Per Davidsson

Professor Entrepreneurship
Business Administration , Jönköping International Business School
PhD in Business Administration

Research

Per Davidsson is regarded one of the leading entrepreneurship researchers worldwide. He is currently (2022-) focusing on ‘external enablement’, that is, how business-environmental changes (e.g., new technology and/or macroeconomic, regulatory, sociocultural, demographic and natural-environmental changes) create potentials that entrepreneurs can leverage for entrepreneurial action and success. He has also made well-cited contributions on small firm growth; nascent entrepreneurship; the venture creation process; entrepreneurial bricolage; and the role of entrepreneurship for regional development and job creation.  

Biography

Per Davidsson is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) since 1996. Retaining his affiliation with JIBS while his main affiliation was with Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, 2004-2023 he has recently increased his engagement with JIBS and made it his main affiliation. His international assignments have also included affiliations with Zhejiang University (China) and University of Louisville (US). In addition, he holds an honorary doctorate with Leuphana University, Germany. 

From 2007 to 2012, Davidsson served as elected officer of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, including being its Chair in 2010/11. He has also served as Associate Editor for several leading, scholarly journal.

Curriculum Vitae

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