2012

For additional information please refer to the 2012 ACERE DIANA Program Handbook (PDF 3.7mb)

Proceedings

ISBN 9780646572673 (CD-ROM )

Conference: 2012 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research and DIANA Conference (ACERE DIANA), Feb 3-5, 2012, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia.

Authors had the option of having their FULL paper double blind peer reviewed. Papers listed in this document (PDF 587kb), marked with an *asterisks, were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.

Delegates

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Keynote speakers

Professor Dean Shepherd, Randall L. Tobias Chair in Leadership, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA

Dr Patricia Greene, President’s Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Co-Founder, Diana Project, Center for Women’s Business Research, Board Member, IC2 Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

To view these keynote addresses please visit the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research ACE iTunes U site

Meet the editors

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Award winners

Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Early Career Academic:

ANNA JENKINS (Jönköping International Business School)

Sponsored by University of Notre Dame

Award for Outstanding Contribution by and Early Career Academic:

AMIE KUSUMAWARDHANI (University Of Wollongong)

Sponsored by Swinburne University

Award for Outstanding Paper on International Entrepreneurship:

‘Entrepreneurial Business Model Innovation for Globalizing New Ventures: Small Country Cases‘

TONIS METS (University of Tartu) and URMAS VARBLANE

Sponsored by IE-Scholars

Award for Best Empirical Paper using Qualitative Methods:

‘The influence of human and social capital in defining the prospects of the young female entrepreneur‘

CAROLINE O’KANE (University of Ulster), PAURIC McGOWAN and SARAH COOPER

Sponsored by University of Adelaide, Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University

Award for Best Empirical Paper using Quantitative Methods:

‘A sequence analytic model of entrepreneurial discovery and exploitation processes‘

SCOTT R GORDON (Queensland University of Technology)

Sponsored by Queensland University of Technology, Curtin University and University of Western Australia

Award for Outstanding Paper on Entrepreneurship and Gender:

‘Entrepreneurship as Emancipation: Dream or Reality for Female Entrepreneurs?’

MANELY SHARIFIAN (University Of Alberta), DEVEREAUX JENNINGS and JENNIFER JENNINGS

Sponsored by Babson College