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Akbar Saeed

Wilfrid Laurier University

Sessions in which Akbar Saeed attends

Friday 16 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:30
9:30 - 17:30 | 8 hours

 This is a separately ticketed event!  *Open to non-members  Indigenizing Business Schools: Lessons of the Past, Opportunities for the Future The colloquium will take place at Lazaridis Hall, LH3101. ...

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Saturday 17 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:15
10:15 - 11:30 | 1 hour 15 minutes
case studiesDivisional speaker

Eric Dolansky, Editor-in-chief of the Case Research Journal (NACRA). Associate Professor of Marketing.The North American Case Research Association (NACRA); Goodman School of Business, Brock University The teaching case research domain has become increasingly diverse, with various case study types and publication outlets. This raises a question of what counts as quality and impact in the scholarship of teaching cases. For instance, while short cases can be more manage...

Dr. Eric Dolansky

Keynote speaker
13:00
13:00 - 14:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
Conference wideCJAS

Special issue editors will share their vision and ideas about this special issue featured in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. The core of this special issue is to move the conversation to strength-based studies. The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences is listed in the Web of Science and is also part of the Academic Journal Guide 2024.Presenters: Fernando Angulo-Ruiz; Leo-Paul Dana; Emily Salmon; and Robert And...

Sunday 18 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:30
8:30 - 9:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: Daniel Njoagwuani (University of Manitoba)How does Curiosity lead Entrepreneurs toward Sustained Future-making?Author(s)/Auteur(s): Maryam Mahmoudi Mesineh (University of Ottawa)Icarus in Startup Jungle: Early Success, Confirmation Bias and SurvivalAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Virangi Shah (University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering)Entrepreneuring as Therapy: Personal Healing and Growth Through the Entrepreneurship P...

10:00
10:00 - 11:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
Divisional speakerentrepreneurship family businessENTinformation systemsIStechnology innovation managementTIMVIRTUALHYBRIDhybrid session

Chair/Président: Anand Bhardwaj (McGill University) AI and Entrepreneurship Research: A Call for Prospecting and Establishing the Scholarly AI Frontiers to Prevent a ‘Market for Lemons’Entrepreneurship has entered a new era shaped by AI, demanding accelerated scholarly advances to keep pace with thi...

11:30
11:30 - 12:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: Wen Ma (University of Manitoba)Unbranded and Unstoppable: The Maverick Approach to High-Impact Business PerformanceAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Forough Sharifi (University of Guelph) & Davar Rezania (University of Guelph)Entrepreneuring as Existential Transformation: Stories of Life and Career Transition of Four Individuals' who Live in Vans.Author(s)/Auteur(s): Angus Duff (Thompson Rivers University), Tolulope Oluwafemi (Thomp...

11:30 - 12:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ISinformation systemsVIRTUALHYBRIDtechnology innovation managementTIM

Chair/Président: Jennifer Jewer & Elaine Mosconi   Panel on Inter-University Research: Benefits, Opportunities and Challenges for IS ResearchersPanelists· Yolande Chan. Dean and James McGill Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.· Nicole Haggerty. Associate Dean (Faculty) and Associate Professor in Digital Innovation and Information Systems at t...

14:15
14:15 - 16:30 | 2 hours 15 minutes
Conference wide

Generously sponsored by the Dalhousie University, Faculty of Management, please join us for the Spark Tank Pitch Competition where authors selected for their excellent work will present their research projects in just a few minutes. Find all the details: presentation criteria, contestants topics and...

Monday 19 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:30
8:30 - 9:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: James Tuffour (University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies)Identity Play among Immigrant Women EntrepreneursAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Brittany Jackson (Concordia University) & Ingrid Chadwick (Concordia University)Human Capital and Access to Finance: Evidence from Women Entrepreneurs in North AmericaAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Romina Hosseingholizadeh (University of Guelph) & RUBEN BURGA (University of Guel...

10:00
10:00 - 11:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: Akbar Saeed (Wilfrid Laurier University)Cross-level Co-construction in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Exploring Adaptive Responses at Micro and Meso LevelsAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Siyu Fei (Concordia University) & Alex Bitektine (JMSB - Concordia University)A Process Model of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Orchestration: The Role of Advisors in Facilitating Entrepreneurs’ Initial Ecosystem InteractionsAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Taoting L...

11:30
11:30 - 12:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: Bradley Bernard (Toronto Metropolitan University)Understanding Student Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: An Integration of Teaching Quality, Learning Methods, and University SupportAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): James Tuffour (University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies), Albert Acheampong (University of Cape Coast) & Frank Karikari (Northwestern Polytechnical University)Reframing Training of Marginalized Entrepreneurs...

14:15
14:15 - 15:30 | 1 hour 15 minutes
ENTentrepreneurship family business

Chair/Président: Steve Nolan (Carleton University)Strategic Leadership Constellations for Place-based Social Entrepreneurship: Representing Community’s Central Values in Entrepreneurial EcosystemsAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Farshad Amini (Memorial University of Newfoundland)Impact of International Trade on the role of Institutional Quality in Entrepreneurial ActivityAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Emanuel Oliveira (Michigan Technological University College o...

15:45
15:45 - 17:00 | 1 hour 15 minutes
TIMtechnology innovation management

Chair/Président: Nasrin Sultana (HEC Montreal)Discussant/Discutant: Anand Bhardwaj (McGill University)  Revolutionizing Performance Evaluation: An Innovative Framework for Smart Contract Integration in Business ManagementAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Sina Bahramirad (University of Niagara Falls Canada)BEST STUDENT PAPER/MEILLEURE COMMUNICATION ÉTUDIANTEThe Architecture of Innovation: Enabling Sp...