Professor & Assistant Dean of Research
Phone: 07 3138 6631
Fax: 07 3138 5250
E-mail: per.davidsson@qut.edu.au
Room: 757, Level 7, Z Block, GP
Staff CV (PDF, 261Kb)
Qualifications
1989 PhD, Stockholm School of Economics
1987 MBus, Stockholm School of Economics
1984 BCom, Stockholm School of Economics
Career Summary
Per Davidsson is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Assistant Dean of Research at BGSB. He is also Director of the research program ‘Entrepreneurship & Innovation’ within the Faculty of Business.
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 40 peer reviewed articles in, e.g., Strategic Management Journal, Regional Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Small Business Economics, Journal of Small Business Management, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Economic Psychology. His research has consulted for companies and international organizations.
1999-2002 he served as manuscript editor for Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and 2003-2005 he chaired the Research Committee within the Entrepreneurship Division of the (US) Academy of Management. He is currently member of the editorial boards for five 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 BGSB 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 developing the longitudinal project Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE).
Professional Affiliations
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
2003-2005
Chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Research Committee.
Member of the Academic Steering Committee for the International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Latin America
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.
1996-
Member of the (US) Academy of Management
Research Interests
- New Venture Creation
- Firm Growth
- Research Methods
Research Profile
Some Recent Publications
Zahra, S., Davidsson, P. & H. Sapienza, 2006. Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda. Journal of Management Studies, 43(4), 917-955
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.
Davidsson, P., Hunter, E. & Klofsten, M. , 2006. Institutional forces: The invisible hand that shapes venture ideas? International Small Business Journal, 24(2), 115-131.
Davidsson, P., 2006. Nascent Entrepreneurship: Empirical Studies and Developments. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Research, 2(1), 1-76.
Davidsson, P. 2005. Methodological approaches to entrepreneurship: Past research and suggestions for the future. Small Enterprise Research, x(x), xx-xx.
Davidsson, P., 2005 [listed as ‘Academic year 2003/2004’]. The entrepreneurial process: Lessons for entrepreneurship education. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 2(4), 407-430.
Davidsson, P., 2005. Paul D. Reynolds: Entrepreneurship research innovator, coordinator, and disseminator. Small Business Economics, 24(4), 351-358.
Davidsson, P., 2004. Researching Entrepreneurship. New York: Springer
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.
Davidsson, P. & Honig, B, 2003. The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(3), 301-331 .
Delmar, F., Davidsson, P. & W. Gartner, 2003. Arriving at the high growth firm. Journal of Business Venturing. 18 (2), 189-216.
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.
Davidsson, P., 2003. The Domain of Entrepreneurship Research: Some suggestions. In J. Katz & S. Shepherd (Eds.) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, Vol.6, pp. 315-372. Oxford, UK: Elsevier/JAI Press.
Davidsson, P. 2001. An Operationalization of Stevenson's conceptualization of entrepreneurship as opportunity-based firm behaviour. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (10) 953-968.
Davidsson, P. 2001. Levels of analysis in entrepreneurship research: Current research practice and suggestions for the future. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice 25 (4; Summer) 81-100.
Some Recent Presentations
Davidsson, P., 2005. Developments in the study of nascent entrepreneurs. Keynote address, International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference, Changchun, China, Sep. 24-25.
Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. & J. Fitzsimmons, 2005. Growing profitable or growing from profits: Putting the horse in front of the cart? Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Honolulu, Aug. 5-10. [winner of Best Paper Award in High Growth/High Potential Venture category, Entrepreneurship Division].
Davidsson, P., 2004. "Entrepreneurship Research: Opportunities and Risks ". Keynote address at Cipeal III conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 11-14.
Davidsson, P., 2004. What's Hot in Entrepreneurship Research? Keynote address, SEAANZ Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Sep. 27-29.
Davidsson, P., 2004. How Entrepreneurship Breeds and Kills Itself. Keynote address, 2nd International Conference on Talent Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, April 25-28, 2004
Davidsson, P., 2003. Entrepreneurial success in context: Sweden, the US, and Latin America. Keynote address at the 2nd International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Latin America, Santiago, Chile, Oct. 26-27.
Davidsson, P. 2003. Firm Growth Mechanism and Entrepreneurial Management. Keynote address at Chinese Society of Organizational and Industrial Psychology Conference on Human Resources and Entrepreneurship. Hangzhou, China, March 31-April 2, 2003.
Davidsson, P., 2003. Research on Firm Growth. Keynote address at 1st Conference on International Entrepreneurship in a European Context (CIEEC). Instituto de Empresa, Madrid. March 6-7, 2003