Professor Scott A. Shane named the 2009 recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.
The 2009 recipient of the world’s most prestigious award in entrepreneurship research, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, was announced today. Scott A. Shane, professor of Economics at Waterhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, will receive 100.000 euros for his contributions to an increased understanding of the conditions under which the entrepreneur and the small business operate.
“Professor Scott A. Shane has an impressive and innovative range of publications that cover practically all of what we recognize as entrepreneurship research”, says Professor Magnus Henrekson, chairman of the Award committee. “His contributions have strongly influenced scholarly work in the field and his efforts to promote entrepreneurship as a legitimate field of research have contributed to enhancing its position within the social sciences”, Henrekson continues.
“By publishing significant works regarding all major aspects of the entrepreneurship phenomenon; the individual, the opportunity, the organizational context, the environment, and the entrepreneurial process. Shane has studied the entire spectrum from imitative start-up firms to the high end research-based, technology-intensive and venture capital-backed firms.
The official motivation for the 2009 recipient emphasizes that Scott A. Shane has not only influenced what we view as central aspects of entrepreneurship, but also strongly influenced how we view entrepreneurship.
The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, originally instituted as The FSF-Nutek Award in 1996, honours outstanding research contributions furthering our understanding of the role and importance of entrepreneurship and small business development. The award has received considerable attention worldwide and its recipients have been awarded for work spanning from entrepreneurship policy to the importance of small firms for innovation and job creation.
For more information, please visit the official website for the award at www.e-award.org or contact:Project Manager Mikael Jorstig, mikael.Jorstig@e-award.org, +46 70 226 00 50
The Prize Committee´s motivation for Scott A. Shane
Scott A. Shane is the inaugural winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, which is a direct continuation of the FSF-Nutek Award first introduced in 1996. Scott Shane has accumulated an impressive and innovative range of publications that cover practically all of what we recognize as entrepreneurship research, novel contributions that have strongly influenced scholarly work in the field. His untiring efforts to promote entrepreneurship as a legitimate field of research has also helped to enhance its position within the social sciences.
Scott Shane is a uniquely complete entrepreneurship scholar, publishing significant works that display superior conceptual acumen as well as empirical and methodological sophistication. His investigations cover virtually all major aspects of the entrepreneurship phenomenon – the individual(s), the opportunity, the organizational context, the environment, and the entrepreneurial process. The empirical analyses often encompass comparative, multi-country settings where he has applied both qualitative and quantitative techniques for data collection and analysis.
Scott Shane has not only strongly influenced what we view as central aspects of entrepreneurship, but also how we view this phenomenon. In particular, he has emphasized the need to consider variation in the opportunities alongside the characteristics of those individuals who pursue them, as well as the matching of individuals and opportunities. Scott Shane’s research is theory driven and provides theoretical lenses that help us better understand entrepreneurship. Finally, by using powerful analytical techniques on carefully collected data, he has influenced how we conduct entrepreneurship research.
