Global Entrepreneurship: The Latest Research on Business Creation Date: October 14-16, 2010 Venue: The George Washington University, Washington, DC

The inaugural Global Entrepreneurship: The Latest Research on Business Creation conference was held at The George Washington University School of Business in Washington, DC on October 14-16, 2010. The event was headed by Dr. Paul Reynolds, Co-Principal for the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) I and II, and was sponsored by the George Washington University Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).

The PSED research program is internationally renowned and designed to enhance the scientific understanding of how people start businesses around the world. The PSED projects provide valid and reliable data on the process of business formation based on nationally representative samples of nascent entrepreneurs. PSED I began with screening in 1998-2000 to select a cohort of 830 with three follow up interviews. PSED II began with screening in 2005-2006 with two follow up interviews. The information obtained includes data on the nature of those active as nascent entrepreneurs, the activities undertaken during the start up process, and the characteristics of start up efforts that become new firms. PSED research is sponsored and supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the United States Small Business Administration, the University of Michigan, and the National Science Foundation among others.

The Global Entrepreneurship: The Latest Research on Business Creation conference attracted over 50 scholars from 8 different countries to discuss the latest trends in research as well as network with others from around the world tackling similar research agendas. The conference program started on Thursday, October 14 with a PSED training workshop on research opportunities, project objectives, and future involvement. Friday and Saturday were designated for author presentations under various topics listed below. A gala dinner was held on Saturday night for all attendees.

This workshop and symposium was designed for two groups of participants:

• Scholars analyzing longitudinal data sets on business creation who had an opportunity to meet and discuss their efforts as "works in progress" as they are developed for submission to peer review journals.
• Those designing and implementing longitudinal studies of business creation to learn from the experiences of those who have already implemented such panel studies.

Presenter(s)	Affiliation	Topic (Click on text to download PPT in pdf form)
Casey Frid	Clemson University, USA	Acquiring Financial Resources to Form New Ventures: Pecking Order theory and the Emerging Firm
Diana Hechavarria	University of Cincinnati, USA	New Firm Founding and Legitimacy: The Role of Innovation and Kinship Ties on Start up Activities Among U.S. nascent Entrepreneurs
Amy Davis & Kelly Shaver	College of Charleston, USA	Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy, Start Up Activities, and Team Composition
Tiantian Yang	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA	All Organizations Were Once New: Choosing Appropriate Statistical Methods to Analysis DATA on New Entrepreneurial Ventures
Saurav Pathak	Imperial College, London, U.K.	Exit Experience, Social Norms, and Entrepreneurial Growth Aspirations:
Ferdinand Jaspers	Erasmus University, The Netherlands	A Novel Approach to the Study of the Temporal Sequence of Gestation Activity
Ekaterina Thurkina	HEC Montreal, Canada	Social Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Charles Matthews	University of Cincinnati, USA	Nascent Entrepreneurs Global Orientation: The Role of Innovation
Inessa Love	The World Bank Group	Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Firm Creation
Mariana Iootty	The World Bank Group	Innovation and Learning During the Crisis: Evidence from Firm Level Data for Eastern European Countries
Nir Kshetri	University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA	Determinants of birth and mortality of entrepreneurial firms in OECD countries
Dali Ma	Drexel University, USA	Social Autonomy and Economic Action: Expressive Social Circles in the Creation of Chinese Private Enterprise
Antonio Malfense Fierro	University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.	A longitudinal perspective on Portfolio Entrepreneurship: Intentions, business group growth, stagnation and contraction over time in developing economies
Carolin Geginat	The World Bank Group	Doing Business 2010: Reforming Through Difficult Times
Paul Reynolds	The George Washington University, USA	National Factors Affecting Nascent Entrepreneurship: A Global Assessment
Anthony Santella & Mickey Conway	Lander Universty / Clemson University, USA	Experiential Learning in International Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Colombian Students
Chihmao Hsieh	Amsterdam School of Business, The Netherlands	Learning Paths to Self Employment: Do Jacks of all trades learn best through separated or concomitant Learning?
Norris Krueger	Max Planck Institute of Ecomonics	Testing the Role of Entrepreneurial Development in Business Creation: From Tech Transfer to Local Economic Development?

Additional Information:
For more information on the event, please contact the organizing committee:

Email: icsb@gwu.edu Attention: Michael Battaglia
Paul D. Reynolds, George Washington University, pauldavidsonreynolds@gmail.com
Ayman El Tarabishy, George Washington University
George T. Solomon, George Washington University
Erik K. Winslow, George Washington University