Conference Check-in Open in SUB II (3rd Floor Lobby)

Opening Session in Front Ballroom

Welcome Remarks: Professors Mahesh & Joshi

Opening Remarks, Provost Peter Stearns

Opening Presentation: (Starting at 8:30AM)

Context Matters: Institutions and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Peter J. Boettke

BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University Professor, Department of Economics

9:15 - 9:30 AM

9:30 - 10:45 AM

Plenary Session I: Middle Ballroom: 20 minutes per speaker

PS-I-a: Entrepreneurship Capacity: The critical catalyzing resource

Audretsch, David, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany

Heblich, Stephan, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany

Monson, Erik, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany

PS-I-b: Institutional Logics: A Multilevel Analysis of Gender and Business Creation across 11 Countries.

Amanda Elam, Babson College, Wellesley, MA

Siri Terjesen, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

PS-I-c: The effects of New Media on the Nature of Learning in Entrepreneurial Production Firms in the Entertainment Industry

Mary Pat McEnure, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Ellen A. Drost, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

11:00 - 12:15 PM

Plenary Session II: Back Ballrom

PS-II-a: Influence of Founder-CEO's Personal Values on Firm Performance: Moderating Effects of Firm Age and Size

Yan Ling, School of Management, George Mason University

Hao Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Robert A. Baron, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

PS-II-b: Professional Users as a Source of Innovation: The role of Physician Innovation in the Medical Device Industry

Aaron K. Chatterji, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC

Kira Fabrizio, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

PS-II-c: A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship

Sameeksha Desai, Max Planck Institute of Economics and University of Missouri

Zoltan J. Acs, School of Public Policy, George Mason University and Max Planck Institute of Economics

Lunch and Networking: Front Ballroom

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Plenary Session III: Front Ballroom

Welcome Address: President Alan G. Merten

Introduction to Keynote Speaker: Dean Richard Klimoski

Keynote Address: Professor Sankaran Venkataraman, Editor Journal of Business Venturing, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia

2:15 - 3:30 PM

Breakout Sessions I (Groups A, B, and C):

Group A will be in Rooms 1 & 2

B-I-A-1: Developing an Intelligent Transportation System in the National Capital Region

Junyang Yuan, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

B-I-A-2: Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates And Entrepreneurs

Scott Jackson, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

B-I-A-3: The California coverage and cost Control Act: Economic and Small Business Effects

Bruce Phillips, NFIB Research Foundation, Washington, D.C.

B-I-A-4: Health and Medical Education and Information: 21st Century Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Philip C. Scibilia, Drew University, Madison, NJ and Strategic Healthcom, LLC

Group B will be in Rooms 3 & 4

B-I-B-1: Family Attributes and Business Owner Competences

Wee Liang Tan, Singapore Management University

Hun-bin Ding, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD

B-I-B-2: The Entrepreneurial Process: an Environmental Entrepreneurship Perspective

Petru Sandu, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

B-I-B-3: Lessons from a failed start-up: The case of Nordic Energy Inc.

Giles Jackson, Byrd School of Business, Shenandoah University, VA

B-I-B-4: Interorganizational Networks and Firms in Transition: The Moderating Role of Efficiency and Uncertainty

Nacef Mouri, School of Management, George Mason University

Group C will be in Back Ballroom

B-I-C-1: Mental Models, Decision Making, and Performance Heterogeneity in New Product Launch Boom and Bust Dynamics

Michael Shayne Gary, Australian Graduate School of Management, and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC

Robert E. Wood Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia

B-I-C-2: The Entrepreneur’s Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?

Simon C. Parker, Durham University, United Kingdom

C. Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

B-I-C-3: Reverse Internationalization: A Strategy For Going International From Emerging Markets

Sean M. Hackett, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

David M. Dilts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

B-I-C-4: Bridging Two Worlds: The Challenges of Transnational Business Incubation

Liesl Riddle, School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington DC

George A. Hrivnak Jr., School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington DC

Breakout Sessions II (Groups D, E, and F):

Group D will be in Rooms 1 & 2

B-II-D-1: Innovation within a Regional Trade Preference Program: The role of networking and non R&D inputs in low & medium technology manufacturing

Juan Julio Gutierrez, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

B-II-D-2: Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Role of Technology

Sidhartha R. Das, School of Management, George Mason University

Maheshkumar P. Joshi, School of Management, George Mason University

B-II-D-3: Does Culture Affect How Government Regulates Entrepreneurs?

Steven Michael, Schoen Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL

Candace Agrella Martinez, Boeing Institute of International Business, St. Louis University, Cook School of Business

B-II-D-4: Regulatory Stringency, Green Production Offsets and Organizations' Financial Performance

Nicole Darnall, George Mason University

Group E will be in Rooms 3 & 4

B-II-E: Roundtable Topic Discussion on Teaching Entrepreneurship: Connecting Entrepreneurship Class with Practice: A Perspective from the Practitioners

Skip West, Maxsa Innovations, Springfield, VA and George Mason University

Jim Wolfe, J Street Consulting, Washington, DC and George Mason University

Sunil Shrestha, Universolutions, LLC, Springfield, VA and George Mason University

Robert E. Gaudian, Mediaforce, LLC, Fairfax, VA and George Mason University

Group F will be in Back Ballroom

B-II-F-1: Urban Regional Migrant Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Study on their Socio-economic and Spatial Patterns of Performance

Mediha Sahin, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Roger R. Stough, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, Department of Spatial Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

B-II-F-2: What is Entrepreneurship Research: Definitional and Methodological Issues

Diana M Hechavarria, University of Cincinnati, OH

Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati, OH

Casey Frid, Clemson University, SC

B-II-F-3: The Social Context for High-Potential Entrepreneurship in the U.S.: An Historical- Institutional Perspective

David M. Hart, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

B-II-F-4: Human Capital and Women Business Ownership

Darrene Hackler, George Mason University

Ellen Harpel, Business Development Advisors, Arlington, VA

Heike Mayer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Wine and Cheese Reception, Ballroom

Closing comments: Professors Stough and Joshi