Greater Region PhD Workshop on „Entrepreneurship & Innovation“ Program March 30th, 2015 10 :30 Welcome address – University of the Greater Region – UniGR, Kristina Hondrila, University of Luxembourg 10 :45 The Choice of the Cooperative Legal Form: Any Rationality? Frederic Dufays, University of Liege 11 :30 The Stress Process in Self-Employed : Examining a State-of-the-art Model in a Longitudinal Sample Clara Heissler, Saarland University 12 :00 Foundation-owned Firms – A Qualitative Empirical Study Florian Hosseini, University of Trier 12 :30 Lunch Break 13 :30 Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy at the Firm Level Thorsten Doherr, University of Luxembourg and ZEW 14 :15 Financing Pattern of European SMEs Alexandra Moritz, University of Trier 15 :00 Coffee break 15 :20 To Buy or not to Buy ? Investigating Determinants and Differences of Temporary and Continuous Rejections of Innovations Jan Milleman, Saarland University 15 :50 Essays on Patent Sales : A Cross-Regional Study on the Company Level Jonas Eder, University of Trier 16 :20 Management meeting 18 :30 Dinner March 31st, 2015 10 :30 The Impact of Diverse Entrepreneurial Teams on Small and Micro Firm Growth in Luxembourg: Assessing Moderating Influences of Effectuation Anne Tryba, University of Luxembourg 11 :00 Passion Contagion in Entrepreneurial Firm Sylvia Hubner, University of Kaiserslautern 11 :30 Coffee Break 11 :45 The Strategic Choice of the Court by Insolvent Firms Simona Christina Wagner, University of Luxembourg and ZEW 12 :30 Lunch Break 13 :30 New Ventures and Word-of-Mouth (WOM) – The Impact of Firm Age on WOM Behavior Jens Schueler, University of Kaiserslautern 14 :15 The Antecedents of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Christian Stumpf, University of Kaiserslautern 15 :00 Coffee break & Concluding Remarks Workshop Participants Nabil Abou Lebdi, University of Luxembourg Rocky Adiguana, University of Luxembourg Marta Arroyabe, University of Luxembourg Matthias Baum, University of Kaiserslautern Joern Block, University of Trier Andrea Bohne, University of Trier Thorsten Doherr, University of Luxembourg and ZEW Frederic Dufays, University of Liege Jonas Eder, University of Trier Christian Fisch, University of Trier Denise Fletcher, University of Luxembourg Clara Heissler, Saarland University Florian Hosseini, University of Trier Sylvia Hubner, University of Kaiserslautern Katrin Hussinger, University of Luxembourg Benjamin Huybrechts, University of Liege Nicolas Jonard, University of Luxembourg Martin Obschonka, Saarland University Jan Millemann, Saarland University Alexandra Moritz, University of Trier Jens Schueler, University of Kaiserslautern Christian Stumpf, University of Kaiserslautern Anne Tryba, University of Luxembourg Dominik Wagner, University of Trier Simona Christina Wagner, University of Luxembourg and ZEW Guoquin Xi, University of Trier Ni Zhen, University of Luxembourg The workshop is organized by the Greater Region Consortium for Entrepreneurship and Innovation University of Kaiserslautern Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, email: [email protected] University of Trier Prof. Dr. Joern Block, Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – BWL, Universitätsring 15, DM- Gebäude, Postfach 28, 54296 Trier, email: [email protected] University of Luxemburg Prof. Dr. Denise Fletcher, Universität Luxemburg, 162 A, Avenue de la Faïencerie, 1511 Luxemburg, Luxemburg, email: [email protected] University of Luxemburg Prof. Dr. Katrin Hussinger, Universität Luxemburg, 162 A, Avenue de la Faïencerie, 1511 Luxemburg, Luxemburg, email: [email protected] University of Liege Prof. Dr. Benjamin Huybrechts, Centre d'Economie Sociale, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman B33-box4, 4000 Liège, e-mail : [email protected] University of Luxemburg Prof. Dr. Nicolas Jonard Universität Luxemburg, 162 A, Avenue de la Faïencerie, 1511 Luxemburg, Luxemburg, email: [email protected] Saarland University Prof. Dr. Martin Obschonka, Universität des Saarlandes, Campus A1 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, email: [email protected] This workshop is funded by the University of the Greater Region – UniGR Contacts Technische Universität Kaiserslautern: Dr. Jörg Hansen Tel: 0049 (0) 631 205 5065 [email protected] Université de Liège: Cathy le Baron Tel: 0032 (0)63 230 909 [email protected] Université de Lorraine: Johannes Caliskan Tel: 00 33 (0)3 54 50 41 34 [email protected] Université du Luxembourg: Kristina Hondrila & Fabiana Decouvette Tel: 00352 46 66 44 6727 [email protected] Universität des Saarlandes: Nadja Ickert Tel: 0049 (0)681 302 2133 [email protected] Universität Trier: Meike Eisenbeis Tel: 0049 (0)651 201 4495 [email protected] .