Apologies for cross posting.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Today more than half of the total worlds population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this number will be
more than 70%. Within this context, economic development of urban areas (i.e., social engineering) is
one of the most significant challenges of this 21st century. To this end, Urban Entrepreneurship has
become the default choice to help these development efforts. As a result, urban areas reflect hubs of
socioeconomic activities inclusive of entrepreneurship efforts and are becoming an important area of
research for business scholars.
In light of these trends, we kindly invite you to participate in the Urban Entrepreneurship discussions
and research groups, based on a PDW, symposium, and caucus, taking place at the 2013 AoM
conference in Orlando.
These three events are part of broader ongoing research efforts focused on Urban Entrepreneurship
within the management field. Our endeavors first started in 2011 through an AoM symposium
focusing on the critical perspectives on entrepreneurship and urban development. In 2012, this
research agenda informed an AoM symposium focused on Urban Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic
Development Policy in Formal and Informal Economies. In 2013 we aim, through these sessions, to
identify common ground among management scholars to develop cooperative research agendas and
approaches on this growing area.
Below, please find the details of the three sessions on Urban Entrepreneurship at the 2013 Academy
of Management Meeting.
We look forward to seeing you at these session and joining the conversation on Urban
Entrepreneurship. Please feel free to email us to learn more about the different events.
Cheers,
Arturo E. Osorio, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, & Jeffrey Robinson
Urban Entrepreneurship at the 2013 Academy of Management Meeting
1. PDW
Program Session #: 381 | Sponsor: ENT
Title: Understanding Urban Entrepreneurship: Defining Concepts and Empirics.
Scheduled Saturday, Aug 10 2013 4:45PM - 7:15PM at WDW Swan Resort in Swan 1
Organizers: Arturo E. Osorio (
osorio@business.rutgers.edu) and Banu Özkazanç-Pan (Banu.Ozkazanc-
Pan@umb.edu)
2. Symposium
Program Session #: 464 | Sponsors: ENT, SIM, CMS, AAT
Title: Examining Urban Entrepreneurship: Forms and Varieties under Capitalist and Transition
Economies
Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 11 2013 11:15AM - 12:45PM at WDW Dolphin Resort in Asia 3.
Organizers: Arturo E. Osorio (
osorio@business.rutgers.edu) and Banu Özkazanç-Pan (Banu.Ozkazanc-
Pan@umb.edu)
3. Caucus
Program Session #: 1135 | Sponsor(s): CAU
Title: Capitalism in Question: Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in the Urban
Context
Scheduled: Monday, Aug 12 2013 4:45PM - 6:15PM at WDW Swan Resort in Teal
Organizers: Jeffrey Robinson (
jrobinson@business.rutgers.edu) and Arturo E. Osorio
(
osorio@business.rutgers.edu)