Call for Abstracts:
Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference
Dates: Thursday-Friday, April 11-12, 2013
Location: University of Denver, Denver, CO
Conference Website: biz.colostate.edu/seeConference
Building on a vibrant cohort of scholars in ethics, entrepreneurship, and
sustainability around the world, the SEE Conference features diverse
scholars who lead the development of these important and rapidly changing
areas of study.
Sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship (SEE) draw on knowledge from
diverse backgrounds. These include but are not limited to studies on
sustainability, social entrepreneurship, business ethics, firm-community
ties, and environment impacts, to name a few. The fact that ethics and
sustainability are intertwined with the concept of entrepreneurship is no
longer new. Indeed, ethical choices are increasingly critical any business
activity and a key to success of startups, small firms, medium enterprises,
and large, multinational corporations. Some even suggest that the focus on
sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship triangulates every economic
opportunity and social value. The goal of the conference is to lead the
advancement and accumulation of knowledge about SEE-related topics.
This sharing of scholarly research is the foundation of the annual SEE
Conference. In 2012, the SEE Conference attracted scholars from diverse
universities and businesses across six countries. In 2013, the conference
will continue to serve as a platform for discussing cutting-edge research,
ideas and theories, fostering collaborative efforts and building a worldwide
network of scholars who advance the state of knowledge about SEE-related
research. In addition, the conference will feature keynote speakers who are
thought leaders including Jay Barney, Presidential Professor of Strategic
Management at the University of Utah.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts (2 single-spaced pages not exceeding
1,250 words) that address a broad array of subjects on the topics of
sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship (SEE). Those selected by a
double-blind review process will be asked to present at either paper or
poster sessions during the 2013 conference April 11-12.
There is no registration fee; however, submitting an abstract signifies a
commitment that at least one of the authors will participate in the
conference. Submitting an abstract also represents a commitment that the
featured ideas are original and come from unpublished working papers.
Finally, the conference is limited to 120 attendees; about 24 manuscripts;
and 12 posters.
Thursday, April 11, 2013 will showcase companies that pioneer efforts in
sustainability, ethics, and/or entrepreneurship and an evening reception to
all participants
Friday, April 12, 2013 will feature the latest scholarly work from leading
faculty around the world.
Thanks to the Kauffman Foundation and other contributions, the SEE
Conference will provide meals and beverages to all participants. The SEE
Conference will also pay the hotel and/or travel costs for selected Ph.D.
students and early-stage assistant professors. We will issue more detail on
this in a few weeks.
We invite empirical and conceptual Abstracts. Potential topics include, but
are not limited to, the following areas:
* How does strategy differ when firms are not constituted as vehicles of
private wealth accumulation but are owned by communities of members or
government?
* In a capitalist system, wealth and value are measured in monetary units:
what is social value, how does to measure social value, and what do social
value and economic value interact and shape each other?
* Free markets and competition brought many benefits (e.g., the average
individual material wellbeing has improved markedly, even if the variance is
distressing). How does this increasing but uneven material prosperity relate
to human wellbeing, sustainability and entrepreneurship?
* How does market competition affect the fabric of trust and social value
within and between different organizational forms?
* How does one gain better understandings of sustainable and ethical
entrepreneurship?
* What are most useful conceptual models and empirical analysis of the
antecedents, consequences, and contingencies associated with the processes
of sustainable and ethical entrepreneurship?
* What is the role of ethical behavior in the growth, survival, and
sustainability of new ventures?
* What are the roles of economic and institutional systems in motivating
ethical and sustainable behaviors?
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
January 8, 2013: Abstract Submission Deadline
February 18, 2013: Acceptance Notification
March 1, 2013: Program Published
April 11-12, 2013: Conference in Denver, CO
Authors can submit their abstracts here:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=see20130
SUBMITTING ABSTRACT(S)
The following suggestions are provided in response to frequent questions on
how to improve the chances that an abstract will be accepted.
The conference reviewers are members of the SEE’s Advisory Board and a group
of ad-hoc reviewers. Every abstract is evaluated by 2-4 reviewers. While
each reviewer makes independent judgments, there are some common threads
that distinguish accepted from rejected abstracts:
• Abstracts that open up new research frontiers or offer new insights or
perspectives that enrich discussion and discourse.
• Abstracts that address unimpeachably important, timely, and relevant topics.
• Abstracts where SEE-related research has clear conceptual and/or practical
implications.
• It is helpful to state the current stage of data collection and when you
expect to complete the data collection and analysis.
• The reviewers consider the potential for completion of the work described
in the abstract.
• Reviewers assume that authors of accepted abstracts entered with good
faith and expect that the research will be competently completed before the
conference.
• Do not include references, tables, and the like in the abstract. Also
your name or contact information should NOT appear anywhere in the document.
Please visit biz.colostate.edu/seeConference for more information.
Or contact:
Paul Olk (
Paul.Olk@du.edu)
Tom Dean (
Tom.Dean@business.colostate.edu)
Roland Kidwell (
RKidwell@uwyo.edu)
Sharon Clinebell (
sharon.clinebell@unco.edu)
Gideon Markman (
Gideon.Markman@Colostate.edu)