
COLOVIC Ana
HDR (Authorization to supervise research), Business Administration
Ana Colovic, PhD, HDR is Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at NEOMA Business School. Her research interests include business models, industrial clusters, inter-firm networks, entrepreneurial innovation, internationalisation, and innovation policy. She has held several visiting research positions in the UK, USA and Japan. She has been involved in projects focusing on cluster policies in several countries. She has conducted research at the National Institute for Science and Technology Policy (Tokyo, Japan), and the National Association for Technological Research (Paris, France). She is a fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Ana has published in academic journals such as European Management Review, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Journal of Business Research, Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning and Management and Organization Review.
Areas of research
- Business models
- Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Internationalisation
- Innovation policy
Participation at an academic or professional conference
- CALOFFI, A., A. COLOVIC, V. RIZZOLI, F. ROSSI, "Mapping innovation intermediaries' types and functions: A computational review of the literature" in 20th Triple Helix Conference, 2022, Florence, Italy
- RALSTON, D. A., J. TERPSTRA-TONG, L. TREVINO, F. J. FROESE, O. FURRER, M. DABIC, C. KARAM, F. JABEEN, D. CAPRAR, B. TJEMKES, Z. TUCKOVÁ, Z. BUZÁDY, E. SZABO, M. BALTAZAR HERRERA, V. NAIDOO, M. HUSIC-MEHMEDOVIC, D. SUSNIENE, Y. YONGJUAN LI, A. RICARD, A. COLOVIC, T. DE LA GARZA, R. AL-KHOURI, M. MOLTENI, H. SRINIVASAN, J. RUIZ GUTIERREZ, A. BUTT, F. L. DARDER, U. SCHINZEL, A. S. DHARMASIRI, V. POTOCAN, G. POESCHL, M. CROWLEY-HENRY, C. BURNS, Y. YONGQING FANG, A. A. PEKERTI, F. ZHAO, H. V. THANH, M. V. LASIO MORELLO, A. V. GARIBALDI DE HILAL, R. ALAS, "A 40-Society Perspective on the Impace of Microculture Cohorts on Preferences for Type of Organizational Culture" in AIB 2022, 2022, Miami,, United States
- MEHROTRA , S., A. COLOVIC, "17000 Ft Foundation - Embracing Inclusion at Remote Altitudes" in Administrative Sciences Association of Canada -ASAC 2021 Conference, 2021, Online conference, June 12-15 2021, Canada
- COLOVIC, A., C. T. LIAO, "The Impact of Open Search, Foreign Ownership, and Market information on SME exporters’ productivity" in 11ème conférence Atlas AFMI, 2021, Online conference, France
- RUSSO, M., A. CALOFFI, A. COLOVIC, P. PAVONE, S. ROMEO, F. ROSSI, "Mapping the regional strengths in a key enabling technology: the distribution of Internet of Things competences across European regions" in Società Italiana di Economia e Politica Industriale XIX Workshop Annuale, 2021, University of Parma, online conference, 10-11 June 2021, Italy
- CALOFFI, A., A. COLOVIC, F. ROSSI, M. RUSSO, "New business models for public innovation intermediaries in the Internet of Things innovation systems" in DRUID21 Conference, 18-20 October, 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark
- RUSSO, M., A. CALOFFI, A. COLOVIC, P. PAVONE, S. ROMEO, F. ROSSI, "Clustering Internet of Things competences across European regions" in Rethinking Clusters IV° International Conference on Cluster Research (Online) – University of Florence – Italy, 2021, Florence, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., A.CALOFFI, F.ROSSI, M.RUSSO, "Technological Revolutions and Policy Evolution: The Case of Innovation Intermediaries in the Context of Emerging Digital Technologies" in 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, 2020, Stavanger, Norway Coauthorspresented
- COLOVIC, A., A.CALOFFI, F.ROSSI, M.RUSSO, "Public innovation intermediaries and digital technology co-creation processes" CIMR Debates in Public Policy Seminar Series: 'Science-Business Co-Creation in the Digital Economy', CIMR, Birkbeck. 2020, London, United Kingdom
- CALOFFI, A., A.COLOVIC, F.ROSSI, M.RUSSO, "Mapping the roles of intermediaries in the Internet of Things in Europe" in The 61st Annnual Conference of the Italian Economic Association, October 20-23, 2020, Online conference, Italy Coauthorspresented
- DU, H.-S., A.COLOVIC, "The performance effects of multinational firms' FDI global city location strategy" in AIB Annual Conference, 2020, Miami, United States
- COLOVIC, A., A.CALOFFI, F.ROSSI, M.RUSSO, "Innovation intermediaries in the context of emerging digital technologies" in Innovation intermediaries and emerging digital technologies: policy and practice, CIMR, Birkbeck, 2020, London, United Kingdom
- CALOFFI, A., A.COLOVIC, F.ROSSI, M.RUSSO, "How should policy adapt to knowledge co-creation in the digital age? Evidence from public innovation intermediaries in the UK and France" in Digital Innovation in agriculture and beyond: Policy insights, OECD-CREA Workshop, September 23-24, 2019, Rome, Italy Coauthorspresented
- ROSSI, F., A.CALOFFI, A.COLOVIC, M.RUSSO, "Technological Revolutions and Policy Evolution: The Case of Publicly Funded Innovation Intermediaries in the Context of Emerging Digital Technologies" in Regional Studies Association Winter Conference, 2019, London, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., "Leadership, business model innovation and internationalization performance of late internationalizing firms" in Sino-Euro Forum for Management and Innovation under Globalization, Nankai Business School, October 19, 2019, Tianjin, China
- DU, H.-S., A.COLOVIC, "The performance effects of multinatonal firms' FDI global city location strategy" in Strategic Management Society Special Conference, 2019, Frankfurt, Germany
- COLOVIC, A., J.YANG, "Value implication of resource bundles of acquirers in M&A" Strategy & Entrepreneurship Research Seminar, NEOMA Business School. 2019, Paris, France
- CHALENÇON, L., A.COLOVIC, O.LAMOTTE, U.MAYRHOFER, "How does reputation impact the reaction of financial markets to cross-border M&As?" in 45th Academy of International Business (UK & Ireland chapter) annual conference, 2018, Birmingham, United Kingdom Coauthorspresented
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Leadership, business model innovation and internationalization performance of late internationalizing firms" in 8e conférence Atlas - AFMI, 2018, Paris, France
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Corruption and Exports : Firm-Level Evidence from Transition" in 1ère journée de recherche en Management Export, 2017, ESC, Paris, France
- MESCHI, P.-X., A.COLOVIC, O.LAMOTTE, O.ESCOBAR, "Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights Violation in Emerging Economies: Behaving like Janus or Prometheus?" in Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter, 2017, Reading, UK, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., "Connectivity, innovation and international inter-cluster alliances" in EIBA 2016, 2016, Vienne, Austria
- LAMOTTE, O., O.ESCOBAR, A.COLOVIC, P.-X.MESCHI, "From Shadow to Light: The Impact of Informal Economy on the Export Propensity of Emerging Economy Firms" in Academy of International Business annual conference, 2016, New Orleans, United States Coauthorspresented
- HENNERON, S., A.COLOVIC, M.DABIC, M. A.OMAZIC, M.HUETTINGER, R.KAZLAUSKAITE - "ReBuSME Responsible Business Management of SMEs 19 Case studies on corporate social responsability" - 2016, Rotterdam
- COLOVIC, A., S.HENNERON, O.LAMOTTE, "Corporate Social Responsibility and SME Internationalization" in Conférence Atlas AFMI, 2016, Nice, France
- COLOVIC, A., "Corruption and Exports: Firm-Level Evidence from Transition Economies" in Conference Atlas - AFMI, 2015, Viet Nam
- ESCOBAR, O., O.LAMOTTE, A.COLOVIC, P.-X.MESCHI, "The Impact of Informal Sector Inputs on Exports: Evidence from Mexican Manufacturing Firms" Sussex University Business and Management Seminar. 2015, Brighton, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., "Why are cluster policies created and how do they work? A comparison between Austria, France, Japan and Sweden" in Can Policy Transform Regions into Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hubs? Theory, Evidence and Practice Workshop, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research (CIMR), Birkbeck, University of London, 2015, Londres, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Global Pipelines, Innovation And Inter-Cluster Alliances" in 3rd iBEGIN (International Business, Economic Geography, Innovation) Conference, 2015, Philadelphia, United States
- COLOVIC, A., S.HENNERON, O.LAMOTTE, "What makes companies adopt responsible business practices at home and during internationalization? Evidence from French SMEs in the agro-food industry" in 19th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, 2015, Londres, United Kingdom
- HENNERON, S., A.COLOVIC, "What drives the adoption of responsible business practices at home and in foreign countries?: Evidence from French SMEs in the agro-food industry" in EBEN Research Conference 2014, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Technological environment and innovative firm entry: a cross-country analysis" Workshop du pôle Entrepreneuriat et Innovation - Rouen Business School. 2012, France
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Innovation and early internationalization of entrepreneurial firms: evidence from cross-country data" in 2ème Conférence Annuelle d'Atlas-AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International), 2012, France
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Innovation et internationalisation des jeunes entreprises : une étude comparative" in 15th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, 2012, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., "Les entrepreneurs séniors sont-ils innovants?" Séminaire du pôle Entrepreneuriat et Innovation - Rouen Business School. 2012, France
- COLOVIC, A., O.LAMOTTE, "Does the technological environment determine innovative firm entry? Evidence from GEM data" in Uddevalla Symposium, 2011, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., "Vers un modèle d’internationalisation des petites et moyennes entreprises à travers les clusters industriels" in 1ère Conférence Annuelle d'Atlas-AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International), 2011, France
- COLOVIC, A., "Intermediated internationalization of small and medium-size enterprises through industry clusters" in International iSMEs Conference, 2010, France
- COLOVIC, A., "Towards a Better Understanding of Multinational Firms’ R&D Location Choices" in Conference on Offshoring and Outsourcing: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High Value Company Function, 2008, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., "Attractiveness of territories for R&D localisation: a study of determinant factors" in DRUID Summer Conference, 2007, Denmark
- COLOVIC, A., "METI and cluster development in Japan (présentation orale)" in Workshop International best practices in cluster development - Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade, 2007, Turkey
- COLOVIC, A., "Co-evolution and Networks Adaptation" in DRUID Summer Conference, 2007, Denmark
- COLOVIC, A., "What determines R&D localisation of multinational firms ?" in 47th Congress European Regional Science Association (ERSA), 2007, France
- COLOVIC, A., "Attractivité des territoires pour la localisation d'activités de R&D : étude des facteurs déterminants" in Réunion inaugurale du groupe de travail ANRT-FutuRIS, 2006, France
- COLOVIC, A., "Co-evolution and Networks Adaptation : What Can We Learn from Biology?" in 22nd EGOS Colloquium (European Group for Organizational Studies), 2006, Norway
- COLOVIC, A., "Co-evolution and Networks Adaptation : What Can We Learn from Biology?" in 6th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), 2006, Norway
- COLOVIC, A., "How strong are networks? Industry relocation and industrial districts in Japan" in International Conference on Economics and Management of Networks - EMNet, 2005, Hungary
- COLOVIC, A., "Diversity and interdependence as determinants of network adaptability: qualitative case studies and agent-based modeling" in Complexity, Science and Society Conference, 2005, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., "Constructing empirical typologies with a quali-quantitative approach: application to a typology of inter-firm networks" in 21st EGOS Colloquium (European Group for Organizational Studies), 2005, Germany
- COLOVIC, A., "Relocation of industries: What future for industrial districts in Japan?" in 20th EGOS Colloquium (European Group for Organizational Studies), 2004, Slovenia
- COLOVIC, A., "Spatial inter-firm networks in the post-modernization era: the case of town factories' agglomerations in Japan" in 19th EGOS Colloquium (European Group for Organizational Studies), 2003, Denmark
- COLOVIC, A., "What direction should the cluster policy take - Top-down implementation or bottom-up emergence?: The case of Japan" in Conference in honour of Professor Sebastiano Brusco, 2003, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., "Clusters, industrial districts and firms: The Challenge of Globalization" in Conference in honour of Professor Sebastiano Brusco, 2003, Italy
- COLOVIC, A., "Industrial districts and small-firm Networks - The Case of Japan" in British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference, 2002, United Kingdom
- COLOVIC, A., "Districts industriels et réseaux stratégiques - oranisation et changements stratégiques dans les villes-chateaux" in Colloque Les réseaux - dimensions stratégiques et organisationnelles, PESOR, 2002, France