Project Team: Ireland – Dr. Felicity Kelliher ([email protected]); Canada – Prof. B. Honig (Wilfrid Laurier University), Prof. B. Carmichael (Wilfrid Laurier University)
This project is funded by Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Mobility Grants Scheme 2008.
The Project Aim
Felicity Kelliher (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland) is a member of an international research team, involving Profs. Honig & Carmichael (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada), Prof Drori, (College Management Academic Studies, Israel), Dr Henderson (Queens University Belfast) Prof Wright (Nottingham University, UK), Prof. Sheaff (Open University, Israel), and Prof Westhead (Durham University). This team propose to empirically test an analytical framework, developed by Israel Drori and Benson Honig that examines transnational entrepreneurship (TE).
The purpose of this mobility grant was to afford a member of the research team in Ireland the opportunity to travel to Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada in May 2008 to collaborate in a face-to-face environment with the research teams involved in this project. This event was hosted by Professor Benson Honig, as lead investigator in this project.
Methods
Each lead investigator produced country level case summaries that explained transnational entrepreneurship (TE) activities across a range of technological, legal, and environmental variations in each country (Ireland and Canada). Having completed a country-level study, each investigator presented their findings at roundtable discussions held at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada in May 2008. By controlling for country, we learned more about the impact of technology and legal/structural factors in each domain. We had agreed to use the individual country domains as a basis of comparison in order to attempt to identify the natural variation found in our geographically dispersed cases, and the outcome of the round table discussions was for each researcher to return to their own domain and clarify TE motivational criteria evident in each domain. Each lead researcher had also completed a pilot ‘life story’ on a TE resident in the researcher’s own country. These case studies were also presented and a data collection protocol and theme framework was agreed in relation to the primary data collection roll-out in each country.
Engagement Activity
While in Canada, the research team Visited TEs in Waterloo, Hamilton, & Toronto (Canada) which provided cross-country comparative data in terms of human aspects relating to tested model.
Impact
This data, when combined with single-country case studies offered the basis for an agreed framework & data collection protocol for research roll-out in each country. The cross-country data analysis should lead to cataloguing, with the ultimate goal being a successful comparative country study among the member countries.
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