I found the CFP for the Sicily conference. Here it is, but probably not so interesting to us.
T.
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Subject: NEW CFP: 1st INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH EXEMPLARS CONFERENCE - "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Start-ups", Catania, Italy, May 23-25, 2013
NEW CALL FOR PAPERS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH EXEMPLARS CONFERENCE
Theme:
"Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Start-ups"
Catania, Italy, May 23-25, 2013
Submission Deadline for 1000-word Abstracts: January 31, 2013
Submission Deadline for Full Papers: March 31, 2013
Conference Chairs:
Sharon A. Alvarez, Ohio State University
Jay B. Barney, University of Utah
Giovanni Battista Dagnino, University of Catania
Rosario Faraci, University of Catania
Synopsis
The First International Entrepreneurship Research Exemplar Conference
will be held in Catania, Italy, on May 23-25, 2013, and will be
co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and Business of the
University of Catania, and the Academy of Management?s (AoM)
Entrepreneurship Division, as part of the Entrepreneurship Research
Exemplars Conference Series. In the spirit of the Division?s Research
Excellence Initiative, the goal of this conference is to stimulate and
acknowledge research excellence in entrepreneurship generally, and for
this year in entrepreneurial ecosystems and start up specifically.
The event intends to gather leading scholars in the field of
entrepreneurship and strategy, with specific interest in
?Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Start-ups?, featuring
the best efforts made in serious research that advances significantly
the evolution in the relevant knowledge domain. The conference will
seek to explore ideas, provoke debate, and deliver high level
forward-looking investigation in areas related to entrepreneurial
ecosystems and start ups, as well as to shed light on these emerging
phenomena.
In a broad sense, an entrepreneurial ecosystem regards the actors and
the environment affecting the rise and diffusion of entrepreneurship
at the ?glocal? level. It encompasses a group of firms, including
start-ups, and one or more coordinating entities, such as firm
incubators or accelerators and local policy agencies, which share
similar goals and decide to form a network to leverage scale
economies, as well as entrepreneurial flexibility and robust drive.
Simultaneous with the recent outburst of entrepreneurship at the
glocal level, the rise of new start ups and start up ecosystems around
the world, as well as a new found development in existing ones has
peaked up. For instance, the Startup Ecosystem Report 2012 argues that
countries and cities are shifting from service-based economies to
become increasingly driven by a new generation of fast-moving software
and technology-rooted business organizations. To be sure, with
entrepreneurial ecosystems we wish not to limit the enquiry to
spatially bounded intra-industry or inter-industry contexts, but
extend our reach to virtual entrepreneurial ecosystems that are global
in nature.
In addition, we acknowledge that today is widely recognized that
entrepreneurial ecosystems are inherent drivers of innovation and new
business energy and power. Successfully start up ecosystems usually
foster the long-term view, process-structure recombination across
boundaries, and entrepreneurial dynamics to shore up communities of
entrepreneurs and investors who share the aspiration to cultivate each
other?s talent, creativity, and network support.
The Catania conference calls for relevant conceptual and empirical
contributions from various parts of the world that can facilitate
conversation and scholarly debate, so as to inform academic thinking
and offer implications for a range of practitioners such as
entrepreneurs, executives, consultants and policy makers.
Schedule and Events
An opening reception will kick off the conference at 6:30 pm on
Thursday May 23, 2013 and the program will end by 2:00 pm on Saturday
May 25, 2013. A special Sicilian food tasting banquet is planned for
Friday May 24 in the evening.
Conference Fee
There is no conference fee. Room blocks in accommodation sites at a
walking distance from the conference location (such as Grand Hotel
Excelsior, Jolly Hotel and Residenza Alcantara), are being
pre-reserved with a special fare for participants. While the
conference has no fee, participants are expected to fully support
their trip to and accommodation in Catania during the time of the
conference.
Submissions
We have a specific two-step submission process. We expect to receive
the titles and 5-page abstracts of papers no later than January 31,
2013 at the email that follows: Giovanni Battista Dagnino
(
dagnino@unict.it). Files in PDF and MS Word format are accepted.
Please use single spacing and 11 or 12 point font. On the ground of
the abstracts received, the conference organizers will make the
selection of the presentations in the conference program by February
20, 2013 thereby inviting authors to submit their full papers.
Conceptual and empirical papers that significantly advance our
knowledge by exploring this theme and that have been invited to appear
in the conference program should be submitted by March 31, 2013.
Please note that the submission of the full paper within the deadline
indicated is required to paper authors to appear in the conference
program. Please submit your work with the subject heading
?International Entrepreneurship Exemplars Conference? Paper submission.
Conference Location
The conference will be held in the premises of the Department of
Economics and Business of the University of Catania, Corso Italia 55,
95129 Catania, Italy. The Department of Economics and Business of the
University of Catania compound is located in the new city center about
fifteen minutes away from Catania Airport, and 2 hours from the
Palermo Airport in beautiful Sicily. The Catania airport provides
direct service to a number of European destinations and frequent
connecting flights to the major airports of entry for international
and overseas flights (e.g., Milan, Rome and Munich airports).
Additional Information
For more information on the conference, please address your inquiries
to the conference organizers:
- Sharon Alvarez, Ohio State University,
alvarez_42@fisher.osu.edu
- Jay B. Barney, University of Utah,
jay.barney@business.utah.edu
- Giovanni Battista Dagnino, University of Catania,
dagnino@unict.it
- Rosario Faraci, University of Catania,
faraci@unict.it
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA
The University of Catania - Established in 1434, the University of
Catania ? Siciliae Studium Generale ? one of the oldest universities
in Southern Italy and the first one in Sicily, is a 578-year-old
academic institution that enrolls today more than 55,000 students;
courses and seminars are given by over 1,500 professors in the 23
Departments and faculties, which the University is composed of. In
1997, the University launched the Advanced School for Excellence in
Science Development, with in-house students and courses at all levels
(undergraduate, graduate, masters, PhD), which is very selective and
aims to forge and educate Europe?s future leaders.
The Department of Economics and Business
The Department of Economics and Business of the University of Catania
was established in 2011 from the merger of two traditionally renown
departments, the Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods and
the Department of Business Economics and Management (both established
in 2000). It embraces four main research and teaching areas, which
stand as its key ?scientific souls?: (a) the Economics and
Quantitative Methods Area, (b) the Management Area, (c) the Historical
and Social Area; and (d) the Business Law Area.
The Department institutionally promotes significant cross-cultural
scientific interchange among its constituting areas and the
internationalization processes of faculty members and PhDs. The
Department gathers more than 72 professors at different stages of
their academic career (full, associate and assistant professors), 12
post-doctoral fellows, and 8 staff employees. The Department offers a
four-year PhD Program in Economics & Management, entirely taught in
English, which started its operations in 1990, and is today highly
recognized in Italy and at the international level. The PhD Program
currently enrolls 16 doctoral students. The Department is also
instrumental in supporting the educational activities at the graduate
level; i.e., a series of Masters of Science and Master Degree Programs
in: (1) MSc in Corporate Finance, (2) MSc in Management, (3) MSc in
Public Administration, (4) Masters in Business Administration for
Small and Medium Enterprises, (5) Masters in Marketing Management, (6)
Masters in Quality Management, (7) and (8) Masters in Sports
Management (organized together with Catania Football team), a book
series that is nationally renowned and, as well, the organization of a
variety of relevant venues.
Previous Events in Catania
Among the most recent international venues sponsored in the management
field, we mention:
- the 30th Strategic Management Society Annual International
Conference ?Strategic Management at the Crossroads?, Rome on September
12-15, 2010;
- the 2010 Strategic Management Society Conference Extension
?Entrepreneurship at the Crossroads: New Challenges & Emerging
Issues?, hosted in Catania on September 17, 2010;
- the Illinois International Accounting Symposium, June 4-6, 2009;
- the Strategic Management Society Special Conference ?New Frontiers
in Entrepreneurship: Strategy, Governance and Evolution?, held in the
premises of the School of Economics and Business of the University of
Catania in May 23-25, 2007,
- the International Workshop ?Private Equity and Entrepreneurship:
Mobilizing Capital for Fostering Firm Growth in Italy?s Southern
Regions?, which took place in Taormina, July 18, 2008 (attendees from
entrepreneurial practice, industry, finance as well as academia).
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Giovanni Battista Dagnino
Professor of Business Economics & Management
Coordinator of the PhD Program in Economics & Management
Department of Economics & Business
University of Catania
Corso Italia, 55
95129 - CATANIA (Italy)
Tel: 39.095.7537-622
Fax: 39.095.7537-610
E.mail:
dagnino@unict.it
Web site:
www.giovannibattistadagnino.eu
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