Entrepreneurship & Strategy IG

Dumb Money or Smart Money? Meta-analytically Unpacking Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Performance

Established corporations, such as Intel, Amazon, Google, or Johnson & Johnson, have played a pivotal role in startup fundraising in recent decades. Despite the surge in the volume of CVC…

E&S Insights Webinar: Strategy in Nascent Markets

Release date: November 16, 2020 Speaker: Kathleen Eisenhardt (Stanford University) Description: For our sixth webinar in the E&S Insights Series featured Kathleen Eisenhardt (Stanford University). Kathleen will discuss her recent…

Meeting the Needs of SMEs in the Emerging Market Context

by Juliet Oriaifo, Rui Torres de Oliveira and Kimberly M. Ellis Emerging markets are known for their undeveloped market-based institutions. In these markets, firms, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs),…

When capital does not matter in business creation

by Kim Marie Bischoff Have you ever thought about starting your own business? If yes, have you thought about money that you need for the business? Have you maybe even…

E&S Research Seminar Series – Does Government Fund the Best Entrepreneurial Ventures? The Case of the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Release date: September 2, 2020 Speakers: Supradeep Dutta, Timothy Folta, and Jenna Rodrigues Description: In this seminar, Timothy Folta (University of Connecticut) presented his paper “Does Government Fund the Best…

E&S Research Seminar Series – Should We Attribute Exceptional Success to Skill or to Luck? Empirical Evidence from Entertainment, Innovation, Auto Racing, and Firm Performance

Release date: August 19, 2020 Speakers: Chengwei Liu (ESMT Berlin, Germany) and Henrich Greve (INSEAD) Description: In this session, Chengwei Liu (ESMT Berlin, Germany) presents his paper “Should We Attribute…

E&S Research Seminar Series – Spanning Two Worlds?: Corporate Accelerators and Corporate Venture Capital in Innovation Portfolios

Release date: August 5, 2020 Speakers: Sheryl Winston Smith (BI Norwegian) and Christopher Tucci (Imperial College London) Descriptions: In this seminar, Sheryl Winston Smith (BI Norwegian) presented her paper “Spanning…

The Story behind the SEJ Special Issue on “Catalyzing Change and Innovation in Women’s Entrepreneurship”

By Candida Brush Every research effort has a good background story, and here is ours. Last year, we attended the June 2019 Diana International Research Conference at Babson College, Wellesley, Mass.[1] The…

Do Differences Among Accelerators Explain Differences in the Performance of Member Ventures?

by Chien Sheng Richard Chan, Pankaj C. Patel & Phillip H. Phan Since Y-Combinator was founded in 2005, the business accelerator phenomenon has become a major tool to support innovation,…

E&S Research Seminar Series – Implications of Priority Access in Markets with Experts: Evidence from Online Marketplace Lending

Release date: July 8, 2020 Speakers: Anparasan Mahalingam (Purdue University) and Gary Dushnitsky (London Business School) Description: In this seminar, Anparasan Mahalingam (Purdue University) presented his paper “Implications of Priority…