Professor Per Davidsson

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Founding Director, ACE & Talbot Family Foundation Chair, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Chief Investigator

PhD (Stockholm School of Economics)

Professor Per Davidsson the Talbot Family Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) in the QUT Business School (Management). Per is especially known for his extensive research on start-up and growth of firms as well as the societal well-being and job creation effects of those activities. He has published over 70 peer reviewed articles in scholarly journals as well as a large number of books, reports, and book chapters. With over 27,000 citations (Google Scholar, Oct. 2018) he is one of the best cited scholars in entrepreneurship globally. He has led several major research programs including the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE), the largest study of business start-ups ever undertaken in Australia. Per was an elected Officer of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management for the 2007-12 period and served as its Chair in 2010/11. He has served as Associate Editor for three of the leading scholarly journals in entrepreneurship and currently serves on the  editorial boards for several other journals. He is also an award-winning mentor. Several of his disciples have become internationally successful researchers in their own right, and two of them were recently appointed Vice Chancellors (Presidents) of universities in their respective home countries.
Research Interests

  • External enablers of entrepreneurship
  • New venture creation
  • Firm growth
  • Research methods

Additional information

Publications

Research Projects

Title
Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE)
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP0666616
Start year
2006
Keywords
Entrepreneurship;Innovation;Organizational Emergence;Start up process;Multidisciplinary
Title
Firm Early Development and Performance (FEDP): A Panel Study
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP0776845
Start year
2007
Keywords
Entrepreneurship;Innovation;Organizational Emergence;Multidisciplinary;Start up Process
Title
Pursuing the right opportunities: the actor-opportunity nexus and new venture performance
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP130100415
Start year
2013
Keywords
Title
What Facilitates or Hinders the Discovery and Exploitation of Entrepreneurial Opportunities? A Systematic Comparison of the Independent and Corporate Contexts
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP1096477
Start year
2010
Keywords
Opportunity Discovery and Exploitation;Entrepreneurship;Corporate Entrepreneurship;Innovation

Completed Supervisions (Doctorate)