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: <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city> 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 (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Georgetown</st1:place></st1:city>)
- 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 <st1:place w:st="on">Silicon Valley</st1:place>. 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 <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1: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>
Looking forward to welcoming you at our workshop!
Eva, Florian and Nelson