First Speaker Announced – ICSB World Congress 2020

First Speaker Announced – ICSB World Congress 2020

First Speaker Announced – ICSB World Congress 2020

Monday, December 23, 2019

First Speaker Announced – ICSB World Congress 2020

Monday, December 23, 2019

ICSB is excited to announce our First Keynote Speaker at the ICSB World Congress in Paris!

Please visit the official ICSB 2020 World Congress website for conference information, registration, and paper submission.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Herman Aguinis, Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar, professor of management, and chairperson of the Department of Management at the George Washington University, was named to the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group annual list of highly cited researchers. Dr. Aguinis earned his place among the elite group of 6,216 researchers from nearly 60 nations and across 21 scientific fields as one of the 116 most influential business and economics researchers in the world.

The list identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers in the past decade ranking in the top one percent by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers.

Dr. Aguinis has also been elected for the presidency track of the Academy of Management (AOM) and is serving as AOM Vice President & Program Chair, President-Elect, President, and Past President during 2019-2023.

Dr. Aguinis has published nine books and more than 160 journal articles. His research addresses the acquisition and deployment of talent in organizations and organizational research methods. Recent projects address star performance, corporate social responsibility & business sustainability, domestic and international workforce diversity, leadership, staffing, training and development, performance management, and innovative methodological approaches for developing and testing theories.

His professional and life agenda is to have an impact on the academic community, but also on society at large. For more information, visit www.hermanaguinis.com.

The Little Startup That Could: How to Think Strategically and Grow

The Little Startup That Could: How to Think Strategically and Grow

The Little Startup That Could

Monday, December 23, 2019

The Little Startup That Could

Monday, December 23, 2019

How to Think Strategically and Grow

Small business success is rarely overnight. The time and commitment to bring a great idea to life takes immense amounts of sweat equity and support from people you trust. While launching a successful product can be exhilarating – the work that follows to generate growth can be daunting.

Once your product is launched, how can you make your brand stand out from more established players?

New research titled “Charting the Growth Journey” from GS1 US, an information standards organization that helps brands identify their products for commerce, offers some insightful tips and considerations for startups like yours. Ask yourself these three key questions to be sure you are on your way to steady, sustainable growth.

Do you have something unique to offer?

Many small brands are successful because they have found a niche. Unique products not found anywhere else are likely to resonate with consumers and retailers. Many of them are launched to make a positive impact on society. For example, foods that are made with clean ingredients or a line of organic body care are popular with emerging generations of conscious shoppers. (Read more…)

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Save the Date – ICSB World Congress 2020 in Paris, France

Save the Date – ICSB World Congress 2020 in Paris, France

ICSB World Congress in Paris, France

Friday, December 20, 2019

ICSB World Congress in Paris, France

Friday, December 20, 2019

“L’Exposition Universelle of Entrepreneurship”

The International Council for Small Business (ICSB), IPAG and ESSCA, in collaboration with OECD and UNCTAD, are proud to announce the 65th ICSB World Congress from the 7th to the 10th July 2020, in Paris, France.

Please visit our website for more information, registration, and paper submission.

From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

By Jeffrey J. McNally, Panagiotis Piperopoulos, Dianne H. B. Welsh,Thomas Mengel, Maha Tantawy & Nikolaos Papageorgiadis

Originally published online: 13 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

Although course syllabi serve a variety of important roles in higher education contexts, they are largely overlooked in management education research. We propose that educators can influence the attitudes of learners toward their courses through the andragogical design of learner-centered syllabi, before they even meet with their students in class. We review social entrepreneurship syllabi from universities from around the world. Our findings demonstrate that, over time, there has been a move from instructor-oriented to more learner-centered teaching philosophies. Further, we demonstrate that educators can influence the attitudes of learners toward their courses before classes even begin. Implications for entrepreneurship education theory and practice are discussed.

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From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

“Jack-of-all-trades” with passion: Keener to pursue startup in a team?

By Yingzhao Xiao,Marta K. Dowejko, Kevin Au & Anna J. C. Hsu

Originally published online: 13 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

This study tests the thesis of the “jack-of-all-trades” – whether individuals with a variety of skills are more likely to pursue entrepreneurship – at the early stage of venture formation. We also investigate if entrepreneurial passion would heighten the effect of a variety of skills to make would-be entrepreneurs keener to pursue the startup process and form new venture teams. Taking advantage of a 10-month entrepreneurship training project, we tested our propositions with a longitudinal sample of 215 participating waged employees. The findings show that skill variety positively influenced participants to form teams for new venturing in the program, and such effect was stronger among passionate individuals. Implications of the findings for human capital theory and entrepreneurial practice are discussed.

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From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

The potential of internal social capital in organizations: An assessment of past research and suggestions for the future

By Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso, Amaia Maseda, Txomin Iturralde, Sharon M. Danes & Gloria Aparicio

Originally published online: 13 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

This study’s purpose was to synthesize the structure and content of the internal social capital (ISC) literature within business management refereed journals from 1989 to 2017 and to propose future directions for study. Performance indicators, bibliographic coupling, and content analysis were used to conduct the literature review. One hundred twenty-eight documents were organized in eight conceptual theme clusters addressing ISC’s definition, structure and behavioral dynamics, function of bonding, capacity building, and culture setting. The review also addressed performance enhancements and constraints that emanate out of ISC processes. In addition, it addressed the unique contextual ISC relevance of the family influence in family businesses. Gaps in the literature are discussed and a series of future research directions are posed for each of the eight thematic clusters that evolved from the literature review analysis.

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From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

Satisfaction of entrepreneurs: A comparison between founders and family business successors

By Giancarlo Lauto, Daniel Pittino & Francesca Visintin

Originally published online: 13 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

Although a substantial body of literature compares the job satisfaction of employees to that of the self-employed, scholars rarely take into account the heterogeneity of the latter population. We compare the level and the drivers of job satisfaction of founders and successors in family businesses. Building on the notion of procedural utility, which entails the gratification that individuals experience in the process of performing a task, we find that job satisfaction and perceived discretion in decision making is lower for successors. We also find that perceived discretion fully mediates the relationship between mode of entry into entrepreneurship and job satisfaction.

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From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

Entrepreneurial team formation and evolution in technology ventures: Looking beyond the top management team

By Ayna Yusubova, Petra Andries & Bart Clarysse

Originally published online: 15 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

Drawing on a stage-based and knowledge-based view, this study investigates the process of team evolution in technology ventures, paying attention to top managers and other team members. In-depth analysis of six cases shows that team evolution is linked to the changing knowledge needs technology ventures face when proceeding through different development stages. In each stage, they add (1) complementary or (2) more of the same knowledge to their existing knowledge base by hiring top managers as well as non-top management employees, and redirect team members whose knowledge is no longer crucial. In particular, the study highlights the crucial role of non-top management employees for technology ventures’ development.

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The price of a disadvantaged location: Regional variation in the price and supply of short-term credit to SMEs in the UK

By Marc Cowling, Neil Lee & Elisa Ughetto

Originally published online: 19 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

Access to inexpensive short-term credit from banks is vital for many small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which face liquidity problems because of an imbalance between cash outflows and receipt of outstanding payments. This article investigates the key determinants of short-term credit access and pricing for UK SMEs, disentangling between regional effects and firm-specific effects (that is, credit risk ratings). We use a large dataset of 30,183 responses to six waves of the SME Finance Monitor survey. While there are underlying differences at the firm level in risk behavior across regions, our key finding is that, faced with the same risk, banks do react fairly to funding applications in terms of access but not price at the regional level. We conclude that regional differences directly and indirectly affect the way banks allocate and price short-term credit. There is evidence of a peripheral region price penalty.

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From pedagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the Millennial learner

CEO learning goal orientation and firm innovation: The mechanism and boundary conditions

By Cuilian Zhang & Hui Wang

Originally published online: 19 Nov 2019

ABSTRACT

This study explores how and when chief executive officer (CEO) learning goal orientation affects firm innovation. A sample of 164 small and medium-sized firms in China, with 164 CEOs and 488 top management team (TMT) members, reveals that CEO learning goal orientation exerts positive influences on firm innovation. TMT learning goal orientation mediates this link. Environmental uncertainty and TMT centralization moderate both the direct effect of CEO learning goal orientation on TMT learning goal orientation and the indirect, mediated effect of CEO learning goal orientation on firm innovation through TMT learning goal orientation. Therefore, the effects are amplified at high environmental uncertainty or low TMT centralization.

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