Professor & Assistant Dean of Research
Phone: 07 3138 2051
Fax: 07 3138 5250
E-mail: per.davidsson@qut.edu.au
Room: 757, Level 7, Z Block, GP
Qualifications
1989 PhD, Stockholm School of Economics
1987 MBus, Stockholm School of Economics
1984 BCom, Stockholm School of Economics
Publications
Career Summary
Per Davidsson is Assistant Dean of Research in the Faculty of Business and Professor of Entrepreneurship within its School of Management. Per is especially known for his extensive research on start-up and growth of small firms as well as the job creation and societal well-being effects of those activities. Apart from many books, book chapters and research reports he has published over 40 peer reviewed articles in, e.g., Strategic Management Journal, Regional Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, including the best cited articles since the year 2000 in the three latter journals. He has also consulted for companies and international organizations.
Per is an elected Officer of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management for the 2007-12 period and will serve as its Chair in 2011/12. Since 2007 he is Associate Editor for the Small Business Economics Journal.and he serves on the editorial boards for several other journals. He has led a major research program such as the JIBS Program on Entrepreneurship and Growth in SMEs (PEG) and the Entrepreneurship Research Laboratory (ERL). After joining QUT he (and Ass. Prof. Paul Steffens) have been presented the largest ARC Discovery grant awarded to business/economics in recent years, and based on which he is currently undertaking the longitudinal project Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE; see www.causee.bus.qut.edu.au).
Professional Affiliations
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. |
2006 |
Appointed ‘Oz Reader’ for the Australian Research Council (ARC) |
2005 |
Appointed Ad Hoc Faculty, School of Business & Public Administration, University of Louisville, US. |
2004 |
Visiting Professor and Joint Director of the Human Resources and Entrepreneurship Research Center, Management College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Adjunct Professor, Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden |
2001 |
Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA. |
1996 |
Member of the (US) Academy of Management |
Research Interests
- New Venture Creation
- Firm Growth
- Research Methods
Link to Per Davidsson's electronic eprints click here