12/11/12

Ewald Kibler's Doctoral Defense

Ewald Kibler and Professor Erik Stam from Utrecht University will have a public talk on Thursday 20th of December. Kibler will defend his doctoral thesis entitled New Venture Creation in Different Environments: Towards a Multilayered Institutional Approach to Entrepreneurship.

Time: 20.12.2012 @ 12
Place: Turku School of Economics, Lecture Hall Osuuskauppa

12/4/12

Upcoming defense

On Thursday, 20th of December, Ewald Kibler will defende his doctoral thesis. Opponent will be Professor Erik Stam from Netherlands.

More info coming soon.

11/27/12

OBS! Research Seminar today

Short notice!

Today at KH1 at 10:15 Dr. Elisabeth Ljunggren (Nordland Research Institute) and Dr. Gry Alsos (Bodo Graduate School of Business, Uni of Nordland) give a talk entitled:

Portfolio Entrepreneurship: The Business-Household Interaction.

Be there in few minutes!

11/10/12

3EC - Inaugural ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference

After we have witnessed a remarkable increase in the supply of entrepreneurship education across Europe. There is an explicit political agenda both at the national level and at the EU level to promote entrepreneurship education at all levels of the school system. Policy makers and research alike expect that entrepreneurial skills to be the key to enhancing an innovative culture, which in turn will result in higher competitiveness and economic growth.

However, in order to achieving these objectives it is important that educational systems and methods move from traditional to creative, interactive and student-centred educational models that will help change student mindset and prepare students for the challenges of the future.

Through an innovative and untraditional format, the 3E conference launches a new paradigm for entrepreneurship conferences. Instead of traditional academic events, the 3E conference focuses on problems and questions rather than on ready-made implications and presentations of research findings. Accordingly, the 3E conference offers an exclusive and engaging opportunity for researchers, educators and politicians to debate and exchange their experiences of the major challenges and advances in enterprise education with a special and unique focus on Europe.

And remember, the best question will be awarded.

Conference takes place in Aarhus, Denmark on 29th-31st of May 2013.

See for the website for more information: http://www.3e2013.org/

11/9/12

GEW 2012 is here

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world's largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.

Visit the Finnish website to find out what's up: http://fi.unleashingideas.org/

10/24/12

Research Seminar in Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship research seminars are organized to encourage discussions with researchers interested in entrepreneurship, one focal research area of the Turku School of Economics.

This time Professor Sarah Jack, director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, from the Lancaster University will join our seminar and give a presentation on “Research perspectives to Entrepreneurship”. Professor Sarah Jack's information.

In line with this we will bring in institutional perspectives to entrepreneurship by one of our doctoral students Thomas Lemström, who will give a presentation entitled: “Institutional Shaping of Intrapreneurship: A Study with Nurses and Doctors Working in a Specialized Clinic”.

All interested professors and researchers are most welcome to join the discussions.
Date: 13.11.2012
Time: 14:00-15:30
Place: LS33 @ TSE
Coffee and refreshments will be available.

Please register to kristiina.baarman@utu.fi no later than the 9th of November.
Additional information from pekka.stenholm@utu.fi

10/16/12

How about that... give your vote for the most liked startup

Now the things are rolling. Couple years back entrepreneurship was a hollow word with negative connotations in media, but that's all gone now. Today new entrepreneurs have an opportunity to compete in popularity...! This is pretty awesome.

You have a chance to vote for the startup you like the most. Just go and browse Real life deal and give you vote. The winner will be celebrated at Slush which is a conference for startups organized by Aalto University's Startup Sauna. Slush gathers together the most promising startup in Northern Europe. Slush takes place in Helsinki on 21-22 November 2012.

10/13/12

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

The unique process of academic publishing has its ups and downs. While facing a rejection and feeling all grey, don't worry. Rejected papers get better / more cited - if they get published eventually.

An article on Nature: Rejection improves eventual impact of manuscripts