Call for Papers, Workshops and Tutorials

Innovation and entrepreneurship are tightly coupled concepts. Innovation involves designing new ways of conceptualising, developing and producing a range of goods and services which society requires. Although inventing new things may be seen as part of innovation, innovation does not exclusively rely on new discoveries. Rather it can stem from simply seeing new ways of satisfying demand. Thus innovation is not a synonym for invention and almost anyone can come up with new innovations.

Entrepreneurship adds a further dimension to how new ideas are converted into goods and services. Entrepreneurship is sometimes said to be a mindset required to convert innovation into a real business situation which will deliver benefits to the stakeholders. Entrepreneurship is always driven by an individual or a small group of individuals who are referred to as entrepreneurs and who are sometimes colloquially referred to as the ‘movers and shakers’ in our society. Thus the entrepreneur configures the various factors of products to that they become a viable proposition.

Both innovation and entrepreneurship are generally under-researched and the advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods.  Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also invited. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- General topics: International entrepreneurship; internationalization strategies; Ontologies; Monopolistic competition; Product differentiation, Generalised Least Square (GLS) model; Compound option model; Phase-specific volatility; Endogenous growth models; Quality of work life; Risk analysis; Multicriteria analysis; Research and Development; Entrepreneurship policy; Technological innovation process; Social construction of technology; Location technologies; Change management; Knowing-doing gap; Sustainable management; Autopoietic systems; Innovation success; Dynamic capabilities; Surrogate entrepreneurship; Advanced knowledge services; Disruptive innovations; Incremental innovations; Radical innovations; System innovations; Technological innovations; Method engineering; Presentation and communication skills; New venture creation; Technology transfer; Entrepreneurial challenges; Intrapreneurship; Social entrepreneurship and social innovation; Cultural change; Performance measurement; Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship; Social networks; Cyber entreprenurship; Complex adaptive systems (CAS). Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Regional development and economies; Economic geography; Investment decision-making; Remittances; Global development; Welfare society; New social economy entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial dimensions and economic growth; Macro-economic growth theory; Corporate tax reforms. Good governance; Best practice; Venture capita; Investment appraisal; Cash-flow analysis; General equilibrium contract theory; Project financing. Entrepreneurship and innovation for educators: Entrepreneurship training and development; University patents; University-enterprise cooperation; Learning regions; Challenging academic and business conventions; Co-teaching with business and public sector; Innovation education; Action learning; Learning organization; Academic entrepreneurship; Research-based spin-offs; Evolutionary learning. Entrepreneurship and innovation in business: Entrepreneurship development programmes; Business angels; Assumption based planning; New venture creation; e-Commerce; Intrapreneurship; Strategic management; Small and medium enterprises (SME’s); Innovation and product design; Web design; Knowledge-intensive services; Business simulation; Strategic alignment; Firm formation; Employment growth; Start-up management;, Competitive advantages.

In addition to the main conference, submissions are welcomed to two mini tracks: Social Entrepreneurship, co-chaired by Heather Fulford, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland with Leo-Paul Dana, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Strategies for raising finance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Developmental/Transitional Economies, chaired by Sam Kongwa, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa.

Submission details

Abstract details:  The Abstract should be a minimum of 300 and no more than 500 words including up to five keywords and keyphrases to be received by 25 February 2008. Please read the abstract guidelines

Submission:        Via the online submission form. Please ensure that all required fields are completed. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the paper, the full names first name and surname, not initials); postal addresses and email addresses of all authors and a telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author.

Full paper:           Only required when the abstract has been selected and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Submission date will be no later than 14 April 2008. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the conference manager, Elaine Hayne.

Important information

• The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference. 
• The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection.
• All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced.
• For authors whose first language is not English we request that you have your work proof read prior to submission by a native English speaker (or at least a fluent English speaker). Papers can be rejected due to a poor standard of English.
• Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration).
• Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. Therefore if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper. Author registrations must be completed by 11 August 2008.

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