is to advance the discussion of women entrepreneurs and their businesses or organizations through a focus on their construction of social identity, particularly around issues relating to business and personal aspirations, the development and practice of entrepreneurial behaviors (mindset and skill set), and the impact of confidence levels, including consideration of entrepreneurial self-efficacy for start-up and growth.   The desired approach is one of intentional provocation with an interest in challenging existing assumptions, asking harder questions, and providing a platform for debate for various theoretical perspectives.    The format of this book will include chapters, followed by short commentaries and critiques that further extend research possibilities and provide new perspectives.

We welcome both conceptual and empirical papers as well as those using qualitative and/or quantitative methods and hope for a very global response to this call for papers.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Researchers interested in studying women's entrepreneurship.

ORGANIZATIONAL THEMES

Part One: Context

            The Theory of Social Identity

Social Identity and Entrepreneurship

Social Identity and Women's Entrepreneurship

Part Two:  Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Aspirations

Part Three: Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Behaviors

Part Four: Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Confidence

Part Five:  Summary of Learnings from the submitted chapters

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

·         Factors influencing the development of self confidence in women entrepreneurs

·         Influence of entrepreneurial identity on organizational identity

·         The role of race and ethnicity on social identity in women entrepreneurs

·         How context influences behaviors of women entrepreneurs in the start-up process

·         The role of family and social structures on self-confidence of women entrepreneurs

·         Linkages between self-confidence, aspirations and growth of women entrepreneurs

·         Family influences on aspirations of women entrepreneurs

·         Socio-demographic factors and their influences on growth aspirations of women   entrepreneurs

·         Multi-cultural factors and their influences on start-up behaviors and growth aspirations

TIMETABLE 

Submission of Chapter Proposal                    September 21  2015

Proposals are requested to be no more than two pages and describe the research question, proposed methodology, and implications. 

Acceptance decisions posted                         September 30 2015

Submission of full draft:                                  December 30 2015

Review session for authors                            USASBE meetings (Jan. 22-25)

The USASBE opportunity is pending and would be optional.

Comments back to authors                            January  30 2016

Final chapters due                                          March  302016

Potential presentations                                    Diana Conference, Norway, June 2016

All papers must also be accepted by the conference organizers.

Publication:                                                     Late 2016

QUESTIONS

Please address questions to Patricia Greene   greene@babson.edu

Prof. Candida G. Brush

Vice Provost- Global Entrepreneurial Leadership

Faculty Research Director- Arthur M. Blank Center

Babson College- Entrepreneurship Division

Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

246 Forest St.

Wellesley, MA 02457

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Growth of Women's Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Analysis

Edward Elgar Publishing

Edited by Tatiana Manolova- Bentley University

Linda Edelman- Bentley University

Candida Brush-Babson College

Friederike Welter- IfM Bonn and University of Siegen

Alicia Robb- U.C. Berkley

Call for Chapters

Chapter contributions are now invited from leading international scholars and experienced researchers in the field of women's entrepreneurship for an exciting new book Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Growth of Women's Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Analysis, to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. in 2017.

The Diana International Project[1] is committed to advancing knowledge about the status of women's entrepreneurship around the world. This book is the eighth volume in the series associated with the Project and will build on the success of the first volume - Brush, C., Carter, N.M., Gatewood, E.J., Greene, P.G. and Hart, M. (eds.) (2006) Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs and their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective. This new volume will further consider the various national and international, social and contextual influences on women's entrepreneurship by examining ecosystems, and how these affect and influence growth strategies and business potential.

The objective of this book is to foster a provocative discussion about topics on women's entrepreneurship and growth considering ecosystem frameworks. While it is anticipated that many of the contributors will already be part of the Diana International Project, we are aiming for an inclusive discussion on women's entrepreneurship. Thus, chapters are particularly sought from researchers in geographic regions less represented in the Project, specifically Africa, Asia and South America.

Chapter submissions should be based on rigorous empirical or theoretical research, and should discuss and analyse one of the following:

§  key cultural, historical, social, political and economic (contextual) influencing factors on the ecosystems and how these influence growth and development of women's entrepreneurship in a particular country (or group of countries)

§  strategies which were successfully adopted by nascent or established women entrepreneurs (or which could logically be adopted by them) to enhance the growth potential of their business within their ecosystems. 

§  comparisons of  country, regional or area ecosystems and their influence on growth strategies for women entrepreneurs

§  deep analysis of a single ecosystem considering its gendered aspects and how these influence growth strategies for women's entrepreneurship

The overall aim of the book is to highlight key growth influences on women's entrepreneurship, and to offer valuable insights into the mechanics of women's entrepreneurship globally. 

If you are interested in submitting a chapter, please express your interest, in the first instance, by putting together a chapter abstract, as per the guidelines below, and forwarding it to GA_EElgarBook@bentley.edu, by October 1, 2015.

For an informal discussion on your submission, please contact any of the editors.

Submission Guidelines:

1. A cover letter with all author affiliations and the paper title
2. 3 page (double-spaced) abstract
   1. Include title- but NO AUTHOR information
   2. Research question/purpose of the chapter
   3. Theoretical foundation
   4. Data source(s) and methodology
   5. Implications/contributions
3. Please submit your proposals to: GA_EElgarBook@bentley.edu

Prof. Candida G. Brush

Vice-Provost, Global Entrepreneurial Leadership

Franklin W. Olin Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship

Research Director- Arthur M. Blank Center

Babson College- Entrepreneurship Division

Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

246 Forest St.

Wellesley, MA 02457

Ph- 781-239-5014       Fax- 781-239-4178

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/profiles/pages/brush-candida.aspx

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Family Business in Emerging, Developing, and Transitional Economies. The relevance of context  

Welter, F. (Institut für Mittelstandsforschung, Germany)

Ramachandran, K.  (Indian School of Business, India)

Discua Cruz, A. (Lancaster University, UK)

Fang, H. (Mississippi State University, USA)

Basco, R. (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany)

The aim of this special track is to increase the understanding of family firms in developing, emerging, and transitional economies.

EURAM 2016

Currently, the vast majority of family business studies have mostly focused on developed economies (e.g. North America and Europe). Moreover, theories in the family business literature are often developed based on particular points of view (e.g. Anglo-American) and tested in developed economies. This limits our understanding of family firms around the world as the contexts where they have been founded, developed and operated may differ substantially. Therefore the validity, reliability and applicability of existing theories may be questioned. While recent studies have attempted to resolve this issue by focusing on culture in terms of its effects on family entrepreneurial behavior and family firm heterogeneity, (e.g. Discua Cruz and Howorth, 2008; Gupta and Levenburg, 2010; Rosa et al., 2014) and by relating family firms and their geographical context (Basco, 2015), we still know little about family businesses in developing, emerging and transitional economies.

Family firms are ubiquitous and yet unique (Howorth et al., 2010). They are heterogeneous in terms of behavior and performance (Basco, 2013). Yet, the diverse and often complex contexts in which they dwell are largely overlooked (Gupta et al., 2008). Recent studies prompt researchers to look closely at the heterogeneous nature of context (e.g. historical, institutional, spatial, and social contexts) in which family firms dwell, as it influences the genesis, development and continuity of family firms (Wright et al., 2014). There is a need to concentrate on contextualizing theory (theories in context) and/or theorize about context (theories of context) (Whetten, 2009) in family business research. Studies that acknowledge and explore unique contexts would contribute significantly to the family business field (Smallbone and Welter, 2001; Welter, 2011). This track encourages studies that acknowledge and explore family businesses in developing, emerging and transitional economies.

                The main goal of the Family Business in Emerging, Developing, and Transition Economies[i] track is to encourage the presentation of studies in such unique contexts related, but not limited, to:

·         Traditional family business research topics (such as succession, management, corporate governance, and ownership among other) but contextualizing the study in emerging, developing and transition economies.

·         The economic and social impact of family businesses in emerging, developing and transition economies.

·         The origin and evolution of family businesses in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         Historical, sociological and anthropological perspectives to study family businesses in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         Cooperation and/or competitive dynamics of family businesses in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         The role of government policies in the start-up, development or death of family businesses in emerging, developing and transition economies.

·         The applicability of mainstream theories in understanding family business behavior in emerging, developing and transition economies.

·         Strategies adopted by family businesses to counteract/compromise/obey institutional isomorphism in emerging, developing and transition economies.

·         Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation in family business in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         Family business (economic and non-economic) performances in emerging, developing, and transition economies. 

·         Internationalization of family businesses in emerging, developing, and transition economies. 

·         Comparative studies considering differences and similarities between family businesses in developed and developing countries or among developing countries.

·         Family businesses, family business groups and family elites in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         Cultural aspects that frame family and family business values, norms, and ethics in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

·         The impact of the context on shaping family business management and governance practices in emerging, developing, and transition economies.

We believe that this special track at EURAM (European Academy of Management) will make several contributions to family business research. First, by contextualizing family businesses we may have a better understanding of the diversity of family firms across contexts (e.g. historical, temporal, institutional, special and social). Second, by contextualizing borrowed theories (agency theory, institutional theory, institutional logics, etc.), we may validate, extend or contrast mainstream theories in the family business field. More importantly, we may be able to contextualize existing theories in the family business literature aiming to improve the validity, reliability and applicability in diverse settings. Finally, by theorizing about the effects of context on family firms we expect to generate the discussions that could lead to a generic Theory of Context useful for family business studies.

A workshop about "contextualizing family firms" will take place in EURAM 2016. The objectives of this workshop will focus on awareness, theories, methods and existing works that highlight the relevance of context in the study of family firms.

To submit your paper to the EURAM 2016 Conference - Deadline 12th January 2016

References

Basco, R. (2013), "The family's effect on family firm performance: A model testing the demographic and essence approaches", Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 42–66.

Basco, R. (2015), "Family Business and Regional Development. A theoretical model of regional familiness", Journal of Family Business Strategy, No. Forthcoming.

Discua Cruz, A. and Howorth, C. (2008), "Family business in Honduras: Applicability of agency and stewardship theories", in Gupta, V., Levenburg, N., Moore, L., Motwani, J. and Schwarz, T. (Eds.),Culturally-sensitive models of family business in Latin America, Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press, pp. 222–243.

Gupta, V. and Levenburg, N. (2010), "A Thematic Analysis of Cultural Variations in Family Businesses: The CASE Project", Family Business Review, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 155–169.

Gupta, V., Levenburg, N., Moore, L., Motwani, J. and Schwarz, T. V. (2008), Culturally-sensitive models of family business in Germanic Europe., ICFA University Press, Hyderabad, India.

Howorth, C., Rose, M., Hamilton, E. and Westhead, P. (2010), "Family firm diversity and development: An introduction", International Small Business Journal, Vol. 28 No. 5, pp. 437–451.

Rosa, P., Howorth, C. and Discua Cruz, A. (2014), "Habitual and portfolio entrepreneurship and the family in business", in Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. and Sharma, P. (Eds.),The SAGE Family Business Handbook, Sage, London.

Smallbone, D. and Welter, F. (2001), "The distinctiveness of entrepreneurship in transition economies", Small Business Economics, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 249–262.

Welter, F. (2011), "Contextualizing Entrepreneurship-Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Blackwell Publishing Inc, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 165–184.

Whetten, D.A. (2009), "An Examination of the Interface between Context and Theory Applied to the Study of Chinese Organizations", Management and Organization Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 29–55.

Wright, M., Chrisman, J.J., Chua, J.H. and Steier, L.P. (2014), "Family Enterprise and Context", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 38 No. 6, pp. 1247–1260.

Kenneth Wm. Kury, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Management Department MV 304

Erivan K. Haub School of Business
Saint Joseph's University
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA  19131
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610-660-1229 (fax)
kkury@sju.edu



Spirit    Intellect   Purpose

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice is pleased to remind you of a special issue, "Sector Studies in Entrepreneurship: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Industry-Specific Determinants, Processes and Outcomes of Entrepreneurial Phenomena."

The deadline for submission is April 30, 2016 and the Call for Papers can be downloaded at  http://www.baylor.edu/business/etp/index.php?id=859950

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Call for papers: Special Issue of

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Entrepreneurial action in the origins and evolution of organizational routines

Guest Editors:

Peter T. Bryant, IE Business School-IE University

Nathalie Lazaric, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis

Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2017

Entrepreneurial action is fundamental for the evolution of routines conceived as patterns of action, within both new and existing organizations (Becker, Knudsen, & March, 2006). Investigating entrepreneurial action can therefore shed light on the origins of organizational routines and their evolutionary dynamics over time, especially at the individual or micro-foundational level (Felin & Foss, 2009; Winter, 2013, Nelson, 2016).

Entrepreneurial action provides several types of antecedents to organizational routines, such as habits and values, and experience within prior organizations that is imprinted and carried over in the form of procedures, rules, or guidelines (Aldrich & Yang, 2014; Bryant, 2014; Lazaric, 2011). Through these antecedents, founder entrepreneurs shape the evolution of new organizations, via their influence on collective values, beliefs, goals and identities (Becker, 2012; Howard-Grenville, 2005). Similarly, entrepreneurial leaders within existing organizations promote new and adaptive routines, as they seek to drive change and growth.

Entrepreneurial founders and leaders are rarely isolated individuals, but use social capital in venture creation and organizational renewal (Davidsson & Honig, 2003). Thus, teams and groups are equally critical for the evolution of organizational routines, as well as providing the mix of skills employed in this process (Lazaric & Raybaut, 2005). In this context, Pentland and Feldman (2008) suggest representing routines as networks of action. Adopting their perspective, we can view decisions as embedded in a network of action, not simply as individual performances, and view organizations as environments of ongoing action patterns (Pentland, Haerem, & Hillison, 2010). In summary, there is much to learn from the investigation of entrepreneurial action and processes.

We invite papers from a range of theoretical and methodological approaches that address how entrepreneurial action effects the origins of organizational routines and their evolution over time. In particular, we welcome papers that provide a fruitful conversation between evolutionary insights and practice theory, viewing entrepreneurship as a process and capability developed and enacted over time.

Questions of interest include but are not restricted to the following:

·         Which antecedents do entrepreneurs provide for shaping the origins and evolution of organizational routines?

·         By which mechanisms or means does entrepreneurial action directly shape organizational routines and structures?

·         How do organizational routines imprinted by entrepreneurs contribute to the stability and change of organizations?

·         How does collective entrepreneurial action at the venture level contribute towards evolutionary dynamics at social and industry levels?

·         By which mechanisms are habits selected and replicated in the emergence of routines within new and existing organizations?

·         Which team characteristics enhance the evolution of organizational routines and collective performance in the venturing process? 

Submissions should follow the guidelines for the journal: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jeec/default.aspx

Please send any questions about this call to:

peter.bryant@ie.edu

lazaric@gredeg.cnrs.fr

References:

Aldrich, H. E., & Yang, T. 2014. How do entrepreneurs know what to do? Learning and organizing in new ventures. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 24(1): 59-82.

Becker, M. C. 2012. Entrepreneurial Imprinting and Organizational Persistence: The Case of Carl Zeiss. SSRN eLibrary.

Becker, M. C., Knudsen, T., & March, J. G. 2006. Schumpeter, Winter, and the sources of novelty. Industrial and Corporate Change, 15(2): 353-371.

Bryant, P. T. 2014. Imprinting by design: The microfoundations of entrepreneurial adaptation. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 38(5): 1081-1102.

Davidsson, P., & Honig, B. 2003. The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(3): 301-331.

Felin, T., & Foss, N. J. 2009. Organizational routines and capabilities: Historical drift and a course-correction toward microfoundations. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 25(2): 157-167.

Howard-Grenville, J. A. 2005. The Persistence of Flexible Organizational Routines: The Role of Agency and Organizational Context. Organization Science, 16(6): 618-636.

Lazaric, N. 2011. Organizational routines and cognition: an introduction to empirical and analytical contributions. Journal of Institutional Economics, 7(2): 147-156.

Lazaric, N., & Raybaut, A. 2005. Knowledge, hierarchy and the selection of routines: an interpretative model with group interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 15(4): 393-421.

Nelson, R. 2016. Behavior and cognition of economic actors in evolutionary economics. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 26 (4): 702-737.

Pentland, B. T., & Feldman, M. S. 2008. Designing routines: On the folly of designing artifacts, while hoping for patterns of action. Information and Organization, 18(4): 235-250.

Pentland, B. T., Haerem, T., & Hillison, D. 2010. Comparing organizational routines as recurrent patterns of action. Organization Studies, 31(7): 917-940.

Winter, S. G. 2013. Habit, Deliberation, and Action: Strengthening the Microfoundations of Routines and Capabilities. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 27(2): 120-137.