Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Room 401, HSBC Business School Building

Abstract

This seminar examines the extensive and growing literatures on innovation, entrepreneurship, and international competitiveness in the management field. It identifies a number of major limitations in past research and important knowledge gaps that need to be filled, including the lack of detailed investigation into the widely assumed positive impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on the economy and the competitiveness of firms and nations. These shortcomings are presented as research opportunities, and several are illustrated with current projects conducted by the presenter. The seminar closes with a proposed research agenda for future advancement. Among the recommendations is the formation of a global team of management scholars to construct a multi-country, cross-industry, and longitudinal database with large samples of firms (both established and start-ups) from major world regions. This will allow researchers to conduct detailed comparative analysis of the antecedents and consequences of innovation and entrepreneurship and assess their impact on international competitiveness at multiple levels (firm, industry, nation, region, global). In addition to advancing fundamental knowledge for new theory development, findings from the proposed research will also help inform policymakers in their efforts to promote economic reform and enterprise development.