Karen Williams Middleton
Docent at
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Karen Williams Middleton is a Associate professor at the Division of Entrepreneurship and Strategy. Her focus is on nascent entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial behavior and entrepreneurship education. Karen’s research builds mainly upon qualitative methodology, from a creation theory and social learning theory perspective, and has direct application to the entrepreneurship educations in which she is involved at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship and Gothenburg International Bioscience Business School. Karen's work is intended to have additional contribution to policy and practice, integrating entrepreneurship education and university technology transfer.
Source: chalmers.se
Projects
2007–2015
GoINN
Anna Aspgren
Innovationskontor Väst
Mats Lundqvist
Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Karen Williams Middleton
Entrepreneurship and Strategy
VINNOVA
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Publications
2017
Learning to become entrepreneurial/fostering entrepreneurial identity and habits
Anne Donnellon, Karen Williams Middleton
Entrepreneurial Identity: The Process of Becoming an Entrepreneur, p. 103-126
Chapter in monograph, book
2017
Student Surrogate Entrepreneurs: can entrepreneurial education linked to research boost sustainable innovation?
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Conference contribution
2017
How Entrepreneurial are Project-based Courses in Engineering
Karen Williams Middleton, Tom Adawi, Mats Lundqvist et al
45th SEFI Conference, 18-21 September 2017, Azores, Portugal, p. 1-8
Paper in proceedings
2017
The role of social informal learning in the student/graduate entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial process
Nigel Lockett, Sarah Jack, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Paper in proceedings
2017
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin: Your Context influences Your Future - Are We Working with our Context in Entrepreneurship Education?
Michael Breum Ramsgaard, Marie Ernst Christensen, Helle Neergaard et al
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 10-12 Cork Ireland, p. 1-15
Paper in proceedings
2017
Transformative, Transactional and Transmissive Modes of Teaching in Action-based Entrepreneurial Education
Mats Lundqvist, Oskar Hagvall Svensson, Karen Williams Middleton
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 10-12 Cork Ireland, p. 1-15
Paper in proceedings
2017
‘Lost in Space’: The Role of Social Networking in University-based Entrepreneurial Learning
Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Sarah Jack, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Industry & higher education. Vol. 31 (2), p. 67-80
Journal article
2016
The contribution of universities to student and graduate entrepreneurs' social capital: a current fairytale?
Karen Williams Middleton, Antonio Padilla-Melendez, Sarah Jack et al
Conference contribution
2016
Examining the control-trust nexus in new venture teamwork
Pamela Nowell, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2016
The university is dead; long live the university: Are universities the principle source of social capital for student and graduate entrepreneurs?
Nigel Lockett, Sarah Jack, Carla Quesada-Pallarès et al
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 11-13, Leeds UK, p. 1-15
Paper in proceedings
2016
Trust-control relationships in new venture teams during organizational emergence
Pamela Nowell, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2016
Bridging the traditional-progressive education rift through entrepreneurship
Mats Lundqvist, Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 22 (6), p. 777-803
Journal article
2016
Matching Time (T) to Learning – a unifying “2T Framework” for action-based entrepreneurial education
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference; Leeds UK; May 11-13, p. 1-19
Paper in proceedings
2015
Opening the Black Box of Entrepreneurial Education - outline of an app-based research project
Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Paper in proceedings
2015
The Bermuda Triangle in Entrepreneurship Education: The Role of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Learning
Karen Williams Middleton, Nigel Lockett, Sarah Jack et al
Paper in proceedings
2015
Venture Creation Programs: bridging entrepreneurship education and technology transfer
Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
Education and Training. Vol. 57 (1), p. 48-73
Journal article
2015
Alice in Wonderland - An Experience Based Approach to Learning
Richard Tunstall, Helle Neergaard, Sabine Mueller et al
Paper in proceedings
2015
Entrepreneurial Identity and Role Expectations in Nascent Entrepreneurship
Pamela Nowell, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Industry & higher education. Vol. 29 (5), p. 327-344
Journal article
2015
Mindful deviation through combining causation and effectuation: a design theory-based study of technology entrepreneurship
Marine Agoge, Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Creativity and Innovation Management. Vol. 24 (4), p. 629-644
Journal article
2015
Strategies for creating new venture legitimacy
Karen Williams Middleton, Tomas Karlsson
Industry & higher education. Vol. 29 (6), p. 469-479
Journal article
2014
Teaching Design Theory to Entrepreneurs: An Effectual Use of Design
Marine Agogúe, Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
7th SIG Design Theory Conference, January 27-28, Paris, France, p. 1-10
Conference contribution
2014
Personalizing Entrepreneurial Learning: A Pedagogy for Facilitating the Know Why
Karen Williams Middleton, Anne Donnellon
Entrepreneurship Research Journal. Vol. 4 (2), p. 167-204
Journal article
2014
Constructing entrepreneurial identity in entrepreneurship education
Karen Williams Middleton, Susanne Ollila, Anne Donnellon
International Journal of Management Education. Vol. 12 (3), p. 490-499
Journal article
2014
Experience-based learning in Entrepreneurship Education - a comparative study of four programmes in Europe
Karen Williams Middleton, Per Blenker, Richard Tunstall et al
RENT (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) XXVIII. Vol. November 19-21, p. 1-15
Paper in proceedings
2014
Team Conflict contributing to Entrepreneurial Learning: understanding conflict as positive within an Effectual Problem Space
Karen Williams Middleton, Christina Butler
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 18 (1), p. 5-22
Journal article
2014
Relating the Process of Becoming Entrepreneurial to the I-NVC Dialogic
Pamela Nowell, Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, April 10-11, Turku Finland, p. 1-17
Paper in proceedings
2014
Strategies for Creating Nascent Venture Legitimacy
Karen Williams Middleton, Tomas Karlsson
Institute for Small Business and Enterprise Conference, Nov. 5-6, Manchester UK, p. 1-13
Paper in proceedings
2013
Exploring entrepreneurial identity construction: the case of an action-based entrepreneurship education
Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2013
Academic entrepreneurship revisited: university scientists and venture creation
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. Vol. 20 (3), p. 603-617
Journal article
2013
Team Dynamics for Sustainable Business Development
Karen Williams Middleton
Sustainable Business Development - Frameworks for Idea Evaluation and Cases of Realized Ideas (eds. Alänge, S. and Lundqvist, M.), p. 127-133
Chapter in monograph, book
2013
Exploring effectuation in early-stage ventures using the C-K design theory
Clemence Careel, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2013
Becoming entrepreneurial: gaining legitimacy in the nascent phase
Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 19 (4), p. 404-424
Journal article
2013
Transformative and transactional mechanisms in action-based entrepreneurship education
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2013
How can Entrepreneurship Bridge Between Traditional and Progressive Education?
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton, Martin Lackéus
Paper in proceedings
2012
Path dependent path breaking: tracing innovative entrepreneurial behavior through C-K method
Karen Williams Middleton, Clemence Carreel, Mats Lundqvist
Paper in proceedings
2012
Entrepreneurial Identity Construction - what does existing literature tell us?
Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton, Anne Donnellon
Paper in proceedings
2012
Beyond the Explicit: excavating a pedagogical approach to knowledge for entrepreneurial action
Anne Donnellon, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2011
Obstacles to Establishing Venture Creation Based Entrepreneurship Education Programs
Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2011
Venture Creation Programs: entrepreneurial education through real-life content
Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Vol. 31 (9), p. 343-
Scientific journal article - non peer reviewed
2011
Facilitating entrepreneurial behavior development through learning
Karen Williams Middleton
Paper in proceedings
2011
The venture creation approach: integrating entrepreneurial education and incubation at the university
Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 13 (2), p. 161-178
Journal article
2010
Challenges facing international students engaging in venture creation: a case study from Sweden
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton, Daniel Alvarado
Paper in proceedings
2010
Promises of societal entrepreneurship: Sweden and beyond
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Journal of Enterprising Communities. Vol. 4 (1), p. 24-36
Journal article
2009
The University as a Social Entrepreneur
Tomas Faxheden, Mats Lundqvist, Kristina Henricson Briggs et al
Paper in proceedings
2008
Interregional university-linked innovation - the potentials for Europe
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Innovation Pathways and Knowledge Economy, p. 24-33
Magazine article
2008
Sustainable Wealth Creation beyond Shareholder Value
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability, p. 39-62
Chapter in monograph, book
2008
Promises and Challenges of Societal Entrepreneurship:Sweden and Beyond
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Paper in proceedings
2007
Developing identity: start-ups and aspirant entrepreneurs gaining authority
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference, 7-9 of November, Glasgow, proceedings, p. 14-
Paper in proceedings
2006
Promoting and Measuring University-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Proceedings of the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange 2006: the 3rd International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 07-10 February 2006, p. 573-592
Paper in proceedings
2006
Shadow dancing: utilizing the strength of paradoxes in entrepreneuring education
Karen Williams Middleton, Susanne Ollila
Conference contribution
2005
Adding Licensing and Venture Creation to a University Mission of Open Exchange
Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Paper in proceedings