Dear Mark,

I hope this email finds you well.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend DRUID 2023 in Lisbon as my mother has been in hospital for the last 3 weeks and is extremely ill.   We hope to get her home over coming days to care for her but I will need to (and indeed really wish to) remain close to her and therefore will not be in a position to travel.  Given that I am at the hospital every day, this is the first chance I have had to email you with a view to cancelling. 

As you will see from the attached receipt, I had registered back in April (pls see attached receipt). 

From my reading of the website (and please excuse me if I missed something obvious) the website and profile page provide no indication as to how to cancel ones  registration. I checked this, but I do not see how this may be done.  The only area where cancellations are mentioned is under terms and conditions. 

I am hoping that under the circumstances that you can provide me with a refund please?

Please note one of my co-authors (Mauricio Perez-Alaniz) will be in attendance to present our paper.

Best wishes and again apologies

I look forward to hearing from you in terms of what’s possible vis-à-vis my request for a refund under the circumstances

Thank you in advance

Helena

Prof Helena Lenihan

Professor of Economics

Kemmy Business School

University of Limerick

Chair UL Research Impact Committee 

University of Limerick

T +353 (0) 61 202079  E helena.lenihan@ul.ie

Selection of Recent Publications:

Lenihan, H., Mulligan, K., Doran, J. Rammer, C. and Ipinnaiye, O. (2023) ‘R&D grants and R&D tax credits to foreign-owned subsidiaries: Does supporting multinational enterprises’ R&D pay off in terms of firm performance improvements for the host economy?’, Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-09995-9.

Perez-Alaniz, M., Lenihan, H., Doran, J., and Hewitt-Dundas, N. (2023) ‘Financial resources for research and innovation in small and larger firms: Is it a case of the more you have, the more you do?’, Industry and Innovation 30(2), pp. 189-232  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2022.2036597.

Mulligan, K., Lenihan, H., Doran, J., and Roper, S. (2022) ‘Harnessing the science base: Results from a national programme using publicly-funded research centres to reshape firms’ R&D’, Research Policy 51(4), 104468. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104468.

Garrido-Prada, P., Lenihan, H., Doran, J., Rammer, C., and Perez-Alaniz, M. (2021) ‘Driving the Circular Economy through Public Environmental and Energy R&D: Evidence from SMEs in the European Union’, Ecological Economics 182,106884. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106884.

Lenihan, H., McGuirk, H. and Murphy, K. R (2019) 'Driving innovation: public policy and human capital’, Research Policy 48 (9), 103791. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.015.