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WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIUM Troesh Research Conference, 2022 What to do with rejections, 2022 Advancing Theory Building in Entrepreneurship, 2020 Advancing theory development in entrepreneurship research, 2019 Theory development in entrepreneurship research, 2018 Real options and strategic entrepreneurship, 2018 The pursuit of innovation, 2016 Venture capital investments under uncertainty, 2014 Can entrepreneurship save capitalism? AOM ENT Plenary session, 2013 International entrepreneurship PDW, 2011 Real options symposium, 2010 Venture capital bilateral flow intensity data Book list for PhD students in Strategy ***** Troesh Research Coference, Las Vegas, 2022 A panel of distinuished scholars share their thoughts on the future of entreprenuership. Top ***** What to do with rejections? 2022, AOM Symposium, Seattle Rejection is part of the academic life, yet how to handle rejections is seldom discussed, and how to turn a rejected paper into a better and even publishable paper is largely ignored. At the same time, some of the influential papers that have been published have gone through rejections, sometimes multiple ones. We thus raise the question: How do we as researchers and journal editors/reviewers handle rejections? Panelists: Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School Melissa Graebner, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Peter Klein, Baylor University Yong Li, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Hart Posen, University of Wisconsin Madison Laszlo Tihanyi, Rice University Top ***** Advancing Theory Building in Entrepreneurship, 2020, Research Symposium Our goal is to distill lessons from the specific personal experiences of scholars and illustrate how to employ various approaches to advancing theory building (or knowledge creation broadly) in entrepreneurship. Panelists: Rajshree Agarwal, U. of Maryland Jay B. Barney, U. of Utah Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School Melissa Graebner, University of Illinois Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Saras Sarasvathy, U. of Virginia Shaker A. Zahra, U. of Minnesota Top ***** Advancing theory development in entrepreneurship research, 2019 AOM, Boston Despite the growth of entrepreneurship research, theory development has remained a key concern, with some scholars arguing that much of the research is atheoertical or that theory building/development is somewhat ad hoc and largely pre-paradigmatic. The goal of this Symposium is to shed light on how to advance theory development in entrepreneurship. Specifically, the Symposium seeks to address three broad questions. First, given the pre-paradigmatic stage of theory building and development in entrepreneurship, how do we extend and refine current theories to enhance our understanding of entrepreneurship? Second, how do we use various approaches to develop new ideas or theories? Third, what can we learn from the personal journeys of accomplished scholars in developing new theories? Co-Chair: Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Shaker A. Zahra, U. of Minnesota Presenters: Rajshree Agarwal, U. of Maryland Jay B. Barney, U. of Utah James O. Fiet, U. of Louisville William B. Gartner, Babson College Saras Sarasvathy, U. of Virginia Andrew H. Van de Ven, U. of Minnesota AOM Symposium, Boston, 2019 Top ***** Theory development in entrepreneurship research, 2018 AOM, Chicago As the entrepreneurship field grows, so does the need to advance theory for better description, explanation, and prediction of entrepreneurship phenomena. Theory development has been hampered sometimes by the tendency among scholars to seek theoretical novelty and the pressure in academic journals for empirical research to make theoretical contributions. The overarching goal of the workshop is to discuss how to enhance theory development in entrepreneurship. The workshop also offers a platform for a dialogue with our distinguished scholars about the future directions in theoretical entrepreneurship research. Chair: Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Panelists: Sharon Alvarez, U. of Pittsburgh Nicolai J. Foss, Bocconi U. Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M U. / Texas Christian U. Peter G. Klein, Baylor U. Moren Levesque, York U. Shaker A Zahra, U. of Minnesota Top ***** Real options and strategic entrepreneurship, 2018 AOM, Chicago Real options theory as one of the more generalizable theories in management can be applied to a wide range of core entrepreneurship issues such as the decision to become an entrepreneur and the decision to finance a new venture. Yet, with few exceptions, real options theory has not worked its way into the entrepreneurship filed as in other fields such as strategic management. In this workshop, we discuss how real options theory can be applied to offer unique insights into entrepreneurship phenomena and how it can help enhance the theory development in entrepreneurship. Organizers: Tim Folta, U. of Connecticut Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Joseph T. Mahoney, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Panelists: David Audretsch, Indiana U. Tailan Chi, U. of Kansas Lenos Trigeorgis, King's College London and U. of Cyprus Top ***** The pursuit of innovation, Symposium, 2016 AOM, Anaheim, CA Organizers: Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Participants: Gautam Ahuja, University of Michigan Ashish Arora, Duke University Dean Shepherd, Indiana University Top ***** Real options symposium, 2010 AOM, Montreal Real options theory has emerged as an important theoretical tool for strategy and entrepreneurship. This symposium attempts to move forward theoretical and empirical research in real options by joining this theory with other organization economics theories and models to offer insights into key issues in strategy and entrepreneurship. Download slides. Presenters: Jaideep Anand, Ohio State U. Carliss Baldwin, Harvard U. Jay Barney, Ohio State U. Timothy Folta, Purdue U. Bruce Kogut, Columbia U. Nalin Kulatilaka, Boston U. Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Joseph Mahoney, U. of Illinois Top ***** International entrepreneurship PDW, 2011 AOM, San Antonio Organizers: Yong Li, U. of Nevada Las Vegas Shaker Zahra, U. of Minnesota Presenters: Sondos Abdelgawad, ESADE Susan Hill, London School of Economics Markku V. J. Maula, Aalto U. Patricia McDougall-Covin, Indiana U. Harry Sapienza, U. of Minnesota Mike Wright, U. of Nottingham Top ***** Entrepreneurship and capitalism: The role of social entrepreneurship and institutions. Slides presented at the 2013 AOM Entrepreneurship Division Plenary Session, Can Entrepreneurship Save Capitalism? Orlando, FL Download slides. Organizers: Shaker Zahra, U. of Minnesota Harry Sapienza, U. of Minnesota Top ***** Venture Capital Investments Under Uncertainty Discussed the implications of my research on venture capital practice. China Venture Capital Forum, 2014. Shenzhen Top ***** Venture capital bilateral flow intensity data (TBA) Top