Subject: PDW on "Different approaches to studying Ethnic Networks,
Entrepreneurship and Innovation"
[Apologies for cross-posting]
Dear Colleagues:
Please join us for a fascinating PDW on
"Different approaches to studying Ethnic Networks, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation"
(Sponsor(s): ENT, BPS, OMT; Program Session #: 138)
When: Saturday, Aug 4 2007 9:30AM - 12:00PM
Where: Philadelphia Marriott in Room 303
A pre-conference workshop sponsored by ENT, BPS, and OMT divisions of
the Academy of Management.
NO pre-registration required.
PANELISTS:
- Jeff Robinson (NYU)
- Paul Almeida (Georgetown)
- Ramana Nanda (Harvard)
- Neri Karra (London)
- Xioahui Lu (NUS)
ORGANIZERS:
- Florian Taeube (Imperial College London)
- Xin "Eva" Yao (Wichita)
- Nelson Phillips (Imperial College London)
BACKGROUND:
The study of social networks is ubiquitous in management research, and
there are many facets to it. Ethnic entrepreneurship, on the other hand,
is a relatively new stream of research to the management domain.
Moreover, ethnic entrepreneurship is mostly concerned with rather
low-skilled immigrant entrepreneurs in industries such as retail or
hospitality. However, there are also important examples of extremely
high-skilled and networked ethnic entrepreneurs in technology industries
in Silicon Valley. Nonetheless, ethnicity has not yet played a prominent
role in network theory.
We propose that ethnic networks can be interpreted as small worlds and
one of the aims of this PDW is to integrate these arguably related lines
of research. This panel is addressing the diversity of approaches used
by management scholars who study ethnic networks, minority and immigrant
entrepreneurship as strategies to access resources and internationalize
among others.
ISSUES:
The approaches presented use both quantitative and qualitative methods
such as patent data, survey and (multiple) case studies. Geographically,
the coverage ranges from Indian, Chinese and Turkish networks that span
national boundaries to minorities in urban city centres such as New York
City. Given this variety of studies, and even two comparative studies of
Indian and Chinese networks will further enable us top draw some
generalizable implications.
FORMAT:
The format of the workshop is meant to be highly interactive. After
brief presentations from the scholars of the field there will be a
summarizing discussion and ample space for discussion in small groups
after which we will re-convene in the plenary.
For more information contact:
Florian A. Taeube - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group, Tanaka
Business School, Imperial College, London,
f.taeube@imperial.ac.uk
<mailto:
f.taeube@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:
f.taeube@imperial.ac.uk> >
Looking forward to welcoming you at our workshop!
Eva, Florian and Nelson
Dr. Florian A. Taeube
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group
Tanaka Business School
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ, UK
+44 207 594 5918
f.taeube@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:
f.taeube@imperial.ac.uk>
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/innovationstudies
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/rajivgandhicentre