【活动三】创新创业与战略学系学术讲座No. 47：“Ecosystems of entrepreneurship: configurations and critical dimensions” 2019/04/26时间：周五中午12:00-13:00
地点：浙大紫金港校区行政楼1002会议室
主讲人: Nick Vonortas教授，乔治华盛顿大学
嘉宾简介：
Nick Vonortas is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington D.C. He is a faculty member of the Department of Economics, of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, and of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. He has served for several years as the director of both the IISTP and of the graduate program in International Science and Technology Policy. He is now the director of Ph.D. Candidacy (Unit II) of the Department of Economics. Professor Vonortas is editor of the peer-reviewed journal Science and Public Policy. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Economics from New York University (USA), a MA in Economic Development from Leicester University (UK), and a BA in Economics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece).
讲座摘要：
The dominant discourse on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems remains focused on the profile of a handful of successful locations. This has hindered a deeper understanding of the socio-economic mechanisms that shape entrepreneurial activity across different locations and how ecosystems operate in distinct places. Our dual goal in this research is to identify latent hierarchies in the critical dimensions of entrepreneurial ecosystems and to assess whether the configurations of successful ecosystems present dissimilarities. Through fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) we address this issue with data from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Findings generate a typological hierarchy of attributes. Knowledge Infrastructure rises as the key element in our analysis while the range of critical dimensions seem to be much more restricted than previously argued. Besides universities as catalysts, support systems/entrepreneurial habitats and human capital to fill knowledge-intensive jobs are the key components. A second layer is made up of policy quality, physical infrastructure, income level and credit availability. Somewhat different configurations emerge with similarly successful outcomes. Our results suggest that one-size-fits-all models may fail to fathom local idiosyncrasies, possibly providing misguided directions for intervention in specific occasions.
附：本周末活动 【活动一】数据科学与管理工程学系学术讲座 NO.65：Exploring How Contagion Effect Drives Overfunding in Equity Crowdfunding 2019/04/20时间：周六上午10:00-11:30
地点：浙大紫金港校区行政楼1102会议室
主讲人：Chee-Wee Tan教授, Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
嘉宾简介：
Chee-Wee Tan is a Professor at the Department of Digitalization in Copenhagen Business School (CBS). He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of British Columbia. His research interests focus on design and innovation issues related to digital services. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), among others. Apart from his current appointment as a Senior Editor for MISQ, Chee-Wee is currently serving on the editorial boards for Industrial Management & Data Systems (IMDS), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE-TEM), Information & Management (I&M), Internet Research (IntR), and Journal for the Association of Information Systems (JAIS). Finally, Chee-Wee is the co-director of the joint research center between CBS and the Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM) in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
讲座摘要:
This study aims to investigate the predominant phenomenon of overfunding on equity crowdfunding platforms. Although overfunded campaigns appear to be a boon for the initiating fundraisers and platform operators, it undermines the fundamental mission of crowdfunding in achieving equality of funding opportunity. Specifically, overfunding encourages reckless spending of fundraisers who receive excessive investment, and diverts scarce financial resources away from promising business ventures in need of support. This study drew on contagion theory to posit the contagion effect of fundraisers’ self-confidence as the key mechanism underlying overfunding. We postulate that mandatory attributes for campaign setup, in the likes of information disclosure, funding goal, funding duration, and equity offering on crowdfunding platforms can be interpreted by prospective funders as cues reflecting fundraisers’ confidence in their business ventures. Infected by fundraisers’ self-confidence, funders can be compelled to swarm a campaign and eventually overfund it. To validate our hypotheses we collected and analyzed daily investment data for 250 campaigns on a leading equity crowdfunding platform in the United Kingdom (UK). Findings from our study attested to the contagion effect of cues signaling fundraisers’ self-confidence in terms of funders’ susceptibility, contagion spread, and contagion persistency. They also helped to confirm the link between confidence contagion and degree of overfunding. This study hence bears implications for research and governance practice on crowdfunding alike.