Dr. Lasch Frank

Fonction | Full Professor |
Research themes | Entrepreneurship, regional entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, inter-firm cooperation, antecedents/types of entrepreneurs, outcomes of entrepreneurship, entry modes of entrepreneurship, and copreneurship |
Teaching department | Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Technology, Innovation, Management |
Contact | Montpellier Business School (membre de Montpellier Recherche en Management) |
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 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.
Messeghem K., Lasch F. & Valette J. 2023. La culture entrepreneuriale est-elle vraiment plus développée ailleurs qu'en France ? The Conversation, January 2.
Messeghem K., Lasch F., Valette J., Casanova S., Courrent J-M., Nakara W., Sammut S., Thurik R., Torrès O. & Boumedjaoud D. 2022. Situation de l’activité entrepreneuriale en France : Rapport 2020-2021 du Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. LabEx Entreprendre, Montpellier.
Torrès O., Fisch C., Mukerjee J., Lasch F. & Thurik R. 2021. Health perception of French SME owners during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 19(2): 151-168.
Missonier A., Lasch F., Missonier S. & Thelisson A.S. 2021. Comprendre un processus de fusion sous le prisme de la pensée complexe: un éclairage prometteur. Revue Française de Gestion, 47(297): 99-121.
El Shoubaki, Block J. & Lasch F. 2022. The couple business as a unique form of business: a review of the empirical evidence. Managerial Review Quarterly, 72(1): 115-147.
Xi G., Block J., Lasch F., Robert F. & Thurik R. 2020. The survival of business takeovers and new venture start-ups. Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(3): 797–826.
Welter F. & Lasch F. 2008. Entrepreneurship research in Europe: taking stock and looking forward. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 32(2): 241-248. Reprint in: Welter F. 2019. Entrepreneurship and context: 45-52. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Xi G., Block J., Lasch F., Robert F. & Thurik R. 2018. Mode of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship: new venture start-up versus business takeover. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 16(2): 217-240.
Le Roy F., Robert M. & Lasch F. 2016. Choosing the best partner for product innovation: Talking to the enemy or to a friend? International Studies of Management and Organization, 46(2-3): 136-158.
2014-: International Entrepreneurship (MBS master and MSc program)
2010-: Research methods and BBA thesis writing (MBS bachelor program)
2010-2013: Research methods and MBA thesis writing (MBS MBA program)