CFP: 6th West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship

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

CALL FOR PAPERS

6TH WEST COAST RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP And
10TH ANNIVERSARY STANFORD TECHNOLOGY VENTURES PROGRAM 
SEPTEMBER 5TH AND 6TH, 2008

Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), The Center for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship (University of Washington), Lloyd Greif Center for
Entrepreneurial Studies (USC), and Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
(University of Oregon) are jointly sponsoring the 6th West Coast
Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship and STVP-Research's
10th Anniversary this year. 
 
Theme: Technology Entrepreneurship: New ventures and established
corporations.
Location: Stanford University. 
Date: Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6, 2008. 

We invite authors to submit papers to the research symposium. Our goal
is an exciting forum for scholars interested in technology
entrepreneurship research to exchange ideas. The location is Stanford
University in the heart of Silicon Valley. Papers focusing on corporate
venturing, innovation, and entrepreneurship in technology-based settings
will be given preference. There will also be a pre-conference doctoral
consortium on Thursday, September 4 (details to follow). 
 
We expect an intimate conference of about 40 leading scholars from
around the world. The conference organizing committee invites the
submission of unpublished working papers that advance the state of
knowledge on technology entrepreneurship. The committee will select
papers for presentation.
 
The DEADLINE for submission is Tuesday, May 27, 2008.  Submit papers at
wcrs-entre at lists.stanford.edu

We hope to see you at Stanford!

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Kathy Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Suresh Kotha, University of Washington
Alan Meyer, University of Oregon 
Nandini Rajagopalan, University of Southern California
 
CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Washington
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Southern
California
Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Oregon

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt
Stanford Warren Ascherman M.D. Professor
Co-director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
415 Terman Building
Department of Management Science & Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4026