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2013-06-04

Paper session program 16th

Uddevalla Symposium 2013 on:

“Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development”

Thursday, 1:00 - 3:55 PM Paper session Ia – Town Square Room

Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Chair: Thomas Astebro, HEC, France, [email protected]

1:00-1:40 Creativity Spillover of Entrepreneurship Theory David B. Audretsch, professor, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA. [email protected] & Maksim Belitski, corresponding author. Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, United Kingdom & Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. [email protected], [email protected] Discussant: Kingsley E. Haynes, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA, [email protected]

1:40-2:20 Broadband Internet and New Firm Formation: A U.S. Perspective Kingsley E. Haynes, corresponding author. School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA , USA, [email protected], Jitendra Parajuli, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA, [email protected] & Roger R. Stough, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Özge Öner, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. [email protected]

2:20-3:00 Re-visiting Reilly’s Law of Retail Gravitation Özge Öner, corresponding author. Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden. [email protected] Johan Klaesson, [email protected]

Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden Discussant: Maksim Belitski, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, United Kingdom & Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University Bloomington, USA. [email protected], [email protected]

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Thursday, 1:00 - 3:55 PM

Paper session Ica – Plaza Room Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Chair: Helen Lawton Smith. Birkbeck, University of London, UK [email protected]

1:00-1:40 Taxes, Tax Administrative Burdens and New Firm Formation Pontus Braunerhjelm, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Royal Institute of Technology [email protected] & Johan E. Eklund, corresponding author, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. [email protected], Discussant: Nunzia Carbonara, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. [email protected] 1:40-2:20 Learning Effect: What Sources of Knowledge Determine Spin-Offs Superior Performance? Ana Venâncio, Technical University of Lisbon, ISEG School of Economics and Management, Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected] Discussant: Peter Warda, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden & Center of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS) KTH, Sweden [email protected] 2:20-3:00 Labor Decomposition: A Firm Level Analysis on Import Quality and Labor Demand Peter Warda, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden & Center of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS) KTH, Sweden. [email protected] Discussant: Helen Lawton Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, [email protected] Coffee break 3:00-3:15 3:15-3:55 Reconsidering the Professor's Privilege: University Technology Transfer in Sweden and the UK Helen Lawton Smith, corresponding author, Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, London, UK, [email protected] , Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, CIRCLE, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, [email protected] & Nabhassorn Baines, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK, [email protected] Discussant: Ana Venâncio, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected]









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Paper session Iea – Brookside Room Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Chair: Michael Hitt, Mays Business School, Tamu, USA

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1:00-1:40 Size Matters: Entrepreneurship and Institutions Ioana Petrescu, University of Maryland, MD, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Thomas D. Craig, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. [email protected] 1:40-2:20 From Green Investment Strategies to Internationalization: A Firm-Level Investigation Roberto Antonietti, corresponding author, presenter, Department of Economics and Management “Marco Fanno”, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]. Alberto Marzucchi Department of International Economics, Institutions and Development, Catholic University of Milan, Italy & INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Valencia , Spain. [email protected] Discussant: Michele Pinelli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. [email protected] 2:20-3:00 Regional Development and Innovativeness of SMEs: Evaluating the Importance of Local Embeddedness Galina Biedenbach, corresponding author, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. [email protected], Jessica Eriksson, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. [email protected] & Agneta Marell, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University, Sweden. [email protected]

Discussant: Roberto Antonietti, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]

Coffee break: 3:00-3:15 3:15-3:55 How the New Economics of Sustainability will make Sustainable Development more “Regional” Michele Pinelli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venezia, Italy. [email protected]

Discussant: Ioana Petrescu, University of Maryland, USA. [email protected]

3:55-4:35 Entrepreneurial Integration: The Challenge (and Goal?) of Economic Development Policy Thomas D. Craig, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Galina Biedenbach, Umeå University, Sweden. [email protected]










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Paper session II – Loose Park Commercialization and Valorization? in Regional Economic Development

Chair: Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA [email protected]

1:00-1:40 Overcoming the Knowledge Filter: Absorptive Capacity, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Development Haifeng Qian, corresponding author & presenter, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, OH, USA. [email protected] & Hye Jin Jung, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, OH, USA [email protected] Discussant: Juan Julio Gutierrez, George Mason University & The World Bank, USA [email protected], [email protected]

1:40-2:20 Commercialization of Publicly Funded Research and Development (R&D) in Russia: Scaling up the Emergence of Spinoff Companies Juan Julio Gutierrez, George Mason University & The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA [email protected], [email protected] & Paulo Correia Discussant: Haifeng Qian, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA [email protected]

Thursday, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Paper session IIIa – Paseo Room

Entrepreneurship and the Economic Crisis

Chair: David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USA [email protected]

1:00-1:40 Stimulating Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Creation and Firm Growth as a Regional Development Strategy in a Period of Economic Crisis and Transformation? Andreas P. Cornett, Department of Border Region Studies. University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark. [email protected] Discussant: Vinit Parida, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå Sweden. [email protected]

1:40-2:20 Information and Communication Technology Capabilities, Environmental Characteristics and Small Firm Survival Vinit Parida, corresponding author, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Sweden. [email protected], Joakim Wincent, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Sweden. Marko Kohtamäki, Networked Value Systems, University of Vaasa , Finland, Pankaj C. Patel, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, USA Discussant: Andreas P. Cornett, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark.

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2:20-3:00 Cohesion policies - Danish style. The implementation and realization of cohesion policies and sources of regional development in Denmark Preben Gregersen, Regional Policy Director. Danish Business Authority, Ministry of Business and Growth, Denmark. [email protected]


Paper session Va – Brush Creek Room

Business Climate and Regional Economic Development (GRI)

Chair: Urban Gråsjö, University West, Sweden [email protected]

1:00-1:40 Regulation and Persistence of Profits Johan E. Eklund, corresponding author, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden, [email protected] & Sameeksha Desai, Indiana University, IN, USA, [email protected] Discussant: Daria Zvirgzde, Leibniz University Hanover, Hanover, Germany [email protected]

1:40-2:20 A spatial-Interaction Model with Aggregate Economic-Milieu Variables Thomas Laitila, Örebro University, [email protected] & Michael Olsson, (presenter) University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden, [email protected] Discussant: Hanna Alila, University of Oulu/Oulu Business School, Kemi, Finland [email protected]

2:20-3:00 An Accessibility Model of Commuting Thomas Laitila, Örebro University, [email protected] & Marie Lundgren, (presenter) University of Skövde, Skövde, [email protected]

Discussant: Johan E. Eklund, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden. [email protected]

Coffee break: 3:00-3:15 3:15-3:55 Trade Development Strategy and Regional Economic Development: The Murmansk Region Case, Russia Hanna Alila, corresponding author, University of Oulu/Oulu Business School, Department of Management and International Business, Kemi, Finland, [email protected] & Irina Atkova, University of Oulu/Oulu Business School, Department of Management and International Business, University of Oulu, Finland, [email protected] Discussant: Marie Lundgren, University of Skövde, Sweden. [email protected] 3:55-4:35 The Role of Local Institutional Environment for the Development Of Multinationals and SMEs in Ukraine: Transition Economies Perspective Javier Revilla Diez, Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz University Hanover, Hanover, Germany, [email protected], Daniel Schiller, Lower Saxony Institute for








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Economic Research (NIW), Hanover, Germany, [email protected] & Daria Zvirgzde, Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz University Hanover, Hanover, Germany , [email protected], Discussant: Michael Olsson, University of Skövde, Sweden. [email protected]


Paper session IXa – Troost Room Global, Local and Knowledge-based Networks for Innovation

Chair: Håkan Ylinenpää Center for Inter-organisational Innovation Research CiiR, Luleå

University of Technology, Sweden

[email protected]

1:00-1:40

Highlighting the People Factor; Analyzing how a Social Base Impacts Economic Development and Competitiveness Strategies in a Cross-Border Context - The Case of the Aquitaine – Euskadi Cross-Border Space. Daniel Covarrubias, Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness & Deusto Business School, San Sebastían, Spain, [email protected] Discussant: Vladimir Vanyushyn, Umeå University, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Interorganisational Innovation Research, Sweden , [email protected]

1:40-2:20 A Review of Methodologies Used in the Studies of Knowledge Flows in Industrial Clusters Zafer Sonmez, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL USA. [email protected], [email protected] Discussant: Håkan Ylinenpää, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden. [email protected]

2:20-3:00 Tracking regional innovation: The use of data envelopment analysis for measuring differences across Swedish counties Håkan Ylinenpää, corresponding author & presenter Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden. [email protected], Sergey Anokhin, Kent State University, USA, Joakim Wincent, Luleå University of Technology Discussant: Daniel Covarrubias, Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness & Deusto Business School, San Sebastían, Spain. [email protected]

Coffee break: 3:00-3:15

3:15-3:55 Continuing Corporate Growth and Inter-Organizational Collaboration of International New Ventures in Sweden Jan Abrahamsson, Umeå University, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Interorganisational Innovation Research, Sweden , [email protected], Håkan Boter, Umeå University, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Interorganisational Innovation Research, Sweden, [email protected] & Vladimir Vanyushyn, corresponding author, Umeå









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University, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Interorganisational Innovation Research, Sweden , [email protected] Discussant: Zafer Sonmez, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL USA. [email protected], [email protected]


Paper session Xa – Kansas City Room

Increasing the Odds for Successful Entrepreneurship by Enhancing the Local Climate

Chair: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, USA [email protected]

1:00-1:40

Unproductive Entrepreneurship, Institutional Change, and the Informal Economy: Entrepreneurial Potential in Eastern Europe Peter M. Frank, Porter B. Byrum School of Business, Free Enterprise Fellow, The Jesse Helms Center, Wingate University, USA. [email protected] & Anastasia Platon, Academy of Economic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova Discussant: Jonathan O. Adongo, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. [email protected]

1:40-2:20 Blooming Where They’re Planted or Seeking Greener Pastures: The Migration Patterns of University-Backed Startups Paul C. Godfrey, corresponding author, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, UT, USA. [email protected] & David Benson, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, USA, [email protected]

Discussant: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, OH, USA. [email protected]

2:20-3:00 County-level Factors Associated with the Presence of INC5000 Firms Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, Ohio State University, OH, USA, [email protected] , Stephan J. Goetz, presenter, Penn State University, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, USA & Minghao Li, Penn State University, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, USA & David Fleming Discussant: Michael Stuetzer, Technical University Ilmenau,, Germany. [email protected] Coffee break: 3:00-3:15 3:15-3:55 Domestic legal environment effects on venture capital investment: Evidence from Africa Jonathan O. Adongo, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University, TN, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Joshua Drucker, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. [email protected]

3:55-4:35 A New Look on Entrepreneurial Culture: Regional Personality and Urban Entrepreneurship Michael Stuetzer, presenter, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany. [email protected], Martin Obschonka, corresponding author, Center for Applied Developmental







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Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. [email protected]. Samuel D. Gosling, University of Texas at Austin, USA. Jason Peter Rentfrow, University of Cambridge, UK & Jeff Potter, Atof Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA. Discussant: David Benson, Brigham Young University, USA. [email protected]

4:35-5:15 The Regional Economic Development Impacts of U.S. Higher Education Institutions: Complements and Conflicts. Joshua Drucker, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA [email protected] Discussant: Peter M. Frank, Porter B. Byrum School of Business, USA. [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 4:55 PM

Paper session Ida – Town Square Room Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Chair: Ron Boschma, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden & Utrecht University,

The Netherlands

[email protected], [email protected]

1:20-2:00

R&D Investment and Firm Survival across Regions María Jesús Abellán Madrid, corresponding author, Alcalá and Carlos III Universities ,Madrid, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected], Antonio García-Tabuenca, presenter, Alcalá and Carlos III Universities ,Madrid, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected] & Cristina Suárez Gálvez, Alcalá and Carlos III Universities, Madrid, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares ,Madrid, Spain [email protected] Discussant: Pourya Darnihamedania, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, [email protected] 2:00-2:40 AMOEBA: An Agent-based Model of Entrepreneurship and Business Activities Antonio García-Tabuenca, corresponding author, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, [email protected] Federico Pablo-Martí, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de

Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected] & Tomás Mancha, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected]

Discussant: Nerine Mary George, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå Sweden [email protected]

2:40-3:20 Sources of Growth: Micro and Macro Analysis of High Growth Inc Companies Yasuyuki Motoyama, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, USA. [email protected] Kate Maxwell, Brian Danley, Jordan Bell-Masterson & Arnobio Morelix











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Discussant: Antonio García-Tabuenca, Alcalá and Carlos III Universities ,Madrid, Instituto de Análisis Económico y Social, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected] Coffee break 3:20-3:35 3:35-4:15 How are Opportunities Recognized? An Overview of the Field Nerine Mary George, corresponding author, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå Sweden [email protected]. Sara Thorgren, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå Sweden [email protected]. Joakim Wincent, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå Sweden. [email protected] Discussant: Antonio García-Tabuenca, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. [email protected] 4:15-4:55 Necessity-based Entrepreneurs and Innovation: A Peaceful Reconciliation? Pourya Darnihamedania, corresponding author, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, [email protected] & Jolanda Hessels, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [email protected] Discussant: Yasuyuki Motoyama, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, USA. [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 4:15 PM Paper session Idb – Plaza Room


Chair: Jolanda Hessels, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam,

Rotterdam, the Netherlands [email protected]

1:20-2:00

Regional Characteristics, Opportunity Perception and Entrepreneurial Activities Michael Stuetzer, corresponding author, Technical University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany. [email protected], Martin Obschonka, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. [email protected] Udo Brixy, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany. [email protected] Rolf Sternberg, Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. [email protected] & Uwe Cantner, Department of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. [email protected] Discussant: Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. [email protected] 2:00-2:40 Closing the Gap: An Empirical Evidence on Firm’s Innovation, Productivity, and Export












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Mohammad H. Tavassoli, corresponding author, School of Management, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. [email protected] & Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden, [email protected]

Discussant: Michael Stuetzer, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany. [email protected]

2:40-3:20 Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Agglomeration in High-Tech Industries in the U.S. Cathy Yang Liu, presenter, Public Management and Policy, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA, [email protected], Gary Dean Painter, corresponding author, presenter, Sol Price School of Public Policy, the University of Southern California, USA, [email protected] & Qingfang Wang, Geography and Public Policy, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, [email protected] Discussant: Mohammad H. Tavassoli, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. [email protected] Coffee break 3:20-3:35 3:35-4:15 Effects of Productivity and Import on Firm-level Export Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, Department of Economics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden [email protected] Discussant: Gary Dean Painter, Sol Price School of Public Policy, the University of Southern California, USA, [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 3:20 PM Paper session IIIb – Loose Park

Entrepreneurship and the Economic Crisis Chair: David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USA

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& Paper session VIII

Role of Innovative Data in Regional Economic Analysis Chair: Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA

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1:20-2:00

Entrepreneurship, Economic Crisis, and Privatization - the Swedish Experience on a Local Government Level Karl Gratzer, corresponding author, Södertörns högskola, Huddinge, Sweden [email protected], Helena Löfgren, Södertörns högskola, Huddinge, Sweden [email protected] & David Birksjö, Södertörns högskola, Huddinge, Sweden [email protected] Discussant: Ana Venâncio, Technical University of Lisbon, ISEG, Lisboa, Portugal [email protected]

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New Beginnings: Business Start-Ups by Dismissed Individuals Ana Venâncio, Technical University of Lisbon, ISEG School of Economics and Management, Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected] Discussant: Helena Löfgren, Södertörns högskola, Huddinge, Sweden, [email protected] 2:40-3:20 Inter-Regional Mobility of SMEs James Foreman-Peck, corresponding author, Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK. [email protected] , Tom Nicholls, Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff Wales, UK.

Discussant: Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA, [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 4:15 PM

Paper session IV – Brookside Room Destination Development, Tourism and Entrepreneurship (MARIFUS)

Chair: Irene Bernhard, University West, Sweden

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1:20-2:00

The Estimation of Spatial Economic Impacts on Tourism Industry by Road Network Development, - An Analysis based on the Value Added Estimation of Tourism Industry by Municipalities- Keisuke Sato, Corresponding author, FUKKEN CO., Tokyo, Japan, [email protected] & Atsushi Koike, KOBE University, Kobe, Japan, [email protected] Discussant: Elisabeth Lauridsen Lolle, Aalborg University, Department of Learning and Philosophy, Interregional Centre for Knowledge- and Educational Studies (INCEVIDA), Denmark. [email protected] 2:00-2:40 Municipal Support of Entrepreneurship and Business Development from a Local e-Government Perspective. A Case Study of two Swedish Municipalities Irene Bernhard, corresponding author & presenter, School of Business, Economics & IT, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected] & Kerstin Grundén, School of Business, Economics & IT, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected] Discussant: Anna Sörensson, Mid Sweden University and Åbo Akademi University, Department of Social Sciences, Östersund, Sweden. [email protected] 2:40-3:20 Operationalization of Social Capital in Small Communities – The Impact of Social Media Elisabeth Lauridsen Lolle, corresponding author , Aalborg University, Department of Learning and Philosophy, Interregional Centre for Knowledge- and Educational Studies (INCEVIDA),Aalborg, Denmark. [email protected] & Morten Karnøe Søndergaard, Aalborg University, Department of Learning and Philosophy, Interregional Centre for Knowledge- and Educational Studies (INCEVIDA), Aalborg, Denmark. [email protected] Discussant: Irene Bernhard, School of Business, Economics & IT, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected]










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Coffee break 3:20-3:35 3:35-4:15 Tourism as a Driver for Sustainable Development in Ski Resorts in Sweden – Comparison between two Destinations Anna Sörensson, corresponding author, Mid Sweden University and Åbo Akademy University, Department of Social Sciences, Östersund, Sweden. [email protected] & Yvonne von Friedrichs, Mid Sweden University, Department of Social Sciences, Östersund, Sweden [email protected] Discussant: Keisuke Sato, FUKKEN, Tokyo, Japan. [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 3:20 PM Paper session Vb – Paseo Room

Business Climate and Regional Economic Development (GRI) Chair: Urban Gråsjö, University West, Sweden

[email protected] 1:20-2:00

Trust your Neighbour. Proximity, Social Capital and Outsourcing Roberto Antonietti, corresponding author, presenter, Department of Economics and Management “Marco Fanno”, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. [email protected]. Maria Rosaria Ferrante, Department of Statistical Sciences “Paolo Fortunati”, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, [email protected] & Riccardo Leoncini, Department of Economics, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, [email protected] Discussant: John-Erik Andreassen, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway [email protected]

2:00-2:40 The Innovation and Business Strategy of Firms in the Regions Västra Götalands Län” and “Østfold Fylke John-Erik Andreassen, Østfold University College, Faculty of Business, Social Sciences and Foreign Languages, Halden, Norway. [email protected] Discussant: Elisabeth Jansson, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected]

2:40-3:20 Cultural Differences in Manufacturing Industries Sweden – Norway Egil Norvald, Ostfold University Collage, Halden. Norway. [email protected] Discussant: Charlie Karlsson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, [email protected]








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Friday, 1:20 – 3:20 PM Paper session VIa – Brush Creek Room

Learning in Innovation Processes (LINA)

Chair: Lars Svensson, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden [email protected]

1:20-2:00 Regional Innovation in Akihabara and Akiba Kazuhito Yamada, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design, Hosei University ,Tokyo, JAPAN. [email protected] Discussant: Jan Ole Similä, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Steinkjer, Norway [email protected] 2:00-2:40 Routines – Do They Stimulate or Hinder Learning and Innovation in Industrial Production Knut Ingar Westeren, Professor, Corresponding author, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Steinkjer, Norway. [email protected] Discussant: Kazuhito Yamada, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design, Hosei University, Tokyo, JAPAN. [email protected] 2:40-3:20

Contractual Processes: A Stimulation or Barrier to Innovation Jan Ole Similä, Nord-Trøndelag University College, STEINKJER, NORWAY, [email protected] Discussant: Lars Svensson, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden, [email protected]

Friday, 1:20 – 3:20 PM Paper session Xb – Kansas City Room


Chairs: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, USA

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Heike Mayer, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland [email protected]

1:20-2:00 The Influence of Business Incubators in Non-Metropolitan Regions - The Potential of Soft Entrepreneurship Support in Regions with Weak Innovation Systems Søren Berg Jørgensen, Corresponding author, Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Denmark, [email protected] & Christian Kjær Monsson, Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Denmark, [email protected]

Discussant: Rannveig Edda Hjaltadóttir, SDU Sønderborg, Denmark. [email protected]

2:00-2:40 Public Procurement of Innovation; Endogenous Institutions in User Producer Interaction. Rannveig Edda Hjaltadóttir, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark, [email protected] Discussant: Mary Kilfoil, School of Business, Dalhousie University, Canada, [email protected]








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2:40-3:20 Building Effective Regional Innovation Ecosystems: Examined Through An Entrepreneurship Theory Lens Mary Kilfoil, corresponding author, School of Business, Dalhousie University, Canada. [email protected] & Ed Leach, School of Business, Dalhousie University, Canada, [email protected]

Discussant: Søren Berg Jørgensen, Roskilde University, Denmark, [email protected]

Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:45 PM Paper session Icb – Town Square Room


Chair: Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden [email protected]

10.45-11.25 Exploration vs. Exploitation Strategies for the Local Development and Growth: An Empirical Study in Italy Nunzia Carbonara, corresponding author, DMMM, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. [email protected], Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli , DMMM, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy [email protected]

Discussant: Massimiliano Guerini, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy [email protected]

11.25-12.05 Distance-Decay in Labor Market Matching, Untangling the micro foundations of human capital spillovers Johan P Larsson, [email protected], Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden Discussant: Nunzia Carbonara, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. [email protected] 12.05-12.45 The Role of Geographical, Social and Cognitive Proximity in Collaborations between High-Tech Entrepreneurial Ventures and Universities Massimiliano Guerini, corresponding author, presenter, Università di Pisa – DESTEC, Pisa, Italy [email protected], Andrea Bonaccorsi, Università di Pisa – DESTEC, Pisa, Italy [email protected], Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano – DIG, Milano, Italy, [email protected], & Cristina Rossi Lamastra, Politecnico di Milano – DIG, Milano, Italy. [email protected] Discussant: Johan P Larsson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden, [email protected]











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Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:45 PM Paper session Ieb – Plaza Room


Chair: Siri Terjesen, Indiana University, USA [email protected]

10.45-11.25 Technological Advancement Through ImitatIon by Industry Incumbents in Strategic Alliances Nerine Mary George, corresponding author, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå Sweden [email protected], Sergey Anokhin, Kent State University, USA, [email protected] Vinit Parida, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå , Sweden [email protected], Joakim Wincent, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå, Sweden [email protected] Discussant: Giulio Cainelli, Università degli Studi di Padova & CERIS-CNR, Milan, Italy [email protected] 11.25-12.05 Does Local Related-Variety Influence Firms’ Strategic Decisions? Evidence from Italian Business Groups Giulio Cainelli, corresponding author, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali “Marco Fanno”, Università degli Studi di Padova & CERIS-CNR, Milan, Italy, [email protected] Donato Iacobucci, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. [email protected] Discussant: Johan Klaesson, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden, [email protected]

12.05-12.45 The Probability of Entry into Self-employment - An Exploration of Individual, Industry and Regional Factors Johan Klaesson corresponding author, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden. [email protected] & Johan P Larsson [email protected], Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping Sweden

Discussant: Siri Terjesen, Indiana University, USA. [email protected]





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Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:05 PM Paper session Vc – Brookside Room

Business Climate and Regional Economic Development (GRI) Chair: Urban Gråsjö, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

[email protected] 10.45-11.25 Does Spatial Agglomeration Affect Firm Fixed Investments? Evidence from Italian NUTS 3 Regions Giulio Cainelli, corresponding author, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali “Marco Fanno”, Università degli Studi di Padova & CERIS-CNR, Milan, Italy, [email protected] Roberto Antonietti, Department of Economics and Management “Marco Fanno”, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. [email protected], Monica Ferrari Prometeia Association, Bologna, Italy & Stefania Tomasini Prometeia Association, Bologna, Italy. Discussant: Urban Gråsjö, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden, [email protected] 11.25-12.05 Conditions Affecting Regional Economic Growth – A Study Comparing Border Regions between Norway and Sweden Urban Gråsjö, corresponding author, University West, School of Business, Economics and IT, Trollhättan, Sweden, [email protected] & Tobias Arvemo, University West, School of Business, Economics and IT, Trollhättan, Sweden, [email protected] Discussant: Roberto Antonietti, Department of Economics and Management “Marco Fanno”, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. [email protected]

Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:45 PM Paper session VIb – Paseo Room

Learning in Innovation Processes (LINA)

Chair: Lars Svensson, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

[email protected]

10.45-11.25 Individualization as a Response to Religiousness - The Learning of Individualization in Swedish Schools Fredrik Sjögren, University West, School of Business, Economics & IT, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected] Discussant: José Monteiro-Barata, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Department of Economics, Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected]

11.25-12.05 Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Individuals Making Exceptional Contributions in Science and Technology Grant C. Black, Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. [email protected] & Sharon G. Levin, presenter, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Fredrik Sjögren, University West, School of Business, Economics & IT, Trollhättan, Sweden. [email protected]






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12.05-12.45 Innovation and Design: Results from a Portuguese Online Questionnaire José Monteiro-Barata, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Department of Economics, Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected] Discussant: Sharon G. Levin, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. [email protected]

Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:05 PM

Paper session IXb – Brush Creek Room

Global, Local and Knowledge-based Networks for Innovation (CiiR)

Chair: Håkan Ylinenpää Center for Inter-organisational Innovation Research CiiR, Luleå

University of Technology, Sweden

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10.45-11.25 Innovation Networks in Different Industrial Settings; From Flexible Specialization to Smart Specialization Håkan Ylinenpää, corresponding author, presenter, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden [email protected], Jukka Teräs University of Turku, Dept. of Economic Geography, Turku University, Finland & Daniel Örtqvist, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden Discussant: Toshimori Otazawa, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, [email protected] u.ac.jp 11.25-12.05 Social Networks and Urban Spatial Structure Toshimori Otazawa, corresponding author, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, [email protected] & Yuki Ohira, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Discussant: Håkan Ylinenpää, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden [email protected]

Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:45 PM Paper session IXc – Troost Room

Global, Local and Knowledge-based Networks for Innovation (CiiR) Chair: Daniel Örtqvist, Center for Inter-organisational Innovation Research CiiR, Luleå

University of Technology, Sweden [email protected]

10.45-11.25 Imported Intermediate Inputs and Firm Productivity Trudy-Ann Stone, corresponding author, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden [email protected] & Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden

Discussant: Discussant: Johan Wenngren, CiiR - Centre for interorganisational innovation

research, Luleå, University of Technology, Luleå , Sweden. [email protected]







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11.25-12.05 Innovation systems in non-metropolitan regions - A live case journey Johan Wenngren, corresponding author, CiiR - Centre for interorganisational innovation research, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå , Sweden, [email protected], Åsa Ericson, CiiR - Centre for interorganisational innovation research, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå , Sweden, [email protected] & Daniel Örtqvist, CiiR - Centre for interorganisational innovation research, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå , Sweden, [email protected] Discussant: Trudy-Ann Stone, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden [email protected] 12.05-12.45 Member Turnover in Multipartner Alliances, Joint Innovation Performance and Fundraising Joakim Wincent, corresponding author, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden, [email protected] & Daniel Örtqvist, presenter, Luleå University of Technology/CiiR; Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Luleå, Sweden , [email protected]

Discussant: Charlie Karlsson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, [email protected]

Saturday, 10:45, AM – 12:45 PM Paper session Xc – Kansas City Room


Chair: Elisabeth Jansson, University West, Sweden [email protected]

10.45-11.25 Do the Biblical Religions Stifle Entrepreneurship? An Investigation of the Regional Linkages Between Religion and Entrepreneurial Activity Elizabeth A. Mack, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, USA. [email protected] Discussant: Helena Schweiger, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK, [email protected] 11.25-12.05 Effectiveness of Support Policies in Karachi Based SMEs Mustaghis-ur-Rahman, corresponding author, Faculty of Management, SZABIST,Karachi, Pakistan. [email protected] & Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA. [email protected]

Discussant: Elizabeth A. Mack, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, USA. [email protected]

12.05-12.45 Are Science Cities Fostering Firm Innovation? Evidence from Russia’s Regions Helena Schweiger, Presenter, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Office of the Chief Economist, One Exchange Square, London, UK, [email protected], & Paolo Zacchia, University of California – Berkeley, Department of Economics, Berkeley, USA [email protected] Discussant: Mustaghis-ur-Rahman, corresponding author, Faculty of Management, SZABIST,Karachi, Pakistan. [email protected]












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