We invite you to attend a
PDW on Innovation and Trends in
Entrepreneurial Finance Research at the upcoming Academy of Management meetings. The
PDW will feature prominent scholars discussing the current state of the field
and what avenues for inquiry present opportunity. No registration is
necessary. Details are below.
Saturday, Aug 2 2014 8:00AM - 10:00AM at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
Hotel, Salon 10
Sponsored by the BPS, ENT and
TIM divisions
Organizers: *Riitta Katila*, Stanford University, * Emily Cox Pahnke*,
University of Washington, *Benjamin Hallen*, University of Washington
*Participants Raphael H. Amit*, Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, *Anil
K. Gupta*; University of Maryland; *P. Devereaux Jennings*, University of
Alberta *Suresh Kotha*, University of Washington; *Scott Stern, *Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; *Robert J. Strom*, Kauffman Foundation;
The purpose of this
PDW is to discuss new theoretical approaches to
studying recent empirical developments in the realm of
entrepreneurial finance. Although prior research has highlighted how vital venture
investors are to startup success, a variety of new forms of venture
investing have arisen in recent years. These new organizations, and in some
case organizational forms, are worthy of study by management and strategy
scholars because of their contribution to fostering innovation and economic
development. For example, scholars have recently begun to study super
angels, micro-VC funds, venture accelerators and incubators and crowd
funding. Each of these new types of funding require different types of
strategies by
entrepreneurs seeking them out, and at the same time are
likely to have different impacts on the firms that receive them. In this
PDW we will discuss the current state of
entrepreneurial finance and the
exciting variety of new avenues for fruitful inquiry in this realm. The
PDW will begin with a panel discussion of senior scholars followed by a
moderated discussion and open Q&A to discuss current research interests by
other interested scholars.
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Emily Cox Pahnke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Management and Organization
Foster School of Business
University of Washington