JIBS Research Program on Entrepreneurship and Growth in SMEs, is a long term project, with the purpose of establishing for JIBS an internationally leading position as a Center of Excellence in entrepreneurship research and education. This should be achieved by making important research contributions that increase the quality and recognition of entrepreneurship research as a scholarly field of study. This involves suggesting a definition and rationale for its proper domain relative to other fields as well as providing theoretical explanations and interpretations of important entrepreneurial phenomena, backed up by solid empirical evidence. In particular, the program aims to contribute with theoretically strong process research by using longitudinal empirical data. Research in the program is carried out in international collaboration for an international audience, although all data collection financed by PEG will take place in Sweden.
Some projects have aditional funding from other sources.
The program is led by a group consisting of Professor Leif Melin, Professor B rje Johansson, Professor Einar H ckner, Professor Per Davidsson and Dr. Johan Wiklund. Professor Davidsson is operational manager for the project.