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AOM PDW - HR/OB/ODC and Entrepreneurship: A Research Incubator

  • 1.  AOM PDW - HR/OB/ODC and Entrepreneurship: A Research Incubator

    Posted 07-03-2007 05:21
    Dear Fellow ENT Members,

    if you have an interest in employee and management issues in
    entrepreneurial ventures, consider attending the following
    cross-disciplinary PDW at the upcoming AOM meeting in Philadelphia. Keep
    in mind that you need to preregister for this event by Friday July 13th.

    Best Regards,

    Erik Monsen
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    Program Session #: 87 | Submission: 10344 | Sponsor(s): (HR, ENT, OB, ODC)

    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2007 8:00AM - 12:20PM at Pennsylvania
    Convention Center in Room 108A

    Integrating HR/OB/ODC and Entrepreneurship: A Research Incubator

    Organizer: Melissa S. Cardon; Pace U.
    Organizer: James C. Hayton; Bocconi U.
    Organizer: Erik Monsen; Max Planck Institute of Economics
    Presenter: Jeffrey S Hornsby; Ball State U.
    Presenter: Zhong-Ming Wang; Zhejiang U.
    Presenter: Shaker A. Zahra; U. of Minnesota
    Facilitator: David B. Balkin; U. of Colorado, Boulder
    Facilitator: Robert Baron; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Facilitator: Karen Bishop; Suffolk U.
    Facilitator: M. Diane Burton; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Facilitator: Benjamin A. Campbell; U. of Pennsylvania
    Facilitator: Igor Filatotchev; King's College London
    Facilitator: Laurie L Levesque; Suffolk U.
    Facilitator: Harry J Sapienza; U. of Minnesota
    Facilitator: Theresa Welbourne; U. of Michigan

    The purpose of this research incubator is to promote networking across
    divisions between researchers from diverse theoretical and
    methodological backgrounds with shared interests in entrepreneurial
    organizations, to generate innovative research, and to promote
    collaboration and resource sharing. The bridge between the ENT division
    and the HR/OB/ODC divisions may be the weakest of all the links within
    the Academy of Management. At the same time, the opportunities for
    generating new knowledge and leveraging existing theory are very high
    across these domains. Therefore, it requires active effort to promote
    cross-field collaboration, learning, and growth. There is significant
    potential for application of this new knowledge as established
    organizations seek ways to promote and sustain entrepreneurship, and as
    start-up firms increasingly dominate the hyper-competitive economic
    landscape of the 21st century.

    Following the model of a well-attended PDW at the 2006 AoM Meeting, the
    proposed workshop will be structured as a ‘Research Incubator’ for work
    on the nexus between micro-organizational (HRM/OB/ODC) and
    entrepreneurship topics. From a human resource perspective, this covers
    HR/OB/ODC issues in large firms pursuing strategies of corporate
    entrepreneurship, in entrepreneurial start-up firms, and the human and
    behavioral issues faced by individual entrepreneurs. From an
    entrepreneurship perspective, this workshop addresses behavioral,
    economic, and cognitive phenomena associated with entrepreneurial
    contexts. Attendees are encouraged from HR, OB, ODC and ENT divisions.
    The structure of the session will build on that of the previous year,
    with an emphasis on participant involvement.

    We will start the day at 8am with breakfast and informal networking,
    followed by a short panel presentation by two leading scholars working
    in this area (Jeffrey S. Hornsby, Ball State U., and Wang Zhongming,
    Zhejiang U.). They will speak for 10-15 minutes each and highlight the
    interesting, under researched and unaddressed questions at the nexus of
    these fields. Participants will then break into small working groups of
    four researchers plus one facilitator to work on specific research
    project ideas. These groups will be determined based on stated research
    interests indicated during pre-registration. In order to promote network
    creation, group composition will emphasize both shared research
    interests and diversity in terms of primary division affiliations (HR,
    OB, ODC, & ENT).

    Each work group will be led by a table facilitator who is a known
    researcher in this nexus. Facilitators already committed to joining us
    include David Balkin (U. of Colorado, Boulder), Robert Baron (Renssaeler
    Polytechnic Institute) Diane Burton (MIT), Igor Filatotchev (Kings
    College London), Theresa Welbourne (U. of Michigan), Laurie Levesque
    (Suffolk U.), Harry Sapienza (U. of Minnesota), Benjamin Campbell (U. of
    Pennsylvania), and Karen Bishop (Suffolk U..). Session leaders Melissa
    Cardon (Pace U.), James Hayton (Bocconi U.), and Erik Monsen (Max Plank
    Institute of Economics) will help facilitate discussions and record the
    progress of the work groups.

    Starting at 11:00, each work group will report out on their proposed
    research model and design, and at 12:00 workshop leaders will synthesize
    these reports and the group’s discussion, briefly commenting on the
    central themes that emerge during the workshop. A closing speaker
    (Shaker Zahra, University of Minnesota) will highlight the challenges
    and opportunities to doing research at the nexus of fields. Following
    our session, all participants will be invited to an off-site lunch
    sponsored by Bocconi University.

    Registration required at http://apps.aomonline.org/PDWReg by July 13,
    2007. Late registrants may e-mail Melissa Cardon at
    mcardon@pace.edu.

    Search Terms: Entrepreneurship , Human Capital , Individual Behavior

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    Dr. Erik Monsen
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    Senior Research Fellow
    Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group
    Max Planck Institute of Economics
    Kahlaische Str. 10
    07745 Jena, Germany
    +49-3641-686736 (office)
    +49-3641-686710 (fax)
    monsen@econ.mpg.de
    http://www.econ.mpg.de
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