Papers by Victor Schiller
Routledge eBooks, Jun 4, 2024
Proceedings - Academy of Management, Aug 1, 2024
Since 1989, the former communist Eastern European, Balkan region, and Baltic State transition eco... more Since 1989, the former communist Eastern European, Balkan region, and Baltic State transition economies have been extensively investigated by practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Despite expectations of entrepreneurship as a key driver in these economies, existing research has not fully captured the mechanisms, phenomena, and pathways that enable or impede productive entrepreneurship in these emerging markets. This task remains particularly elusive due to the multiple levels at which these mechanisms operate. Therefore, this paper aims to do two things. First, it reviews developed economy entrepreneurship literature and proposes a three-element conceptual model derived from existing studies on those established entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE)s. This model demonstrates how the combined effects and interplay between the key concepts of stakeholder alignment, entrepreneur mindset, and sociocultural influences can collectively impact productive entrepreneurship. Second, it applies this model to systematically analyze transition economy research, identifying the combined multi-level effects of these key elements and how they can foster or hinder entrepreneurship. Although past research has broadly studied the three conceptual model concepts individually, these findings offer new insights into the multi-level combined effects in the transition economy ecosystem context while also potentially applying to other emerging EEs in various states of evolution. The paper concludes with directions for future research to better understand the unique entrepreneurial challenges in these regions.
2024 University Industry Innovation Network Conference , 2024
Entrepreneurship has become a prominent educational path for university students from all backgro... more Entrepreneurship has become a prominent educational path for university students from all backgrounds and disciplines. This has led to a rise in university-operated entrepreneurial courses and student incubator
programs. University incubator programs, through deep business partnerships, can significantly improve the student experiences and outcomes. However, while the importance of recruiting, engaging, and
harnessing these business partnerships is recognized, there is limited knowledge regarding the specific strategies, tactics, and ideas to achieve this. Drawing from a qualitative pilot study encompassing five ecosystems, university incubator Entrepreneur Support Programs (ESP) are approached as the central component of a local entrepreneurial ecosystem. With a focus on the synergy of its actors, factors, and crucial stakeholder alignment, this paper delves into the prospects for enhanced business partnerships. It outlines eleven benefits and provides five practical suggestions for initiating and fostering these crucial relationships. An end-to-end process flowchart is provided to help navigate the steps of engaging local businesses in university entrepreneurship programs. Also included is a detailed twenty-one-component ESP design canvas, with three essential elements identified and explained. The paper closes with sixteen actionable insights, strategies, and tactics to improve student incubator ESP design and operations.
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research has explored bottom-up ecosystems that spontaneously appe... more Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research has explored bottom-up ecosystems that spontaneously appear then develop over time and top-down formed ecosystems deliberately established through organizational sponsorship designed to enable productive entrepreneurship. Despite the crucial role organizational sponsorship plays in entrepreneurial support activities, prior research has overlooked the critical design methods used to formulate the strategy and temporal dynamic factors required to establish and operate top-down emerging resource-constrained ecosystems. Specifically, in the year leading up to initial ecosystem launch, which design methods are used to determine entrepreneur support activities and timing, then what is modified during the first year of operation? Approaching top-down established ecosystems as operating entities and building on current EE theory along with a range of design theories, this study examines relevant literature with a focus on initial and ongoing operating strategy formulation. The findings argue that effectuation principles can be used to design emerging top-down ecosystems better and proposes a new fourth, temporal effectuation means principle to explain support activity introduction timing and sequencing. By doing so, this paper offers evidence and theoretical elaboration for an extended version of the effectuation concept to build emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems in uncertain resource-constrained locations. These findings could be particularly relevant to inner-city, migrant-based, remote, transition economies or economically/demographically declining regions with a desire to promote entrepreneurship.
New Business Models Conference Proceedings 2023, 2023
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research has explored bottom-up ecosystems that spontaneously appe... more Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research has explored bottom-up ecosystems that spontaneously appear then develop over time and top-down formed ecosystems deliberately established through organizational sponsorship designed to enable productive entrepreneurship. Despite the crucial role organizational sponsorship plays in entrepreneurial support activities, prior research has overlooked the critical design methods used to formulate the strategy and temporal dynamic factors required to establish and operate top-down emerging resource-constrained ecosystems. Specifically, in the year leading up to initial ecosystem launch, which design methods are used to determine entrepreneur support activities and timing, then what is modified during the first year of operation? Approaching top-down established ecosystems as operating entities and building on current EE theory along with a range of design theories, this study examines relevant literature with a focus on initial and ongoing operating...
Conference Presentations by Victor Schiller
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024
Since 1989, the former communist Eastern European, Balkan region, and Baltic State transition eco... more Since 1989, the former communist Eastern European, Balkan region, and Baltic State transition economies have been extensively investigated by practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Despite expectations of entrepreneurship as a key driver in these economies, existing research has not fully captured the mechanisms, phenomena, and pathways that enable or impede productive entrepreneurship in these emerging markets. This task remains particularly elusive due to the multiple levels at which these mechanisms operate. Therefore, this paper aims to do two things. First, it reviews developed economy entrepreneurship literature and proposes a three-element conceptual model derived from existing studies on those established entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE)s. This model demonstrates how the combined effects and interplay between the key concepts of stakeholder alignment, entrepreneur mindset, and sociocultural influences can collectively impact productive entrepreneurship. Second, it applies this model to systematically analyze transition economy research, identifying the combined multi-level effects of these key elements and how they can foster or hinder entrepreneurship. Although past research has broadly studied the three conceptual model concepts individually, these findings offer new insights into the multi-level combined effects in the transition economy ecosystem context while also potentially applying to other emerging EEs in various states of evolution. The paper concludes with directions for future research to better understand the unique entrepreneurial challenges in these regions.
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Papers by Victor Schiller
programs. University incubator programs, through deep business partnerships, can significantly improve the student experiences and outcomes. However, while the importance of recruiting, engaging, and
harnessing these business partnerships is recognized, there is limited knowledge regarding the specific strategies, tactics, and ideas to achieve this. Drawing from a qualitative pilot study encompassing five ecosystems, university incubator Entrepreneur Support Programs (ESP) are approached as the central component of a local entrepreneurial ecosystem. With a focus on the synergy of its actors, factors, and crucial stakeholder alignment, this paper delves into the prospects for enhanced business partnerships. It outlines eleven benefits and provides five practical suggestions for initiating and fostering these crucial relationships. An end-to-end process flowchart is provided to help navigate the steps of engaging local businesses in university entrepreneurship programs. Also included is a detailed twenty-one-component ESP design canvas, with three essential elements identified and explained. The paper closes with sixteen actionable insights, strategies, and tactics to improve student incubator ESP design and operations.
Conference Presentations by Victor Schiller
programs. University incubator programs, through deep business partnerships, can significantly improve the student experiences and outcomes. However, while the importance of recruiting, engaging, and
harnessing these business partnerships is recognized, there is limited knowledge regarding the specific strategies, tactics, and ideas to achieve this. Drawing from a qualitative pilot study encompassing five ecosystems, university incubator Entrepreneur Support Programs (ESP) are approached as the central component of a local entrepreneurial ecosystem. With a focus on the synergy of its actors, factors, and crucial stakeholder alignment, this paper delves into the prospects for enhanced business partnerships. It outlines eleven benefits and provides five practical suggestions for initiating and fostering these crucial relationships. An end-to-end process flowchart is provided to help navigate the steps of engaging local businesses in university entrepreneurship programs. Also included is a detailed twenty-one-component ESP design canvas, with three essential elements identified and explained. The paper closes with sixteen actionable insights, strategies, and tactics to improve student incubator ESP design and operations.