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Final Call: 9TH EUNIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, LIMERICK, IRELAN D, JUNE 2006.

  • 1.  Final Call: 9TH EUNIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, LIMERICK, IRELAN D, JUNE 2006.

    Posted 12-06-2005 07:07
     
     
    9th European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP) International Conference

     

    FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

     

    University of Limerick, Ireland

    20-22 June 2006

     

    Abstract deadline: 9th December 2005.

    http://www.ul.ie/eunip2006

     

     

    The 9th EUNIP International Conference will be hosted by the Department of Economics,  Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, 20-22 June 2006.

     

    EUNIP is a multinational network of researchers in economics and management, who have a specific (research) interest in the area of economic development and public policy.

     

    Our keynote speakers include: Eric Arnold (Technopolis Ltd); John Bachtler (University of Strathclyde); Loren Brandt (University of Toronto); Anis Chowdhury (University of Western Sydney); Frances Ruane (Trinity College Dublin) and Colin Wren (University of Newcastle upon Tyne). 

     

    Details of the full call for papers and the submission process, as well as registration, committees, travel, accommodation, keynote speakers, sponsors, conference venue and the Limerick region can be found at http://www.ul.ie/eunip2006

     

    The final deadline for submitting an abstract or full paper (if preferred) is Friday the 9th December 2005, and if this is accepted, a final paper by 21st April 2006.

     

    The conference organisers would particularly welcome papers reflecting different aspects of industrial and regional policy evaluation.  Accepted papers on this theme-together with those from the related plenary session-will be considered for a Special Issue of the "International Review of Applied Economics". 

     

    We look forward to welcoming you to Limerick in June 2006.

     

    Helena Lenihan

    EUNIP 2006 Conference Chair

    EUNIP 2006 Conference Co-organiser

    Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan

    EUNIP 2006 Conference Co-organiser

     

    To contact the organisers, please e-mail: eunip2006@ul.ie or phone:+353-61-202284

     

    Main Conference Topics:

    Theoretical and applied papers are invited in all areas of industrial policy, including the following:

    • Drivers of industrial development: large versus small firms
    • Spatial dimensions of industrial development
    • Governance and the determinants of local economic development
    • Policies to encourage industrial development (including: deregulation; EU harmonisation and regulation; impact of the 5th Enlargement)
    • Technology and innovation policy
    • The Evaluation Challenge: Lessons from regional and industrial development policies
    • Comparative analysis of industrial development: EU countries versus other regions in the world
    • Globalisation, transnational corporations and FDI
    • Knowledge intensive services and the learning economy