(Apologies for cross-posting this short announcement and request for questions via Twitter.)
Please join us on Saturday, August 6th as we explore different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying Early Venture Evolution.
(Details attached in the calendar file.)
Early Venture Evolution (@EVEatAOM)
Program Session: 421 (TIM, ENT)
Saturday, Aug 6 2016, 3:45PM - 5:45PM at Anaheim Marriott in Platinum Ballroom 9
Presenter: Michael W. Lawless; U. of San Diego;
Presenter: Philip Anderson; INSEAD;
Presenter: Marc Gruber; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne;
Presenter: Nettra D. Pan; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne;
Presenter: Sharon Alvarez; U. of Denver;
Presenter: Chuck Eesley; Stanford U.;
Presenter: Jacqueline Brener Kirtley; Boston U.;
Our goal at this PDW is to create a rich dialogue around research on firm emergence. What are the challenges of doing research in this field, and where are the opportunities? How, concretely, can researchers study early ventures, given the emergent, dynamic context?
Please tweet us and follow along at @EVEatAOM. We have already started collecting questions via Twitter to inspire our conversation in Anaheim. See you soon!
PDW Description:
The goal of this PDW is to create a rich dialogue around the distinctive characteristics of research on firm emergence, with a focus on how researchers can study early ventures, given the challenges and opportunities arising from the emergent, dynamic context. Unlike in other areas of management research, where the existence of the firm is taken as a given, new ventures are often exemplified by the lack of formal structure, high levels of uncertainty, and rapid change. This raises the question of whether existing theories and methods can adequately explain the early stages of new venture evolution between its initial formation stages to its eventual growth stage. Our researchers will address how they have overcome the methodological and theoretical challenges in their research on early venture evolution. They will also share with us the viable opportunities they identify in this challenging area of study, and where the characteristics of new firms may allow researchers to explore and test ideas more parsimoniously than in other research settings. We hope the diverse views of our panel of researchers, combined with our interactive format, will facilitate rich dialogue among the panelists and audience around the distinctive challenges and opportunities present in research on firm emergence.
Search Terms: entrepreneurship , evolutionary theory , new ventures
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). Ventures HO!