Christer Olofsson arbetar som forskare och är professor emeritus i företagsekonomi med inriktning på entreprenörskap.

Forskningsområde

Christer Olofssons forskning handlar om entreprenöriella processer, innovationsledning och näringslivsdynamik. Här inbegrips ett intresse för regional utveckling och förnyelse inom landsbygdsföretagandet.

Undervisning

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Utvalda publikationer

Ferguson, R. and Olofsson, C (2011). The development of new ventures in farm businesses. In G.A. Alsos, S. Carter, E. Ljunggren and F. Welter , eds, The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development. Cheltenham: Elgar Publ Ltd (forthcoming)

Hansson, H., Ferguson, R. and Olofsson, C. (2010). Understanding the diversification and specialization of farm businesses. Agricultural and Food Science 19:4

Olofsson,C., Svensson, B. and Ferguson, R. (2008). Academic entrepreneurship – roles and relations in the venture creation process, Chapter in E. Carayannis, D. Assimakopoulos & K. Masayuki (eds), Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters, London and New York: Palgrave.

Ferguson, R. and Olofsson, C. (2004). Science parks and the development of NTBFs: Location, survival and growth. Journal of Technology Transfer, 29: 5-17.

Berggren, B., Lindström, G. and Olofsson, C. (2002). Tillväxt och finansiering i mindre företag (Growth and SME financing) In P. Davidsson, F. Delmar and J. Wiklund (red) Företagens tillväxt. Stockholm: SNS Förlag och FSF

Lindström, G. and Olofsson, C. (2001). Early stage financing of NTBFs: an analysis of contributions from support actors. Venture Capital, Vol 3, No 2 pp151-168.

Berggren, B., Silver, L. and Olofsson, C. (2000). The effect of coercion on the search for external financing in SMEs. Small Business Economics. Vol 15, No 3, pp 233-242.

Davidsson, P.,Lindmark, L. and Olofsson, C. (1998). The extent of over-estimation of small firm job creation : an empirical examination of the regression bias. Small Business Economics 11:1, 87-100.

Davidsson, P.,Lindmark, L. and Olofsson, C. (1998). Smallness, Newness and regional Development. Swedish Journal of Agric Research, 28, pp 57-71.
 
Ö. Fredriksen, C..Wahlbin and Olofsson, C. (1997). Are venture capitalists firefigfhters? A study of the influence and impact of venture capital firms. Technovation, 17 (9), pp 503-511.

Cressy, R. and Olofsson, C. (1997). The Financial Conditions for SMEs - a Swedish case. "Financing SMEs", in Small Business Economics  Vol 9 No 2 pp179-194

Davidsson, P.,Lindmark, L. and Olofsson, C. (1995). Small Firms, Business Dynamics and Differential Development of Economic Well-being, Small Business Economics, 7, 301-315

Davidsson, P.,Lindmark, L. and C. Olofsson, C. (1994). New Firm Formation and Regional Development in Sweden. Regional Studies, July1994, 395-410.