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ECEI 2006: Conference Programme

The programme for the conference is given below.

 

Wednesday 15th November

18:30-19:30

Holiday Inn Hotel, Place D'Italie
Pre-conference registration and welcome meeting

Thursday 16th November

09:00

Registration and coffee

10:00

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Welcome from the conference chair: Michel Rochet, Collége Polytechnique, Paris, France

10:15

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Keynote address:
Professor Ahmed Bounfour, Innovation & Strategy, University Paris XI, France
Intellectual Capital and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy

11:10

Conference splits into streams

 

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Stream A
Chair - Charles Despres

Room: JA01
Stream B
Chair - Mohini Singh

Room: JA05
Stream C
Chair - Blessing Maumbe

11:15

The role of teams in innovative SMEs: A strategic management perspective
Pasanen Mika, University of Kuopio, Finland

Encouragement of entrepreneurship and innovation by the industrial clusters in the Czech Republic
Troblova Petra and Zdenek Sysel, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

The impact of entrepreneurs’ oral ‘pitch’ presentation skills on business angels’ initial screening investment decisions
Clark Colin, Fundação dom Cabral, Brazil

11:45

Innovation and successful factors of SMEs: An empirical survey
Pironti Marco and Roberto Schiesari, University of Turin, Italy

Situational Business Planning
Van Ee Tim and Sjaak Brinkkemper, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

The intellectual property and the innovation law in Brazil: Inventions to innovate?
Wust Zibetti Fabiola, University Federal of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil and Kelly Lissandra Bruch, University Federal of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

12:15

Entrepreneurial teams as a tool of success - seen by means of a dialectic approach between collective action and entrepreneurial project
Naffakhi Haifa and Mohamed Bayad, GREFIGE-CEREMO, Nancy, France

The effect of speed of entry on the absorptive capacity of foreign market knowledge in Spanish and Belgian international new ventures
Ripolles Maria, Ysabel Nauwelaerts, Andreu Blesa and Diego Monferrer, Lessius University College, Anterpen, Belgium

Social and entrepreneurial innovation in the European context: Social entrepreneurs join the game
de Pablo Lopez Isidro, Francisco Pizarro Escribano, Miriam Rodriguez Palomeque and Begoña Santos Urda, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

12:45

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

 

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Stream A
Chair - Mika Pasanen

Room: JA01
Stream B
Chair - Sjaak Brinkkemper

 

14:00

Managing organization to enhance creativity and innovation
Santos Maria João and Ana Catarina Ramalho, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

The barriers in the new health care service entrepreneurship: The implementation challenges of a radical health care technology
Höyssä Maria, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Aulikki Holma, University of Tampere, Finland

14:30

Short-term existence versus long-term survival: Encouraging and implementing intrapreneurship
Kulkarni Avinash, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India and Hemal Gandhi, Hexware Technologies, Mumbai, India

Contiguous entrepreneurship in modern conglomerates: The perspective of a complex adaptive system
Tsai Stephen Dun-Hou, Shang-Jen Li and Mansour Amjadi, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, Republic of China

15:00

Innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges for internet ventures: A case study
Singh Mohini, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and Dianne Waddell, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Innovative design in e-Business for global customers - A cultural aspect
Kang Kyeong, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

15:30

Refreshments

Refreshments

Refreshments

16:00

Knowledge Cafe facilitated by Dr Dan Remenyi, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

18:00

Close of conference day

19:00

Conference Banquet at Chez Lena & Mimile

Friday 17th November

 

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Stream A
Chair - Namchul Shin

Room: JA01
Stream B
Chair - Maria Höyssä

 

09:30

Government e-Services in South Africa: Integrating development and marketing through a structured approach
Owei Vesper and Blessing Maumbe, The Information Society Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa with Petro Van Ryn, Centre for e-Innovation, South Africa 

ICTpro model - boundary-crossing partnership for knowledge creation and transfer between the enterprise cluster and the university
Holma Aulikki and Melissa Rask, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland

10:00

Entrepreneurship development programme strategy in India: Experiences and new value addition
Chitale Chandrashekhar, Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune, India and Sayalee Gankar, MIT School of Management, India

Unblocking academic and business convention will foster innovative environments in organisations and regions
Schøyen Anne Lisæth, Akershus University College, Kjeller, Norway

10:30

Remittance economy in Africa: Issues, controversies, and research direction
Maumbe Blessing and Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

University-industry relations and entrepreneurship
Romero Fernando, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal 

11:00

Refreshments

Refreshments

 

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Stream A
Chair - Kyeong Kang

Room: JA01
Stream B
Chair - Ysabel Nauwelaerts

11:30

The impact of information technology innovation on firm performance
Shin Namchul, Pace University, New York, NY, USA

Educating for innovation in entrepreneurship: A review of a hands-on entrepreneurship teaching approach in Germany, Singapore, China, Korea, New Zealand, United States and Australia
Mueller Jens, Waikato Management School, New Zealand with Heinz Klandt and Hendrik Koch, European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany and Petra Lewe, KPMG, Germany

12:00

The adoption of laser technology by art restoration firms
Petroni Giorgio and Federica Turra, Università degli Studi di Padova, Vicenza, Italy with Karen Venturini, Università degli Studi di San Marino, Republic of San Marino and Chiara Verbano, Università degli Studi di Padova, Vicenza, Italy

Advancing toward entrepreneurial universities: Technology transfer through patents
Fernández Sara, Luis Otero, David Rodeiro and Alfonso Rodriguez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

12:30

Netherware: The effects of a synthesis of a course, incubator and coaching facility
Nab Jan, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Hanne Ten Berge and A. Pilot, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Franchising: The construction of the enterpreneurship decision in isolated markets
Konstantopoulos Nikolaos and Stelios Zimeras, Aegan University, Chios, Greece

13:00

Lunch

Lunch

 

14:00

Panel - Future Directions for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Panel Chair -
Dr Dan Remenyi, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
 

14:55

Conference splits into streams

 

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Stream A
Chair - Heinz Klandt

Room:JA01
Stream B
Chair - Vesper Owei

 

15:00

Customized assumption planning in business planning
Van Duinkerken Wilco and Sjaak Brinkkemper, Institute of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

The transformation process towards the entrepreneurial university: The case of the EUETIB
Martinez Juan and Blanca Martins, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

15:30

Examining the process of creativity and innovation among small and medium enterprices (SME's). Towards a strategic oreintation from an entrepreneurial focus
Perera Ayomi, University of Wales, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

External sources of knowledge: What are the functions they perform to foster innovative environments?
Barge-Gil Andrés and Aurelia Modrego-Rico, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain

16:00

Room: Amphi Stourdzé
Close of Conference Forum

A round table discussion to highlight the key issues arising from the conference

16:30

Close of Conference

 

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