• Academic Title: PhD in Economic Geography & Dr. Phil
• Grade: Associate Professor
• Field of Expertise:Entrepreneurship, Economic Geography, Information & Communication technologies
• Teaching Department: Management, Strategy, Economics, Human Resources
• Function: Research Director
• E-mail: f.lasch@supco-montpellier.fr
• Tel.: +33 4 67 10 28 18       

Diploma

• 2007: HDR in Management Science (University of Montpellier I/ISEM)
• 2005:Diploma of the International Teachers Program (Stockholm School of Economics)
• 2002:Binational PhD in Economic Geography (University of Montpellier III, France) & Dr. Phil (University of Regensburg, Germany)
• 1996: Master "Staatsexamen" (University of Heidelberg, Germany)

Bio

Frank Lasch, Associate Professor at GSCM, arrived in October 2003. He is Research Director since May 2007 and Head of the Research center (CEROM). He holds a bi-national doctorate in Economic Geography (2002: University of Regensburg, Germany & University of Montpellier III, France) and a French habilitation of supervising doctoral research in Management science (2007: “HDR", University of Montpellier III France). Major topics of research are the relationship between entrepreneurship and the regional environment, start-up survival and growth, entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. He is editorial board member of the Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, regional editor of Europe for the International Journal of Business and Globalization, and ad-hoc reviewer for journals as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Gestion 2000. His research has been published in such journals as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Management Decision, International Journal of Business Research, Finance Contrôle Stratégie, Revue Française de Gestion, etc. He has co-organized several workshops and recently organized the annual entrepreneurship conference IECER (2007: Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research).  

Publications

Peer reviewed journals

• Lasch F. Forthcoming. Beyond the concept of social capital: the impact of the environment on high tech venturing. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, (special issue: How important is social and cultural capital to succeed your start up?).

• 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., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2007. Critical growth factors of ICT start-ups. Management Decision, 45(1): 62-75. 

• Lasch F. A paraître. L’impact du contexte socio-économique local sur la création d’entreprise en France. Revue Internationale PME, 20(2).  

• 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., 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. 2005. Le secteur TIC en France : délimitation, localisation et création d’entreprises. Gestion 2000, 6(5): 221-245.

• Lasch F. 1997. Die soziodemographische Struktur der Wohnbevölkerung in Montpellier - Räumlicher Niederschlag und jüngste Entwicklungen dargestellt an ausgewählten Beispielen (La structure socio-démographique de la population résidentielle à Montpellier - impact spatial et tendances actuelles). Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft Journal, 11: 204-220. 

Articles published in professional or specialised journals

• Lasch F. 2003. Les technologies de l’information et de la communication en Languedoc-Roussillon. Des besoins spé-cifiques pour une filière jeune à forte intensité de création. INSEE Repères-Synthèse pour l’économie du Langue-doc-Roussillon, 1: 1-24.

• Lasch F. 2001. Les technologies de l’information et de la communication en Languedoc-Roussillon en 2001 : Forte concentration sur la zone d’emploi de Montpellier. INSEE Repères pour l’Economie du Languedoc-Roussillon – Synthèse, 12: 1-8.

HDR, PhD Thesis & Books

• Ulijn J., Drillon D. & Lasch F. (Eds.). 2007. Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm: The emergence and survival of high tech ventures in Europe. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar. 

• Lasch F. 2007. Localisation, survie et croissance des start-ups dans le secteur des technologies de l’information et de la communication : le cas de la France. HDR, Université Montpellier I/ISEM.

• Lasch F. 2003. Innovations- und technologieorientierte Neugründungen in Frankreich. Eine Untersuchung von Einflussfaktoren auf regionale Disparitäten im Gründungsgeschehen in Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (1993-2001). - La création d'entreprises dans le secteur TIC en France. Une analyse des facteurs déterminants de la création régionale. Regensburg, Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsgeographie IV.

• Lasch F. 2002. Innovations- und technologieorientierte Neugründungen in Frankreich. Regensburg & Montpellier (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der philosophischen Fakultät III der Universität Regensburg & Thèse de Doctorat Université Montpellier III Paul Valéry). 

Book chapters

• Lasch F. 2007. How does Europe compare with the US on the emergence and survival of high tech ventures? In J. Ulijn, D. Drillon & F. Lasch (Eds.), Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm: The emergence and survival of high tech ventures in Europe. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar. 

• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. Forthcoming. Emergence of high-tech ventures in France: how do regional, individual and organizational factors influence birth and sustainability of new firms? In J. Ulijn, D. Drillon & F. Lasch (Eds.). Entrepreneurship, Cooperation and the Firm: The Emergence and Survival of High Tech Ventures In Europe. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar.

• 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. In G.T. Vinig & R.C.W. Van der Voort (Eds.), The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Economics, Research on Technological Innovation and Management IX: 99-127. Oxford (UK), Elsevier.

• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005d. New firm formation in ICT sectors in France (1993-2001). In M. Dowling, J. Schmude & D. Zu Knyphausen-Aufsess (Eds.), Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 2: 199-230. Münster: Lit-Verlag & New Brunswick (US)/London (UK): Transaction Publishers.

Editorials, Book reviews

• Ulijn J., Drillon D. & Lasch F. (2007). Introduction: Entrepreneurship and cooperation – the emergence and survival of high tech ventures in Europe. In J. Ulijn, D. Drillon & F. Lasch (Eds.). Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm: The emergence and survival of high tech ventures in Europe. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar.

• Lasch F. (2007). Introduction of chapter two: The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival. In J. Ulijn, D. Drillon & F. Lasch (Eds.). Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm: The emergence and survival of high tech ventures in Europe. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar.

Conference Papers

• 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, USA.

• Dana L.-P. & Lasch F. Transition and entrepreneurship in Central Asia. Academy of Management Meeting, August 3-8, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Dana L.-P., Lasch F. & Jaouen A. 2007. Symbiotic Entrepreneurship in the Eurozone. BCER Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 7-9, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain.

• 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. 7th 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? 4th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 22-24, Regensburg, Germany.

• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. The determinants of start-up survival and growth in the French ICT sector. Strategic Management Society, 25th Annual International Conference, October 23-23, Orlando (Florida), US.

• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2005. The determinants of survival and growth in the French ICT sector. EFMD 35th Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Small Business Conference (EISB), September 12-14, Barcelona, Spain.

• 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, 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, 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. 14e Conférence Internationale de l’AIMS, juin 6-9, Angers, France.

• Sammut S., Lasch F., Jaouen A., Fonrouge C., Schieb-Bienfait N., Cullière O. 2005. Accompagnement et pérennisa-tion des jeunes entreprises : Vers de nouvelles perspectives ? Table ronde pour la 4eme Conférence internationale de l’AIMS, juin 6-9, Angers, France.

• 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.

• 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. 2005k. 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. 3rd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 2-4, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

• Lasch F. 2004. L’impact des contextes territoriaux sur l’activité entrepreneuriale en France (1993-2001). 7eme Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), octobre 27-29, Montpellier, France. [Publié dans Cahiers de l’ERFI, 11(4): 147-163].

• Lasch F., Ulijn J., De Crécy R. & Girbau-Grimoin M.-H. 2004. Pérénniser les jeunes entreprises: constats, outils et démarches. Table ronde pour le 7eme congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), octobre 27-29, Montpellier  

• 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.

• 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, 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. 13eme Conférence Internationale de l’AIMS, juin 1-4, Le Havre, France.

• Drillon D., Lasch F. & Merdji M. 2004. Itinéraires de jeunes entrepreneurs: Regard sur un dispositif d’initiation et d’accompagnement à la création. 3eme Congrès de l’Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat, mars 31 & avril 1, Lyon, France.

• Lasch F., Le Roy F. & Yami S. 2004. New firm formation in ICT-sectors – the French case. 2nd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 18–20, Regensburg, Germany.