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PDW on " Small Town Entrepreneurial Ecosystems "at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 on Sunday, August 1st, 2021, 12:00 PM - 14:00 PM (EDT)

  • 1.  PDW on " Small Town Entrepreneurial Ecosystems "at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 on Sunday, August 1st, 2021, 12:00 PM - 14:00 PM (EDT)

    Posted 07-28-2021 23:32

    ***Apologies for cross-posting.***



    We cordially invite you to participate in the PDW on " Small Town Entrepreneurial Ecosystems "at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 on Sunday, August 1st, 2021, 12:00 PM - 14:00 PM (EDT).



    Virtual session type: Synchronous Live Presenter

    Link to the session:  https://2021.aom.org/meetings/virtual/MyLpf78FCoryD5gwG

    Overview

    In this Professional Development Workshop (PDW), we will explore the topic of entrepreneurship and small business in small towns and discuss what it is, what it does, where it comes from, who has it, plus how and why it does and does not work. Furthermore, we will also investigate how established methods of research can be augmented with emerging technologies, such as smart-phone-enabled experience sampling methods to facilitate a deeper examination of questions around small businesses and entrepreneurship in small towns. In this PDW, the goal is to collaboratively identify unanswered and hard to answer questions regarding small town entrepreneurial ecosystems and "main street" small businesses, which will have growing practical relevance in the post Covid-19 pandemic era. Thus, in a spirit of urgency and inclusiveness, we explicitly do not set an upper population limit for a "small town", as this dynamic will also be discussed and debated. In this creative, collaborative, and interactive session, participants will identify areas of mutual interest in order to develop research initiatives and projects with both academic and practical implications.



    Section 1: Presentations and presenters (* denotes the presenter)

    • Philip Roundy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (USA)                     
    • Christina Theodoraki, Toulouse Business School (France)                      
    • G. Jason Jolley, Ohio University (USA)                                   
    • Thomas Lyons, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (USA) 



    Section 2: Breakout Sessions

    • 8 facilitated breakout sessions to a range of pertinent topics for tackling questions around small town ecosystems

     

    Section 3: Bringing it all together

    • Bringing together the results from the breakout sessions and ways to follow up and stay connected.

     

    Organizers:

    Sponsors: ENT, TIM, OMT, PNP



    Event time and date:

    • 12:00 – 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Sunday, August 1st
    • 09:00 – 11:00 Pacific Time (PT) on Sunday, August 1st
    • 17:00 – 19:00 British Summer Time (BST) on Sunday, August 1st
    • 18:00 – 20:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) on Sunday, August 1st
    • 00:00 – 02:00 China Standard Time (CST) on Wednesday, August 2nd



    Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions.

    We look forward to seeing you virtually!



    Erik, Michael, and Felix





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    Felix Arndt
    University of Guelph
    Guelph ON
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