Thomas Schott Jan 1997

Media contributions

2011, February, Featured and interviewed in TV-program in Iran about entrepreneurship

in Iran in international perspective

2010, Sept-Oct, Featured and interviewed in numerous articles and TV-programs in Iran

about entrepreneurship in Iran in international perspective.

2010, Jan-Feb, Featured and interviewed in numerous articles in the newspapers Børsen and

Erhvervsbladet about entrepreneurship in Denmark in international perspective.

2009, Feb-Sep, Featured and interviewed in numerous articles in the newspapers Børsen, Erhvervsbladet

and Ekstrabladet about entrepreneurship and elite networks.

2009, January, Featured in Denmark in the newspapers Børsen and Erhvervsbladet about my new book

‘Education, Training and Networking for Entrepreneurship in Denmark 2008’.

2008, January, Featured in Denmark in the newspapers Børsen and Erhvervsbladet about my new book

‘Growth-Entrepreneurship in Denmark 2007’.

2007, January. Featured in Denmark in the Funen radio and other radios and in the newpapers

Børsen, Jyllandposten, Berlingske Tidende, Jyske Vestkysten about my new book

’Entrepreneurship in the Regions in Denmark 2006’.

2006, November. Featured in Denmark in radio P1 about entreprenurship policy, 16.48-17.00 hours,

on www.dr.dk/P1/p1eftermiddag/udendelser/2006/11/16171114.htm

2006, November 14. Featured in Denmark in the newspaper Børsen about growth in entrepreneurship.

2006, March. Featured in Denmark in the Funen radio about political networks.

2006, January, February. Feaured in Denmark in the daily newspaper Børsen and several others

about my new book ‘Entrepreneurship in Denmark 2005’.

2005, March. Featured in Denmark in articles in the daily newspapers Politiken and Information,

about politicians, civil servants, and journalists participation in close-knit elite circles.

2003, March 4. Featured in Denmark in article in the daily newspaper Børsen, in national public

radio at 7.30am news magazine, in national public television at 7pm news, and in national public

television news analysis Deadline at 11pm, as author of the book, Networks in the Economic Elite.

Invited Lectures.
Education and training for entrepreneurship: Comparison of Iran and other countries.

Invited key-note lecture to the 1^st Annual Conference on Management, Innovation and

Entrepreneurship, Shiraz, February 2011. www.emishiraz.com

Conference proceedings are in press.

Growth-expectations of entrepreneurs, by Thomas Schøtt, S. Mostafa Razavi, Sung-sik Bahn,

Yusuf Sidani. Invited lecture presented to the First International Conference on Entrepreneurship,

Tehran, September 2010. Abstract published in International Conference on Entrepreneurship:

Abstracts of Conference Papers (Tehran: University of Tehran): 46-47. www.gemiran2010.com

Education for entrepreneurship in Iran compared to Denmark. Invited lecture to the Chamber

of Commerce, Industry and Mines, Tabriz, September 2010.

Centers of entrepreneurship. Invited lecture presented at a symposium on the legacy

of Joseph Ben-David for contemporary universities, Switzerland, July 2009.

Innovative entrepreneurship around the world. Invited lecture at American University

of Armenia, Yerevan, May 2009.

Entrepreneurship policy and education. Invited lecture to the Faculty of Entrepreneurship

at Tehran University, Iran, May 2009.

Entrepreneurs’ networks of advisors. Invited lecture to the regional Institute of Labor and

Social Affairs, Esfahan, Iran, May 2009.

Entrepreneurs’ networks and their effects on entrepreneurship. Invited lecture to

the Municipality of Tehran, Iran, May 2009.

Recruitment of entrepreneurs in Iran and Denmark. Invited lecture to the

Institute of Labor and Social Affairs, Tehran, Iran, May 2009.

Uddannelse, træning og iværksætteri. Invited Lecture to Mid-Jutland Entrepreneurship Academy.

October 2008.

Eliteiværksætteri Danmark. Invited lecture to ConnectDenmark, Odense, September 2008.
Entrepreneurship in Europe and USA. Invited lecture to the European Union Center at the

University of Pittsburgh, February 2008.

Education of entrepreneurs in Denmark and other developed countries and in developing countries,

Invited lecture to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization meeting, Vienna,

November 2007.
Iværksætterrådgivning i Danmark. Invited lecture to meeting of public advisors, Grenå,

August 2006.

Growth expectations of entrepreneurs in Denmark. By T. Bager and T. Schøtt.

Invited lecture at Copenhagen Business School conference, January 2005.

Quantitative Analyses of Social Networks. Invited lecture at Roskilde University Center,

Denmark, December 2003.

Social Network Analysis. Invited lecture series at the University of Southern Denmark,

November 2001, August 2002, March 2003, August 2004.

Networks among organizations. Invited lecture at the University of Southern Denmark,

June 2001.

Science, technology, education and economy in centers and peripheries.

Invited lecture at the conference on Reinventing Society in the Changing Global Economy,

Toronto, March 2001. Published in the conference volume Globalization and Society.
Analysis of the Brazilian supports for science and technology.

Invited presentation to meeting on ‘Conclusion of the Analysis of the Brazilian Portfolio of

Investments in Science and Technology’ with the World Bank and the Brazilian Ministry of

Science and Technology at the World Bank, Washington DC, November 1996.

The formation of the globe-spanning scientific community in the 20th century.

Invited lecture at the conference on 'Science in the Twentieth Century', Florence, June 1995.

Institutionalization of the scientific role in non-Western civilizations.

Invited lecture at the conference 'Science as a Special Profession', Jerusalem, February 1994.

American use of foreign materials: a sociological perspective on underutilization and policies.

Invited lecture at the symposium on 'Managing the Information Revolution', University of

Pittsburgh, February 1994.
The creation of a global civilization: science and modernization. Invited lecture at the Bradford

Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, December 1993.

World science policy: ideology and practice. Invited lecture at the Center for the Study of

Science in Society at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Nov 1993.

Social network analysis. Invited two-hour didactic seminar given at the Annual

Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami, August 1993.

Social science research in the United States on international phenomena.

Invited paper to the workshop on international training and research in social science

in the United States, Social Science Research Council, New York, June 1993.
The concept of center and periphery in international science and the position of Soviet science.

Invited lecture at the Academy of Science of the USSR, Leningrad, May 1991.

Network analysis of a system of mental health organizations. Invited lecture to the Mental

Health Research Training Program at the University of California, Berkeley, April 1991.

Scientific productivity and international integration of small countries. Invited lecture at the

Symposium on the Scientific Role honoring Joseph Ben-David, Jerusalem, December 1985.

Conference Papers. ^ are papers submitted in full and reviewed before accepted for presentation.
How instrumental and emotional support from family differs between vocational decisions

to become self-employed or employed, by Kim Klyver, Mark Schenkel, Mette Søgård Nielsen

and Thomas Schøtt. Presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research

Conference, Syracuse, June 2011.
Entrepreneurs’ education and training enhancing competencies and performance: a global study,

by Thomas Schott and Mahdokht Sedaghat. Presented at the 56^th annual International

Council on Small Business World Conference, Stockholm, June 2011.
Entrepreneurial intention promoted by perceived capabilities, risk-propensity, and opportunity-

awareness: a global study, by Mahdi Ebrahim and Thomas Schott. Presented at the 56^th

annual International Council on Small Business World Conference, Stockholm, June 2011.

National entrepreneurial activity affected by framework conditions: a global study based on

GEM data, by Mostafa Razavi, Thomas Schott and Ali Akhavan. Presented at the 56^th

annual International Council on Small Business World Conference, Stockholm, June 2011.

Entrepreneurs’ social capital and its returns. Lecture at the faculty seminar at the University

of Mazandaran, Bobolsar, Iran, February 2011.

Effects of education and training upon competencies and entrepreneurial performance:

Iran compared to the rest of the world. Lecture at the annual convention of the Iranian

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Tehran, February 2011.

Entrepreneurs’ innovation promoted by their networking: a cross-national study extending GEM,

by Thomas Schøtt, Mohammad Reza Zali, and Toni Feghali.

Presented at the 4^th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. London, October 2010.
Growth-expectations of entrepreneurs: a cross-national study extending GEM,

by Thomas Schøtt, S. Mostafa Razavi, Sung-sik Bahn, and Yusuf Sidani.

Presented at the 4^th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. London, October 2010.
Networks around female and male entrepreneurs in traditional societies and secular-rationalistic

societies, by Mohammad Reza Zali, Sung-sik Bahn, Elaine Allen, Dima Jamali, Thomas Schøtt.

Presented at the 4^th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. London, October 2010.

Entrepreneurs’ spheres of networking for advice: Private, job, professional, market and

entrepreneurship spheres, by Thomas Schøtt, Min-seok Cha, Lina Daouk-Öyry.

Presented at the 4^th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. London, October 2010.

Entrepreneurs’ networks and performance, by Hannes Ottossen and Thomas Schøtt.

Presented at conference in Bodø, Norway, 2009.

Iværksætteres uddannelse og træning. [Entrepreneurs’ education and training]. Presented

at Roskilde University, February 2009.

Human capital influence on advancement of entrepreneurs through venture emergence,

by Hannes Ottosson and Thomas Schøtt. Presented at the Summer University of

Entrepreneurship, Bodø, Norway, August 2008.
The Coupling between Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Tight in Developed Countries but

Loose in Developed Countries, by Thomas Schøtt and Kent Wickstrøm Jensen. Presented at

the Third International GEM Research Conference, Washington DC, October 2007.

Who will be an entrepreneur? How cultural mechanisms and social network structure

jointly influence entrepreneurial participation, by Kim Klyver, Kevin Hindle and Thomas

Schøtt. Presented at the annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference,

Madrid, June 2007.
Social network analysis, Presented at the Seminar on Social Networks: Theory and Practice,

University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, June 2007.

Entrepreneur or Not: Predicting vocation from resources, background and traits.

Presented at the CEBR conference on Entrepreneurship: Occupational Choice and Financing,

Copenhagen, June 2006.
Entrepreneurship in the Metropolis and the Province: Analysis of Danish Data from Global

Entrepreneurship Monitor. Presented at Conference on Regional Research, Funen, May 2006.
Entrepreneurship in the Metropolis and its Strategies of Innovation, Growth and Export:

Analyses based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Presented at the Copenhagen

Conference on Strategic Management, Copenhagen, December 2005.

Entrepreneurs’ expectations for growth, Global comparisons. Presented at the 2^nd

international conference of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Hungary, May 2005.

Growth expected by entrepreneurs in nascent and baby-businesses in Denmark. By T.Schøtt and

T.Bager. Presented at 13^th Research in Entrepreneurship conference, Copenhagen, Nov. 2004.

^ Autonomous starters’ networks: Encouragement or criticism. By K. Klyver and T.Schøtt.