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For additional information please refer to the 2013 ACERE Handbook

Proceedings

ISBN: 978-1-921897-55-9

Conference: 2013 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange ACERE, Feb 6-8, 2013, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Authors had the option of having their FULL paper double blind peer reviewed.  Papers included in the Proceedings that are marked with an *asterisks, were double blind reviewed by an international panel of reviewers.

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Delegates

The delegate contact list can be downloaded here.  This link is password protected and is only available to conference delegates if you wish to view the conference proceedings please email acereconference@qut.edu.au

Keynote speakers

Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, USA.

To view this keynote address please visit the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research ACE iTunes U site

Meet the editors

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

Professor Per Davidsson, Director & Talbot Family Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE),  Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Award winners

Award for Outstanding Paper on International Entrepreneurship:

‘Effectual networking during the internationalization process of SMEs‘

SYLVIE CHETTY AND TAMARA GULKINA

Sponsored by IE-Scholars

Award for Outstanding Paper on Small Enterprise Research:

‘Alternative Modes of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Exploitation: The Case of Inter-Organizational Projects‘

RENE BAKKER

Sponsored by Small Enterprise Association of Australia & New Zealand (SEAANZ)

Award for Best Empirical Paper using Qualitative Methods:

‘On the Resource Foundations and Triggers of Lucky Events ‘

MARTIN BLIEMEL

Sponsored by the University of Adelaide

Award for Best Empirical Paper using Quantitative Methods:

‘The Interplay of CEO Self-Efficacy, A Firm’s Effectual Orientation and Performance’

DOROTHEA WERHAHN AND MALTE BRETTEL

Sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology

Research, Policy and Public Agency Forum

Facilitated by the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) this forum focused on the impacts on small firms of public policy development and implementation and featuring presenters from research institutions and public agency units; and covered topics related to delivery and assessment of entrepreneurship and SME policy initiatives and discussion of processes to enhance cooperation between practitioners, researchers and government in dealing with the impacts of policy; development of a tangible outcome in the form of SEAANZ discussion document on policy impacts for small business in Queensland.

The presenters at this forum were:

Professor Thierry Volery, Director of the Swiss Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, University of St Gallen, Switzerland and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Perth.

Professor Lorelle Frazer, Dean, Learning and Technology, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane.

Dr Michael Schaper, Deputy Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Canberra.

Professor David Deakins, Professor of Small Business and Director of New Zealand Centre for SME Research, School of Management, Massey University, NZ.

Professor Brian Gibson, Director Research and Curriculum Development, TOP Education Institute, Sydney and Director, International Accounting Program, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Important Dates

Full paper submission deadline: 20 November

Educational Forum/Industry Forum Submission Deadline: 10 December

Application for Doctoral Consortium: 10 December

PDWs Submission Deadline: 10 December

Registration Early-Bird Price: 21 December

 

ACERE 2024 Program Schedule

Doctoral Consortium (Monday 5th February all day)

Paper Development Workshops (Tuesday 6th February – 9am – 3pm)

Educators/Industry Forum (Tuesday 6th February – 9am – 3pm)

Main Conference (Tuesday 6th (from 3:30 pm), Wednesday 7th (all day), Thursday 8th (all day) – Conference begins at 3:30 pm on Tuesday 6th)

Social events

Welcome Drinks at The Old Clare Hotel, Tuesday 6th February, 5:30-7:00 PM

Gala Event and Awards at MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)- Wednesday, 7th February, 6:30-10:30 PM

 Closing drinks at Aerial Conference Centre Thursday 8th February 5-6 PM

Testimonials

As a first-time participant and a new doctoral student just 6 months in, the conference has been extremely useful for me in terms of my own personal learning and in meeting new, liked-minded individuals. I would definitely encourage more of my friends to apply the conference in the future.


Participant in 2023 Edition of ACERE