| | | | | CALL FOR PAPERS 2016 Darden & Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference - Paper submissions are due 1 February 2016 - Event to be held in Washington, D.C. 10-11 May 2016
The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and the University of Cambridge Judge Business School will co-host the seventh annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference next year in Washington, D.C. The conference welcomes unpublished working papers from all research areas within the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Examples of suitable topics for the conference include: - New venture formation processes, financing, and strategies;
- R&D and project management, performance metrics, and portfolio evaluation;
- Institutions and policies to enhance entrepreneurship and innovation;
- Markets for ideas, innovation, and other intangibles;
- Regional and global dynamics of entrepreneurship and innovation;
- University and science-based innovation and technology transfer;
- Continuous improvement and new process development; new product development, development processes, and service design;
- Patents, licensing, and intellectual property;
- Business model innovation (e.g., operations, marketing, or network innovation);
- Open innovation and distributed innovation; and Market and financial impact of innovation.
(Abstracted from Management Science's definition of entrepreneurship and innovation.) Conference details at a glance:
| WHO | Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation & | | | Cambridge Judge Business School | | WHERE
| Washington, D.C. Metro Area | | WHEN | Submission Deadline | 1 February | | | Committee Decisions | 17 February | | | Conference dates | 10-11 May | More about the 2016 Conference:
The Darden School's seventh annual entrepreneurship and innovation research conference convenes leading scholars from around the world to discuss a wide range of topics of critical interest to researchers and business practitioners. The 2016 event is jointly sponsored by the Darden School of Business and Cambridge University's Judge Business School. The two-day conference will draw a diverse set of presenters and discussants, from various disciplines including scholars at all levels, from senior scholars to doctoral students. The conference promises to provide a vigorous and lively discussion about current research in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. The Conference Committee also extends an invitation to interested scholars to attend the conference regardless of if a paper is submitted. Conference Co-Chairs are Mike Lenox, Andrew King, and Stelios Kavadias. http://conference.darden.virginia.edu/DEIRC About the Cambridge Judge Business School
The Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge is a great business school at the heart of Cambridge, advancing knowledge and leadership through people who leave a mark on the world. A top business school with a world-class faculty of around 55 members. They represent all continents and likewise their research interests span the globe and the full spectrum of business issues. Many are leaders in their field directing cutting-edge research, consulting for top businesses, advising governments, and most of all, bringing their experiences and new found knowledge into the classroom. www.jbs.cam.ac.uk About Cambridge Judge Business School's Entrepreneurship Centre The Entrepreneurship Centre's mission is to support the University of Cambridge's entrepreneurial talent development and commercialisation of new ideas; enhance the development of management capacity within the Cambridge entrepreneurial ecosystem and beyond; develop and share thought-leadership that establishes the University of Cambridge as a global knowledge locus for entrepreneurship; and provide a critical resource for entrepreneurs, mentors and investors. www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship About the Batten Institute The Batten Institute at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business improves the world through entrepreneurship and innovation. The Institute's academic research center advances knowledge that addresses real-world challenges and shapes Darden's curriculum, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership offers one of the world's top entrepreneurship programs. The Batten Institute was established with gifts now totaling over $125 million from UVA alumnus Frank Batten, Sr., a media pioneer, visionary, and founder of The Weather Channel. www.batteninstitute.org About the Darden School of Business The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is one of the world's leading business schools, offering MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education programs. The unique Darden experience combines the case study method, the highest-ranked faculty whose research advances global managerial practice and business education, and a tight-knit learning environment to develop principled and complete leaders who are ready to make an impact. For questions or information, contact | | | | | | |