We like to remind you to apply for the 2018 edition of the

Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship June 18-19, 2018 at ZEW Mannheim

Submission Deadline: April 8, 2018

Submit a paper or an extended abstract to: entrepreneurship2018@zew.de 

This conference is jointly organized by ZEW, MaCCI and University of Mannheim. The aim is to discuss recent scientific contributions to entrepreneurship research. Theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of entrepreneurship research are welcome.

List of Topics (non-exhaustive)

·         Impact of industrial dynamics (entry and exit) on aggregate productivity dynamics

·         Entrepeneurship in the Digital Age; Digital Entrepreneurship

·         Incubators, corporate and academic spin-offs; Scale-ups, gazelles and unicorns

·         Financing young firms: (corporate) venture capital, business angels, crowdfunding, and banks

·         Direct and indirect contributions of entrepreneurial firms to innovation and growth

·         Impact and efficiency of public entrepreneurship policies

·         Personality traits and motivation of entrepreneurs;

·         Entrepreneurial teams; Human capital of founders and employees

·         Socio-demographic aspects of entrepreneurship (e.g. ethnic entrepreneurship, migrant entrepreneurship, and female entrepreneurship)

Invited Speakers
Nadine Levratto (CNRS, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre), Henry Sauermann (ESMT Berlin)

Scientific Committee
Thomas Åstebro (HEC Paris), Rui Baptista (IST, University of Lisbon), Jörn Block (University of Trier), Werner Bönte (University of Wuppertal), Marc Cowling (University of Brighton), Jorge Guzman (NBER), Karin Hoisl (University of Mannheim), Katrin Hussinger (University of Luxembourg), Ulrich Kaiser (University of Zurich), Francesco Lissoni (University of Bordeaux), Georg Licht (ZEW), José Mata (HEC Lausanne), Hiroyuki Okamuro (Hitotsubashi University Tokyo), Joacim Tåg (IFN Stockholm), Michael Woywode (University of Mannheim)

Within the conference, a specific session will be dedicated to discussion the recent results on the impact of public research on innovation, entrepreneurship and growth.

For more details about the background project FRAME, please take a look at the most recent results < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqXJSoZvnE>. Key results about the impact of public research on firms’ performance have published recently on the voxEU Portal < https://voxeu.org/article/publicly-funded-applied-research-pays-case-fraunhofer-gesellschaft>.

And for a more general introduction, have a look at our animated video < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8E--UaVSaE>

Contact
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
Internet: www.zew.de/entrepreneurship2018
see the attached call for more information

Johannes Bersch, Marius Berger, Josefine Diekhof, Sandra Gottschalk, Jan Kinne, Georg Licht, Martin Murmann, Simona Wagner, Michael Woywode

PS: We also attached as a final reminder the call for our Competition and Innotation Summer School.
DEADLINE: March 31, 2018