Membre – Lasch Frank

Entrepreneuriat, économie régionale, performance des entreprises, typologies d’entrepreneurs

Dr. Frank Lasch, professeur en entrepreneuriat, a rejoint le Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School en septembre 2003 où il occupe la fonction de Directeur de la recherche depuis 2007. Il est titulaire d’un doctorat en géographie économique obtenu en co-tutelle entre l’université de Montpellier et de Heidelberg (Allemagne) et d’un diplôme de HDR en Sciences de Gestion (Université Montpellier I, 2007). Il est également membre du Conseil de laboratoire de l’équipe d’accueil universitaire Montpellier Recherche en Management, membre du comité de direction du Labex Entreprendre. Dans le cadre du Labex, il dirige la chaire Entrepreneuriat & Innovation. Ensemble avec le Dr. Kerstin Wagner (HTW Chur, Suisse) il est coordinateur scientifique de la conférence annuelle en entrepreneuriat Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER). Ses recherches portent sur la relation contexte régional-entrepreneuriat, la survie et la croissance des jeunes entreprises, et l’entrepreneuriat dans le secteur TIC, les typologies d’entrepreneurs. Il est membre de l’editorial advisory board de International Small Business Journal, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, World Review of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development, International Journal of Business & Globalization (regional editor Europe). Ses recherches sont publiées dans Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Small Business Economics, International Small Business Journal, Management Decision, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Finance Contrôle Stratégie, Revue Française de Gestion, Revue Internationale PME, etc.

Articles à comité de lecture

• Jaouen A. & Lasch F. Forthcoming. A new typology of micro-firm owner-managers. International Small Business Journal.
• Granata J., Dana L.-P., Lasch F. & Carnaby A. 2013. The evolution of co-opetition in the Waipara wine cluster of New Zealand. Wine Economics and Policy, 2: 42-49.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2013. Coopérer aves ses amis ou avec ses ennemis: quelle stratégie pour l’innovation produit? Revue Française de Gestion, 39(232): 81-100.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2013. Regional determinants of ICT new firm formation. Small Business Economics, 40(3): 671-686.
• Gurău C., Dana L.-P. & Lasch F. 2012. Academic entrepreneurship in UK biotechnology firms: alternative models and the associated performance. Journal of Entreprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 6(2).
• Leitao J., Lasch F., Thurik R. 2011. Globalization, entrepreneurship and regional environment. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 12(2): 129-138.
• Gurău C. & Lasch F. 2011. Open innovation strategies in the UK biopharmaceutical sector. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 3(4): 420-434.
• Lasch F. & Dana L.-P. 2011. Contrasting contexts for entrepreneurship: Capitalism by Kyrgyz decree compared to gradual transition in Uzbekistan. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 24(3): 319-328.
• Lasch F. 2011. Beyond the concept of social and human capital: the impact of the environment on high tech venturing. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 14(1): 56-76.
• Gurău C., Dana L.-P. & Lasch F. 2010. Human capital for successful entrepreneurial ventures: the profile of the top management team (TMT) in UK biopharmaceutical SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 11(4): 436-454.
• Robert F., Marquès P., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2010. Les entrepreneurs dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication: proposition d’une typologie. Revue Internationale PME, 23(1): 64-90.
• Heumann S., Schmude J. & Lasch F. 2010. Academic entrepreneurship in knowledge and technology based industries: Fundamental determinants at German research universities and universities of applied sciences. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 10(1): 5-29.
• Robert F., Marquès P., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2009. Entrepreneurship in emerging high-tech industries: ICT entrepreneurs between experts and kamikazes. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 7(3): 258-283.
• Schmude J., Heumann S., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2009. IECER conference – five years of entrepreneurship research: Topics and trends. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 7(2): 155-176.
• Dana L.-P., Jaouen A. & Lasch F. 2009. Comprendre le contexte entrepreneurial dans les pays émergents d’Asie: une étude comparative. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 22(4): 483-496.
• Lasch F., Dana L.-P. & Mueller J. 2009. Diversity in Central Asia: Culture, transition & entrepreneurship. Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, 5(1): 44-56.
• Welter F. & Lasch F. 2008. Entrepreneurship research in Europe: taking stock and looking forward. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 32(2): 241-248.
• Lasch F. & Yami S. 2008. The nature and focus of Entrepreneurship research in France over the last decade: a French touch? Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 32(2): 339-360.
• Lasch F., Gundolf K. & Kraus S. 2007. The impact of unemployment on entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from France. International Journal of Business Research, 7(2): 1-8.
• Lasch F. 2007. L’impact du contexte socio-économique local sur la création d’entreprise en France. Revue Internationale PME, 20(2): 9-32.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2007. Critical growth factors of ICT start-ups. Management Decision, 45(1): 62-75.
• Lasch F. 2005. Le secteur TIC en France: délimitation, localisation et création d’entreprises. Gestion 2000, 6(5): 221-245.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. Les déterminants de la survie et de la croissance des start-up TIC. Revue Française de Gestion, 31(155): 37-56.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. L’influence de l’environnement socio-économique sur la création d’entreprises dans le secteur TIC : le cas de la France. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 8(1): 73-107.
• Lasch F. 1997. Die soziodemographische Struktur der Wohnbevölkerung in Montpellier – Räumlicher Niederschlag und jüngste Entwicklungen dargestellt an ausgewählten Beispielen. Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft Journal, 11: 204-220.

Communications

• Gurău C., Lasch F. & Dana L.-P. 2013. Sources of entrepreneurial value-creation: A business model approach. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), March 13-15, Brescia, Italy.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2012. Does the type of entrepreneur impact new firm survival? European Council for Small Business (ECSB), November 21-23, Lyon, France.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. Coopérer avec ses amis ou avec ses ennemis: quelle stratégie pour la performance d’innovation produit en PME? Congrès International Francophone sur l’Entrepreneuriat et la PME (CIFEPME), October 24-26, Brest, France.
• Granata J. & Dana L.-P., Lasch F. & Carnaby A. 2012. The evolution of coopetition in wine sector: the Waipara case study. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), September 13-14, Katowice, Poland.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. What is the best strategy for product innovation: vertical or horizontal cooperation? The moderating effect of firm size. 5th Workshop on Coopetition Strategy, September 13-14, Katowice, Poland.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. Vertical or horizontal cooperation for product innovation: An empirical study. European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), June 6-8, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. Vertical or horizontal cooperation for product innovation: an empirical study. European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), June 6-8, Rotterdam, NL.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. Coopération verticale ou horizontale: quelle stratégie pour l’Innovation produit? 21ème Conférence de l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), June 4-6, Lille, France.
• Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2012. Vertical cooperation or coopetition: which strategy for innovation? Business Strategy and Organizational Behaviour Conference, May 7-8, Bali, Indonesia.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2012. Sector specific or generic approaches of entrepreneurship support: Do regional factors of new firm formation differ between industries? International Network of Business & Management Journals Conference (INBAM), March 20-22, Valencia, Spain.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2012. Types of ICT entrepreneurs and new firm survival. International Network of Business & Management Journals Conference (INBAM), March 20-22, Valencia, Spain.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2012. Pick the winners: Linking types of ICT entrepreneurs to new firm survival. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 15-17, Regensburg, Germany.
• Gurău C. & Lasch F. 2011. Coopetition as an entrepreneurial strategy: an exploratory study of UK biopharmaceutical SMEs. International Council for Small Business Conference (ICSB), June 15-18, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2011. ICT entrepreneurship and regional development. Association Information et Management Conference (AIM), Réunion Island, St. Denis, May 25-27.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2011. Towards a sector specific approach of entrepreneurship support: regional factors of entrepreneurship in different sectors and its policy implications. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 16-19, Munich, Germany.
• Lasch F., Robert F. & Le Roy F. 2010. Where do innovations happen? Regional determinants for new ICT ventures. European Council for Small Business (ECSB/RENT), November 18-19, Maastricht, NL.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Robert F. 2010. The relevance of the region for new ICT ventures: Challengers or victims of geography? International Council for Small Business Conference (ICSB), June 24-27, Cincinnati, OH, US. [Proceedings]
• Gurău C., Dana L.-P. & Lasch F. 2010. Alternative models of academic entrepreneurship and the associated performance: an exploratory study of UK biopharmaceutical firms. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), March 10-12, Regensburg, Germany. [Proceedings]
• Gurău C., Le Roy F. & Lasch F. 2009. Partnering strategies in the UK Biopharmaceutical sector: is coopetition a valid option for SMEs? European Council for Small Business (ECSB/RENT), November 18-21, Budapest, Hungary. [Proceedings]
• Gurău C., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2009. Coopetition strategies in the UK Biopharmaceutical sector. Research Workshop on Coopetition, June 25-26, Montpellier, France.
• Lasch F. 2009. Social capital and high-tech entrepreneurship from a regional perspective. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), March 4-6, Lisbon, Portugal. [Proceedings]
• Gurău C. & Lasch F. 2009. Social capital for successful entrepreneurial ventures: the profile of the top management team (TMT) in UK biopharmaceutical SMEs. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), March 4-6, Lisbon, Portugal. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Le Roy F., Robert F. & Marquès P. 2008. From kamikazes to experts: type of high-tech entrepreneurs in the ICT sector. European Council for Small Business (ECSB/RENT), November 19-21, Covilha, Portugal. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F. 2008. Entrepreneurship and the region: empirical evidence from France. European Council for Small Business (ECSB/RENT), November 19-21, Covilha, Portugal. [Proceedings]
• Robert F., Marquès P., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2008. Entrepreneurs in emerging high-tech industries: between experts and kamikazes. International Council for Small Business Conference (ICSB), June 22-25, Halifax, Canada. [Proceedings]
• McElwee G., Dana L.-P., Barnes I. & Lasch F. 2008. Diversity in the European Union: Entrepreneurship and SMEs in the Euro-zone. International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, June 17-20, Montreal, Canada.
• Robert F., Marquès P., Lasch F. & Le Roy F. 2008. Les entrepreneurs dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication: des experts aux kamikazes. Conférence de l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), May 28-31, Nice, France. [Proceedings]
• Robert F., Marquès P., Le Roy F. & Lasch F. 2008. Entrepreneurs in emerging high-tech industries: between experts and Kamikazes. European Academy of Management (EURAM), May 14-17, Ljubljana/Bled, Slovenia. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Dana L.-P. 2008. Towards a typology of high tech entrepreneurship: experts, freshmen, providents & kamikaze. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), March 5-7, Regensburg, Germany. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Gundolf K. & Kraus S. 2007. The impact of unemployment on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from France. International Academy of Business & Economics (IABE), October 14-17, Las Vegas, US. [Proceedings].
• Dana L.-P. & Lasch F. 2007. Transition and entrepreneurship in Central Asia. Academy of Management Meeting (AOM), August 3-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
• Dana L., Lasch F. & Jaouen A. 2007. Symbiotic entrepreneurship in the Eurozone. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), June 7-9, Madrid, Spain. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F. 2006. Innovation policy and socio-economic context as success factors for RTD: the case of Montpellier, France. What is the impact of a policy-framework compared to the external socio-economic conditions? How far has the Montpellier-region got today and what are their perspectives for the future? International workshop: Creating a RTD Investment Policy for Regions in Emerging and Developed Economies (CRIPREDE), June 29, Deventer, Netherlands.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2006. Entrepreneurs on routes to success or engaged in dead ends? Survival and growth of ICT start-ups in France. International Conference on the Dynamics of Strategy: Strategy and Sustainability – Does the practice sustain the theory? April 10-12, Mahe, Seychelles.
• Lasch F. & Yami S. 2006. The nature and focus of entrepreneurship research in France over the last decade: a French touch? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 22-24, 2006 Regensburg, Germany. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. The determinants of start-up survival and growth in the French ICT sector. Strategic Management Society (SMS), October 23-27, Orlando (Florida), US.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. The determinants of survival and growth in the French ICT sector. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Small Business Conference (EFMD/EISB), September 12-14, Barcelona, Spain. [Proceedings].
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. Environmental determinants and proximity effects on entrepreneurship in the ICT sector: Empirical evidence from France. Academy of Management Meeting (AOM), August 5-10, Honolulu (Hawaii), US.
• Lasch F. & Yami S. 2005. Survey on the entrepreneurship research in France. In Ulijn J., Lasch F., Aldrich H., Schmude J., Greene P., Yami S., Prasnikar J. European/US cooperation in new firm formation across the cultural borders. Symposium for the Academy of Management Meeting (AOM), August 5-10, Honolulu (Hawaii), US.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. Les déterminants de la survie et de la croissance des start-up TIC. Conférence de l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), Juin 6-9, Angers, France. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Le Roy F., Yami S. 2005. Determinants of survival and growth of French high tech start-ups. Atelier international de recherche – Accompagnement des jeunes entreprises: entre darwinisme et assistanat /Accompanying measures & survival of new firms: Between Darwinism & assistance. May 26, Montpellier, France. [Proceedings].
• Zipf A. & Lasch F. 2005. Using geographical information systems as management and decision-making tools: the example of an interactive webatlas about new firm formation in the French ICT sector. Start Up Research and Valorization/Valuation of Intra- and Entrepreneurship in Europe (SURVIE), First Meeting, March 3 & 4, Groupe Sup de Co, Montpellier.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F., Yami S. 2005. Environmental determinants and proximity effects on entrepreneurship in the ICT sector: Empirical evidence from France. Start Up Research and Valorization/Valuation of Intra- and Entrepreneurship in Europe (SURVIE), First Meeting, March 3 & 4, Groupe Sup de Co, Montpellier.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. Survival and growth of start-ups in innovation and knowledge-based branches: An empirical analysis of the French ICT sector. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, February 2-4, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S.  2005. Survival and growth of start-ups in innovation and knowledge-based branches: An empirical analysis of the French ICT sector. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 2-4, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F. 2004. L’impact des contextes territoriaux sur l’activité entrepreneuriale en France (1993-2001). Congrès International Francophone sur l’Entrepreneuriat et la PME (CIFEPME),  Octobre 27-29,  Montpellier, France. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F. 2004. Splitting the ICT Sector: significant changes of the impact of the local environment on the new firm birth rate (an empirical analysis of the French ICT sector, 1993-2001). The Second Bi-annual European Summer University 2004, September 19-21, Twente-Enschede, Netherlands. [Proceedings]
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2004. Measuring the impact of the local environment on the new firm birth rate: the example of the French ICT sector (1993-2001). The International Conference on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (ATINER), August 30-31 & September 1st, Lefkada, Greece.
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2004. L’influence de l’environnement socio-économique sur la création d’entreprises TIC: le cas de la France. Conférence de l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), Juin 1-4,  Le Havre, France. [Proceedings]
• Drillon D., Lasch F. & Merdji, M. 2004. Itinéraires de jeunes entrepreneurs : Regard sur un dispositif d’initiation et d’accompagnement. Congrès de l’Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat, March 31 & April 1st, Lyon, France. [Proceedings].
• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2004. New firm formation in ICT sectors: the French case. Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 18-20, Regensburg, Germany. [Proceedings]