High Technology Small Firms Conference Ondernemingshuis, Hengelosestraat 585, Enschede

Day 1: Thursday, 22 May 2008, morning

08.00

REGISTRATION COFFEE & TEA- Foyer Twentezaal

09.00

Opening & Welcome: Aard Groen & Ray Oakey, University of Twente & Manchester Business School

Kees van Ast, vice-chairman of the University Board, Location: Twentezaal

09.15

Keynote speaker: Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, location: Twentezaal

10.00

COFFEE & TEA Foyer Twentezaal

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

Session I TWICKELZAAL

Session II DINKELZAAL

Session III
REGGEZAAL

Session V
E-ROOM

Session V TWENTEZAAL

track

International Entrepreneurship

Regional Growth

Marketing

Theory

Development

NENSI

chair

Andrew Van de Ven

 

Kari Laine

Dries Faems

 

10.15

The development of Hig-Technology Firms: An Entrepreneurship in Networks Approach by P. Kirwan

Stimulation of Regional Development in Twente by R. van Lambalgen

The web 2.0 as marketing tool: opportunities for SMEs by E. Constantinides

The nature of the entrepreneurship process by J. Kraaijenbrink

10.30 Welcome by
M. Morsink

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.45

New ventures in emerging industries by P. Andries et al

Venture Lab Twente by A.J. Groen

The impact of the voice- of- the- consumer in the start up process by B. Englis et al

Differences in social networks between highly and medium to low innovative spin-offs: by D. Soetanto et al

10.45 Nensi incubator typology

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.15

COFFEE & TEA –

Foyer Twentezaal

COFFEE & TEA –

Foyer Twentezaal

COFFEE & TEA –
Foyer Twentezaal

COFFEE & TEA –
Foyer Twentezaal

COFFEE & TEA –
Foyer Twentezaal

track

International Entrepreneurship

Growth

 

Innovation

 

chair

Shaker A. Zahra

Magnus Klofsten

 

Ariane von Raesfeld

 

11.30

Value creation by small firm internationalization by T. Mücke

Life-sciences in the Netherlands. by M. van Geenhuizen

 

Configurations of external SME characteristics to explain differences in innovation performance by A.J.J. Pullen

11.30 Incubation research

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00

Resource Scarce Intensive Strategies in the early internationalization of Born Globals by V. Sasi

The growth and exit of University and corporate spin-outs by E. Garnsey et al

 

Managing innovation for growth in high technology small firms by K. Laine

12.15 short break

After lunch this track moves to Twickelzaal

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.30

LUNCH (Broeierd)

LUNCH (Broeierd)

LUNCH (Broeierd)

LUNCH (Broeierd)

LUNCH (Broeierd)