CALL FOR PAPERS
Technological Discontinuities and Industrial Transformation
The Ratio Colloquium for Young Social Scientists 2013
Stockholm, August 22-24, 2013
The Ratio Institute hereby invites young scholars in economics, business administration and economic
history and related fields to submit paper proposals for a cross disciplinary workshop in Stockholm,
Sweden. The aim of this colloquium is to bring together researchers in different fields working on
technological discontinuities and industrial transformation.
In addition to paper sessions there will be two keynote lectures by Richard Langlois and Mary Tripsas.
Richard Langlois is Professor of economics at the University of Connecticut. His work has been
published widely in top academic journals and he is the author and editor of numerous books. He has
developed new theory on dynamic transaction costs and on modular technological systems. His
research focus on theory of the firm, organizational boundaries, technology, innovation, business
history, economics of institutions and economic thought.
Mary Tripsas is Associate Professor of business administration at Boston College. Her research focus
on innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy, including theories of the role of cognition,
complementary assets and changing customer preferences under conditions of discontinuous
technological change. She has been published widely in top academic journals and is, among other
things, senior editor of Organization Science .
We especially welcome papers dealing with the following issues:
How factor conditions influence the performance of firms handling technology transitions
The co-evolution of firms, institutions and technology
The role of managerial cognition for opportunity recognition and superior firm performance·
Longitudinal historical case studies
How firms facing technological change relate to existing and new markets
Empirical papers on current technological discontinuities
Comparative studies of firms responding to technological change
The papers submitted are expected to be work in progress: they should be complete papers, but still
unpublished.
Both the colloquium and hotel accommodation for the participants will be free of charge. Ratio will
also reimburse reasonable budget travel expenses for all participants.
The number of accepted papers is limited to 16. Discussants will be appointed to each accepted
paper, but all participants are expected to read all papers and have further comments.
An application consists of the following:
A one or two page abstract of the planned paper
A one page summary of your research interests
CV
Application deadline: March 4. Applicants will be notified of whether they have been accepted or not
by April 1. Deadline for full paper submission is August 1.
Eligible for application: Ph.D. students and researchers (postdocs, ass. professors etc.) that have
received their Ph.D. within 5 years prior to the date of application (i.e. after April 14, 2008).
Venue: The workshop will be held at the Ratio Institute on Sveavägen 59 in central Stockholm.
Submission and enquiries:
christian.sandstrom@ratio.se, phone +46737050137.
Further information about The Ratio Institute and the colloquium:
http://www.ratio.se/en/about-
ratio/rcyss-2013.aspx
In charge of this colloquium are Mirko Ernkvist, PhD and Christian Sandström, PhD, both researchers
at the Ratio Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
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