Abstracts
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Abstracts in this database range from: March 2003 To December 2007 |
| Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE): Providing practical entrepreneurship experience for students |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| J Dyck, Director of SIFE Program N Almond, Presenter ACE is a national charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. ACE actively creates partnerships between business and higher education that prepare university and college students to make a meaningful contribution towards a better country, as entrepreneurs and business leaders. This session will provide background on ACE’s on campus programs and how they provide practical entrepreneurial experiences to students. The session will be delivered by the ACE Program Manager for Western Canada. The session will also include a panel discussion of ACE programs with faculty members currently involved with ACE. |
| An innovative view of the entrepreneur focusing on values and beliefs through exploration of the “Lived Experience” of the entrepreneur in start up of their business |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| C Bann, Capella University While much is known about entrepreneurs, traits, characteristics and qualities, limited research to date has focused on the “lived experience” of the entrepreneur as a means to better understand them and how they view entrepreneurship. This phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of entrepreneurs in the start-up phase of their business, to learn what it is like to be an entrepreneur and to gain insight on contributing factors to entrepreneurship. Eighteen entrepreneurs over the age of 25 answered the research question: What is the lived experience of entrepreneurs, including the effect of personal background, values, beliefs, and leadership, as they transition from start-up to successful venture? Study findings suggest that there is a deep level of personal meaning that entrepreneurs place on their entrepreneurial pursuits and that the experience of entrepreneurship is a values driven endeavor. |
| An institutional perspective on business planning activities for nascent entrepreneurs in Sweden and USA |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| B Honig, Wilfred Laurier University T Karlsson, Jonkuping International Business School In this research, we study factors that led 799 entrepreneurs engaged in forming a new organization to write business plans, following 393 in the USA and 406 in Sweden, during a two-year period. We examined relationships influencing the production of written business plans produced during the starting process of organizational activity, from a cultural/institutional perspective. By examining nascent organizations in two countries we are able to refine knowledge about nascent organizations in multiple ways. First, the study clarifies the role institutions play in the behaviors of nascent organizations. Second, by comparing the USA and Sweden, this study investigates the differential effect of institutional pressures in two countries. This research has implications for institutional theory and the study of nascent businesses, as well as for normative business planning literature and practice. Our findings show that assistance agencies significantly influenced entrepreneurs engaged in forming a new organization to write business plans in both countries. In Sweden, institutionally derived influences such as business education, assistance from agencies, and industry sector, as well as managerial experience and encouragement by friends and family, had a significant influence on the likelihood of writing business plans. It therefore followed predictions of DiMaggio & Powell rather well, tracking institutionalization from easily defined and measured external influences. In the USA, we found less clear institutional influences, failing to find significant influences from university education and governmental assistance agencies. The business planning paradigm is so prevalent that entrepreneurs typically write formal plans without the necessity of being influenced by educational or other institutional norms. |
| Art of marketing culture |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| S Hughes-Geekie, Okanagan Cultural Corridor |
| Breaking down the barriers for IT integration for small Canadian firms How Canada’s Student Connections (SC) program tackles the need to help SMEs make the jump to e-business |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| P Toupin, Manager, Student Connections Britain's online magazine www.trendwatching.com predicts in its latest report on trends that the next big trend for 2008 will be "the ongoing rise of ecommerce". It states that new trends will emerge "all aimed at helping your brand sell more online than ever before". But how can Canadian businesses with less than 20 employees bridge the IT gap and exploit the vast array of opportunities that exist in this dynamic environment for opportunity? We invite participants to witness how the Student Connections (SC) program has made an impact in developing skills and changing attitudes in a sector of the business community that has been reluctant to embrace IT and the world of e-business. |
| Business transition |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| J Playford, Regional Director, Special Markets BDC |
| Collaborative innovation in Canadian small firms |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| Manager Research, Small Business Policy Branch, Industry Canada This workshop highlights recent case study research by Industry Canada on collaborative innovation by Canadian small firms. The research provides insights into new policy directions regarding university-private sector collaboration on R&D and commercialization. The results demonstrate the importance for successful collaboration and commercialization of credible research, key individuals, the ability to access potential partners through networks, the availability of angel investors and appropriate support for incubation. The workshop will also include a discussion from the perspectives of the key public policy areas affecting innovation and the role of universities in collaborative innovation. |
| Entre-Net: The Dobson online community for entrepreneurship Creating a new culture of global collaboration for the advancement of entrepreneurship |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| T Poder , BASE Atlantic – Presenter (In collaboration with Steve Farlow, WLU, Benson Honig, WLU, Chris Pelham, Acadia U and Dwight Storring, CIGI) Through ENTRE-NET, the entrepreneurship community has a new set of tools and curricular activities enabling endless possibilities including global student collaborations with measurable economic results. Teachers can create virtual classrooms that span the globe and researchers will have instantaneous access to pertinent and relevant information. Building a community of dedicated experts who can and will share their knowledge on entrepreneurship is a concept that will have global ramifications for building independence and prosperity among developed and developing countries. IGLOO has developed, for the ENTRE-Net community a new model for global responsibility and advancement. This workshop is a must for all CCSBE members who are committed to the advancement of entrepreneurship education and practices. |
| Gender challenges for women in Canadian advanced technology sectors |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| B Orser and A Riding, University of Ottawa J Stanley, Canadian Advanced Technology Association Alliance M Dathan, University of Ottawa Women remain significantly under-represented in the Canadian advanced technology sectors. Women who are employed in high-tech firms are also significantly less likely than men to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. This study seeks to better understand the association among personal perceptions about gender equity and organizational and industry culture. Results are based on two sequential, on-line surveys targeted to women members of Canadian Advanced Technology Association (CATA). This study documents that many (but not all) women in the advanced technology sector believe they face “gender-specific” career challenges. The challenges are pervasive and embedded at all levels in the worker/employer and business owner/market relationship. Work-life balance dominated the challenges perceived by the women respondents: more than sixty-percent ranked obtaining work-life balance among their top three challenges. Improving leadership skills (team building, people management practices and communications) and lack of women mentors followed. Gender was also seen to influence self-efficacy (sense of credibility, perceived lack of credentials, confidence, know-how), performance expectations (e.g., different performance benchmarks), lack of social capital, networking opportunities, and sense of belonging (“this is a man’s world”). Firm and industry level resolution strategies are discussed. |
| Governor’s giant vision contest: The initiative to increase South Dakota entrepreneurial activity |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| W Broucek, Northern State University In October, 2003, Mike Rounds, the Governor of South Dakota, launched the 2010 initiative, a plan to increase economic development in the state by 100% by 2010. As part of this effort the Governor added a contest to stimulate entrepreneurial activity in the state in 2005. This paper documents the results of the contest and the efforts taken by a particular South Dakota university to encourage entrepreneurial activities among its students. |
| How to attract creative workers in cities and firms? |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| D Tremblay and T Pilati In the context of an economy based on knowledge and symbolism, researchers are increasingly interested in the “creative society” and the essential role of creativity as a major resource for professional and recreational activities. It is postulated that creativity plays a fundamental role in economic and social growth since it “allows a competitive edge to be gained by organizations as well as for the development of new social forms and entry into a social process of knowledge accumulation.” (Sacco, 2005) (translation) This paper will develop on the theories of the creative class, the creative city and cultural districts. On this basis, we will then present data from interviews done in order to determine what attracts creative people to Montreal and what retains them there. |
| Incorporating team teaching into entrepreneurship |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| K Myrah and S Johnson, Okanagan College This workshop will focus on the team teaching approach adopted to teach an integrative and capstone second year entrepreneurship course. Two professors from different areas of expertise shared students, materials, marking, and their philosophy in this approach, now in its fourth year of delivery. Founded upon a team teaching contract, the instructors developed a model for delivering material both in a large and small group format that utilized their skills and provided for consistent and engaging content. The workshop session will address how they implemented a team-based approach, highlight their observations and feedback with this format, and provide new ways of thinking about how entrepreneurship education can be delivered. |
| Inuit voices: Small business in Coral Harbor and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| A Mason, University of Regina Inuit small business has a significant impact on the lives of people in Rankin Inlet and Coral Harbour, Nunavut as they try to survive and be self-reliant. Success is counted one person at a time. Caribou is a key community asset - how is it used today? Interviews were conducted with small business operators involved in harvesting, meat processing, carving, sewing, and outfitting as well as local and territorial and Inuit government officials. What is their community like? How have their Inuit businesses developed? What barriers have they faced? How have they used Inuit traditional knowledge and culture? How do they market their products? What process and product innovations and adaptations have they made? The research is exploratory and field based using a combination of case method, participatory observation, and snowball sampling. Guidelines were followed for Indigenous research methodology. Suggestions for enhancing further research involving Inuit entrepreneurs are offered. |
| L’apprentissage de l’entrepreneur réalisé dans le cadre d’une relation de mentorat: exploration des possibilités |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| E St-Jean and J Audet, Université Laval N Boucher, Fondation de l’entrepreneurship Dans la phase de démarrage de son entreprise, l’entrepreneur vit plusieurs problèmes qui pourraient être amoindris par un support adéquat. Il semble que le mentorat soit un mode d’accompagnement suffisamment personnalisé pour amener l’entrepreneur novice à développer ses qualités de dirigeant et l’aider du même coup à pérenniser son entreprise. Cette étude tente d’identifier les apprentissages de l’entrepreneur novice qui sont susceptibles de découler d’une telle relation de mentorat. Bien que ce ne soit pas toutes les relations de mentorat qui permettent de développer des apprentissages, on constate que les types d’apprentissages peuvent être variés. Ainsi, l’entrepreneur novice est susceptible d’augmenter ses connaissances et ses habiletés en gestion, de clarifier sa vision d’affaires et d’identifier davantage d’opportunités. En outre, sur le plan psychologique, le mentorat d’affaires permet le développement de l’image de soi et de la confiance en soi et procure du réconfort à l’entrepreneur, tous ces éléments étant de nature à l’inciter à persévérer dans son projet entrepreneurial. |
| Leadership’s management style that influence the followers’ perception, firm’s market orientation success, and organizational change: The case of a French entrepreneur |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| J Quentier and J Billet, Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Pau From a sample of a French family business entrepreneur we explore the role of leadership style that influences the followers’ perception, firm’s market orientation success, and organizational change when the firm faces uncertain and competitive environment. Our case observation indicates that successfully implementing and sustaining the momentum for organisation-wide change demands a long-term, strategic approach, incorporating both “hard” (strategy, structure, systems and technology) and “soft” (vision, values, behaviours and attitudes) issues (Kouzes and Posner, 1995; Whipp and Pettigrew, 1993). The need for a two-pronged approach also highlights the importance of blending the charismatic and instrumental dimensions of owner’s change leadership role. |
| Les profils, les entreprises, les obstacles, les défis et l’orientation par rapport à la croissance: Comparaison de 2 générations d’entrepreneures |
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| Y Robichaud, Université Laurentienne E McGraw, Université de Moncton J Nkongolo-Bakenda, University of Regina Y Gasse, Université Laval Les résultats des recherches sur les femmes entrepreneures rapportent l’existence de caractéristiques personnelles et organisationnelles ainsi que des problématiques spécifiques aux femmes entrepreneures. Étant donné que le profil des femmes entrepreneures évolue, que les caractéristiques de leur entreprise ainsi que les problématiques changent également, il est nécessaire d’aller mettre à jour l’état des connaissances dans ce champ d’études. C’est dans cette perspective que notre proposition de recherche tente d’en apprendre davantage sur l’entrepreneuriat féminin tout en portant une attention spéciale aux nouvelles entrepreneures. |
| L’intrapreneuriat dans les entreprises marocaines |
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| B Allali, HEC Montreal Les intrapreneurs sont souvent présentés dans la littérature comme une classe homogène. Certains chercheurs appellent cependant à distinguer entre différents degrés intrapreneuriaux au sein des organisations. Dans ce travail, nous faisons justement écho à cet appel à travers l’étude d’un échantillon de 121 employés dans huit entreprises marocaines de différentes tailles. Pour ce faire, nous avons dû élaborer un indice d’intrapreneurialité pour mesurer la disposition des employés à intraprendre, et un autre de perception de l’autonomie organisationnelle pour évaluer le caractère favorable ou non du contexte organisationnel à la prise d’initiatives innovantes. Nos résultats appuient la thèse de la variété des profils intrapreneuriaux mais semblent consacrer la primauté du contexte organisationnel sur les dispositions des employés à intraprendre. |
| Practical guidelines for opportunity recognition instruction |
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| E Leach, Dalhousie University An initial article by the author used Bloom’s revised framework for a taxonomy to develop instruction based action guidelines for entrepreneurial teaching. In this article the scope is narrowed to opportunity recognition and uses a typology developed by Srasvathy et. al to frame the discussion. The guidelines distill concepts from the fields of entrepreneurship and instructional development, convert key concepts into word pictures, link process instructions to key concepts, and provide indicative rather than prescriptive application scenarios and is intended for publication in the third stream of entrepreneurship research identified by Hindle, Anderson and Gibson in the November 2004 issue of the Journal for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| Rails to trails tourism |
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| B Baldwin, Okanagan College |
| Social capital and the modern incubator: A comparison of in-group and out-group social networks |
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| B Honig, Wilfred Laurier University T Karlsson, Jonkoping International Business School In the public policy arena, one of the most prevalent components of entrepreneurship promotion consists of the sponsorship of public and university based incubators. Incubators are business support institutions designed to offer an array of services, such as space, infrastructure, advice, training and administrative support meant to accelerate the business start-up process. In a unique research study, we compare two groups of matched Canadian firms – incubated, and non incubated, along dimensions designed to examine the characteristics of the firm owner’s networks. Incubated firm owners reported higher extremes of trust, met more frequently, and demonstrated different network characteristics. |
| Strategic integrated entrepreneurship education model |
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| [ 18-Dec-2007 ] Posted By CCSBE-CCPME Secretariat Full Research Paper... |
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| L Lowthers and C Pelham, Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship, Acadia University This workshop outlines the strategic, integrated entrepreneurship education model developed over the past 10+ years at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. In this session you will learn the elements of success for Acadia and the new initiative to use the model in the community college system throughout Nova Scotia. |
