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REMINDER Call for Papers - 3rd International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference - 18-19 June 2007 - Copenhagen (DK)

  • 1.  REMINDER Call for Papers - 3rd International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference - 18-19 June 2007 - Copenhagen (DK)

    Posted 02-05-2007 12:16
    Call for Papers
    3rd International Social Entrepreneurship
    Research Conference (ISERC)     

    18-19 June 2007 • Copenhagen Business School • Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Centre for Corporate Values and Responsibility (CVR)
    www.cbs.dk/iserc3 
     
    Submissions are invited by 20 Feb 07 to iserc3@cbs.dk
      
     
    Social Entrepreneurship has become a global phenomenon that employs innovative approaches to solving social problems with the aim to radically improve benefits to society. Traditionally academic interest in the topic has focused on practitioner events and teaching. Only recently social entrepreneurship has become subject to rigorous academic analysis.
     
    The Inter­national Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference (ISERC) series aims to be the leading event for advancing this academic research agenda. Presented papers are selected based on a careful peer review process. Participation is restricted to 50 scholars representing the main research streams in Europe, North America, and Asia.
     
    Following the success of our first two conferences in Barcelona in 2005 (see Mair, Robinson, Hockerts, 2006: Social Entrepreneurship, Palgrave Macmillan) and New York in 2006 (International Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship Research,  forthcoming soon), we expect the outcomes of ISERC3 to be the further refinement of theoretical concepts and scholarly ideas regarding this area of research, and the solidification of a research network for thought leadership and knowledge generation in social entrepre­neurship. Our convening will be a step toward securing creative partnerships and cross-national research projects that will broaden our understanding of this important phenomenon.
     
    For the purpose of this conference we view social entrepreneurship broadly as the process of using entrepreneurial and business skills to create innovative approaches to social problems. Social entrepreneurs find innovative ways to address issues such as poverty, education, environmental protection, or health. They do this through pure for-profit firms, pure not-for-profits, as well as a large number of hybrid organizational forms. We are seeking both empirical and conceptual/theoretical papers from scholars interested in social entrepreneurship as a global phenomenon and encourage submissions that apply different perspectives and theoretical lenses.
     
    The conference webpage is at: www.cbs.dk/iserc3 


    The following topic areas could be appropriate for this conference:


    1.   Innovation: What types of social impact innovations are developed in social ventures? Where do they come from? How are they implemented?
    2.   Performance Metrics: How do social entrepreneurs understand success and which measures do they use to assess their performance? What are the possibilities and limits of approaches such as the social return on investment (S-ROI) analysis?
    3.   Social Venture Capital Markets: Are the financing mechanisms and criteria for social venture capital different from those from traditional venture capital? What theories might explain the underdevelopment of the social venture capital markets?
    4.   Demographics: What are the typical sectors social ventures emerge in? Are there dif­ferences by country? What is the typical size, growth, and ownership structure?
    5.   Networks: Can the characteristics of social networks influence the sustainability of social entrepreneurial ventures?
    6.   Public policy: In what way would policy measures differ, if at all, for facilitating the sustainability of social entrepreneurial ventures?
    7.   Values: What role can values (ethical or moral) play in ensuring the sustainability of newly formed ventures?
    8.   Strategic considerations: How do social ventures establish their value net? Do social ventures require specific resource strategies?
    9.   Organizational development: What role do systems and processes play in ensuring the sustainability of the social venture?
    10. Governance: What role do governance mechanisms play in ensuring the sustain­abi­lity of the social entrepreneurial venture over time?
    11. Exit: What are typical exit strategies for social ventures? How do these differ from traditional ventures? How can social ventures maintain their mission beyond the exit of the founding team?
    12. Sustainable Development: How can social entrepreneurship play a role in sustain­able development?
     
    Your are invited to submit full papers by 20 February, 2007 via e-mail to iserc3@cbs.dk. Papers will be selected based on a double blind peer review process. Participants will be informed about acceptance by early April.
     
    For more information about ISERC mail us at iserc3@cbs.dk or consult our webpage at: www.cbs.dk/iserc3. We look forward to an engaging discussion in Copenhagen.

     
    The Conveners of the International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference (ISERC)
    Kai Hockerts, Ph.D., Copenhagen Business School
    Jeffrey Robinson, Ph.D., New York University, Stern School of Business
    Johanna Mair, Ph.D., IESE Business School
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