I’m going to be taking part in a PDW on entrepreneurship and history at this year’s Academy of Management conference. The workshop will be held on Friday, August 9 from 12-2 PM at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Here is a link to the program with the details of the PDW.
I may be arriving a little bit late because I’m also taking part in a workshop on family business history that goes until 12:45 in an adjoining room of the hotel (see details here).
| 12:00 PM | Introduction, Trevor Israelsen | |
| 12:05 PM | Historical methods and entrepreneurship research
Daniel Raff, Historical explanation, causality, and firm- and history emergence David Kirsch, Identifying research questions in entrepreneurship that history can answer R. Daniel Wadhwani, The design of historical research |
Question 1
What constitutes rigorous historical research in the context of entrepreneurship? |
| 12:20 PM | Audience questions to expert panel on historical methods | |
| 12:35 PM | The role of history in entrepreneurial processes
Rob Mitchell, Entrepreneurial processes and the role of the past Andrew Smith, Historical-analogic reasoning: The impress of the past on entrepreneurial cognition Ricardo Zózimo, The constitutive role of history in entrepreneurial processes Christina Lubinski, History and the uses and value of technological innovations |
Question 2
What is the relationship between history and ongoing entrepreneurial processes? |
| 1:05 PM | Audience questions to expert panel on entrepreneurial processes | |
| 1:20 PM | Roundtable discussions with experts
Introductions in small groups around tables Research questions activity Sharing and refining research questions and ideas to address these two core questions |
Answers
What research questions and ideas can address these two core questions? |
| 1:55-2 PM | Conclusion, Trevor Israelsen |
The Past Speaks 
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