ANNOUNCE: Workshop on writing and publishing

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

WORKSHOP ON WRITTING AND PUBLISHING
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, MARCH 5-6, 2007
Deadline: January 5, 2007

ORGANISING TEAM

Ann LEDWITH, University of Limerick, Ireland and EIASM PDG member
Deborah ROBERTS, Nottingham University Business School, U.K. and EIASM PDG member

GUEST CONTRIBUTORS

Senior academics with editorial responsibilities will be available to explain the publishing process and provide feedback on participants' papers.
(more details to be announced)

PURPOSE

Research output is critical to the progression of any academic career - academics are judged by their publications.   But it is not always easy, especially for younger academics, to translate a research project into a publishable paper.  This workshop aims to help with this process.  The objective of the workshop is to improve academic output by helping researchers to identify approaches and practices that will facilitate publishing in academic and managerial journals. The workshop will cover themes such as:

· The benefits of publishing
· Converting a completed research project into a paper
· Structuring an academic paper
· Writing the introduction
· Positioning academic work
· The process of writing
· Selecting a journal
· The review process

The workshop is aimed at those working in the area of NPD/ Innovation Management, Marketing, HRM, General Management and Operations Management and is open to PhD students in the final stages of their research, post-doc academics and those that are relatively new in their career.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Participants on the workshop are required to submit a short proposal (max. 5 pages).  If possible, the proposal should contain the following elements:

* A title page including the name of the paper, author and affiliations.
* An introduction briefly outlining; the theoretical contribution; the research hypothesis, if applicable; research methodology; description of the data and the expected research findings.
* The titles of the following sections of the paper with a few sentences describing the content of each section.
* An indication of the journal in which the paper could be published.

Those who are interested in attending the workshop should provide us with their submission by January 5,  2007.

Proposals must be in English.

PRACTICALITIES

TIMING :

The workshop will start at midday on Monday 5th March 2007 and will continue till late in the evening followed by a dinner.  It will finish at 4pm on Tuesday 6th March 2007

LOCATION :

The whole workshop will take place in the Hotel Métropole in which the  EIASM premises are located (Place De Brouckère-plein 31, 1000 Brussels).

The Hotel Métropole is marvelously well located right in the historical centre of Brussels, just a few steps away from the "Grand-Place", the "Bourse" and the "Theatre de la Monnaie" and close to the central and north railway stations, that each have direct connections to Brussels International airport.

ACCOMMODATION :

* Citadines Apart'hotel  (10 minutes walk)
51 quai au Bois à Brûler - 1000 Brussels
Tel 32 2 221 14 11 - Fax 32 2 2211599 - stecatherine at citadines.com
http://www.citadines.com
Special rates for a studio (for 1-2 pers) : 113 EUR for 1 person - 126 EUR for 2  persons - breakfast included
Appartment (for 1-4 pers) : 141 EUR for 1 person - 154 EUR for 2 persons - breakfast included 
Please mention "EIASM " when making your reservation.

* Hotel NH Atlanta (next door) ****
Boulevard Adolph Max 7
1000 Brussels
Tel 00800 0115 0116 (free of charge) - reservations at nh-hotels.com
Special rate (single or double room) 120 EUR + breakfast 19 EUR /person 
Please mention "EIASM " when making your reservation.

RESOTEL can also help you to find a room at a competitive price : info at resotel.be (also valid for the Métropole Hotel !)
Here is the search system of the company RESOTEL : http://www.belgium-hospitality.com/

JOINING INSTRUCTIONS :

For joining instructions (EIASM / Hotel Métropole)  please have a look on :

http://www.eiasm.be/contactus/howtoreach/index.html

or on :

http://www.eiasm.be/contactus/roadmap/index.html

INTERESTING WEB SITES :

Hotel Métropole : http://www.metropolehotel.com/EN/home.cfm?Lang=EN

Brussels : http://www.brusselsdiscovery.com/wabxlint/visitor/index.jsp?lg=EN 

More info at http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=508#1058