Program Agenda
Saturday, April 18, 2009
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Temple University Main Campus
Fox School of Business
7th Floor Commons, Atler Hall
Beyond Silicon Valley: How Emerging Economies are Re-shaping Our Understanding of Global Entrepreneurship
Presented by
Temple CIBER
The Institute of Global Management Studies and
The Fox School of Business
Saturday, April 18, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM Introduction and Welcome
Dean M. Moshe Porat, Fox School of Business, Temple University
T.L. Hill, Fox School of Business, Temple University
9:00 - 11:00 AM SESSION 1: Clusters and Entrepreneurial Dynamics
746 Alter Hall
Discussants: Raj Chaganti, Sheryl Winston Smith
Path Dependence and the Development of Regulative Institutions Affecting Entrepreneurial Firms in Central and Eastern European Economies, Nir Kshetri, Unversity of North Carolina-Greensboro
Organizational Dynamic Capabilities and the Evolution of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: a Case Study of Chinese Automobile Companies, Crystal Jiang, Bryant University, Chun Guo, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Qin Yang, Robert Morris University Firm Resources,
Cluster Life-cycle and Diaspora Effects: Evidence from the Indian IT Cluster in Bangalore, Petra Sonderegger, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, Florian Taube, European Business School
From Blind Spots to Hot Spots: How New Offshore Service Clusters Emerge and Attract Foreign Investment, Arie Lewin and Stephan Manning, Duke University
11:00-11:30 Break 7th Floor Commons
11:30 - 1:00 PM SESSION 2: Entrepreneurship: Cultural and Institutional Contexts
746 Alter Hall
Discussants: Donna DeCarolis, T.L. Hill
Direct Selling in the Amazon: Global Entrepreneurship in an Emerging Economy, Jessica Chekelis, Indiana University, Susan Mudambi, Temple University
Diaspora Transnational New Ventures in Emerging Markets: The Role of Business Incubators , Liesl Riddle, George Hrivnak Jr., Tjai Nielsen, The George Washington University
Entrepreneurial Orientation as a Function of National Cultural Variations of Emerging Economy Exporters, Andreas Engelen, RWTH Aachen Centre for Entrepreneurship
1:00- 2:30 PM Lunch, 7th Floor Commons, Alter Hall
2:30 - 4:30 PM SESSION 3: Entrepreneurship in MNC networks
746 Alter Hall
Discussants: Christian Geisler Asmussen, Ram Mudambi
Functional Innovation, Bargaining Power and Value Appropriation of Emerging Economy Exporters, Pham Thi Song Hanh, Sheffield Hallam University, Ram Mudambi, Temple University, Bent Petersen Copenhagen Business School
Creating Subsidiary Entrepreneurship: The Mediating Effects of Subsidiary Entrepreneurship on Context and Contribution, Pamela Sharkey Scott, Dublin Institute of Technology, Patrick Gibbons, University College Dublin, Joseph Coughlan, Dublin Institute of Technology
FDI Entry Modes and the Relevance of Host Country Differences, Isabel Alvarez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Modes of International External Technology Innovation: Evidence from Emerging and Industrialized Economies, Malika Richards, Penn State University-Berks, Yi Yang, University of Massachusettts Lowell
5:00-6:00 PM Beyond Silicon Valley: Emerging Economies and Global Entrepreneurship Panel
746 Alter Hall
Panel Moderator: Ram Mudambi, Fox School of Business, Temple University
Panelists: Mercedes Delgado, Masaaki 'Mike' Kotabe, Fox School of Business, Temple University