RENT XXI
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Conference Venue:
Millennium Stadium,
Cardiff
United Kingdom
Wednesday November 21st
10.00 – 18.00 Doctoral seminar on Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Chairmen Poul Rind Christensen and Friederike Welter
16.00 – 17.15 Registration – Riverside Terrace, Millennum Stadium Cardiff.
18.00 – 20.00 Welcome reception, Viriamu Jones Gallery, Main Building, Cardiff University.
Thursday November 22nd
08.00 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Opening Plenary Session
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Parallel sessions (1a – 1e)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Parallel sessions (2a – 2e)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30 Parallel sessions (3a – 3e)
18.45 - 23.00 Conference Gala Dinner
National Museum and Galleries
Cardiff
Friday November 23rd
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel sessions (4a – 4d)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Parallel sessions (5a – 5d)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Parallel sessions (6a-6d)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30 Closing Plenary Session
RENT XX Programme
Thursday November 22
08.00 - … Registration cont’d – Riverside Terrace, Millennum Stadium Cardiff
09.00 - 10.30 Opening Plenary Session
* Welcome by the chairperson of RENT XXI
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans (Cardiff University)
* Opening address by Professor Friederike Welter, President, ECSB
* Keynote speeches
‘New approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation – the green experience’ by Professor Phil Cooke (Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University)
'Wales – a small entrepreneurial nation’
Vanessa Griffith, Director of Enterprise, Welsh Assembly Government
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Parallel sessions (1a – 1g)
Session 1a: Enterprise education Chairperson: David BrooksbankUniversity-based entrepreneurship education: a match made in Heaven, or a clash of expectations?
WILLIAM COOPER
Pre-incubator students' journey towards entrepreneurship
TARJA RÖMER-PAAKKANEN and PEKKALA AULI
Learning effects of simulation games - an assessment by entrepreneurs and students
CHRISTIAN LENDNER and JUTTA HUEBSCHER
Session 1b: Entrepreneurial finance Chairperson: Hans Landstrom
The impact of private equity on family firm performance
MARCO VEDOVATO, FABIO BUTTIGNON, PAOLO BORTOLUZZI, and VERONICA CASARIN
The latent demand for bank debt: characterizing ‘discouraged borrowers’
MARK FREEL, SARA CARTER, COLIN MASON, and STEPHEN TAGG
Venture capital in transition economies: the case of Pakistan
KHOSO IMAMUDDIN
Session 1c: The growing business Chairperson: Hans Crijns
Entrepreneurial motivation and actual growth outcomes among SMEs: the Swedish evidence
VLADIMIR VANYUSHYN and ANDERS ISAKSSON
Growth strategies of entrepreneurial ventures: toward a process and configuration based modeling
OLIVIER WITMEUR
The impact of regional features on new firms’ growth: empirical evidence from UK IPO companies
ALESSANDRA COLOMBELLI and LUCIO CASSIA
Session 1d: Rural entrepreneurship Chairperson: David Smallbone
The relationship between resources, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in farm-based ventures in Norway.
JORUNN GRANDE, EINAR LIER MADSEN and ODD JARL BORCH
The characteristics of fast growth and highly successful firms in rural and urban areas
TOMI HEIMONEN and MARKKU VIRTANEN
Towards excellence - an analysis of entrepreneurial competence in small businesses in a changing agri-food sector
THOMAS LANS, JOS VERSTEGEN, RON BERGEVOET, HARM BIEMANS and MARTIN MULDER
Session 1e: Universities and spin-off firms Chairperson: Pasi Malinen
Valuing University-based firms
DAMIANO BONARDO, STEFANO PALEARI and SILVIO VISMARA
Creation of higher education institutions and entry of knowledge based firms
JOANA MENDONÇA, and RUI BAPTISTA FRANCISCO LIMA
Cooperation with universities and research institutions for corporate entrepreneurship activities in low- and medium-technology
JOSE SAEZ-MARTINEZ FRANCISCO and ANGELA GONZALEZ-MORENO
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Parallel sessions (2a – 2e)
Session 2a: Innovation and technological entrepreneurship Chairperson: Colm O’ GormanDeveloping a framework for knowledge creation, dissemination and utilisation for smes : a case study of biotechnology
DAVID PICKERNELL, JULIENNE SENYARD, NICK CLIFTON, ADRIAN KAY and ROBYN KEAST
Do small innovating firms outperform ‘genuine’ non-innovators?
PAUL ROBSON, MARK FREEL and SARAH JACK
Spin-offs and exit strategies : what is more important ? entrepreneur’ success or international standard existence ?
KATIA RICHOMME-HUET and JULIEN DE FREYMAN
Session 2b: Enterprise and local communities Chairperson: Kirk Frith
Understanding the impact of national and corporate culture on a firm's entrepreneurial orientation and behaviour: a conceptual
OLIVIER BASSO, ALAIN FAYOLLE, VÉRONIQUE BOUCHARD and THOMAS LEGRAIN
Local translations of entrepreneurship
JOHAN GADDEFORS and NICLAS CRONSELL
Major influences and conditions in the development of entrepreneurial regions and local communities
YVON GASSE
Session 2c: Clusters, networking and co-operation Chairperson: Oliver Torres
The influence of social network in the diffusion of CSR practices among smes
FABIO ANTOLDI and ALESSANDRA TODISCO
Management-related theoretical perspectives and entrepreneurial behaviour in inter-organizational cooperation
JOHAN JOHANSSON
Session 2d: New venture creation and growth Chairperson: Niels Bosma
Founding a new venture or buying an existing one: an entrepreneurial perspective
DAVID HELLEBOOGH, EDDY LAVEREN, ANN JORISSEN and RUDY MARTENS
Switching from paid employment to entrepreneurship: the pecuniary impact of becoming a business owner
MIGUEL PRETO TORRES, RUI BAPTISTA and FRANCISCO LIMA
Founding conditions and the survival of new firms
JOSE MATA, P.A. GEROSKI and PEDRO PORTUGAL
Session 2e: Enterprise and deprived communities Chairperson: Birgitta Eriksson
Involuntary self-employment in Finland - a bleak future?
TEEMU KAUTONEN, JENNI KANTOLA and PEKKA VAINIO
Does enterprise discourse have the power to enable or disable deprived communities?
CAROLE HOWORTH, CAROLINE PARKINSON and ALAN SOUTHERN
Standing on the shoulders of giants: further evidence on the relationship between unemployment and entrepreneurship
PIERS THOMPSON, DAVID BROOKSBANK, DYLAN JONES-EVANS, and CALEB KWONG
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Parallel sessions (3a – 3e)
Session 3a: Enterprise and public policy Chairperson: Mark FreelAn evaluation of public information and consulting services for SMES
MARTA GANCARCZYK and ALEKSANDER SUSEL
Designing an academy for high-growth businesses: the challenges of identifying and engaging high-growth entrepreneurs
DAVID RAE and KIRK FRITH
Relationships of cooperation between firms, communities and governments
JOSE VARGAS
Session 3b: New approaches to enterprise theory Chairperson: Roy Thurik
Literary frameworks for narrative analysis in entrepreneurship research: a tale of two researchers
JOANNE LARTY AND ELEANOR HAMILTON
A flip side to entrepreneurship: stress, insecurity & discrimination
CLAIRE MASSEY and KATE LEWIS
The emergence of entrepreneurial potential in transition environments: a challenge for entrepreneurship theory or a development
FRIEDERIKE WELTER and DAVID SMALLBONE
Session 3c: Innovation and technological entrepreneurship Chairperson: Mario Raffa
Creating technology-based companies - about the significance of effectual logic in the early phase of the venturing process
RENE MAUER and MALTE BRETTEL
Towards a dynamic perspective on the relationship between interorganizational collaboration and innovation performance of Startups
INGE NEYENS, DRIES FAEMS & LUC SELS
ICT related small firms with different collaborative network structures: different species or variations on a theme
VINIT PARIDA and MATS WESTERBERG
Session 3d: Organisational behaviour within the small firm Chairperson: Carole Howarth
A journey into the core of the occupational competence and attitudes of small business entrepreneurs. a study based on a review
HELY WESTERHOLM
Enhancing employee commitment in young growth companies – the importance of appropriate incentive schemes
CARINA LOMBERG, TOBIAS KOLLMANN and ANDREAS KUCKERTZ
Entrepreneurial decision styles and cognition in small and medium enterprises
GERARDUS J.M LUCAS, PATRICK A.M. VERMEULEN and PETRU L. CUREU
Session 3e: New venture management and behaviour Chairperson: Eddy Laveren
Working conditions among micro entrepreneurs in Poland and Sweden
BIRGITTA ERIKSSON, PATRIK LARSSON and MARK SARUCKIJ
Determinants of early-stage entrepreneurial activity in European regions: distinguishing low and high ambition entrepreneurship
NIELS BOSMA and VERONIQUE SCHUTJENS
Can the new ventures develop a pioneer behaviour in industries with unfavourable conditions? the role of capabilities
JOSÉ RUIZ ORTEGA MARIA and PEDRO M. GARCÍA VILLAVERDE
19.30 – 23.00 Conference Gala Dinner
2007 Best Paper Awards Ceremony
National Museum and Galleries
Cardiff
Friday November 24
08.30 - … Registration cont’d – Ground Floor
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel sessions (4a – 4d)
Session 4a: Internationalisation and the small firm Chairperson: Claire MasseyInternationalization of small firms: the importance of a global mindset
OYVIN KYVIK
Role of marketing capabilities in the internationalisation of new ventures
MARÍA RIPOLLÉS, MARIA RIPOLLES and DIEGO MONFERRER
Using focus groups to capture local entrepreneurs’ responses to national policies within international entrepreneurship
LORRAINE WATKINS-MATHYS
Session 4b: Entrepreneurial Finance Chairperson: Colin Mason
External capital for new technology based firms: profiling quantitative approaches and a research agenda
TOMMASO MINOLA,TIM MINSHALL and MARCO GIORGINO
Creation and financing of innovative firms
JOSE JACINTO BILAU and EDUARDO BARBOSA DO COUTO
The financial resource requirements of nascent entrepreneurs
COLM O'GORMAN
Session 4c: Universities and enterprise development Chairperson: Jonathan Scott
Towards a model of evaluating economic regional development throughout spin-off creation
CHRISTIAN SERAROL,S ANDREA BIKFALVI and DAVID URBANO PULIDO
Theory into practice - innovation university and the third pillar activities of universities
PASI MALINEN, JUSSI PUHAKAINEN and ANTTI PAASIO
Evaluating the strategy of local public technology centers in regional innovation systems
NOBUYA FUKUGAWA
Session 4d: Ethnic and women’s business Chairperson: Sara Carter
Generational differences in ethnic minority business in the UK
FERGUS LYON, MARK MCPHERSON and ROB BALDOCK
Transnationalism as a force for ethnic minority enterprise? the case of Somalis in Leicester.
MONDER RAM, NICK THEODORAKOPOLOUS AND TREVOR JONES
Women's perceptions of entrepreneurship
CHRISTOPHER KRONENBERG, MIKE PETERS, CARMEN AGERER and BIRGIT FISCHER
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Parallel sessions (5a – 5d)
Session 5a: Succession planning and business transfer Chairperson: Hanns PichlerThe relationship between successor, planning characteristics, and the transfer process on post-transfer profitability in SMEs
JORIS MEIJAARD, LORRAINE UHLANDER and ROBERTO FLOREN
Drivers of transfer decisions of small business owners: differentiating between intentions and actions
MIGUEL MEULEMAN, HANNES LEROY and SOPHIE MANIGART
Family business succession and the impact on financial structure and performance
MOLLY VINCENT and EDDY LAVEREN
Session 3b: New approaches to entrepreneurship Chairperson: Ted Fuller
Gay male entrepreneurs: an introductory study
LAURA GALLOWAY
The entrepreneur in 'risk society'
COLIN MASON, SARA CARTER and STEPHEN TAGG
Entrepreneurial intentions and the ageing population: application and test of the theory of planned behavior
ERNO TORNIKOSKI and TEEMU KAUTONEN
Session 5c: Innovation and technology-based entrepreneurship Chairperson: Jussi Puhakainen
Challenging entrepreneurship in technology-driven innovative firms as a male domain – insights from a longitudinal panel in Germany
KIRSTI DAUTZENBERG, GORDON MÜLLER-SEITZ and GUIDO REGER
Companies and their motives for non-patenting – an empirical study on the propensity not to patent
RUDOLF DOEMOETOER and RUTH MITTERMAYR
ICT and FDI: are they neglected determinants of technological entrepreneurship?
JOAO LEITAO, RUI BAPTISTA AND MÁRIO RAPOSO
Session 5d: Management strategies for the small firm Chairperson: Jean Verhardt
Cutting a long story short: an empirical analysis of small manufacturing firms' provider selection in context of external expertise
ANMARI VILJAMAA
Franchisee responses during strategic change processes: an extension of the renowned Hirschman typology
EVELIEN CROONEN and MARYSE BRAND
The role of discretionary slack in effectively executing proactive environmental strategies
JAN LEPOUTRE
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
Parallel sessions (6a – 6d)
Session 6a: Succession planning and business transfer Chairperson: Tom CooneyMajor factors predicting transfer performance in SMEs: are entrepreneurial characteristics of importance?
LEX VAN TEEFFELEN and MARTIJN DRIESSEN
Becoming an ex-entrepreneur: firm performance and the sell-or-liquidate decision
ANTONIO MIGUEL AMARAL, RUI BAPTISTA and FRANCISCO LIMA
Session 6b: New approaches to enterprise theory Chairperson: Antti Paasio
Towards an emergence perspective on entrepreneurship
TED FULLER, LORRAINE WARREN and FRIEDERICKE WELTER
Rewriting the opportunity theory
STEFFEN KORSGAARD
Opening the Black Box: the cognitive and entrepreneurial profile of social enterprises
SABINE VERMEULEN and EVA COOLS
Session 6c: Entrepreneurship and regional development Chairperson: Jose Veciana
Explaining regional variation in the attitudes toward entrepreneurship
STEFAN EHRSTEDT and PIA ARENIUS
Creating an entrepreneurial region
KIRK FRITH and ANDREW ATHERTON
Developing external locus of control to kill entrepreneurship spirit in regional development: a case of the Zonguldak Coalfield
HALIL YILDIRIM
Session 6d: Management strategies for the small firm Chairperson: Olivier Witmeur
SME’s perceptions regarding strategic and structural entry barriers
CLEMENS LUTZ, RON KEMP and GERHARD DIJKSTRA
Optimism and realism as factors of entrepreneurial performance: short term performance expectations versus performance reality
TOMASZ MICKIEWICZ, RUTA AIDIS and ARNIS SAUKA
Appropriation of knowledge created within strategic alliances:a conceptual model for asymmetrical knowledge-based relationship
JEAN VERHARDT
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Closing Plenary Session
* Annual meeting of ECSB, presented by Professor Friederike Welter, President, ECSB
* 'Presentation of Prizes for ECSB Case Study Competition'
* Best paper award for young researcher
* RENT Conference Best paper Anthology
* Presentation of RENT XXII
* Closing address by the chairperson of RENT XXI :
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans (Cardiff University)
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