Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Research Themes: Risk management, entrepreneurial strategies, company networks, inter-company, cooperation, stakeholders and strategy.

The TBS Entrepreneurship & Strategy Research lab conducts academic research in the field of business strategy, focusing on four main themes.

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Christophe FAVOREU

Head of Entrepreneurship & Strategy research lab of TBS Education

4 Major Research Topics

The (regional) development of entrepreneurship

Management accounting innovation Performance management systems (PMS) & commensuration in NPOs Evaluation practices & Impact​

Innovation strategies & pathways

Business model innovation Product-service innovation Innovativeness and innovative idea generation & selection New innovation venues (e.g., fablabs, ‘third places’) Innovation in specific contexts (SMEs, aerospace industry) Management of technological knowledge and intellectual property (e.g., patents) Structure of innovative industries Public innovation

Analysis of internationalization strategies

Internationalization strategies, entry modes, new forms for internationalizing Institutions and international business (e.g., lobbying) Impact of government regulation on internationalization strategies International market persistence Internationalization strategies of firms operating in emerging countries Internationalization and performance

Strategy in practice

Corporate Governance Impact of ownership structures on business strategies Strategies for mergers and acquisition Strategies of public, para-public and hybrid organizations (e.g., incubators, business accelerators)

Events & News

research article ceo activism conducive democratic process 2300433387

Research article — When Is CEO Activism Conducive to the Democratic Process?

This article complements the predominantly instrumentally oriented literature on CEO activism and contributes, more broadly, to the literature that explores the normative dimensions of corporate political involvement, as well as to a growing strand of research that draws on philosophical theory to inform business leaders’ ethical decision-making.

Seminars & Conferences

Seminar with David Audretsch

28 and 29 September 2021
Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, Editor-in-chief Small Business Economics and co-author of the article Democracy and Entrepreneurship.
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Seminars

Workshop Dr Llewellyn Thomas

October 2020
Associate Professor at LaSalle Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona
  • Ecosystem Effects : Moving Beyong Consumption-side Compatible Offerings to Address Provision-side Operational Coordination
Workshop

Workshop Johan WIKLUND

29 and 30 june 2020
Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
Workshop

Publication

  • Economic Geography
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
  • European Management Journal
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • International Journal of Business
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development Finance Contrôle Stratégie
  • M@n@gement
  • Management International
  • Public Organization Review
  • Regional Studies Review
  • Revue Française de Gestion.

Partnerships & collaborations

7e PCRD (European Commission), Projet FINNOV Project (Financing Innovation), « The role of finance in growth, employment and competitiveness in Europe (SSH, 2007).

Partnerships : The Open University (UK), University of Cambridge (UK), Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy), Polytechnic University of Marche  (Italy), Economics Institute (Czech Republic),  University of Bordeaux ( France), University of Sussex (UK).

NEKS Network, Knowledge sharing and cluster Development (Study on the formation and development of clusters formed by firms belonging to the knowledge economy). Coordinator: ASTER – Scienza Tecnologia Impresa (Italy). Participants: ALMAWEB, Italy, TBS (France), University of Durham (UK).

Archive

  • 18 novembre 2019 – Global Entrepreneurship Workshop: Advances in Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research – avec Bernd WURTH. – Entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of the latest fads in entrepreneurship research with increasing interest for theory and practice. However, there is still a lack of understanding of what is an entrepreneurial ecosystem and how it can build successful entrepreneurial ecosystems. This event aims to bring together international researchers, experts and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders to shed light on the entrepreneurial ecosystem phenomenon in academia and shape futures directions of the research agenda.
  • 20 June 2019 – Nabil Khelil and Fabrice LUMINEAU, Purdue University: “The many faces of entrepreneurial failure: Insights from an empirical taxonomy”
  • 27 Mai 2019 – Research Symposium “Advances in strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation research “
  • 16 Mai 2019 – Valeria DUPLAT, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (SBE): “If it’s good enough for innovation, is it good enough for globalization? ” (ANNULÉ)
  • 21 Mars 2019 – Anne-Sophie FERNANDEZ, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Audrey ROUYRE, PhD candidate in Strategic Management (University of Montpellier): “How to succeed in multi-partner competition projects for innovation? Evidence from Galileo” (ANNULÉ)
  • 13 Décembre 2018 – Prof. Olga Belousova (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Understanding Entrepreneurship in Difficult Markets: A Social System View on Developing Dynamic Capabilities
  • 23-25 octobre 2018 – Congrès internationale en entrepreneuriat et PME
  • 8 octobre 2018 – Workshop “Law & Strategy” par Prof. David OROZCO, Florida State University
  • 15 mars 2018 – Workshop “Contributions to business model logic from corporate incubators and accelerators: a cognitive perspective” par Prof. Dirk Schneckenberg, Rennes School of Business.
  • 29 septembre 2017 – Workshop “Actions speak louder than words: how framing and gesturing in entrepreneurial pitches influences potential investors” par Dr. Jean CLARKE, EM Lyon.
  • 25 mai 2016 – Workshop interne avec Marco Van Gelderen sur “Founder anxieties, coping responses, and their development over time”.
  • 18 avril 2016 – Workshop interne avec Tomas Blomquist & Syujith Nair de Umea School of Business sur “Business incubators : Designing for failure management”.
  • 14 avril 2016 – Workshop interne avec Timothy B.Folta sur “Entrepreneurial Choices of Initial Human Capital Endowments and New Venture Success”.
  • 10 avril 2015 – Visite du Prof Damien Talbot, Université de Bordeaux sur le sujet : “Rente relationnelle et sous-performance des firmes pivots dans la chaîne de valeur aéronautique”.
  • Octobre 2015 – Workshop avec Florian Taube sur le thème : “Growth Management”.
  • 24 octobre 2014 – Séminaire “How to get published in the best Management/Entrepreneurship Journal” organisé par Wadid Lamine.
  • 23 octobre 2014 – Conference on Incubation and Regional Development organisé par Wadid Lamine.
  • 28 mars 2014 – Workshop “Successive change in Industrial Leadership, Emergence of India as the current world leader in Computer and Information Services” avec l’intervention de Sunil Mani, visiting professor.
  • 1 juillet 2012 – Workshop “Ecosystems and Networks” avec les interventions de Thierry ISCKIA (Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom Ecole de Management), Xavier PARISOT (ESC Troyes), Simone FERRIANI (Université de Bologne), Jérôme VICENTE (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole et Toulouse Business School).
  • 18 juin 2012 – Workshop avec Denis LACOSTE, Pierre BUIGUES et Yen LE THI.