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      The NeXt (Centre Nascent Entrepreneurship and the eXploitation of Technology)
&
the Viessmann European Research Center (VERC), Wilfrid Laurier University

with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

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TRANSNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Wilfrid Laurier University, April 30-May 1, 2008

PROGRAM
(as of April 8, 2008)

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Date	Event
Tuesday April 29, 2008 6:30-8:00 pm	Wine & Cheese Welcome Reception WLU Grad Pub
Wednesday April 30, 2008	Conference
8:30-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Morning Sessions
Session: I - national linkages in transnational entrepreneurship Chair: Sofy Carayannopoulos
9:00-9:25 am	Ilan Alon, Rollins College, Florida (and Miri Lerner) *“International Entrepreneurship in China: Lessons from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor."*
9:25-9:50 am	Xiaochua Lin, Ryerson University (and Jian Guan and Mary Jo Nicholson) *“Transnational Entrepreneurs as Innovation Linkage Across China and Canada.”*
9:50-10:15 am	Margaret Walton Roberts, Wilfrid Laurier University *“Cultural Capital and the Trade and Immigration Nexus: Exploring the India-Canada Context.”*
10:15-10:40 am	Felicity Kelliher, Waterford Institute of Technology *“The Changing Face of Ireland.”*
10:40-11:00 am	Coffee Break KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session: II - Thearetical Perspectives of Transnational Entrepreneurship Chair: Moren Levesque
11:00-11:25 am	Benson Honig and Israel Drori, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the College of Management (and Ari Ginsberg) *“Toward a Practical Theory of Transnational Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Habitus of Cross-Cultural Affiliation."*
11:25-11:50 am	Joseph Lampel, City University London (and Jamal Shamsie) *“Uncertain Globalization: Evolutionary Scenarios in the Future Development of the Cultural Industries.”*
11:50 am-12:15 pm	Akie Iriyama, University of Pittsburgh (and Ravi Madhavan) *“Transnational Technical Communities in Transnational Entrepreneurship: Conceptual Framework and Evidence.”*
12:30-1:30 pm	Lunch Welcoming Remarks "The Globalization of and the Emerging Developments in Management Education" by Ginny Dybenko, Dean, School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Afternoon Sessions
Session: III - Social Networks and Transnational Entrepreneurship Chair: Barbara Carmichael
1:30-1:55 pm	Simon Best, Access Business Consultants, Australia “How Do Transnational Entrepreneurs Use Social Capital Knowledge for the Purpose of Starting and Operating a Business?"
1:55-2:20 pm	Wenhong Chen, Duke University (and Justin Tan and Barry Wellman) *“Understanding Transnational Entrepreneurship Through a Network Lens."*
2:20-2:45 pm	Yekta Mustafa, Singapore Institute of Management (and Stephen Chen, NSW Australia) *“The Strength of Weak Ties in Transnational Entrepreneurship.”*
2:45-3:10 pm	Ingrid Wakkee, University of Amsterdam (and Peter Groenewegen and Paula Englis) *“Organizational Emergence in the Digital Age.”*
3:10-3:35 pm	Paul Maxim, Wilfrid Laurier University *“Immigration, Ethnicity and Self-Employment: A Cohort Analysis of Labour Force Status Across Successive Generations."*
3:35-3:55 pm	Coffee Break KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session: IV - High Technology and Transnational Entrepreneurship Chair: Bob Anderson
3:55-4:20 pm	Amalya Oliver, Hebrew University (and Kathleen Montgomery) *“Conceptualizing Transnational Scientific Entrepreneurship in the Global Knowledge System.”*
4:20-4:45 pm	Dave Crick, Birmingham City University (and Shiv Chaudhry) *“An Investigation into UK Based Asian Entrepreneurs Operating in Technology Based Sectors for Internationalising.”*
4:45-5:10 pm	Wenhong Chen, Duke University (and Justin Tan) *“From the Enclave to the Transnational Field: Social Networks, New Technologies, and Ethnic Entrepreneurship.”*
5:10-5:35 pm	Siri Terjesen, Texas Christian University *"Internationalization of Transnational Entrepreneurs' New Ventures"*
6:30-9:00 pm	Dinner at CIGI (Center for International Governance Innovation) Keynote Speaker, Ivan Light, UCLA *“Global Entrepreneurship and Transnationalism”*
Thursday, May 1, 2008	Conference
8:30-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Morning Sessions
Parallel Sessions:	Session: V - Modeling Transnational Entrepreneurship Chair: Baldev Raj	Session: VI - Public Policy and Venture Capital Chair: Scott Jeffery
9:00-9:25 am	Karl Wennberg, Stockholm School of Economics (and Carin Holmquist) *“Problemistic Search and International Entrepreneurship.”*	Doug Fuller, King’s College, University of London *“How Law, Politics and Transnational Networks Affect Technology Entrepreneurship: Explaining Divergent Venture Capital Investing Strategies in China.”*
9:25-9:50 am	Stefane Kabene, The University of Western Ontario (and Raymond Leduc and Mary Ann Kergommeaux) *“Entrepreneurial Ventures: From National to Transnational Dimensions. Internal Variables of Influence.”*	Qian Ye, University of Louisville *“Do Cultural Differences Matter to VC-CEO Interaction?”*
9:50-10:15 am	Yuping Du, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China (and Yan Luo) *“The Statistical Data Analysis on Personal Factors of Overseas Returnee Entrepreneurs in Beijing.”*	Francine Schlosser, University of Windsor (and Gerry Kerr) *"Barriers and Supports to Entrepreneurship Among Young Transnationals in Canada."*
10:15-10:40 am	David Tobey, New Mexico State University (and Brent Kinghorn) *“The Transnationality Index: Measuring the Diversity Advantage of Transnational Entrepreneurial Organizations.”*	George A. Hrivnak Jr., School of Business, The George Washington University (and Liesl Riddle) *“Bridging Two Worlds: The Challenges of Transnational Business Incubation.”*
10:40-11:05 am	Nikolaos Liodakis, Wilfrid Laurier University *“Patterns of Transnational Entrepreneurship among Greek-Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area”*
11:05-11:30am	Coffee Break KPMG Atrium, Schlegel Building School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
11:30am-12:30 pm	Distinguished Speaker: Louis Pauly, Director, Center for International Studies, Canada Research Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto *"Financial Crisis Management in Europe and Beyond"*
12:30-1:30 pm	Lunch and End of Conference Paul Martin Centre Closing Remarks

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