CFP: The 10th Uddevalla Symposium

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

Call for Papers for
The 10th Uddevalla Symposium on:
INSTITUTIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND KNOWLEDGE FLOWS – BUILDING INNOVATIVE CAPABILITIES FOR REGIONS
JUNE 14-16, 2007
at University West, Campus Uddevalla, Sweden
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007
Final Papers Submission Deadline for Presentation: May 10, 2007

Objectives

The objectives of the 10th Uddevalla Symposium 2007 are: i) to provide a unique opportunity for scholars including senior and junior researchers to discuss path-breaking concepts, ideas, frameworks and theories in plenary key-note sessions and parallel competitive paper sessions, and ii) to facilitate the development and synthesis of important contributions into cohesive and integrated collections for potential publication. Therefore, unpublished completed papers are invited for presentation and feedback from other scholars. A selected list of these papers will be subjected to review and development for publication in scholarly venues.

Keynotes & the organisation of the symposium

Following the tradition established by the previous symposia, starting in 1998, this 10th Uddevalla Symposium is designed to bring together leading-edge views of senior academic scholars and mix them with the critical and creative views of post-docs and PhD students engaged in their thesis work. We welcome researchers from various fields within business administration and management, such as international business, entrepreneurship, and small business economics as well as from regional economics, regional planning, economic geography, economic history, political science, sociology, and engineering interested in the theme of the symposium.

In previous plenary- and keynote sessions, the contributions of prominent scholars have included Zoltan Acs, Tomas Andersson, Åke E. Andersson, David Audretsch, David L. Birch, Chris Butler-Jensen, Roberta Capello, Bo Carlsson, Paul Cheshire, Juan Cuadrado-Roura, Hamid Etemad, Maryann Feldman, Richard Florida, Amy Glasmeier, Jack A. Goldstone, Mia Gray, Kingsley E. Haynes, Bronwyn H. Hall, Magnus Jerneck, Börje Johansson, T.R. Lakshmanan, Janice Madden, Rico Maggi, Edward Malecki, Philip McCann, Peter Nijkamp, Karen R. Polenske, Luc Soete, Olav Spilling, Lois Stevenson, Robert Stimson, David Storey, Roger R. Stough and Yongda Yu.

Contributions by these keynotespeakers of the past played catalytic roles in forging fresh links among research topics, between scholars and senior and junior researchers, and pushed the frontiers forward.

Keynote speakers 2007

Associate Professor Corinne Autant-Bernard, University of Saint-Etienne, France
Professor Philip Cooke, Cardiff University, UK
Mr Alexander Eickelpasch, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany
Professor Manfred M. Fischer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
Mr Harald Furre, Oxford Research, Norway
Professor Kingsley E. Haynes, George Mason University, USA
Professor R. Helen Lawton-Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Professor Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, Italy
Professor Paula E. Stephan, Georgia State University, USA
Professor Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA
Professor Bart Verspagen, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands

Structure

The 10th Uddevalla Symposium 2007 will have the following structure:
Keynote sessions: Mornings up to lunch are set aside for 3-4 plenary keynote contributions of prominent scholars.
Parallel paper sessions: Afternoons are devoted to parallel paper sessions focusing on the development of emergent concepts, frameworks, and theories for better understanding of the theme of the symposium and the new challenges they pose for scholars and practitioners.

Publications

Leading-edge contributions from the previous symposia have appeared in special issues of prestigious journals and nine edited book volumes. This symposium will follow the same practice. In addition to the Uddevalla Symposium Proceedings, a similar effort for publication of a coordinated set of articles in book volumes and journals with high impact will be adopted for the 10th Uddevalla Symposium 2007. For a selected list of publications of past symposia,
see www.symposium.hv.se

Best Paper Awards

To stimulate high quality papers a Best Paper Award of € 1.000 as well as a Best PhD Candidate Paper Award of € 700 will be awarded. The members of the scientific committee will select the winning papers.
Submission Information
Submission deadline for Abstracts is: February 28nd, 2007
Abstract - 800 words of summary- and a title page including:
1. Title of the abstract
2. Topic area of the abstract (chooses from the questions above).
3. Name(s) of the author(s).
4. Department(s) and affiliation(s).
5. Mailing address(es).
6. E-mailing address(es).
7. Corresponding author(s)
is to be sent by e-mail to: 2007uddevallasymposium at hv.se
Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by approximately April 1st, 2007
Submission Deadline for Completed Papers accepted for presentation (in Word 6.0): May 10th, 2007
For further information, please visit the symposium website www.symposium.hv.se or feel free to contact the Uddevalla Symposium co-ordinator: Ms Iréne Johansson, University West, Campus Uddevalla, Sweden, irene.johansson at hv.se

More info at http://www.symposium.hv.se/extra/pod/?id=137&module_instance=1&action=pod_show