Call for papers for the
DRUID Academy Conference 2016
for doctoral students in
ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS
University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
January 13 at 2 pm – January 15 at 2 pm
The conference is open for all PhD students working within the broad field of economics and management of innovation, entrepreneurship and organizations. We invite papers aiming at enhancing our understanding of the dynamics of technological, structural and institutional change at the level of firms, industries, regions and nations. DRUID is the node for an open international network - new partners are most welcome. We encourage all PhD students to submit their research to the conference. Do not hesitate to apply even if you have not been in contact with DRUID previously.
The main emphasis is on PhD presentations. Each PhD student paper will be assigned to a “junior” (a fellow PhD student) and to a senior discussant (from DRUID or University of Bordeaux faculty or invited guests). There will also be a series of keynote speakers in the program.
We expect to be able to accept 65-70 PhD student presentations. If a greater number of abstracts are submitted, we will give priority to those that are in the middle part of their PhD and put limits on the number of students from each university. Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting.
Plenary presentations
We are inviting significant international scholars within this broad field to present their research. At this moment, we have confirmed presentations from Keld Laursen (Copenhagen Business School), Francesco Lissoni (University of Bordeaux), Massimo Colombo (Polytechnic of Milan) and Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven).Together with a large number of DRUID and University of Bordeaux faculty members and invited discussants, they will comment and interact with participants.
The Bent Dalum PhD Award
DRUID has an award for the most promising research project presented at the DRUID Academy Conferences. The award is given in the memory of Bent Dalum (1946-2010), one of the main drivers of joint PhD education in Europe within the field of innovation studies. He was active from the very beginning of the ETIC and DIMETIC programs and was one of the founders of DRUID and the main organizer of the DRUID Winter Conferences (now DRUID Academy Conferences).
Submission
All doctoral students who wish to present a paper at the DRUID Academy 2016 Conference must submit an one-page abstract (no more, no less, no tables or graphs, a few key references are allowed on page two) before the deadline of October 27, 2015 (Twelve noon, your local time) through the conference website www.druid.dk/academy2016/. Please create a DRUID account if you have not attended a DRUID conference before to make the submission.
Guidelines
The abstract should start with the title of your submission, followed by your name, affiliation, year of enrolment, expected final date, and e-mail address. This information is to come before the body of the abstract, which should be written in plain text (that is, without bullet-points or other special codes).
The abstract should focus on your own contribution, not on what the existing literature has said. A few lines reviewing the existing literature are helpful, but only to position your contribution in the context of that literature. The abstract should mirror the full paper and include headings for the following points: 1) briefly describe the existing state-of-the-art; 2) explain the research gap that you are trying to fill and pose a research question; 3) give your main theoretical arguments; 4) spell out your method (and data, if an empirical paper); and 5) present your results. Submission of an abstract gives the organizers permission to disseminate it and the accompanying paper electronically or place it on the conference website. We reserve the right to reject abstracts, which do not comply with the above requirements.
DRUID uses available software to control for plagiarism and to take appropriate action in severe cases. Details are available under Terms and Conditions on the website.
Conference fee
Each participant will be charged a fee of Euro 260. The fee and the DRUID Academy will cover all meals from Wednesday January 13 after lunch until Friday January 15, lunch included. A list of hotels will be available on the website.
Timetable (All deadlines are twelve noon, your local time)
Deadline for abstract submission: October 27, 2015
Decision of abstract acceptance: November 6, 2015
Deadline for registration and payment of conference fee: December 7, 2015
Deadline for submission of final paper: December 7, 2015
Program available: December 17, 2015
Conference Organizers
Francesco Lissoni, Christian R. Østergaard (Chair), Jacob Rubæk Holm, Kristian Nielsen, and Jeanette Hvarregaard (Secretary)
