4th European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Conference Programme

The conference programme is given below.

You can download a copy of the proceedings abstracts here.

For easier viewing, the programme has been split into five sections:
Thursday - Streams A-C Thursday – Streams D-F Friday – Streams A-C Friday – Streams D-F Posters

Wednesday 9 September 2009
18:30		Pre-conference registration and welcome meeting until 19:30
Thursday 10 September 2009
9:00	Registration and coffee
10:00	Room: C103 Welcome from the conference chair: Dirk Van Dyck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
10:15	Keynote address: Magnus Klofsten, Linköping University, Sweden Managing the early development of ventures – key aspects
11:10	Conference splits into streams
	Room: C101 Stream A: Entrepeneurship in education Chair: Sven de Cleyn		Room: C102 Stream B: Applications Chair: Liselore Berghman	Room: C104 Stream C: Mini track on Entrepreneurial Finance Co-Chairs: João Leitão, Manuel da Rocha Armada, Christine Mitter and Paulo Rupino da Cunha
11:15	Online Platforms for Entrepreneurship Education: An Instructional Design Approach Kakouris Alexandros, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece		The "Apprentice Entrepreneur" Game Series DJ Life On Line: A Web-Based Entrepreneurial Learning Game Fitzgerald Alan and David Stokes, Kingston University, UK	Internationalization of High-Tech SMEs: The Crucial Role of Knowledge Mejri Issam, Nice Sophia Antipolis University and Saint Etienne University, France
11:45	Exploring the Relationships Between Creativity, Innovativeness and Innovation Adoption Shiu Eric, University of Birmingham, UK		Representations of Entrepreneurship on the Small Screen: How Programmes such as The Apprentice Work to Normalise and Encourage Entrepreneurial Activity in Society Boyle Raymond and Lisa Kelly, University of Glasgow, UK	National Culture, Firm Culture and New Product Development: A Comparative Study of UK and Chinese High-Tech Firms Wang Catherine, Royal Holloway University of London and Mohamed Rafiq, Loughborough University, UK
12:15	Entrepreneurial Intentions of Final Year University Students: A Multi-Course Investigation Teixeira Aurora and Rosa Portela Forte, Universidade do Porto, Portugal		Networking and Scientific Breakthrough in Semiconductor Laser Technology in the US and Japan Shimizu Hiroshi, Hitotsubashi University and Takashi Hirao, Tokyo University of Science, Nagano, Japan	Political Connection and Financial Performance: Evidence from Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises Xie Sujuan, Ling Guo and Lawrence King, University of Cambridge, UK
12:45	*Lunch*		*Lunch*	*Lunch*
	Room: C101 Stream A: Entrepeneurship in education Chair: Eric Shiu		Room: C102 Stream B: Mini track on Social Entrepreneurship Chair: Heather Fulford	Room: C104 Stream C: Organisational issues Chair: Raymond Boyle
14:00	Fictions and Facts about Entrepreneurship Education at German Universities – Results of an International Comparative Study Klee Esther and Bernhard Vollmar, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany		Revisiting Entrepreneurship: Goal Dynamics, Intentionality and Self-TransformationSsystems Muñoz Félix-Fernando, María-Isabel Encinar, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Carolina Cañibano, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain	Social Networks and Early Resource Mobilisation by Science-Based Firms Videira Pedro, Margarida Fontes and Cristina Sousa, Dinamia, Lisbon, Portugal
14:30	Impact of Undergraduate Training on the Development of Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Human Kinetics: A Case Study of Former Students Naia Ana Maria, Technical University of Lisbon and Pedro Rodrigues, Lisbon University, Portugal		Implementing Sustainability Criteria in Product Innovations: A Human Process Verhulst Elli, Artesis School of Higher Education, Antwerp, Belgium, Casper Boks, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Henri Masson, University of Antwerp, Belgium	Unpacking the Organizational Competence Trap and Developing a Typology of Opportunity Exploration and Exploitation Senaratne Chaminda and Catherine Wang, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
15:00	Promoting and Evaluating Entrepreneurial Learning: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Enquiry-Based Approach Lee Kiefer, Sue Marriott and Robin Lowe, Sheffield Hallam University, UK (Research in progress)		Technology Development and Product Development in the Front-end of Innovation: A Review Jacoby Alexis, Ann de Keersmaecker, Artesis University College of Antwerp and Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Research in progress)	Logistics Service Providers in Clusters – Perils and Pitfalls for Service Innovations in China and Germany Elbert Ralf, Technical University of Darmstadt, Berlin, Germany, Gang Yang and Sasa Saric, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (Research in progress)
15:30	*Refreshments*		*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*
	Room: C101 Stream A: Academe in Business Chair: Jan Nab		Room: C102 Stream B: Mini track on Social Entrepreneurship Chair: Heather Fulford	Room: C104 Stream C: Organisational issues Chair: Astrid Lange
16:00	Does the Presence of Academic People in Companies' boards Influence Economic Performances? Evidence from Companies Grown in University Incubators (UIs). Armano Bruno and Simone Domenico Scagnelli, Turin University, Italy		Using a Board Game to Introduce the Use of Ideation Techniques Based on TRIZ Giebens Guido, UAMS and Artesis College, Belgium EI-119	Firm's Positioning in an Industry: Characteristics from the ICT Sector Hallikas Jukka and Lauri Lattila, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
16:30	Gone Corporate? The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Universities Vorley Tim, University of Cambridge, UK and Nelles Jen, University of Toronto, Canada		Enterprise Culture: Universities, Business Schools and Social Entrepreneurship Fulford Heather, Aberdeen Business School, UK	CavinKare Private Limited: Sustaining Rapid Growth in Serving BOP Markets Srinivasan Raghavan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
17:00	Close of conference day
19:00	Conference Dinner at De Groote Witte Arend

Thursday 10 September 2009
9:00	Registration and coffee
10:00	Room: C103 Welcome from the conference chair: Dirk Van Dyck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
10:15	Keynote address: Magnus Klofsten, Linköping University, Sweden Managing the early development of ventures – key aspects
11:10	Conference splits into streams
	Room: A202 Stream D: SME's Chair: Alan Gillies	Room: A205 Stream E: Developing and Sustaining Innovation Chair: Isabel Mota	Room: A206 Stream F: Mini track on Innovation in emerging market economies Chair: Catherine Wang
11:15	Knowledge to Innovate: Developing a Tool to Assess and Assist the Development of the Capacity to Innovate in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Howard John and Alan Gillies Alan, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK	From Occasional Improvements Towards a Flow of Innovations Forsman Helena, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland	Business Clusters in the UAE: Does Supply Create its own Demand? Madichie Nnamdi, University of Sharjah, UAE
11:45	Exploration of SME's Absorptive Capacity to Achieve Innovation and Growth Talebi Kambeiz, University of Tehran, Iran and Renee van Geel, Maastricht University, The Netherlands	Strategic Management Tool for Determination and Evaluation of Sustainable Innovations in Traditional Printing and Publishing Sectors Slimani Dorotea, STFI-Packforsk AB, Stockholm, Sweden	Governmental Reforms for Innovation Systems in Emerging Economies: Case Russia Savitskaya Irina and Marko Torkkeli, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
12:15	The Expectations and Needs of Small Firms for University - Enterprise Cooperation Bard Ulla, HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Hameelinna, Finland (Research in Progress)	High-Impact Firms in the European Software Business Toivonen Timo, Antti Paasio and Petteri Sinervo, Turku School of Economics, Finland	The Self-Employment Twist: Evidence From Kosovo Koman Matjaz, Janez Prasnikar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Gazmend Qorraj, University of Pristina, Kosovo
12:45	*Lunch*	*Lunch*
	Room: A202 Stream D: New product Development Chair: Alan Fitzgerald	Room: A205 Stream E: Regional Studies Chair: Saskia Harkema	Room: A206 Stream F: Mini track on Innovation in emerging market economies Chair: Catherine Wang
14:00	Strategic Risk Management in New Product Development Hsiao Amy and Mark Ploughman, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St Johns, Canada (Case Study)	Intellectual Property as a Tool of Market Strategy in Russian Enterprises Golichenko Oleg and Yulia Balycheva, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	Institutional entrepreneurship in China’s transition: Exploring linkages among praxis and institutional change Droege Scott, Matthew Marvel, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green and Leo Simpson, Seattle University, USA
14:30	Managing Risk in Innovation Projects Piranfar Hosein, University of East London, UK	Differences Between Being an Opportunity-Driven And Necessity-Driven Entrepreneur: Evidence From Turkey’s Gem Data Ozdemir Ozlem, Middle East Technical University and Esra Karadeniz, Yeditepe University, Turkey	Opportunity Exploration and Exploitation: The Roels of the Environment, the Entrepreneur and the Firm Wang Catherine, Xiaoquing Li and Yu Zheng, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
15:00	Developing New Products with Business Partners: The Effect of Embeddedness on Practice Trépanier Michel, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal and Pierre Marc Gosselin, University of Ottawa, Canada	The Impact of Social Intelligence and Sense of Humor on Entrepreneurial Intention: Evidence from Turkey Aykol Sinem and Mujdelen Yener, Marmara University, Turkey
15:30	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*
	Room: A202 Stream D: SME's Chair: John Howard	Room: A205 Stream E: Barriers and R&D Chair: Scott Droege	Room: A206 Stream F: Round Table Discussion Chair: Peter Dorrington
16:00	Resource Network Factors and Small Firm Growth Antoncic Bostjan and Tina Bratkovic, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia	Barriers to Innovation and Entrepreneurial Innovation Capability: Empirical Evidence from Portuguese CIS Data at the Product Innovation Level Silva Maria Jose, Alexandra Nunes, University of Beira Interior and Maria Isabel Mota Campos, University of Porto, Portugal	As the global credit crunch takes hold, is public research money being invested wisely? Dorrington Peter, Cardiff Business School,
16:30	Economic Impacts of Public Subsidies on Young Innovating SME’s Performances: The Case of the French National Competition for Creation of New Technology-Based Firms Gallié Emilie-Pauline, Renelle Guichard and Sonia Ben Slimane, IMRI-Université Paris Dauphine, France	Addressing R&D Investment Decisions: A Critical Review and Comparison of R&D Project Selection Methods Verbano Chiara, Anna Nosella, Frederica Turra, University of Padua, Italy and Karen Venturini, University of San Marino, Republic of San Marino
17:00	Close of conference day
19:00	Conference Dinner at De Groote Witte Arend

Friday 11 September 2009
9:30	Opening Remarks
9:45	Room: C103 Keynote address: Paul Verhaert, Verhaert Space, Belgium Integrated product development: a step stone that makes or breaks the valorisation of new findings
10:30	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*
	Room: C101 Stream A: Regional Studies Chair: Kiefer Lee	Room: C102 Stream B: Technology and Innovation Chair: Iain Bitran	Room: C104 Stream C: Case Studies Chair:
11:00	Do Networks do the Works? Indian Entrepreneurs in Poland and Belgium Nestorowicz Joanna, University of Warsaw, Poland	A Method for Monetizing Technology Innovations Narasimhalu Arcot Desai, Singapore Management University, Singapore	Technology and Knowledge Capability in the Global Automotive Production Network: The Case Studies from Indonesia Irawati Dessy, Newcastle University Business School, UK (Case Study)
11:30	Performance Improvement in a Community Care Setting in Canada Gillies Alan, University of Central Lancashire, UK and Diane Harris, Diane Harris Associates, Canada	Managing Innovation in Technology Systems to Deliver User Value Puha Sanna and Saku Mäkinen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (Case study)	A Logic of the Firm without Center Technology: A Case Study of Casio Computer Co., Ltd in the Digital Camera Industry Yamazaki Kiyohiro, Chukyo University, Japan (Case study)
12:00	The Determinants of Entrepreneuship: The Case of Business and Innovation Centres in Portugal Duarte Rosa, Net-Business Innovation Centre Do Porto and Isabel Mota, Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Evaluating the Contribution of Belgian ICT Start-ups to Innovation Van Nuffel Dieter, Sven De Cleyn, Carlos de Backer and Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Research in progress)	From “Knowledge Transfer Model” to “Entrepreneurial University” – The Case Study of the University of Hertfordshire Culkin Nigel, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
12:30	*Lunch*	*Lunch*	*Lunch*
	Room: C101 Stream A: Regional Studies Chair:	Room: C102 Stream B: Models, Value and Cognitive Capacity Chair: Alexandros Kakouris	Room: C104 Stream C: Mini track on Modelling very early stage valorisation projects Chair: Magnus Klofsten
13:30	Goals Attainment And Franchisees' Intention To Remain In The Franchise Systems: A Study In Malaysia Hanafiah Mohd Hizam and Jun Li, University of Essex, Southend-on-Sea, UK	Business Models: What they are and How to Change Them Cavalcante Sérgio André, Peter Kesting and John Ulhoi, University of Aarhus, Denmark	Gemmation, Hybridization and Entrepreneurial Nature: Exploring New Models and Strategies of Business Incubation Giacon Paolo, University of Padua, Italy
14:00	The Importance of Social Innovation in the Dutch Manufacturing Industry: Innovation as a Joint Effort between Research, Education and Business Harkema Saskia, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands	Building Theory for Systemic Customer Value: Case Apple Mikkonen Karri, Marko Seppänen, Tampere University of Technology and Mikko Pynnonen, Lapeenranta University of Technology, Finland (Research in progress)	Economic Returns to Innovation: Between Efficiency and Effectiveness Haned Naciba, Lyon University, France
14:30	Narratives of ICT Innovation in India Rai Sudhanshu and Mogens Kuehn Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark	When do Firm's-Technology Intermediary Interactions Result in Cognitive Capacity Additionality? Knockaert Mirjam, Ghent University and André Spithoven, Belgian Science Policy, Belgium	Evaluating Academic Spin-off Potential in the Earliest Development Stages De Cleyn Sven and Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Research in progress)
	*Room:* C103 Summary of issues raised during the conference Led by Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
15:00	*Close of Conference*	*Close of Conference*	*Close of Conference*

Friday 11 September 2009
9:30	Opening Remarks
9:45	Room: C103 Keynote address: Paul Verhaert, Verhaert Space, Belgium Integrated product development: a step stone that makes or breaks the valorisation of new findings
10:30	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*	*Refreshments*
	Room: A202 Stream D: Research Chair: Ulla Bard	Room: A205 Stream E: Creativity Chair: Philip McClenegan	Room: A206 Stream F: Innovation Embedded in the Social Context Chair: Mogens Kuehn Pedersen
11:00	Using NVivo to Conduct a Grounded Literature Review: An Application in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Thistoll Tony, Val Hooper, Victoria University of Wellington and David Pauleen, Massey University, New Zealand	Creativity and Discovery: Moving Beyond Market Equilibrium Clydesdale Greg, Massey University (Albany Campus), Auckland, New Zealand	Future Vopping: The Brave New Social World of e-Retail Rawtani Anita, Wipro Technologies, India
11:30	Examining the Literature on Innovation in Virtual Communities Laine Mikko, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland	The Employee Creativity Behaviour Based on the National Cultural Dimensions Gomez Marcos, Rafael Garcia, Matilde Martinez Casanovas and Francesc Miralles, DET La Salle University Ramon Llull, Spain (Research in progress)	Gender Specific Beliefs About Entrepreneurship: Specifications and Implications Lange Astrid, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
12:00	Fosteirng Industry Science Co-Operation Through Public Subsidies: Differences Between Universities and Public Research Centres Teirlinck Peter and André Spithoven, Belgian Science Policy, Belgium	Improving Creativity in Organizations using Creative Techniques with Experiential Learning Martinez Casanovas Matilde, Francesc Miralles, Marcos Gomez and Rafael Garcia, University of Barcelona, Spain (Research in progress)	Emerging into the unknown Dorrington Peter, Cardiff Business School, UK (Research in progress)
12:30	*Lunch*	*Lunch*
	Room: A202 Stream D: Promoting Entrepreneurship Chair: Greg Clydesdale	Room: A205 Stream E: Design Chair:
13:30	Third-Age Entrepreneurs Propensity to Engage in New Venture Creation and Development Brown Christopher and Diane Proudlove, University of Hertfordshire, UK	How to Design for Strategic Innovation? Appropriate Forms of Ambidexterity Berghman Liselore, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:00	Adapting Virtual World Technologies for Real World Applications McClenaghan Philip and Nayyera Aslam, University of Teeside, UK (Case study)	Design Principles to Foster the Competence of Science Students to Recognize Business Opportunities Nab Jan, Astrid Volte and Albert Pilot, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
14:30		Entrepreneurship Design in Innovation System: Breaking Through the Missing Link Nziali Teukam Emeran, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France
	*Room:* C103 Summary of issues raised during the conference Led by Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
15:00	*Close of Conference*	*Close of Conference*	*Close of Conference*

	Posters
	Innovation and Project Management in Portuguese State and University Laboratories Rocha Cristina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal	The Perspective of Practical Theory in Entrepreneurship--The Life Narrative of Chinese Clinic Director Fu Shang-Jen Li, Tsai Dun-Hou and Shih Chin-Chung, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Last updated 31 August 2009