BOOK LAUNCH OCTOBER THE 4TH: ORGANISATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

BOOK LAUNCH OCTOBER THE 4TH: ORGANISATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Hjorth, D. (Ed.)(2012) Handbook on Organisational Entrepreneruship, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Learn about organizational entrepreneurship with some of the contributing authors to the above title. On the occasion of Professor Howard Aldrich’s visit to CBS and MPP and to further acknowledge that Professor Bill Gartner recently started at CBS (MPP), we take the opportunity to also launch this Handbook, published at the end of 2012. The launch focuses in particular on the interdisciplinary field where organization studies and entrepreneurship meet.

This volume reflects a burgeoning research field and establishes a new basis for inquiring into entrepreneurship in organizational contexts. The book gathers an impressive set of international scholars contributing with chapters with innovative insights and perspectives to this field of research. Please find more information on the book here (http://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781849803786.xml)

The program:

13.00 – 13.15: Welcome by professor Daniel Hjorth: Short about the book

13.15 – 13.45: Howard Aldrich – Evolutionary Theory

13.45 – 14.00: Bill Gartner – Entrepreneurship as Organisation Creation

14.00 – 14.15: Ester Barinaga - Overcoming Inertia: The Social Question in Social Entrepreneurship

14.15 – 14.30: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux - Organizing Reality Machines: Artepreneurs and the New Aesthetic Enlightenment

14.30: Daniel Hjorth: Invitation to reception

Everyone is Most Welcome!

Sign up by sending an e-mail to Entrepreneurship@cbs.dk

Note: Howard Aldrich is Professor & Department Chair, Sociology, and Adjunct Professor of Management in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.