Session Details
Session 1505
Entrepreneurship and Strategy
| Track K | Date: Sunday, October 14, 2007 |
| Time: 10:00-11:30 h | |
| Panel Session | Room: Nautilius 1 |
Conversations 1: Entrepreneurship Research in Asia
Session Chair
- Bill Schulze, University of Utah
Panelists
- Mike Peng, University of Texas at Dallas
- Garry Bruton, Texas Christian University
- Justin Tan, York University
- Jay Barney, Ohio State University
Abstract
While economies around the world are becoming increasingly entrepreneurial, differences in institutions, cultures, and resource bases create differences in the environment within which entrepreneurial firms create and execute their strategies. These differences are shaping which research questions may be considered most salient in a region. At the same time, there is an increased pressure for scholars in both Europe and Asia to publish research in mainstream academic journals. Over time, knowledge is accumulating about different aspects of the entrepreneurial phenomenon – but how these various pieces fit together is not clear. In a series of conversations among scholars, we focus on three regions—Asia, US and Europe—to identify “hot” areas of research within each region. The scholars will also discuss challenges—both theory and data related—that researchers face when undertaking their research agenda.
In this first panel, we bring together a group of scholars to share their views on the issues that are playing a role in shaping entrepreneurship research in Asia. Panelists will identify commonalities and differences with research being conducted in other regions, and address implications of these differences for the field of strategic entrepreneurship.