11 May 2012
17th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, May 24, 2012
Aalto University School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Cumulus conference Northern World Mandate guests are invited to follow the first day of the conference.
Aalto University School of Economics Small Business Center has a pleasure to invite you to follow the plenary session and Start-up and Growth Entrepreneurship Forum of the 17th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research on May 24, 2012 . The Conference Venue will be the main building of the School of Economics, Runeberginkatu 14 – 16, Helsinki. For further information visit ncsb2012.aalto.fi.
17th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, May 23 - 25, 2012
The first Nordic Conference on Small Business Research was organized in 1980 by Göran Andersson and Bengt Johannisson at Växjö University in Sweden.
Since then this biennial event has been circulating in different Nordic Countries. In 2008 NCSB was organized in Estonia, which was the first time when the Conference took place outside the Nordic Countries. The previous Conference was organized by the University of Southern Denmark in May 2010.
The Conference follows the Nordic tradition, characterized by an open atmosphere that encourages the exchange of ideas between researchers, experts and practitioners in entrepreneurship and small business.
NCSB 2012 will continue this tradition but also widen the perspective to more interdisciplinary areas following the so called "Aalto Spirit". Even if the name of the Conference refers to Nordic countries contributors and participants from all over the world are warmly welcome.
Welcome to the 17th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research!
More information:
Markku Virtanen, Conference chairman, Aalto University, School of Economics
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Center, Lonnrotinkatu 7, FIN-50100 Mikkeli
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Thursday May 24
08.00 – 18:00 Registration
09.00 - 10.45 Opening Plenary Session and Keynote
Welcome to School of Economics, Dean, Professor Ingmar Björkman, Finland
Welcome to Aalto University, Vice Rector, Professor Hannu Seristö, Finland
Welcome to Helsinki, Finland, Minister Jyri Häkämies, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland
Professor Kalevi Ekman, Aalto University Design Factory, Finland
“Passion Based Learning”
Professor Hans Landström, Lund University, Sweden
"That is interesting! Formulating interesting research questions in entrepreneurship
Start-up and Growth Entrepreneurship Forum
Thursday May 24 Lecture Hall C-350 (Wihuri)
11.15 - 12.45
Start-up and Growth Entrepreneurship Forum, Chairman William Cardwell
Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship, William Cardwell
Aalto Entrepreneurship Society: Venture Garage and Start-up activities, Nils Paajanen
Aalto Start-up Center: Incubator and other activities, Pentti Mustalampi
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30
Start-up and Growth Entrepreneurship Forum, Chairman William Cardwell
Mukava Music, Hanna Toivonen
Tuubio, Jens Sørenssen
Dealdash Oy, William Wolfram
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30 Start-up and Growth Entrepreneurship Forum
StudentWork, Heikki Karimaa
Zef Solutions Oy, Jaakko Alasaarela