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We invite you to attend the 4^th annual PDW on Innovations and Trends in Entrepreneurial Finance Research during the Academy of Management meeting on Anaheim. The PDW will be Saturday August 6^th at the Hilton Anaheim in the Carmel room from 8:00-9:30 am.  The purpose of this PDW is to explore new theoretical approaches to studying recent empirical developments in the realm of entrepreneurial finance.  Although prior research has highlighted how vital venture investors are to startup success, a variety of new forms of venture investing have arisen in recent years. These new organizations, and in some case organizational forms, are worthy of study by management and strategy scholars because of their contribution to fostering innovation and economic development.  For example, scholars have recently begun to study crowd funding, super angels, micro-VC funds, foundation funding, government funding programs and venture accelerators.  Each of these new types of funding require different types of strategies by entrepreneurs seeking them out, and at the same time are likely to have different impacts on the firms that receive them.

The PDW will begin with a panel discussion of senior scholars including Philip Anderson, Maryann Feldman, Sharon Matusik, Atul Nerkar, Saras Sarasvathy and Scott Stern. The panel discussion will be followed by a moderated discussion and open Q&A to discuss current research interests by other interested scholars.

All are welcome to attend and no pre-registration is required. This PDW is sponsored by the BPS, ENT and TIM divisions.

Best,

Emily Cox Pahnke, Benjamin Hallen and Riitta Katila