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Call for Papers for Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on October 2. 2009

  • 1.  Call for Papers for Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on October 2. 2009

    Posted 05-02-2009 09:43

    Dear Colleagues:

    I would like to call your attention to following call for papers for the 2009 Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference on October 2, 2009.   

    Best regards,

    Don Siegel

     

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISE

    The Technology Transfer Society (T2S) will hold its 2009 annual conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

     

    Keynote Speakers: Professor Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School

                                   Professor Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

     

    Plenary Speakers (partial list):

    Professor David Audretsch, Indiana University and Max Planck Institute

    Professor Fiona Murray, MIT Sloan School of Management

    Professor Sean Safford, University of Chicago Booth Business School

    Professor Donald Siegel, University at Albany, SUNY

    Professor Mike Wright, Nottingham University Business School

     

    The theme of this year's conference is The Entrepreneurial Enterprise. Thematic tracks are listed below (general papers on entrepreneurship and technology transfer are always welcome):

     

    Private-Sector Entrepreneurship

    - Role of small businesses - Patenting activity - Serial entrepreneurship - Social responsibility of entrepreneurs

     

    Public-Sector Entrepreneurship

    - Public policy (domestic and international) relating to technological entrepreneurship - Patent policies - Innovation policy and small businesses - Program evaluation

     

    Academic Entrepreneurship

    - The role of incentives and organizational culture - Technology transfer - Inside/outside impacts from spin-outs - University clusters - Regional economic development issues - Technology transfer and social and environmental responsibility

     

    Social Entrepreneurship

    - Evolution of a definition - Sustainability issues - Social responsibility issues - Case studies

    Those who wish to present a paper should submit an abstract by June 15, 2009 (revised date). Those who wish to organize and chair a session should submit a proposal also by June 15, 2009 (revised date). Proposal templates are on-line (see url below). Proposals and abstracts should be submitted electronically to all of the program organizers:

    Professor Donald Siegel: dsiegel@uamail.albany.edu

    Professor Albert N. Link: anlink@uncg.edu

    Professor Dianne Welsh: DHWELSH@uncg.edu

     

    Additional information regarding the 2009 T2S annual conference, including proposal templates, hotel, and registration information, will be posted on the BELL website of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (http://entrepreneur.uncg.edu/t2s.html).

     

    Hope to see you in October,

    Professor Donald Siegel, Dean, School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY President, Technology Transfer Society Editor, Journal of Technology Transfer

    Professor Albert N. Link Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology Transfer (http://www.springer.com/business/journal/10961?detailsPage=journal)

     

    Dr. Donald S. Siegel

    Dean and Professor

    School of Business

    University at Albany, SUNY

    1400 Washington Avenue

    Albany, NY 12222

    Tel: (518) 442-4910

    DSiegel@uamail.albany.edu

    http://www.albany.edu/business/

    http://www.albany.edu/business/news_and_events/DonSiegel-CV.pdf

    http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm

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