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The ACERE conference continues a series of conferences that was initiated by Professor Murray Gillin and inspired by the BCERC (Babson) conference in the US. These conferences were organised annually by Swinburne University (and co-hosts around Australia and New Zealand) under the label “AGSE IERE”. Information about and material from past ACERE (2012 and onwards) and AGSE IERE conferences (2004-2011)  is available on request.

Testimonies from some past Delegates

Peter Balan, University of South Australia

I gained a great deal from this session, particularly the need to properly frame the paper (and any paper), and ways to link my research to the theory. In addition, the discussion helped me to work out a “template” that I can apply to a number of research ideas that I have vaguely been thinking about. This was a really valuable session for me, and it helped me to finish the conference on a very high note.

Erin Castellas, Monash University

As a first year PhD, I had no idea how invaluable it would be to learn from others, gain insight into the research process, gain valuable feedback, and network in a very supportive environment. I’m so glad that I came and hope to see you next year. Well done on hosting a great event.

Retha Scheepers, University, the Sunshine Coast

I’d just like to thank you again for the great conference – We learnt so much from all the different sessions, the experts and it was great to be able to get personal feedback.

Vidhula Venugopal, Doctoral Candidate, Indian Institute

Thank you for providing doctoral students like me a wonderful opportunity to showcase their work and ideas as well as get invaluable insights into academia and research through the sessions and interactions. I found the Doctoral Consortium and the PDW especially helpful. The first one provided me good feedback on my work and the PDW really helped me in understanding how a paper had to be structured and how Editors looked at one.

Sharon Simmons, PhD Candidate

It was amazing how much mentorship was embedded into the consortium and conference. I truly do believe that I gained tremendous value from attending the conference. Thank you all so much for sharing.

Brian King, PhD, Professor – HEC Montréal

This was my first time at the Acere conference, and I was impressed. A small group of highly engaged scholars. Well organized, multi-track meetings that ran on schedule. Fun social evenings. Topped off by a highly valued Paper Development Workshop that provided wonderful feedback. Well worth the long trip to Western Australia!


2014

For additional information please refer to the  2014 ACERE Handbook

Proceedings:

Published by Queensland University of Technology
Edited by Per Davidsson
ISBN 978-1-921897-96-2

Conference: 2014 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange ACERE, Feb 4-7, 2014, UNSW, Australia.

Authors had the option of having their FULL paper double blind peer reviewed.  Papers included in the Proceedings that are marked with an 2 asterisks**, were double blind reviewed by an international panel of reviewers.

To access the 2014 Conference proceedings please click here.  The proceedings are password protected for delegate viewing only.  For assistance please email acereconference@qut.edu.au.

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 & Panellists:

An exceptional line up of panellists are confirmed for the 2014 ACERE Conference including Dean Shepherd, Joe Cheng, Per Davidsson and Frederic Delmar all highly qualified Reviewer-Chairs for the “Professional Development Sessions” that are planned. In addition Suresh Kumar, Founder & Executive Chairman, NexAge Technologies USA Inc has organised a special workshop on “Bridging the Divides between Academics, Practice, and Policy in Entrepreneurship”.

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

2014 Award winners:

Award for Best Empirical Paper Applying Quantitative Methods

Carina Lomberg, Diemo Urbig, Christoph Stockman, Lou Marino

“Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Dimensions’ Unique, Bilaterally Shared, and Commonly Shared Contributions to Explaining Firm Performance.”

Sponsored by Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, QUT Business School

 Award for Best Empirical Paper Applying Qualitative Methods

Sabine Müller

“How spatial context influences entrepreneurial value creation: A multiple case study.”

Sponsored by UNSW, Australia

Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Early Career Academic

Fabrice Cavarretta, Nathan Furr

“Means, Variability, and Extremes: Reinterpreting the Role of Resources in New Ventures.”

Sponsored by Swinburne University of Technology

Award for Foundational and Pioneering Contributions and Services to the Entrepreneurship Research Community in Australia and Beyond

Murray Gillin AM

 


2013 

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.

The conference proceedings are contained in a zip folder.  To access please click here, download and save to your computer.  Need help with extracting files from a zip folders.  For assistance please email acereconference@qut.edu.au.

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.

 


 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.

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

 

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 AN 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


2011

Maritz, Alex (ed.), 2011, Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology.

ISBN 978-0-9803328-7-2 (CD-ROM )

Conference: 8th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 1-4, 2011, AGSE, Swinburne University, Australia.

Upon request by author, both the Abstracts and Full Papers could be double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.

Keynote Speaker: Professor David Audretsch and Professor Tom Lumpkin

On-Line Proceedings


2010

Langan Fox, Janice (ed.) 2010 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2010, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 978-0-9803328-6-5 (CD-ROM)

Conference: 7th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 2-5, 2010, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Upon request by author, both the Abstracts and Full Papers could be double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Candida Brush, Professor Dean Shepherd and Professor Per Davidsson

On-line Proceedings http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2010/


2009

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2009 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2009, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 978-0-9803328-5-8 (CD-ROM)

Conference: 6th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 3-6, 2009, ECIC, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Sara Carter and Professor Bill Bygrave

On-line Proceedings http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2009/


2008

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2008 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 978-0-9803328-3-4 (CD-ROM)

Conference: 5th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 5-8, 2008, AGSE, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Julio de Castro, Professor Patricia McDougall, Professor Helle Neergaard and Professor Andrew Zacharakis

On-line Proceedings  http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2008/


2007

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2007 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 978-0-9803328-0-3 (CD-ROM)

Conference: 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 6-9, 2007, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Zoltan Acs, Professor Michael Frese and Professor Dean Shepherd

On-line Proceedings  http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2007/

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers. Papers are published in full on the CD-ROM.


2006

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2006 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 0 85590 807 6

Conference: 3rd International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 7-10, 2006, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand.

Keynote Speakers: Ella Henry, Professor Kathleen Allen, Professor David Storey and Professor Paul Reynolds

On-line Proceedings  http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2006/

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers.


2005

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2005 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN: 0 85590 809 2

Conference: 2nd International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 1-4, 2005, AGSE, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Per Davidsson, Dr Shai Vyakarnam and Professor Dean Shepherd

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers.


2004

Gillin, L. Murray (ed.) 2004 Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004, The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

ISBN 0 85590 807 6

Conference: Inaugural AGSE – Babson International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Feb 3-6, 2004, AGSE – Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Keynote Speakers: Professor Bill Bygrave

Both the Abstracts and Full Papers were double blind reviewed by an international Panel of reviewers.

 

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