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Entrepreneurship Research Conference

hosted by the Menard Family Initiative

The Menard Family Initiative is pleased to announce our fourth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, taking place from Wednesday, October 15th to Thursday, October 16th, in Cleary Great Hall. This two-day event will feature two keynote speakers, a student business idea showcase, a panel discussion with local entrepreneurs, and academic sessions led by distinguished guests from both on and off campus.

Keynote speakers:

Maksim Belitski

Maksim Belitski is a Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Henley business School, United Kingdom and a Gaston Chair in Entrepreneurship at Loyola University New Orleans, US. His research examines entrepreneurship activity at multiple levels, the link between innovation and entrepreneurship, place-based innovative entrepreneurship, and the knowledge spillover of entrepreneurship and innovation. He is also interested in the effect of AI and other digital technologies as complementary assets to knowledge for firm productivity and exceptional performance, superstars. He is committed to interdisciplinary scholarship and actively collaborates with policymakers, businesses, entrepreneurship and support organizations in the US and the UK  to translate innovation and entrepreneurship research into practice. He is an editor of Small Business Economics: Entrepreneurship journal, Associate Editor of Journal of Business Research, Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship and a French flagship journal – Revue of entrepreneuriat.

Mark Packard

Mark Packard is Associate Professor of Management, Harry T. Mangurian Fellow of the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise, and Research Director of the Madden Center for Value Creation at Florida Atlantic University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a research focus on the theory of entrepreneurship. His work focuses particularly on the philosophical foundations of entrepreneurship theory. He is the author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics ranging from uncertainty and judgment to value, innovation, empathy, and more. He is also the author of the book Entrepreneurial Valuation and coauthor of the forthcoming book Venture Mode.

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16

Where

Strzelczyk Great Hall, 153 Cleary Alumni & Friends Center

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Cleary Alumni & Friends Center

If you go

  • Free, no registration needed

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Kali Ysquierdo at 608.785.6653 or kysquierdo@uwlax.edu.

Parking

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