Per Davidsson

Namn: Per Davidsson

Titel/tjänst: Professor, Director of ACE

Universitet/högskola/organisation: Queensland University of Technology

Institution/avdelning: & Jönköping Internationla Business School

E-postadress: per.davidsson[at]qut.edu.au

Webbsida: https://www.qut.edu.au/business/about/research-centres/aus...

Aktuella projekt:

1. CAUSEE http://www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/ace/causee/
2. http://www.qut.edu.au/research/research-projects/pursuing-the-right-opportunities-the-actor-opportunity-nexus-and-new-venture-performance
3. http://www.qut.edu.au/research/research-projects/deeo-discovery-and-exploitation-of-entrepreneurial-opportunities-the-differential-effects-of-organizational-antecedents-on-dimensions-of-corporate-entrepreneurship

Tidigare projekt:

1. Continued Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Growth. My doctoral dissertation study. Economic-psychological theoretical departure; individual/firm level of analysis. Based on phone+mail survey with 400+ business owner-managers, supplemented with secondary data. 2. Business Dynamics in Sweden. Economic-geographical theoretical point of departure; region and nation as units of analysis. Two waves of comprehensive compilation and analysis of secondary data on all business establishments in Sweden (600 000+) over a ten-year period. Parts of the study were in collaboration with six other countries. Main publications: B3, B4, J6, J8, J12, BC22.
   3. Culture and Entrepreneurship. Socio-cultural theoretical perspective. Supplements (2) with “softer” qualities of regions. Two waves of large mail surveys (appr. 1500 resp. each) of the general population in selected “prototypical” regions. Main publications: B2, R13, J9, J11.
   4. High-growth Firms. Economic and Management theoretical perspectives on the origin, characteristics and contributions of firms with high growth. Comprehensive compilation and analysis of secondary data on 12 000 firms over 10 years. Intended as international collaboration under the OECD, but failure to fund or obtain data made the project less successful in most other countries. Firm, company group and nation as levels of analysis. Main publications: R22, J14, J16, J22, J27, J24, BC60; C109 is in journal publication pipeline.
   5. Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Unique, on-going American study based on a survey of start-up efforts, which are subsequently followed up and studied as they develop. Funded and governed by the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium (ERC), a collaboration of 100+ scholars from 30 American and international universities and research institutes. I participated in the design and was a member of the Executive Committee of the ERC. Publications so far: BC40, J31, J35.
   6. Swedish Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Swedish version of (5). Based on a variety of theoretical perspectives. Phone + mail surveys with five waves over 24 months with 300 start-up efforts. The individual and the emerging activity as the units of analysis. Main publications (so far): J15, J24, J28, J41.
   7. Entrepreneurship in Different Organizational Contexts. Departs from organizational and strategic management theories. Employs the firm as unit of analysis. Two waves of phone+mail survey with a sample of 2000+ firms. Publications so far: J21, J40, C72, C77; C118 is in journal publication pipeline..
   8. Longitudinal Study of the 1994 Start-up Cohort. Based on organization/management theory; firm as unit of analysis. Three-wave mail survey of (the survivors among) 7400 firms that were genuine start-ups when the first survey was made. Main publications (so far): J17, J42, BC26,
   9. New Internal Ventures. Based on economic and organization/management theory; emerging new venture as unit of analysis. Five-wave phone and mail survey of 200+ emerging new ventures within firms included in the 1994 Start-Up Cohort. Main publications that I have co-authored (so far): C70, C78, C83.
   10. The Entrepreneurship Research Laboratory. Project in collaboration with leading international scholars – a concerted effort to research entrepreneurship issues (both regarding individual differences and situational influences) with ‘laboratory’ methods such as experiments and simulations. Main publications that I have co-authored (so far) J39, BC71.
   12. SME Growth and Profitability Dynamics. Project examining SME performance using secondary data (the ABS LBS). Main publications J43, J44.
   
2. Business Dynamics in Sweden. Economic-geographical theoretical point of departure; region and nation as units of analysis. Two waves of comprehensive compilation and analysis of secondary data on all business establishments in Sweden (600 000+) over a ten-year period. Parts of the study were in collaboration with six other countries.
3. Culture and Entrepreneurship. Socio-cultural theoretical perspective. Supplements (2) with “softer” qualities of regions. Two waves of large mail surveys (appr. 1500 resp. each) of the general population in selected “prototypical” regions.
4. Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Unique, oAmerican study based on a survey of
   Continued Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Growth. My doctoral dissertation study. Economic-psychological theoretical departure; individual/firm level of analysis. Based on phone+mail survey with 400+ business owner-managers, supplemented with secondary data.
5. High-growth Firms. Economic and Management theoretical perspectives on the origin, characteristics and contributions of firms with high growth. Comprehensive compilation and analysis of secondary data on 12 000 firms over 10 years. Intended as international collaboration under the OECD, but failure to fund or obtain data made the project less successful in most other countries. Firm, company group and nation as levels of analysis.
   6. Swedish Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Swedish version of (5). Based on a variety of theoretical perspectives. Phone + mail surveys with five waves over 24 months with 300 start-up efforts. The individual and the emerging activity as the units of analysis.
   7. Entrepreneurship in Different Organizational Contexts. Departs from organizational and strategic management theories. Employs the firm as unit of analysis. Two waves of phone+mail survey with a sample of 2000+ firms. Publications so far: J21, J40, C72, C77; C118 is in journal publication pipeline..
   8. Longitudinal Study of the 1994 Start-up Cohort. Based on organization/management theory; firm as unit of analysis. Three-wave mail survey of (the survivors among) 7400 firms that were genuine start-ups when the first survey was made. Main publications (so far): J17, J42, BC26,
   9. New Internal Ventures. Based on economic and organization/management theory; emerging new venture as unit of analysis. Five-wave phone and mail survey of 200+ emerging new ventures within firms included in the 1994 Start-Up Cohort. Main publications that I have co-authored (so far): C70, C78, C83.
   10. The Entrepreneurship Research Laboratory. Project in collaboration with leading international scholars – a concerted effort to research entrepreneurship issues (both regarding individual differences and situational influences) with ‘laboratory’ methods such as experiments and simulations.
   11.SME Growth and Profitability Dynamics. Project examining SME performance using secondary data (the ABS LBS). Main publications J43, J44.
   

Publicerat, tidskrifter/konferensbidrag:

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  http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/davidssp/
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Per_Davidsson/contributions
  

Avhandlingstitel:
(1989): "Continued Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Growth." Stockholm, EFI 

Licentiatuppsatstitel:
Davidsson, P., 1987, Growth Willingness in Small Firms: Entrepreneurship - and After. Research Report No. 244. Stockholm: EFI (licentiate degree). 

Nyckelord:
nascent entrepreneurship. small firm growth. research methods. new venture creation. start-up process.

Övriga meriter och information:
2013 Dr. rer. pol h.c, Leuphana University, Germany
1996 Appointed full professor (Oct. 7) at Jönköping International Business School [Professor i företagsekonomi, ssk entreprenörskap].

1993 Declared “docent” (approx. associate professor), Umeå University Business School, Sweden.

1989 Ekonomie doktor (Ph.D., business administration/economic psycholo¬gy) Stockholm School of Economics.

1987 Ekonomie licentiat (untranslatable research degree between MSc. and Ph.D. levels; 'licentiate'), Stockholm School of Economics.

1984 Civilekonom (approx. BA [bus. adm.]; Diplomkaufmann), Stockholm School of Economics.

Positions

Jan. 2010- Director, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE), Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Jan. 2008- Professor in Entrepreneurship, School of Management, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

2007-9 Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

May 2006- Director of the “Entrepreneurship & Innovation Cluster” (a Faculty funded
Jan. 2008 Research Program/Group).

Oct. 2004- Professor in Entrepreneurship and Research Co-Coordinator, Brisbane Graduate
Jan. 2008 School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

July 2002- Department Head, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management (EMM) at
May 2004 the Jönköping International Business School.

Sep. 2000- Visiting Professor, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University June 2001 of Technology, Australia.

July 1998- Full time program director/research leader for the Research Program on
Dec. 2001 Entrepreneur¬ship and Growth in SMEs at the Jönköping International Business School. The first three years of the longitudinal, international research program was funded by a SEK 25 million (approx. 3 million USD) grant from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

Oct. 1996 - (Full) Professor in Entrepreneurship [Företagsekonomi, ssk Entreprenörskap], Jönköping International Business School (80% leave of absence from Oct. 2004)

Jan-June Department Head; section for Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management
1995 (EMM) at the Jönköping International Business School.

July, 1994- Associate Professor (and Acting Professor) in Entrepreneurship, Jönköping
-Oct 1996 International Business School, Jönköping University.

1992-1993 Director of the Transportation Research Unit at Umeå University (TRUM) (in parallel with my position at the department of business admini¬stration. TRUM is a multi-disciplinary research unit, which engages researchers from the departments of Business Administration, Economics, Human Geography, Psychology and Statistics.)

April 1991- Lecturer (a teaching position) with tenure at Umeå Business School. From Nov. 1,
June 1994 1993, I also held a temporary research position ("forskningsutrymme inom lektorstjänst") which requires “docent” status. Prior to that (April 1, 1991- October 30, 1993) I held a temporary research position ("forskarassistent").

July 1990 - Temporary lecturer in business administration at Umeå Business School. This was April 1991 while awaiting formalities concerning the above mentioned tenured lecturer
position.

July 1989- Assistant Professor (”Doktorstjänst”) with tenure, Stockholm School of
June 1990 Economics.

(This all means that I have held tenured positions as of July 1, 1989 with a temporary break July 1990 to April 1991 while awaiting formalities.)

Fall 1985 Temporary lecturer of business administration (full time) at Jönköping University College.

1984-89 Doctoral student/candidate, teaching assistant, research assistant and teacher/lecturer in various combinations at the Section for Economic Psychology, Stockholm School of Economics.

Other appointments related to my academic positions

2009- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Management Studies

2007- Elected Officer of the (US) Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division. This entails a five year commitment culminating with position as Chair of Division in 2011.

2007- Associate Editor, Small Business Economics (Springer)

2007- Member of the review board for Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (Blackwell)

2007- Member of the review board for Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

2006- Appointed ‘Oz Reader’ for the Australian Research Council (ARC)

2005- Appointed Ad Hoc Member of the Graduate Faculty, College of Business and Public Administration, University of Louisville, USA

2005- Member of the Editorial Board for Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship (University of St. Gallen)

May 2004- Visiting Professor and Joint Director of the Human Resources and Entrepreneurship Research Center, Management College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

2004- Member of the Editorial Board for Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship (now publishers).

2003-2009 Member of the editorial review board, Journal of Business Venturing

2003-2005 Chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Research Committee.

Member of the Executive Committee for the Society of Entrepreneurship Scholars (SES).

Member of the Academic Steering Committee for the International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Latin America

Sep. 2002- Adjunct Professor, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University Sep. 2004 of Technology, Australia.

2002- Member of the Advisory Committee, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

2002-2004 Member of the Award Committee for The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research.

2001- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA.

2001-2005 Reviewer for the Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, including co-editorship of the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research

2001-2004 Member of the Scientific Council for the Center for Business and Policy Studies (Studieförbundet Näringsliv och Samhälle, SNS), a high profile “broker” organization linking politics, research and business.

Member of the Presiding Committee of the Research Committee, Jönköping International Business School.

2001-2002 Member of the Technical Advisory Board for The Regional Entrepreneurship Catalyst, Kauffman Foundation (US)

2000- Member of the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education (Senate Hall).

2000-2002 Member of the Editorial Review Board for the journal Enterprise & Innovation Management Studies (Routledge)

1999-2002 Editor, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (USASBE/Baylor University; one out of four editors)

1998-2000 Member of the Faculty Board, Jönköping University.

1997-2006 Member of the Editorial Review Board for the journal Small Business Economics (Springer).

1997-2000 Member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Small Business Management (ICSB).

1996-1997 Reviewer for the Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, including co-editorship of the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research

1996-2001 Member of the Executive Committee of the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium (A major research effort engaging some 20 US and 7 non-US research institutions, and a total of 100+ scholars). The project (PSED) was transferred to the Kauffman Foundation as of January 1, 2002.

1995-1999 Member of the Editorial Review Board for the journal Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (USASBE/Baylor University).

1994-2001 Member of the Scientific Council, Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research [Forum för Småföretagsforskning]. From 1996 on, this also entailed being member of the award committee for “The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research”.

1992-1998 Board member, the Transportation Research Unit at Umeå Universitet (TRUM).

1994-1996 Member (as expert consultant) of the Swedish Minister of Industry’s “Board of Entrepreneurs”.


Temporary appointments related to my academic work

Apart from the more “steady” appointments listed above I have had numerous ad hoc appointments.

Opponent & examiner.

Institution Year Person/Context Role
University of Technology, Sydney 2009 Ralf Wilden, Phd thesis External examiner
University of Massachusetts, US 2009 Benyamin Lichtenstein, tenure & promotion decision External assessor
University of Southern California, US 2009 Helena Yli-Renko, promotion decision External assessor
Erasmus University, NL 2008 Henri Burgers, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2008 Scott A. Shane External evaluator of nominee
Australian National University 2008 W. Rurkwararuk; PhD thesis External examiner
Chalmers U. of Tech., Swe 2008 Magnus Holmen, promotion to A/Pro External assessor
North Carolina State U., US 2007 Ted Baker; promotion/tenure decision External assessor
Vaxjo U., Swe. 2006 Kåre Hansen, promotion to Assoc. Pro External assessor
Chalmers U. of Tech., Swe 2006 Evaluation of candidates for A/Pro pos. External evaluator of applicants
Maquarie University, Aus. 2006 Peter Bryant , PhD thesis External examiner
Georgia Tech U., US 2005 Pat Dickson, Tenure decision External assessor
Maquarie University, Aus. 2005 Michail Kouriloff , PhD thesis External examiner
Erasmus University, NL. 2003 Marco van Gelderen, PhD thesis External examiner
Göteborg University, Swe 2002 Ewa F. Larsson, Licentiate thesis External faculty opponent
University College Dublin, Ire. 2002 Colm O’ Gorman, promotion to senior lecturer External examiner
Uddevalla/Trollhättan University College, Swe 2002 Applications for Chair in Industrial Organization External evaluator of applicants
University College Dublin, Ire. 2001 Applications for Chair in Entrepreneurship External evaluator of applicants
Utah State University, US 2001 Gaylen Chandler, promotion to full professor External examiner
The Royal Institute of Technology, Swe Dan Johansson, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Swedish School of Business, Vasa, Finland 2000 Applications for Chair in Small Business Management External evaluator of applicants
Stockholm School of Economics, Swe 2000 Applications for Chair in Entrepreneurship External evaluator of applicants
University of Haifa, Israel 2000 Benson Honig, promotion to Associate professor External assessor
Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Swe 1999 Per Frankelius, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Luleå Technological University, Swe 1999 Mats Westerberg, PhD thesis External faculty opponent
Uppsala University, Swe 1998 Dan Hjalmarsson, PhD thesis External faculty opponent
Trondheim Technological University, Norway 1998 Bjornar Reitan, PhD thesis External faculty opponent
Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Swe 1997 Anders Melander, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Göteborg University, Swe 1996 Henrik Kristensen, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Swe 1996 Svante Brunåker, PhD thesis External faculty opponent
Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Swe 1996 Per Nyström, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Göteborg University, Swe 1996 Henrik Kristensen, Licentiate thesis External faculty opponent
Stockholm School of Economics, Swe 1996 Frédéric Delmar, PhD thesis Member of examination committee
Swinburne University, Aus. 1994 José Alonso, PhD thesis External examiner
Stockholm School of Economics, Swe 1993 P.G. Persson, Licentiate thesis External faculty opponent

Conferences: Co-chair of the Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference in Jönköping, June 2001. Co-chair of the conference Entrepreneurship, Universities, and Science-based Regional Growth in Jönköping, May 2002. Program Chair for the ENT division of Academy of Management, 2009. PDW Chair for the ENT Division of Academy of Management, 2008. Member of the organizing committee and reviewer of papers for the AGSE-ERE (Brisbane, 2007-10; PBFEAM Conference, 2009; 10th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research (Växjö, 1998) and ICSB 41st World Conference (Stockholm, 1996). Organizer of two international workshops on Advancing Empirical Entrepreneurship Research, 1998, and a similar workshop on The Future of Entrepreneurship Research, 2008. Co-organizer of and speaker at several professional development workshops and symposia at the Academy of Management Meetings, 1999 and onwards. Chairman or discussant appointments for sessions at numerous conferences. Invited expert to the SNS ‘Tylösand Conference’ in 2000 (an annual meeting for top business and political leaders in Sweden). Invited plenary keynote speaker at the following international conferences:

 Building Capacity in the new 'European' School of Entrepreneurship, Newcastle (UK) University Business School, 3-4 June, June 2010.
 16th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark, May 19-20, 2010.
 IACMR Conference, Guangzhou, China, June 19-22, 2008.
 RENT XX Conference, Brussels, Nov. 22-24, 2006.
 International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference, Jilin University, Changchun, China, Sep. 24-25., 2005.
 2nd AGSE Conference, Melbourne, Feb. 2005.
 III ICERLA – International Conference on Entrepreneurship Research in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, November 11-13, 2004.
 The Small Enterprise Association of Australia & New Zealand (SEEANZ) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, Sep. 26-29, 2004.
 Academy of Finland Workshop on Business Know-How. Helsinki, Finland, August 24, 2004.
 2nd International Conference on Talent Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, April 25-28, 2004
 2nd Research Conference on Entrepreneurship in Latin America, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, Oct. 26-28, 2003.
 Chinese SIOP Conference on HR and Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, March 31-April 2, 2003.
 1st European Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Instituto de Impresa, Madrid, Spain, March 5-6, 2003
 Global Perspectives on Innovative Management. Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Australia, Oct. 1-3, 2002.
 Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Specificities and Perspectives. INPG-ESISAR Valence, France, Sep. 19-22, 2002.
 3rd International Conference on Dynamic Enterprises, Portoroz, Slovenia, Feb. 14-15, 2002.
 24th Institute for Small Business Affairs (ISBA) Conference, Leicester, UK, Nov. 14, 2001.
 Business Education Network in Europe (BENE) Conference, Faro, Portugal, Nov. 6-7, 2001
 45th ICSB World Conference in Brisbane, Australia, June 2000
 European Commission DGXXIII SME Forum on High-Growth Firms, Helsinki, Finland, September 1999
 RENT VIII Conference, Tampere, Finland. Nov. 23-25, 1994
 7th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, Turku, Finland, June 1992
 Workshop on Scandinavian SME's in the Context of 1992 - Entrepreneu¬rial Cultures Within the European Economic Space, Turku, Finland, Dec. 1990

In 2008 I was invited as one of ten top scholars around the world to contribute with a paper to the inaugural World Entrepreneurship Forum; a high profile policy-research summit. In addition, I have been plenary keynote speaker at a number of national Swedish conferences. Further, I have contributed to the development of the field through my involvement in at least (I have not kept systematic record)

 18 Academy of Management ‘Professional Development Workshops’ (3 as organizer) 1996-2007
 4 Academy of Management ‘New Faculty Consortia’; 2000; 2004; 2006; 2007
 5 Academy of Management ‘Doctoral Consortia’, 2001-5
 3 Babson/Kauffman Foundation Doctoral Consortia, 2001-7
 A number of ad hoc doctoral consortia in Australia, China, Scotland, Sweden and the US.

Reviewer. Apart from my ‘steady’ appointments with editorial boards I have acted as ad-hoc reviewer for Academy of Management Journal; Strategic Management Journal; Management Science; Journal of Management; Journal of Evolutionary Economics; Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship; Journal of Economic Psychology; Entrepreneurship & Regional Development; International Small Business Journal, and Social Behavior: an International Journal. I was reviewer and co-editor for the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (a research annual) in 1996-7, and 2001-2004; for the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division in 2003-; for the AGSE Conference 2004-, and for the Family Enterprise Research Conference 2005-6. I have reviewed book proposals and manuscripts for publishers Edward Elgar (UK), SNS (Sweden) Fagbokforlaget (Norwary), as well as previewed and endorsed books published by Elgar (UK), Kluwer (NL) and Quorum Books (US). I have reviewed applications for research grants for major research foundations such as Australian Research Council; The AXA Research Fund; The Research Council of Norway; The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, and Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research. In 2003, 2004 and 2009 I was a reviewer for the “Heizer Award” (dissertation award; Academy of Management).

Government agencies, national and international organizations. I have been called in as consultant and/or been invited to deliver speeches for the OECD, the European Commission, the Royal Swedish Academy for Engineering Sciences (IVA), the Swedish Ministry of Industry, the National Board for Industrial and Technological Development (NUTEK), the Institute for Studies on Growth Policies (ITPS), the Swedish Employers Confederation (SAF) and other trade organizations, regional/local authorities, etc. Most of this has concerned policy development with respect to small and new firms.

Business Consulting. Earlier in my career I did consulting work in the areas of marketing research and marketing strategy for clients such as Televerket (Swedish Telecom), Svenska Valvoline AB, Svenska Canon AB, STORA AB, BNL Information AB, Kirstein & Walerud Management Consultants AB and AB Marknadsforskning. More recently, and closer to my current academic specialization, I have consulted for the Singapore-based university start-up Universitas 21 Global and served on the advisory board for Zenzin Ltd., a London-based Internet service provider (no longer in existence).

Teaching qualifications (not fully updated since 2003)

During my career I have taught on all levels of academic education, and on a number of subject matters. At QUT in 2004-7 I have taught two MBA units (GSN420 New Venture Strategy and GSN431 New Venture Growth and Transitions) and one research unit (GSN234 Contemporary issues in Entrepreneurship Research) at QUT. I have occasionally also taught the capstone MBA unit GSN410, Entrepreneurship. Since 2005 I have annually taught the doctoral class “Entrepreneurship 750: Issues and Developments in the Quantitative Approach to Entrepreneurship Research” (which I also developed) at the University of Louisville, US. In the Spring of 2003 I taught the MBA class “Management of Small Business” at Kasetsart University, Thailand.

At QUT I have taught the following research units: BSN503 Research Seminar and GSN234 Contemporary Issues, as well as parts of BSN503 Research Methodology. The Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) has a sizeable Ph.D. program. Within this program I developed and repeatedly taught classes in Contemporary Entrepreneurship Research, Applied Quantitative Research Methods and Research Analysis. The most recent versions of these courses have been taught in English. I have also been designer and examiner of various customized reading courses for Ph.D. students. During my time in Umeå I developed and taught a doctoral class in Economic Psychology. Apart from this I have presented at doctoral consortia at several international research conferences and made ad hoc presentation to Ph.D. students at various universities in the US, UK and Australia.

Due to system differences JIBS does not have an MBA program in the US sense. However, the last two years of JIBS’ (four year) integrated Master of Science programs are academically as advanced as are MBA programs. Within the M.Sc. program at JIBS I have developed and taught classes in New Venture Development, and Small Business Development. I have also helped develop and/or done parts of the teaching of Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation and Research Methods. All teaching at the advanced levels at JIBS is in English. In addition I have helped develop and taught parts of the first year (undergraduate) course Entrepreneurship and Business Planning. Earlier in my career I have taught Consumer Behavior, Advertising Management, Distribution Channels and Marketing Research at M.Sc. level, as well as basic, undergraduate classes in accounting, cost accounting, marketing and economic psychology,

At JIBS I have done a limited amount of Executive Education – one part of JIBS’ development that has been lagging behind. During my time at the Stockholm School of Economics I developed and taught the marketing part of “Posthögskolan” (a package deal between Stockholm School of Economics and Postverket; the Swedish Postal Services) during a three-year period.

My teaching experience includes a variety of pedagogical approaches such as lecturing, case writing and teaching, teacher-led discussion seminars, student-led discussion seminars, extensive feedback on student’s assignments and self-study, discussion seminars in relation to practitioners’ guest lectures or company visits, computer simulations, etc. JIBS has made a deliberate effort to vary teaching methods and to emphasize problem-based learning.

I have given guest lectures or seminars at the following universities (apart from conference presentations):

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
Chalmers Technological University, Göteborg, Sweden
De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
ESADE, Barcelona, Spain
Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
Halmstad University College, Sweden
Karlstad University, Sweden
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Linköping University, Sweden
London Business School, London, UK
Luleå Technological University, Sweden
Lund University, Sweden
Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Nottingham University, UK
Örebro University, Sweden
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Skövde University College, Sweden
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Stockholm University (ESBRI research institute), Sweden
Syracuse University, NY, USA
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX., USA
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
University of Stirling, UK
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
University of Texas, El Paso, USA
Umeå University, Sweden
Uppsala University, Sweden
Växjö University, Sweden
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Although I have for most of my career held positions heavier on research than on teaching I have in all done the equivalent of several years of full time lecturing. I have given presentations at research conferences and suchlike on 100+ occasions. I have additional pedagogical experience from teaching at primary school; approx. 1100 hours in class during the 1978-1981 period. I have written teaching cases and other educational material (see last part of ‘list of publications’ below).

A fair assessment of my qualities as a teacher is probably that I do very well with Ph.D. students, MBAs and executives, where the participants can give more intellectual and experience-based input to a fruitful, interactive learning experience. With undergraduates I reach well above average, but not award-winning status. The evaluations tend to say that they appreciate this professor’s knowledge of his subject matter, but in this type of group I do not score as highly on entertainment value.

Supervision

The table below summarizes the completed higher degree research students I have supervised. Apart from these I have supervised dozens of (Swedish) Bachelors- and Masters Degree theses. I currently (co-)supervise about eight Ph.D. students in Australia and Sweden.

Name, Year & Thesis
My role Selected Credentials - Published in peer review journal
- Several papers presented at BCERC and AoM

Hunter, E. (2009). Celebrity Entrepreneurship: The consequences of Engagement and Implications for Ventures. Principal - Published in peer review journal
- Several papers presented at BCERC
- Best paper award from AGSE
Hellerstedt, K. (2009). The Composition of New Venture Teams: Its Dynamics and Consequences. Associate (minor role) - Published in SSCI-listed, peer review journal
- Several papers presented at BCERC and AoM
- Recipient of “Certificate of Distinction” (runner up) for the 2010 Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management
Naldi, L. (2008). Growth through
Internationalization: A Knowledge Perspective on SMEs. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 47. Associate (substantial role) - 2009 NFIB Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management
- Published in SSCI-listed, peer review journals
- Submitted several articles from dissertation to top journals
- Several papers presented at BCERC and AoM
- One main paper from dissertation accepted in AoM proceedings
McKelvie, A. (2007). Innovation in New Firms: Examining the role of knowledge and growth willingness”. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 38. Associate (substantial role) - 2008 NFIB Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management
- Hired and offered very attractive package by Syracuse U. in the US upon completion.
- Published in British Journal of Management
- Several other journal publications under way

Dahlqvist, J. 2007. Assessing New Economic Activity. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 35 Associate -Won ‘Best Paper Award’ at the world-leading BCERC conference in 2005;
-Several papers presented at BCERC and at Academy of Management;
-One submission to the leading niche journal JBV (impact 1.8) under review.
Brunninge, O., 2005. Organisational Self-understanding and the Strategy Process. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 27.
Associate (minor role) -Received three year ‘Wallander’ Post doc grant based on his thesis work. About 15 such grants are awarded annually in Sweden.
- Recipient of ‘Oskar Sillén’s Award’ for best doctoral dissertation of the year in business in Sweden (shared with one other recipient)
- Received three year ‘Wallander’ Post doc grant based on his thesis work. About 15 such grants are awarded annually in Sweden.
Veronica Gustafsson, 2004. Entrepreneurial Decision-making: Individuals, Tasks and Cognitions. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 22. Principal - Revised version of thesis published as book by Elgar
- Finalist for NFIB ‘best dissertation award’ at Academy of Management 2005
-Several papers presented at BCERC and at Academy of Management;
-Received three year ‘Wallander’ Post doc grant based on her thesis work.
Mikael Samuelsson, 2004. Creating New Ventures: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Nascent Venturing Process. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 20. Principal -Received “The Carland Award” for best doctoral dissertation at the Allied Academics Conference, Maui, Hawaii, Oct. 2004.
-Won ‘Best Paper Award’ at the world-leading BCERC conference in 2001 and again in 2005
- Main thesis article accepted by SBEJ (impact 0.7)
Ahl, H. J., 2002. The Making of the Female Entrepreneur. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 15 Associate (major role) - Main paper out of thesis published in ETP (impact 1.5)
-Another paper on similar theme published in JBV (impact 1.8)
- Revised version of thesis published as book by Liber
-Received three year ‘Wallander’ Post doc grant based on his thesis work.
- Thesis received a “honourable mention” in the thesis Award competition in the Critical Management Division at the Academy of Management Meeting in 2003.
Brundin, E., 2002. Emotions in Motion. Leadership during Radical Change. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 12. Associate (major role) - Thesis ranked Top 10 in EDAMBA’s pan-European dissertation ranking
- Has published in JBV (impact 1.8)
-Several papers presented at BCERC and at Academy of Management;
Hansemark, Ove C, 1999: Teoretiska, metodologiska och praktiska problem kring entreprenörskap och trait-ansatsen [Licentiate degree] Principal - Two (or more) articles published out of thesis

Marell, A., 1998. The Household Decision Making Process in Replacement of Durable Goods. Studies in Business Administration, Series B, No. 41. Umea University.
Principal during early part; associate after moving from Umea - Several journal publications out of thesis
- Successful academic career; now Dean of Umea Business school
Wiklund, J, 1998. Small Firm Growth and Performance: Entrepreneurship and Beyond. JIBS Dissertation Series No. 03 Principal - Wiklund has become a prolific entrepreneurship academic with multiple publications in top level journals in entrepreneurship and mainstream management (SMJ, JOM, JMS, JBV, ETP etc.)
- Received the “NFIB Education Foundation Award” for best Entrepreneurship/Small Business dissertation at the Academy of Management meeting in 1999
- Received one year Post Doc award from Swedish Institute (STINT) based on quality of dissertation
- Best Paper Award at Academy of Management 1999
Frederic Delmar, 1996. Entrepreneurial Behavior &Business Performance. Stockholm School of Economics.
Principal during early part; associate after moving from Umea - Delmar has become a prolific entrepreneurship academic with multiple publications in top level journals in entrepreneurship and mainstream management (SMJ, MS, JBV, ETP, etc.)
Per-Göran Persson, 1995. Modeling the Impact of Sales Promotion on Store Profits. Stockholm School of Economics.
Associate (minor role) Left academia after completion


I currently supervise 4 PhD students at QUT, and also co-supervise 2 PhD students at JIBS.

Administrative and leadership qualifications

From Sep. 2007 I am Assistant Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Business and QUT, Australia. During 2006-7 I initiated and built the faculty-wide “Entrepreneurship & Innovation Cluster” (www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/acbr/eirp), from scratch to a research group with 40+ members and affiliates. 2004-7 I was Research Director at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, QUT, Australia. These positions entail all aspects of research leadership such as developing strategies, benchmarks and incentives; establishing mechanisms for initiation and development of research grant applications and journal publications; development of enrolment criteria; curriculum; milestones and supervisory support structure for research students, etc.

In 2007 I was elected officer of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. This means that over a five year cycle I will assume the responsibilities of Pre-conference program chair; Program Chair, and Division Chair. In 2003-5 I chaired the Research Committee for the Entrepreneurship Division.

July 2002-June 2004 I was Head of the Department for Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management (EMM) at JIBS. This involved managerial responsibility for a unit with over 40 people as regards recruiting, coaching and “cultivation” of people as well as financial management, although some aspects of the latter has not been my responsibility (e.g., salary setting). I also held this position temporarily in 1995 for six months during a colleague’s sabbatical.

During 1998-2001 I was program director/research leader for a major, international-collaborative research program, the Program on Entrepreneurship and Growth in SMEs (PEG). This assignment involved management of an activity involving more than twenty people; recruiting and delegating responsibilities to these people, budgetary/financial responsibilities, arranging meetings and international visits, deciding on internal ‘applications’, etc.

I effectively functioned as full professor with all the administrative duties that follow that position since I was first recruited to JIBS in 1994, although the formal appointment as full professor came in 1996. Within the school, I was ‘Subject Area Manager’ for the Entrepreneurship sub-discipline during all of this time, and leader of the EMM section (Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Management) also during an earlier term (spring of 1995). Holding a professorship in a small and growing school also means actively serving on various committees, boards and work-groups internally.

Many other aspects of ‘administrative qualifications’ have already been mentioned above and will here only be repeated in brief:

• leader/joint leader of several major research programs and projects
• co-chair/member of the organizing committee for several international conferences
• department head and board member, TRUM, Umeå
• manuscript editor of two scholarly journals
• editor of books; i.e. co-coordinator of author teams
• member of Executive Committee for major, international research collaboration
• member of Scientific Board, FSF
• supervision of doctoral students
• various more temporary assignments such as conference organization committees

Research qualifications

As shown by the list of publications (below) I have over the years published a large number of journal articles, books and book chapters in respected international outlets for scholarly work. With small excursions into human decision-making and transportation research the vast majority of my work fall within the domains of entrepreneurship and small business.

Within the focus on entrepreneurship my primary characteristics are breadth and an international orientation. I have published contributions that can be classified as empirical, conceptual, and method oriented. My work has departed from economic, psychological, sociological, geographic, and management/organizational theoretical perspectives. I have published in journals with those various orientations and collaborated with researchers with all of these backgrounds. I am also engaged as reviewer and ad hoc outside examiner across the spectrum from psychology, over management to (applied) economics. My research has analyzed entrepreneurial phenomena using the individual, activity, firm, industry, region, and nation as units of analysis. I have published in Swedish, English, German and French, and in journals based in the US, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium, Singapore and Sweden. I have engaged in research collaboration with researchers from Australia, Canada, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, the UK, and the US.

In terms of method most of my work is quantitative, using phone and mail survey data as well as carefully compiled and filtered secondary data sources. I have employed an array of multivariate statistical analysis methods in my research publications, such as regression analysis, logistic regression analysis, discriminant analysis, cluster analysis, factor analysis, conjoint analysis, and structural equations modeling with LISREL and PLS. I have some personal experience from experimental and qualitative research as well, and have supervised Ph.D. students with both of these methodological orientations.

The major projects that I have designed – either myself and with others – and worked with are the following:


In addition, I have published on the basis on other empirical projects than those listed above (e.g., J2, J4, J10, J29, J30, J38) or in the form of conceptual contributions that are indirectly based on insights gained through all of the above (e.g., B5, B6, J19, J20, J25, J32, J33, J35, J36, J37, BC24, BC32, BC33, BC39).

Being involved in the ERC/PSED and other international research collaboration, as well as being in charge of the PEG program, has provided me the privilege of working with many of the best scholars in the field of entrepreneurship, such as Zoltan Acs, Howard Aldrich, Ted Baker, Bill Gartner, Rita Gunther McGrath, Paul Reynolds, Harry Sapienza, Saras Sarasvathy, Scott Shane, David Storey, Johan Wiklund, Mike Wright and Shaker Zahra. It is for others to judge, but it is my hope that this has helped taking my research, and that of my doctoral students, to the very research frontier in entrepreneurship – and hopefully contributed to defining it.

The research work I have undertaken, supervised and reviewed has been given the following awards:

• “Best Reviewer 2010” awarded by the Journal of Business Venturing.
• 2010 Deakin University and Terri Irwin Award for the Best Paper in Sustainable Entrepreneurship at the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, University of the Sunshine Coast (w. Julienne Senyard and Paul Steffens).
• Certificate of Distinction” (runner up award ) for the 2010 Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management presented to Karin Hellesrstedt (I was associate supervisor).
• 2009 Greif Research Impact Award for most Impactful Entrepreneurship Article Published in 2003 (w. Benson Honig).
• 2009 NFIB Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management presented to Lucia Naldi (I was associate supervisor).
• The 2009 Journal of Business Venturing Award for most Impactful Article published in 2003 (w. Benson Honig)
• “Bill Bygrave Award – Best Paper in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice” at the 6th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Adelaide, 2009 (with Scott R. Gordon and Paul Steffens)
• “Best Reviewer 2008” awarded by the journal Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice.
• 2008 NFIB Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business of the ENT Division of the Academy of Management presented to Alexander McKelvie (I was associate supervisor).
• “Bill Bygrave Award – Best Paper in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice” at the 4th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Brisbane, 2007 (sole authored paper).
• Journal of Management Studies Best Paper Prize, 2006 (w. Shaker Zahra & H. Sapienza).
• “Bill Bygrave Award – Best Paper in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice” at the 3rd AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Auckland, NZ, 2006 (w. Erik Hunter).
• “Best High Growth/High Potential Paper Award,” Academy of Management Meeting, Honolulu, 2005 (w. P. Steffens & J. Fitzsimmons)
• “The Carland Award” for best doctoral dissertation presented to Mikael Samuelsson at the Allied Academics Conference, Maui, Hawaii, Oct. 2004 (I was Samuelsson’s principal supervisor).
• “The FSF Creativity Award” received at the “Småföretagsdagarna” (Small Business Days) Conference, Örebro, Jan. 2003.
• “Honourable mention” presented to Helene Ahl in the 2003 thesis Award competition in the Critical Management Division at the Academy of Management Meeting (I was associate supervisor).
• ”Best paper award on the general topic” at the 2001 Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, presented to Mikael Samuelsson for a paper based on his doctoral thesis work. I was Samuelsson’s principal supervisor.
• ‘Marketer of the Year’ (Jönköping municipality) by the Marketing Association in Jönköping.
• “Best Paper Award” at the 45th ICSB World Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2000 (with Bruce Kirchhoff, Abdulnasser Hatemi-J and Helena Gustavsson).
• Finalist (one of three) for the ‘Carolyn Dexler Award for Best International Paper’, Academy of Management meeting, Toronto, 2000 (with Benson Honig).
• “NFIB Education Foundation Award” for best Entrepreneurship/Small Business dissertation presented to Johan Wiklund at the Academy of Management meeting, 1999 (I was Wiklund’s principal supervisor).
• “Fast Company Award for Best High Growth/High Potential Paper,” Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, 1999 (with Johan Wiklund).
• “Paper of distinction award on the special topic” 1998 Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference (with Frédéric Delmar).
• ”Best paper award on the general topic” 1997 Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference (with Frédéric Delmar, Johan Wiklund and Magnus Aronsson).
• 2nd runner up for “Best Paper Award’ at the RENT IX Conference, Piacenza, Italy, 1995 (sole author paper).
• ”Outstanding Scholarly Paper Award” (best empirically based paper), ENDEC World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, 1992 (sole author paper).

Grants

In Nov. 2005 I received a major ARC Discovery grant, which was the largest in the country in Business & Economics, and the largest across all disciplines at QUT in 205 (AUD 455,000 for a four year project). We have subsequently raised AUD 260,000 (ARC Linkage) and AUD 180,000 (Industry Partners) for an add-on to this project.

The largest external research grant I have received was the SEK 25 million (appr. AUD 4.2 million) received from Knut & Alice Wallenberg’s Foundation in 1998 for the first three years of the Program on Entrepreneurship and Growth in SMEs (PEG). Behind the application were professors Leif Melin, Leif Lindmark, and myself. During my time at JIBS (1994-) I received other external research grants for approximately AUD 4 million (from the Hamrin Foundation, the Wallenberg Foundation, The Council for Work Life Research, Ruben Rausing’s Foundation, the “Sparbanksstiftelsen”, the “Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser”, and others). Some of these have been shared with 1-2 other full professors at JIBS. Prior to my time at JIBS my research activities were to a large extent covered by external research grants that I had received either by myself or together with other scholars.

Citations

On ISI/Web of Science my works collectively have over 650 citations. On Google Scholar I have 19 publications with more than 50 citations each and a total of more than 2,500 citations. Further on Web of Science [Google Scholar – some entries hard to find/assess due to partly incorrect info] my articles rank as follows compared to other articles published in the same outlets (July 2008):

- My two articles in the leading North-American journal, Journal of Business Venturing, in 2003 are ranked 1st [1st] and 8th [4th] for JBV articles that year, whereas my 1989 and 1991 JBV articles rank 6th [5th] and 4th [4th] in their respective years.
- My two articles in 2001 in the second ranked North-American entrepreneurship journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, rank shared 1st [1st] (J18) and shared 7th [7th] (J19) for citations that year. The articles in this special issue, which I co-edited, occupy rank 1-5 and 7-8 for ETP article citations in 2001 according to Google Scholar. My 2003 article in the same journal ranks 8th [6th] that year.
- Out of my other articles in ISI-listed North-American journals, my 2002 SBEJ article achieves a 6th [4th] rank and my 2002 and 2003 JSBM articles rank 5th [5th] and 19th [6th].
- My articles in the leading European specialty journal, ERD, in 1990, 1995, and 2000 articles rank 5th [10th], 3rd [2nd] and 3rd [1st] for citations in their respective years.
- Outside of specialty journals, my 1994 Regional Studies manuscript is the 5th [5th] most cited in that journal that year, out of close to 100 published articles.

It should be noted that until relatively recently entrepreneurship research typically has not attracted large numbers of citations because of the limited size of the research community and many research outlets not being captured by traditional citation count facilities.

List of publications

Published journal articles
CIT Scopus CIT ISI/WoS CIT scholar.google
(May 2010)
J50. Davidsson, P. (forthcoming). Some Reflection on Research ‘Schools’ and Geographies. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
J49. Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P, Audretsch, D. & Karlsson, C. (2011). The future of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
J48. Steffens, P., Terjesen, S., Davidsson, P. (forthcoming) Birds of a feather get lost together: New venture team composition and performance. Small Business Economics.
J 47. Davidsson, P., Achtenhagen, L. & Naldi, L. (2010). Small Firm Growth. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 6(2), 69-166.
J46. Lockett, A., Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P. & Girma, S. (2011. Organic and acquisitive growth: Re-examining, testing and extending Penrose’s growth theory. Journal of Management Studies. 1+1
J45. Davidsson, P. & Wiklund, J. (2009). Scott A. Shane: Winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Small Business Economics, 33, 131-140.
J44. Steffens, P., Davidsson, P. & Fitzsimmons, J. (2009) Performance configurations over time: Implications for growth- and profit-orientated strategies. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 33(1), 125-148 - 6
J43. Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. & Fitzsimmons, J. (2009). Growing profitable or growing from profits: Putting the horse in front of the cart. Journal of Business Venturing, 24(4), 388-405.. - 22
J42. Chandler, G., McKelvie, A. & Davidsson, P. (2009). Asset specificity and behavioral uncertainty as moderators of the sales growth-employment relationship in emerging ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 24(4), 373-387. - 3
J41. Samuelsson, M. & Davidsson, P., (2009). Does venture opportunity variation matter? Investigating systematic process differences between innovative and imitative new ventures. Small Business Economics, 33(2), 229-255.. - 7
J40. McKelvie, A. & Davidsson, P., 2009. From resources to dynamic capabilities: An investigation of new firms. British Journal of Management, 20(1), 63-80. - -
J39. Hunter, E. & Davidsson, P., 2007. Celebrity Entrepreneurship: Communication Effectiveness through Perceived Involvement. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 5(4), 505-527. 0 3+4
J38. Robinson, D.A., Davidsson, P., van der Mescht, H., & Court, P., 2007. How entrepreneurs deal with ethical challenges – an application of the Synergy Star technique. Journal of Business Ethics, 71(11), 401-423. 0 2
J37. Zahra, S., Sapienza, H. & Davidsson, P., 2006. Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda. Journal of Management Studies, 25(4), 917-955. 19 188
J36. Gartner, W., Davidsson, P. & Zahra, S., 2006. Are you talking to me? The nature of community in entrepreneurship scholarship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 30(3), 321-331. 7 23
J35. Davidsson, P., 2006. Nascent Entrepreneurship: Empirical Studies and Developments Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Research, 2(1), 1-76. 4 68
J34. Davidsson, P., Hunter, E. & Klofsten, M., 2006. Institutional forces: The invisible hand that shapes venture ideas? International Small Business Journal, 24(2), 115-131. 1 9
J33. Davidsson, P. 2005. Methodological approaches to entrepreneurship: Past research and suggestions for the future. Small Enterprise Research, x, xx-xx. 0 3
J32. Davidsson, P. 2005 [listed as ‘Academic year 2003/2004’]. The types and contextual fit of entrepreneurial processes. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 2(4), 407-430. 1 10+13
J31. Davidsson, P., 2005. Paul D. Reynolds: Entrepreneurship research innovator, coordinator, and disseminator. Small Business Economics, 24(4), 351-358. 0 11
J30. Marell, A., Davidsson, P., Gärling, T. & T. Laitila, 2004. Direct and indirect effects on households’ intentions to replace the old car. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 11, 1-8. 0 4
J29. Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar, 2003. What do they think and feel about growth? An expectancy-value approach to small business managers’ attitudes toward growth. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Spring), 247-269. 18 107+46
J28. Davidsson, P. & B. Honig, B, 2003. The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(3), 301-331. Currently most cited article in this journal since year 2000, according to Google Scholar. 78 592+18
J27. Delmar, F., Davidsson, P. & W. Gartner, 2003. Arriving at the high growth firm. Journal of Business Venturing. 18 (2), 189-216. 28 259+47
J26. Davidsson, P. & M. Klofsten, 2003. The Business Platform: Developing an instrument to gauge and assist the development of young firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 41 (1), 1-26. 2 44


J25. Davidsson, P., 2002. What entrepreneurship research can do for business and policy practice. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 1, 5-24. 54 45
J24. Davidsson P. & M. Henreksson, 2002. Determinants of the prevalence of start-ups and high-growth firms. Small Business Economics, 19(2), 81-104. 10 102
J23. Davidsson, P., Kirchhoff, B., Hatemi-J, A. & H. Gustavsson, 2002. Empirical analysis of growth factors using Swedish data. Journal of Small Business Management, 40(4), 332-349. 7 75
J22b. Davidsson, P. & Delmar, F., 2002. Les entreprises à forte croissance et leur contribution à l’emploi: le cas de la Suède 1987-1996. Revue Gestion 2000, 5, 167-190. 0 5
J22a. Davidsson, P. & Delmar, F., 2001. Les entreprises à forte croissance et leur contribution à l’emploi: le cas de la Suède 1987-1996. Revue Internationale PME, 14 (3-4), 164-187. 0 0
J21. Brown, T, P. Davidsson & J. Wiklund, 2001, An operationalization of Stevenson’s conceptualization of entrepreneurship as opportunity-based firm behavior. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (10) 953-968. 29 162
J20. Wiklund, J. & P. Davidsson, 2001. Zielt unsere Forschung in die richtige Richtung? Der Einfluss der Konzeptualisierung des Unternehmertumsauf das Forschungsdesign. Internationales Gewerberchiv-- Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 49(1), 18-31. 0 0
J19. Davidsson, P., M. Low & M. Wright, 2001. Editors’ introduction: Low and MacMillan ten years on – Achievements and future directions for entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 25 (4; Summer), 5-16. 27 95
J18. Davidsson, P. & J. Wiklund, 2001. Levels of analysis in entrepreneurship research: Current research practice and suggestions for the future. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 25 (4; Summer), 81-100. Currently most cited article in this journal since year 2000, according to Google Scholar. 33 273
J17. Dahlqvist, J., P. Davidsson & J. Wiklund, 2000. Initial conditions as predictors of new venture performance: A replication and extension of the Cooper et al. study. Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies, 1, 1-17. 3 86
J16. Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar, 2000, På jakt efter de nya arbetstillfällena: tillväxtföretagens roll. Ekonomisk Debatt, 28, 267-276. 1 4+5
J15. Delmar, F. & P. Davidsson, 2000, Where do they come from? Prevalence and characteristics of nascent entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 12, 1-23. Currently most cited article in this journal since year 2000, according to Google Scholar. 35 270

J14. Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar, 1999. Zur Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen nach Firmengrösse und –alter. Internationales Gewerberchiv-- Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 219-233.. 0 7
J13. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1998, Smallness, newness, and regional development, Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research, 57-71. 1 15+2
J12. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1998, The extent of overestimation of small firm job creation: an empirical examination of the ‘regression bias’, Small Business Economics, 10, 87-100. 7 57
J11. Davidsson, P. & J. Wiklund, 1997, Values, beliefs and regional variations in new firm formation rates, Journal of Economic Psychology, 18, 179-199. 9 72
J10. Marell, A., P. Davidsson & T. Gärling, 1995, Environmentally-friendly replacements of automobiles, Journal of Economic Psychology, 16, 513-530. 2 11
J9. Davidsson, P., 1995, Culture, structure and regional levels of entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 7, 41-62. 25 141
J8. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1995. Small firms, business dynamics and differential development of economic well-being, Small Business Economics, 7, 301-315. 3 17
J7. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1994,. Entrepreneurship and economic development: The role of small firm formation and expansion for regional economic well-being, Journal of Enterprising Culture, 1, 347-366. 4 0+14
J6. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1994, New firm formation and regional development in Sweden, Regional Studies, 28, 395-410. 34 150
J5. Davidsson, P., 1992, Ein ökonomisch-psykologisches Modell des Wachstums von Kleinbetrieben. Internationales Gewerbearchiv-- Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 40, 145-156. 0 0
J4. Davidsson, P., & R. Wahlund, 1992, A Note on the failure to use negative information, Journal of Economic Psychology, 13, 343-353. 1 10
J3. Davidsson, P., 1991, Continued entrepreneurship: Ability, need, and opportunity as determinants of small firm growth. Journal of Business Venturing, 6, 405-429. 37 273
J2. Bellu, R., P. Davidsson & C. Goldfarb, 1990, Toward a theory of entrepreneurial behavior: empirical evidence from Israel, Italy, and Sweden, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2, 195-209. 10 20
J1. Davidsson, P., 1989, Entrepreneurship - and after? A study of growth willingness in small firms. Journal of Business Venturing, 4, 211-226. 36 160

Authored books


B6 Davidsson, P., 2008. The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
B5. Davidsson, P., 2004. Researching Entrepreneurship. New York: Springer (paperback 2005). 241 scholar.google.com citation and 26 IS/WoS citations.
B4. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark, & C. Olofsson, 1996. Näringslivsdynamik under 90-talet (Business Dynamics in the ‘90s). Stockholm: NUTEK. 54 scholar.google.com citations and 19 ISI/WoS citations.
B3. Davidsson, P., L. Lindmark & C. Olofsson, 1994,. Dynamiken i svenskt näringsliv (Business Dynamics in Sweden). Lund: Studentlitteratur. 91 scholar.google.com citations and 14 ISI/WoS citations.
B2. Davidsson, P., 1993, Kultur och entreprenörskap - om orsaker till regional variation i nyföretagande (Culture and Entrepreneurship - on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation). Stockholm: NUTEK. 1 scholar.google.com citations and 3 ISI/WoS citations..
B1. Davidsson, P., 1989, Continued Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Growth. Stockholm, EFI (doctoral dissertation; published as book). 185 scholar.google.com citation and 30 ISI/WoS citations.

Edited books, research annuals, journal special issues and edited/refereed conference proceedings


EB16. Davidsson, P. & Wiklund, J. (eds.) (forthcoming). New Perspectives on Firm Growth. Cheltenham: Elgar.
EB 15. Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P., Audretsch, D.A., & Karlsson, C. (2011). Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, xx(x). Special issue on the future of entrepreneurship research.
EB14. Davidsson. P., Gordon, S.R. & Bergmann, H. (eds.) (forthcoming. Nascent Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Elgar.
EB13. Gartner, W., Davidsson, P. & Zahra, S., 2006 (eds.). Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 30(3). Special issue on bibliographic approaches to entrepreneurship.
EB12. Davidsson, P., Delmar, F. & Wiklund, J. (eds.), 2006. Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms. Cheltenham: Elgar. 8 scholar.google.com citation and 4 ISI/WoS citations
EB11. Davidsson, P. (ed.) (2006). New Firm Start-Ups. Cheltenham: Elgar (edited reprint volume).
EB10. Zahra, S. , Brush, C., Davidsson, P. et al (eds.), 2004. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2003. Wellesley, MA.: Babson College.
EB9. Bygrave, W., Davidsson, P., Fiet, J., Greene, P.G., Harrison, R, Lerner, M, Meyer, G.D, Sohl, J. & A. Zacharakis (eds.), 2002. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship 2002. Wellesley, MA.: Babson College.
EB8. Davidsson, P., Bartlett, W, Zizek, J. and J. Vadnjal (eds,) 2002. Dynamic Entrepreneur¬ship for the New Economy. Proceedings for the 3rd International Conference on Dynamic Enterprises. Portoroz, Slovenia: GEA College.
EB7. Davidsson, P., M. Low & M. Wright, 2001 (eds.) Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 25 (4). Special issues on progress in entrepreneurship research.
EB6. Reynolds, P., Autio, E., Brush, C., Davidsson, P., Greene, P.G., & H. Sapienza (eds.), 2001. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship 2001. Wellesley, MA.: Babson College.
EB5. Davidsson, P., Delmar, F. & J. Wiklund (eds.), 2001. Tillväxtföretagen i Sverige (High Growth Firms in Sweden): SNS Förlag. 17 scholar.google.com citations.
EB4. Salvato, C., P. Davidsson & A. Persson (eds.), 1999. Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Learning: Conceptual Advances and Directions for Future Research. JIBS Research Reports, No. 1999-6. Jönköping: Jönköping International Business School.
EB3. Reynolds, P., W. Bygrave, N. Carter, P. Davidsson, W. Gartner, C. Mason & P. McDougall (eds.), 1997. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1997. Wellesley, MA.: Babson College.
EB2. Reynolds, P., S. Birley, J. Butler, W. Bygrave, P. Davidsson, W. Gartner & P. McDougall (eds.), 1996, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1996. Wellesley, MA.: Babson College.
EB1. Davidsson, P., 1993 (ed.), Riskbedömning - ekonomistyrning och riskhantering i små företag (Risk assessment - financial control and risk management in small firms). Stockholm: NUTEK.

Chapters in collective volumes: books, research annuals, and edited/refereed conference proceedings

BC75. Davidsson, P., Gordon, S.R. & Bergmann, H. (forthcoming). Nascent Entrepreneurship Research: Overview and Commentary. In: . Davidsson. P., Gordon, S.R. & Bergmann, H. (eds.). Nascent Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Elgar.
BC74. Chapter in Reynolds.
BC73. Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. & Gordon, S.R. (2010) Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Design, Data Collection and Sample Description. In Hindle, K & Klyver, K., Handbook of New Venture Creation Research. Elgar.
BC72. Reynolds, P. & P. Davidsson (2009). PSED II and the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE). In: Reynolds, P. and R.T. Curtin (Eds). (2009). New Firm Creation in the United States: Initial Explorations with the PSED II Data Set (pp. 265-280). New York City, NY: Springer
BC71. Hunter, E., Burgers, J.H. & Davidsson, P. (2009). Celebrity Capital as a Strategic Asset: Implications for New Venture Strategies. In Lumpkin, t. & Katz, J.: Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth, Vol. 11. Elsevier.
BC70. Davidsson, P,. (2008). What Entrepreneurship Research Can Do for Business and Policy Practice. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. (Reprint of J25).
BC69. Davidsson, P,. (2008). Interpreting Performance in Research on Independent Entrepreneurship. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
BC68. Davidsson, P,. (2008). Method Challenges and Opportunities in the Psychological Study of Entrepreneurship. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. (Reprint of BC50).
BC67. Davidsson, P,. (2008). Method Issues in the Study of Venture Start-up Processes. In: Davidsson, P., (f2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. (Reprint of BC47). 10 SG citations.
BC66. Davidsson, P,. (2008). Strategies for Dealing with Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship Research. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
BC65. Davidsson, P,. (2008). The Types and Contextual Fit of Entrepreneurial Processes. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. (Reprint of J32).
BC64. Davidsson, P,. (2008). The Domain of Entrepreneurship Research: Some Suggestions. In: Davidsson, P., (2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. (Reprint of BC40).
BC63. Davidsson, P,. (2008). Introduction. In: Davidsson, P., (forthcoming 2008). The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
BC62. Davidsson, P. (2008). Looking Back at 20 Years of Entrepreneurship Research: What Did We Learn? In H. Landstrom, H. Crijns, E. Laveren & D. Smallbone (Eds.), Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Growth and Performance: Frontiers of European Entrepreneurship Research. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
BC61. Davidsson, P. (2006). The types and contextual fit of entrepreneurial processes. In A. E. Burke (Ed.): Modern Perspectives on Entrepreneurship (pp. 1-22). Dublin: Senate Hall. (reprint of J32).
BC60. McKelvie, A., Wiklund, J. & P. Davidsson (2006). A resource-based view on organic and acquired growth. In J. Wiklund, D. Dimov & D. Shepherd (Eds.) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, (Vol. 9), Entrepreneurship: Frameworks and Empirical Investigations from Forthcoming Leaders of European Research (pp.179-199). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
BC59. Davidsson, P. , Delmar, F. & J. Wiklund (2006). Introduction. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms (pp. 1-20). Cheltenham: Elgar.
BC58. Davidsson, P. , Delmar, F. & J. Wiklund (2006). Entrepreneurship as growth: growth as entrepreneurship. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms (pp. 21-38). Cheltenham: Elgar. (reprint of BC33)
BC57. Davidsson, P. & J. Wiklund (2006). Conceptual and empirical challenges in the study of firm growth. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms (pp. 39-61). Cheltenham: Elgar. (reprint of BC24).
BC56. Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar (2006). Firm size expectations of nascent entrepreneurs. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms (pp. 87-108). Cheltenham: Elgar. (reprint of BC23). 22 scholar.google.com citation (earlier version).
BC55. Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar (2006). What do they think and feel about growth? In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms (pp. 109-155). Cheltenham: Elgar. (reprint of J29).
BC54. Davidsson, P. & F. Delmar (2006). High-growth Firms and their Contribution to Employment: The Case of Sweden 1987-96. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms, Cheltenham: Elgar (156-178). (original publication) 7+2 scholar.google citations.
BC53. Davidsson, P. , Delmar, F. & W. B. Gartner (2006). Arriving at the high-growth firm. In: P. Davidsson, F. Delmar & J. Wiklund (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms, Cheltenham: Elgar (156-178). (reprint of J27).
BC52. Davidsson, P., (2006). The Entrepreneurial Process. Carter, S & D. Jones-Evans: Enterprise and Small Business. 2nd Edition (pp.129-151). Pearson.
BC51. Davidsson, P., Achtenhagen, L. & L. Naldi, (2006). What do we know about small firm growth?. In Parker, S.: Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 2 (pp. 361-398). New York: Springer. 6 SG citations.
BC50. Davidsson, P. (2006). Method Challenges and Opportunities in the Psychological Study of Entrepreneurship. In J.R. Baum, M. Frese, & R.A. Baron, The Psychology of Entrepreneurship (pp. 287-323). Mahway, NJ: Erlbaum. 8 Google Scholar citations.
BC49. Honig, B., Davidsson, P. & T. Karlsson (2005). Learning strategies of nascent entrepreneurs. In R. Sanchez & A Heene (Eds.): Research in Competence-based Management, 1(2), xx-xx. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 9 Google Scholar citations.
BC48. Davidsson, P. (2005). Methodological Approaches to Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Suggestions for the Future. M. Gillin et al. (Eds.) Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005, xx-xx. 5 scholar.google.com citations
BC47. Davidsson, P. (2005). Method issues in the study of venture start-up processes. In A. Fayolle, P. Kyro and J.Ulijn (Eds.): Entrepreneurship Research in Europe. Outcomes and Perspectives. (pp. 35-54). Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. 7 s