Professor Per Davidsson
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Biography
Professor Per Davidsson the Talbot Family Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) in the QUT Business School (Management). Per is especially known for his extensive research on start-up and growth of firms as well as the societal well-being and job creation effects of those activities. He has published over 90 peer reviewed articles in scholarly journals as well as a large number of books, reports, and book chapters. With over 42,000 citations (Google Scholar, April 2022) he is one of the best cited scholars in entrepreneurship globally. He has led several major research programs including the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE), the largest study of business start-ups ever undertaken in Australia. Per was an elected Officer of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management for the 2007-12 period and served as its Chair in 2010/11. He has served as Associate Editor for three of the leading scholarly journals in entrepreneurship and currently serves on the editorial boards for several other journals. He is also an award-winning mentor. Several of his disciples have become internationally successful researchers in their own right, and two of them have become Vice Chancellors (Presidents) of universities in their respective home countries.Research Interests
- External enablers of entrepreneurship
- New venture creation
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Growth of firms, Quantative Research Methods., Small Business
Research field
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Stockholm School of Economics)
Professional memberships and associations
2021 -- Presented with the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award for contributions to entrepreneurship scholarship; 2018 -- Declared #1 in “Lifetime Achievement” among Australian researchers in Business, Economics & Management by The Australian Research Supplement; 2017 -- Inducted into "21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows; 2014 -- Honorary Doctorate, Leuphana University, Germany; 2013 -- Presented with “The Mentor Award” Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management; 2011 -- Appointed Field Editor of the Journal of Business Venturing (#1 scholarly journal in entrepreneurship) 2007 - Elected Officer of the (US) Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division, culminating with being Chair of Division in 2011. 2006 - Appointed ‘Oz Reader’ for the Australian Research Council (ARC); 2001 - Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA. 1996 - Member of the (US) Academy of Management
Teaching
MGN534 Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research Guest lecturing in other units from undergraduate to postgraduate levels Teaches doctoral class ENT750 "Issues and Developments in the Quantitative Approach to Entrepreneurship Research" at the University of Louisville, KY., USA.
Publications
- Davidsson, P., (2015). Entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurship nexus: A re-conceptualization. Journal of Business Venturing, 30(5), 674–695. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82075
- Davidsson, P., Recker, J. & von Briel, F. (2020). External enablement of new venture creation: A framework. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(3), 311–332. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/224050
- von Briel, F., Davidsson, P. & Recker, J. (2018). Digital technologies as external enablers of new venture creation in the IT hardware sector. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(1), 47–69. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223086
- Davidsson, P., (2016). Researching entrepreneurship: conceptualization and design, 2nd Edition [International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Volume 33]. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96050
- von Briel, F., Recker, J. & Davidsson, P. (2018). Not all digital venture ideas are created equal: Implications for venture creation processes. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 27(4), 278–295. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223961
- Davidsson, P., Baker, T. & Senyard, J. (2017). A measure of entrepreneurial bricolage behavior. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 23(1), 114–135. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103305
- Gruenhagen, J. & Davidsson, P. (2018). Returnee entrepreneurs: Do they all boost emerging economies? International Review of Entrepreneurship, 16(4), 455–488. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123867
- Shim, J. & Davidsson, P. (2018). Shorter than we thought: The duration of venture creation processes. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 9, 10–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223314
- Senyard, J., Baker, T., Steffens, P. & Davidsson, P. (2014). Bricolage as a path to innovativeness for resource-constrained new firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(2), 211–230. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63221
- Davidsson, P. & Gordon, S. (2016). Much ado about nothing? The surprising persistence of nascent entrepreneurs through macroeconomic crisis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40(4), 915–941. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82088
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Per, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0666616
- Start year
- 2006
- Keywords
- Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Organizational Emergence; Start up process; Multidisciplinary
- Title
- Firm Early Development and Performance (FEDP): A Panel Study
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0776845
- Start year
- 2007
- Keywords
- Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Organizational Emergence; Multidisciplinary; Start up Process
- Title
- Pursuing the right opportunities: the actor-opportunity nexus and new venture performance
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP130100415
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- Title
- What Facilitates or Hinders the Discovery and Exploitation of Entrepreneurial Opportunities? A Systematic Comparison of the Independent and Corporate Contexts
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP1096477
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Opportunity Discovery and Exploitation; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Bricolage and Early Stage Firm Performance (2015)
- Business Planning in Emerging Firms: Uses & Effects (2014)
- Externally Oriented Capabilities and Corporate Entrepreneurship: Institutional and Managerial Contingencies (2014)
- Dimensions of the Venture Creation Process: Amount, dynamics, and sequences of action in nascent entrepreneurship (2012)
- Exploring the entrepreneur's pivotal role: How creator capital affects organizational outcomes and underpins self-employment persistence (2012)
- The Role of Idea Novelty and Relatedness in Nascent Ventures (2011)
- Celebrity entrepreneurship and celebrity endorsement: Similarities, differences, and the effect of deeper engagement (2010)
- Growth through Internationalization: A Knowledge Perspective on SMEs (2008)
- Creating New Ventures: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Nascent Venturing Process (2004)
- Entrepreneurial Decision-making: Individuals, Tasks and Cognitions (2004)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.