Institutionalization of the field of entrepreneurship’
| Dates: | 7 September 2015 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Institute of Innovation Research |
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| Venue opening hours: | 1-2pm (coffee from 12.30pm) |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Benson Honig |
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The scholarship of entrepreneurship has been a rather successful enterprise, in terms of numbers of faculty, chaired professorships, students, courses, University community and national interest (Katz, 2003). The most recent evidence of the growing esteem for the ‘heroic’ value of entrepreneurship can be seen in the increasing popularity and diffusion of the “Shark Tank”, “Dragon’s Den”, or “Tiger Money”, reality shows that now take place in over 22 countries (including Israel, Finland, USA, Canada, Japan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia). In fact, these entertainment shows have already been the subject of two major journal articles in the field (Maxwell, Jeffrey & Lévesque, 2011; Maxwell and Lévesque, 2011). Business plan competitions and public business idea competitions are increasingly normative world-wide. In and of themselves, the growing popularity of entrepreneurship for public consumption demonstrates the considerable growth of the field’s world-wide institutionalization. The research and teaching of entrepreneurship, irrespective of its outcomes, is an increasingly well entrenched social norm in wealthy as well as emergent economies. As a result, it had taken on its own ‘myths and ceremonies’ (Meyer and Rowan, 1977). In this talk, I will discuss some of the implications and consequences of this isomorphism.
Directions:
Due to preparation work for the MBS redevelopment project, access to the Harold Hankins building is no longer possible via the University Precinct Centre. Please use the main entrance of MBS West (Building Number 29 on the Campus Map) and take the lifts to the left of the main reception desk to the 6th floor. Turn left (‘access to Harold Hankins’ is signed) and go through the door at the end of the corridor and left through a second door into the stairwell. Go down a half flight of stairs following the sign ‘access to Harold Hankins’ and through the door into the Harold Hankins building and along the corridor until you get to the main stairwell/lift lobby. Take the lift to the tenth floor then turn right out of the lift.
Alternatively, if you are a member of the University you can email john.ashton-2@manchester.ac.uk for access to Harold Hankins building from the door on Booth Street West.
Speaker
Benson Honig
Role: Teresca Cacioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Organisation: McMaster Unievrsity, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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