P.M. Kirwan MSc. (Paul)

P.M. Kirwan MSc. (Paul)

PhD student

Capitool building, room E-305a

T: +31 (0)53 489 4711

F: +31 (0)53 489 2159

E: p.m.kirwan@utwente.nl

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

Kirwan, P., Van der Sijde, P. and Groen, A. (2006). Assessing the needs of early stage high tech companies: An investigation among spin-off companies from six European Universities. The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Special Issue on New Technology Based Firms, vol. 2, iss. 2, pp. 173-187.

Book chapters

Kirwan, P., van der Sijde, P. and Groen, A. (Forthcoming). Early stage networking: how entrepreneurs use their social capital to establish and grow high technology startups. In Ulijn, J. D. Drillon, and F. Lasch (Eds,). Entrepreneurship, Cooperation and the Firm: The Emergence and Survival of High Tech Ventures In Europe, Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.

Kirwan. P. and van der Sijde, P. (2006) International New Ventures and Domestic New Ventures: An Investigating of Networking Activities. Paper submitted to the Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Kirwan, P., Van der Sijde, P. and Ridder, A. (2006) Defining, Identifying and Assessing the Needs of Global Start-up Companies. In Anderson, A., Van der Sijde, P. and Mateos, A. (eds.) New Strategies for Innovation Support. Signum SGE: Salamanca.

Van der Sijde, P. and Kirwan, P. (2005). “Networks and International New Ventures: Review of the empirical literature and relevance for university spin-offs.” In Verwertungsnetzwerke – Eine Perspektive für den Technologietransfer, M. Asche, W. Bauhus, B. Kaddatz and B. Seel (Eds.), Waxman, Münster, pp. 145-164.

Danskin Harveston, P., Wakkee, I.A.M., Kirwan, P.M., Groen, A.J. And Ridder, A. (2004). Born global versus gradually globalising firms: a cross-cultural comparison. ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation essays in honour of Wim During’, Editors, P.C. van der Sijde, A. Ridder and A.J. Groen. Nikos, Enschede, the Netherlands.

D. Hunt and P. Kirwan (2002) Exporting SMEs, Models and Assumptions. Internationalisation of a Contrasted Set of both High Tech and Craft Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Published in “New High Technology Firms in the New Millennium, Vol. II, editors, R. Oakey, W. During & S. Kauser, 2002, Pergamon.

Other publications

Kirwan, P. (2003). Global Start up annotated bibliography. Unpublished work, Nikos, Dutch Institute of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship, Enschede, the Netherlands – CD ROM, GlobalStart.

Kirwan, P. (2001). SME Internationalisation: An investigation into the internationalisation process of four Irish firms. Master’s Thesis submitted for a degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSc) Of the National University of Ireland, Cork. Available online here .

Qualtrace Solutions (2001). Case and teaching notes (English and Irish) European Union Programme CAMEOS (EU Contract Number UK/99/2/07366/PI/II.1.1.b/FPC) as part of the wider Leonardo da Vinci Programme. Also distributed through European Foundation for Management Development and European Small Business Seminar.

McWilliams Sailmakers (2001). Case and teaching notes (English and Irish) European Union Programme CAMEOS (EU Contract Number UK/99/2/07366/PI/II.1.1.b/FPC) as part of the wider Leonardo da Vinci Programme. Also distributed through European Foundation for Management Development and European Small Business Seminar.

Refereed conference proceedings

Kirwan P. (2004) An Investigation of the Empirical Literature on International New Ventures: The Network Dimension. In the Proceedings of the 2nd bi-annual European Summer University, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.

Van der Sijde, P.C., Wakkee, I. and Kirwan, P. (2004) Global Startup and the role of universities. In G. Beibst, J. Weyand, A. Lautenschläger & H. Haase (eds.), International cooperation of universities and its impact on university based start-ups. Jena: University of Applied Sciences (ISBN 3-00-014920-1).

Refereed conference presentations

Kirwan, P. & Groen, A. (Accepted for presentation - 2007). The Entrepreneurship-in-Networks Approach: Empirically testing a multi level/multi dimensional approach to the study of entrepreneurship. Paper to be presented at the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Groen, A. Kirwan, P. and Van der Sijde, P. An Investigation into the Characteristics of Structural and Relational Patterns of the Networks of International New Ventures. Paper to be presented at the EIASM RENT XX (2006), Brussels, Belgium.

Kirwan. P. and van der Sijde, P. (2006) International New Ventures and Domestic New Ventures: An Investigating of Networking Activities. Paper presented Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Kirwan, P., van der Sijde, P. and Groen, A. (2005). Network Development of Global Startup Companies: A Pan-European Investigation. Paper presented at the Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston, MA.

Kirwan, P. and van der Sijde, P. (2005). Assessing the needs of early stage high tech companies: An investigation among spin-off companies from 8 European Universities. Paper presented at the 13th Annual High Tech Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, Manchester, U.K.

de Ruiter, K., van der Sijde, P., Kirwan, P. and von Raesfeld-Meijer, A. (2005). The inception of Global start-ups: the role of the social and cultural capital. Paper presented at the 13th Annual High Tech Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, Manchester, U.K.

Wakkee, I., Kirwan, P., and van der Sijde. P. (2004). An Empirical Exploration of the Global Startup Concept in an Entrepreneurship Context. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference “Creating Actionable Knowledge,” New Orleans, LA.

Kirwan P. (2004) Internationalising High Technology Small Firms: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Presentation given at the 12th Annual High Tech Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, Netherlands.

Klofsten, M., van der Sijde, P. & Kirwan, P. (2003). Support Structure for Reaching the Business Platform – a comparison of two European Regions. Paper Presented at the 11th Annual High Tech Small Firms Conference at Manchester Business School.

Kirwan, P. (June 2001). Exporting in a Small Economy. Presentation given at the Policy Futures for finance and technology in Europe: implications for small business and enterprise. The Inaugural Seminar in SME Policy Futures, University College Cork, Ireland.

Invited presentations

“Needs and networks of GlobalStart companies” presented at the GlobalStart Final Dissemination Workshop, Elche, Spain. 1st & 2nd June 2006.

“Needs of global start-ups” presented at the GlobalStart Workshop in collaboration with CzechInvest and the Investment & Business Development Agency, Prague, Czech Republic. 20th & 21st April 2006.

“Needs of global start-ups” presented at Global Thinking as a key to commercialising knowledge, Tartu, Estonia. 23rd & 24th March 2006: http://www.tuit.ut.ee/TTOseminar .

“What is a global start-up?” presented at the PAXIS Projects Joint Workshop – New Strategies for Innovation Support, Salamanca, Spain. 24th & 25th June 2005.

Under review

Kirwan, P. & Hamminga, S. (Under 2nd review). Waleli: Bringing Wireless Ideas to Life. In Medina-Garrido, J.A., Martinez_Fierro, S. and Ruiz-Navarro, J. (eds.) Cases on Information Technology Entrepreneurship. Idea Group Inc.

Linton, J. D., Walsh, S. T., Khalil, T., Gatzen, H., Betz, F., Vasconcellos, E., Chavez, V., Smith, R. and Kirwan, P. (Under 1st review). Maintaining and Extending MOT Excellence in Business and Engineering Schools.

Kirwan, P., van der Sijde, P. & Klofsten, M. (To be submitted) Supporting High-Tech Companies Using the Business Platform as a Practical Instrument.