Montpellier Business School

LASCH Frank

LASCH Frank
Position Full Professor
Academic department Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Contact f.lasch@Montpellier-BS.com
Short Bio

Dr. Frank Lasch is Full Professor in Entrepreneurship at Montpellier Business School where he chairs the scientific committee. He holds a joint PhD from U. Regensburg, Germany & U. Montpellier, France (2002) and a French habilitation of supervising doctoral research in Management science (2007, “HDR”, U. Montpellier). He supervises a chair and a program on 'Innovation, context and entrepreneurial outcomes' (LabEx Entrepreneurship; U. Montpellier). Since 2012, he is an academic coordinator of the annual 'Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research' and co-leads the Global Entrepreneurship French national team. Major topics of research are regional entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, micro-firms, inter-firm cooperation, coopetition, types of entrepreneurs, antecedents and outcomes of entrepreneurship, entry modes of entrepreneurship, copreneurship and entrepreneurial well-being. His research has been published in a variety of journals including Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Industrial and Corporate Change, Small Business Economics, International Small Business Journal, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Management Decision, etc. In 2009, one of his articles in ETP received a most cited paper award. He currently serves as consulting editor for the International Small Business Journal.

Selected intellectual contributions

LASCH, F., M. GNAD, H. STEINMETZ, A. MORITZ, J. BLOCK, "Contextual predictors of social and ecological considerations in entrepreneurship: A country-level explorative machine learning approach", Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, March 2024, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 121-150

LASCH, F., K. MESSEGHEM, J. VALETTE, S. CASANOVA, J. M. COURRENT, W. NAKARA, S. SAMMUT, A. R. THURIK, O. TORRÈS - "Situation de l’activité entrepreneuriale en France : Rapport 2023/2024 du Global Entrepreneurship Monitor" - 2024, Montpellier, Labex Entreprendre, France

MESSEGHEM, K., F. LASCH, J. VALETTE, "La culture entrepreneuriale est-elle vraiment plus développée ailleurs qu'en France ?", The Conversation, January 2023, vol. January 2, no. /, pp. /

DEMIR, C., M. STEPHAN, F. LASCH, A. VOSSEN, A. WERNER, "Psychological well-being of hybrid entrepreneurs: A replication and extension study using German panel data.", Journal of Business Venturing Insights, November 2023, vol. 20, no. November 2023, pp. e00419

LASCH, F., K. MESSEGHEM, J. VALETTE - "GEM European Regional Report - The French economy and its regions" - 2023, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, London, Great Britain

TORRÈS, O., C. FISCH, J. MUKERJEE, F. LASCH, R. THURIK, "Health perception of French SME owners during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.", International Review of Entrepreneurship, July 2021, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 151-168

GRANATA, J., F. LASCH, F. LE ROY, L. DANA, "How do micro-firms manage coopetition? A study of the wine sector in France.", International Small Business Journal, October 2018, no. 36, pp. 331-355

LASCH, F., M. ROBERT, F. LE ROY - "Are competitors the best partners in innovation networks?" - 2018

ROBERT, F., A. EL SHOUBAKI, F. LASCH, L. DANA, "Linking types of ICT entrepreneurs to new firm survival.", International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, July 2017, vol. 1, no. 30, pp. 110-146

JAOUEN, A., F. LASCH, "A new typology of micro-firm owner-managers.", International Small Business Journal, June 2015, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 397-421

Research themes

regional entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, micro-firms, inter-firm cooperation, coopetition, types of entrepreneurs, antecedents and outcomes of entrepreneurship, entry modes of entrepreneurship, copreneurship and entrepreneurial well-bein

Teaching disciplines

Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship

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