Call for Papers
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July. 4 -6 ,2016
Lancaster UK
The conference will be organized into three broad themes – the macro theme including policy and institutional analyses for large and small
firms, and a micro theme incorporating firm and individual level perspectives. A third theme will focus on practitioner experiences, including
the China-UK Catalyst Programme. Plenary sessions will be held to reinforce the integration within and across the themes. We are
interested in high quality contributions on relevant topics, including but not limited to the following topics:
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National policies for innovation and entrepreneurship
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Policy implementation
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Science and technology entrepreneurship
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Clustering, science parks and incubation
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Globalisation and impact on innovation and entrepreneurship
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International entrepreneurship
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Strategic management and innovation in entrepreneurial organizations
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Financial systems and innovation
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Corporate governance and innovation
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Culture, networks and entrepreneurship/innovation
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Opportunity development and the entrepreneurial process
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Issues for SMEs in innovation and entrepreneurship
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Creation and management of family business
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Innovation and research in China
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Open innovation
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Role of higher education in entrepreneurship and innovation
Conference paper submission
The conference aims to encourage both established and new researchers and practitioners. Our aim is to be inclusive and we welcome
contributions of three types:
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Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and a maximum of 5,000 words;
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Development Papers – These include work in progress papers from ongoing research including PhD or reports on government, industry or
sector related issues and a maximum of 2,500 words;
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Professional and practitioner papers – These are short papers reflecting on experience and are intended to be thought-provoking; maximum
1500 words.
All papers should be submitted by email to IEconference2016@lancaster.ac.uk.
Full papers should not exceed 30 double spaced pages, including text, references, figuresand tables. The first page of all manuscripts
should begin with the title page. This should include: (1) the title, (2) type of paper, (3) author(s) name(s), (4) organizational affiliation(s), (5)
postal and email address(es), and (6) telephone numbers. Author names should not be included in any part of the paper except the title
page.
Excellent full papers will be recommended to journals such as Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Venture Capital: An
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, and the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies.
Please follow the author guidelines for preparation of manuscripts.