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Session 7

New Frontiers in Technologies, Fields, and Business Models: Implications for Academic and Practice Knowledge Creation

Track Q	Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Track X	Time: 14:45 – 15:45
Plenary Panel	Room: Plaza Ballroom

Moderator:

Sharon Matusik, University of Colorado, Boulder

Sharon Matusik is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado. Her research focuses on knowledge intensive and entrepreneurial firms. For example, she had looked at topics such as how markets value innovation activities of firms, what accounts for variation in profitability levels of entrepreneurial firms, and how the diversification of a venture capital firm (i.e., the different industries it invests in) affects the performance of the venture capital firm. Her work has been published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Review. Sharon Matusik is currently on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Review. She has served as the Director of the Leeds School Doctoral Program in Strategic, Organization, and Entrepreneurial Studies, the Chairperson for the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, and the Academic Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. She was also a Visiting Professor at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in Santiago, Chile.

Panelists:

Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School

Gary Dushnitsky is an Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at The Mack Center for Technological Innovation at The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Gary Dushnitsky's work focuses on the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation. He explores the shifting landscape of entrepreneurial finance, exploring such topics as corporate venture capital, crowdfunding, and angel investors. His research appeared in leading academic journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Nature Biotechnology. He received several academic distinctions including the 2013 SMS Emerging Scholar Award, the 2009 Kauffmann Junior Faculty Fellowship, and several best dissertation prizes. Gary serves as a senior editor at the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Organization Science, and is an elected officer of the International Strategic Management Society.
Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University

Kathleen Eisenhardt is the S. W. Ascherman M.D. Professor and Co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University. She is the coauthor of Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World and Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos, which won the George R. Terry Book Award. Kathleen conducts research at the nexus of strategy and organization theory with particular emphasis on entrepreneurial firms and high velocity markets. Among her awards are the Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize from SMS, and the Scholarly Contribution to Management award from AOM. She is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management, and has served as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum (Davos) and the Clinton Global Initiative.
Brad Feld, Foundry Group

Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of TechStars. In addition to his investing efforts, Brad Feld has been active with several non-profit organizations and currently is chair of the National Center for Women & Information Technology, co-chair of Startup Colorado, and on the board of UP Global. He is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship and writes the widely read blogs Feld Thoughts, Startup Revolution, and Ask the VC. Brad Feld holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bart Lorang, FullContact

Bart Lorang is the CEO and founder of FullContact. Born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, he is a proven entrepreneur, executive and manager in the global technology industry. He is active in the startup technology community as an angel investor, mentor and speaker at industry events. He began his technology career by achieving his first exit at age 16 and his second exit in Dimension Technology Solutions, at age 29. His wife Sarah’s immaculately-organized address book served as his inspiration for starting his third company, FullContact, in 2010. Bart Lorang has since grown the company to over 40 employees with offices in Denver and Latvia. He serves on the board of Colorado Technology Association, Rapt Media, and Education Funding Partners. In 2012, Bart Lorang was recognized as the Colorado Technology Association’s Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2013, he was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado in Boulder and an Executive MBA from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

The last decade has seen many changes in technologies, fields and business models. Some drivers of these changes include mentor driven accelerators, crowdfunding and crowdsourcing, and social media as both a source for entrepreneurial opportunities and a medium of communication often outside of the control of any specific organization. These developments can fundamentally reorganize traditional value creation activities in firms and contribute to an increasingly complex competitive landscape for firms to negotiate.
In this session, panelists will discuss these new frontiers and how they might shape research especially in the areas of firm boundaries, firm value creation, and negotiating complex and rapidly changing competitive environments.

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