Conferences - ESU 2009

Sannio

ESU Conference 2009 on Entrepreneurship
University of Sannio of Benevento
8th to 13th September 2009, Benevento, Italy

Conference proceedings

Detailed programme in PDF format

Tuesday 8 September

18.00-20.00

Social activity: Guided Tour of the historical town centre of Benevento

20.00-23.00

Social activity: Welcome dinner in a typical eatery of the town centre

Wednesday 9 September

9.00 – 10.30

PhD course: Introduction session (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”)
 - PhD teacher and coach team
 - All PhD course participants

9.30-10.30

Registration and coffee (main entrance Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

10.30-11.00

- Professor Filippo Bencardino, Rector of the University of Sannio
- Professor Aniello Cimitile, President of the Province of Benevento
- Raffaele Del Vecchio, Vice-Major of the City of Benevento 
- Floriano Panza, President of  the Scientific Park PST
- Professors Alain Fayolle and Paula Kyrö, The ESU European Scientific Committee

 - Chair:  Massimo Squillante,  University of Sannio, Italy

11.00-13.00

Plenary session: “Entrepreneurship and Local Development”  (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”): 

- Key note speaker: Professor Jay Mitra, University of Essex, UK 
- Key note speaker: Professor Eugenio Corti, CEO of ECSA, Italy

"Community entrepreneurship and regional development"
- Key note speaker: Professor Odd Jarl Borch,  Bodø Graduate School of Business, Norway

”Entrepreneurship and Local Development: how to build a cohesive model
towards competitiveness”

- Key note speaker: Professor Maria Prezioso, University Tor Vergata of Rome, Italy

- Chair:  Maria Rosaria Napolitano, University of Sannio, Italy  

13.00-14.00

Lunch (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

14.00 – 15.00

Lecture: ”What can we learn from the history of entrepreneruship?” (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

- Professor Hans Landström, Lund University, Sweden

- Chair:  Filippo Bencardino,  University of Sannio, Italy

15.00-15.30

Coffee Break (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

15.30-17.30

Panel discussion:  "How to network in international doctoral programmes - similarities and differences in doctoral programmes " (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

- Discussant: Professor Tõnis Mets, Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Discussant: Professor Spyros Vliamos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- Discussant: Professor Virgínia Trigo, ISCTE Business School, Portugal
- Discussant: Professor Francisco Liñán, University of Seville, Spain
- Discussant: Professor Hans Landström, Lund University, Sweden
- Discussant: Professor Clelia Mazzoni, Second University of Naples, Italy
- Discussant: Professor Alain Fayolle, Em Lyon Business School, France
- Discussant: Professor Odd Jarl Borch,  Bodø Graduate School of Business, Norway
- Discussant: Professor David Watkins, Southampton Solent University, UK
 
- Chair:  Paula Kyrö, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland 

17.30-19.00

PhD course: Orientation group session: “The critical choices in research process”
(Aula Magna "Ciardiello")

- Paula Kyrö
- For Group number 5 compulsory and to other PhD course participants                    elective

19.00-23.30

Social activity: Visit to the Wine Factory “Torre Gaia” and dinner

Thursday 10 September

8.00 – 9.30

PhD course: Guidance for reflection assignment - Outi Hägg and Kati Peltonen(Aula Magna "Ciardiello") -elective to all PhD course participants

8.00 – 9.30 ESU Publishing committee meeting

9.30-12.00

Plenary session: “Teaching within Entrepreneurship: how to promote the entrepreneruial spirit” (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

”Entrepreneurship that Matters: Venture Opportunities at the Intersection of Money and Meaning"
-  Professor  Jill Kickul, New York University, Stern Business School, USA

-  Professor  Adriana Calvelli, University of Naples Parthenope , Italy

”Entrepreneurship and Imagination”
-  Professor Daniel Hjorth, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

"Experiencing playing in entrepreneurship education"
-  Professor Caroline Verzat, Advancia, France

- Chair: Alain Fayolle, Em Lyon Business School, France

12.00-13.30

Paper session 1:
- Theme “Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Alain Fayolle, Em Lyon Business School, France (Room 7)
- Theme “Entrepreneurship Education and Learning“,Chair: Mario Sorrentino, Second University of Naples, Italy (Room 8)
- Theme “Enviromental Conditions and Entrepreneurship” , Chair:  Virgínia Trigo, ISCTE Business School, Portugal  (Room 9)

13.30-14.30

Lunch (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

13.30 – 14.30  Scientific committee meeting

14.30-16.00

Paper session 2
- Theme “Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Anna Gervasoni, LIUC University of Castellanza, Italy (Room 7)
- Theme “Family Entrepreneurship“,Chair: Rosario Faraci, University of Catania, Italy (Room 8)
- Theme “Enviromental Conditions and Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Matteo Savino, University of Sannio, Italy (Room 9)

16.00-16.30

Coffee Break (outside the paper session rooms)

16:30-18.00

Paper session 3

- Theme “Academic Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Tõnis Mets, University of Tartu, Estonia (Room 7)
- Theme “Entrepreneurship Education and Learning “,Chair: Jill Kickul, New York University, Stern Business School, USA (Room 8)
- Theme “Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Behaviour”, Chair: Paolo Ricci, University of Sannio, Italy (Room 9)

18.00 – 19.00

Phd course: Methodological session: “Methodological landscape from the               perspective of a Scandinavian qualitative methodology orientation
(Aula Magna  “Ciardiello”)
  -Daniel Hjorth
 •  compulsory to all PhD course participants

18.00 – 18.45 Social activity: Visit to the Museum of Sannio Province

19.00 – 22.00

Social activity: Show of the National Dance Academy of Beijing (event of the              Cultural Festival ”Città Spettacolo”) at the theatre and dinner in a typical eatery         of the town centre

Friday 11 September

8.00 – 9.30 Doctoral programme faculty meeting (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”)

9.30-12.00

Plenary session: “Publishing in International Journals: how to write for a top rating Review” (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

- Key note speaker: Professor Rosario Faraci, Co-Editor, Journal of Management and Governance
- Key note speaker: Professor Omprakash K. Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management and AIMS International Journal of Management
- Key note speaker: Professor Carlo Salvato, Co-Editor, Family Business Review
- Key note speaker: Professor Maurizio Zollo, Editor-in-Chief, European Management Review 
- Key note speaker: Professor Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal

- Chair: Arturo Capasso, University of Sannio, Italy

12.00-13.30

Paper session 4
- Theme “Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Giovanni Battista Dagnino, University of Catania, Italy (Room 7)
- Theme “Entrepreneurship Education and Learning “,Chair: Caroline Verzat, Advancia, France (Room 8)
- Theme “Entrepreneurial Process”, Chair: Roberto Parente, University of Salerno, Italy (Room 9)

13.30-14.30

Lunch (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

14.30-16.00

Paper session 5:
- Theme “Methodological challences in Entrepreneurship Research”, Chair: Anna Grandori, Bocconi University of Milan, Italy (Room 7)
- Theme “Entrepreneurship caratheristics“, Chair: Spyros Vliamos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Room 8)
- Theme “Enviromental Conditions and Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Francisco Liñán, University of Seville, Spain (Room 9)

16.00-16.30

Coffee Break (outside the paper session rooms)

16.30-18.00

Paper session 6:
- Theme “Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship”, Chair: Omprakash K. Gupta, University of Houston-Downtown, USA (Room 7)

18.00 – 24.00

Social activity: Visit by night to the city of Naples, dinner on the wonderful                   seaside and walking to the Elton John free concert (event of the Cultural                   Festival ”Piedigrotta”)  

Saturday 12 September

9.30-12.00

Plenary session: “Researching within Entrepreneurship: Methodological Challenges and emerging Issues from the Literature” (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

- Key note speaker: Professor Anna Grandori, Bocconi University of Milan, Italy
- Key note speaker: Professor Mathew J. Manimala, Indian Insitute of Management of Bangalore, India
- Key note speaker: Professor Aard Groen, University of Twente, the Netherlands
- Key note speaker: Professor David Watkins, Southampton Solent University, UK
- Key note speaker: Professor Giuseppe Zollo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

- Chair: Eugenio Corti, CEO of European Centre  for Space Applications (ECSA), Italy

12.00-12.30

Coffee Break (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

12.30-14.30

Panel discussion: “How to improve the ESU Program from the PhD student             perspective” (Aula Magna “Ciardiello”):

- Discussants: the different working groups of the PhD students

- Chair: Benoit Gailly, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

14.30-15.30

Lunch (ground floor Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences)

18.30 – 23.30

Social activity: Visit by night to the Royal Palace of Caserta and Bourbon Dinner       at the Palace

Sunday 13 September

8.30 – 20.30

Social activity: Visit  by boat to the Amalfi Coast

Tentative Paper Session Themes:

  1. Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship
  2. Entrepreneurship Education and Learning
  3. Enviromental Conditions and Entrepreneurship
  4. Academic Entrepreneurship
  5. Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Behaviour
  6. Family Entrepreneurship
  7. Entrepreneurship characteristics
  8. Entrepreneurial Process
  9. Methodological challenges in Entrepreneurship Research
  10. Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

 

ESU 2009: Benevento, Italy

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