ECEI 2009 - 4th European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
University of Antwerp, Belgium
10-11 September 2009

Conference Chair: Dirk Van Dyck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Programme Chair: Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Keynote Speakers: Magnus Klofsten, Linköping University, Sweden
“Managing the early development of ventures – key aspects”
Paul Verhaert, Verhaert Space, Belgium

Call for Papers, Posters, Round Table Proposals, Practitioner Contributions
and Product Demonstrations

Mini track on Innovation in Emerging Market Economies
Track chair: Catherine L Wang, School of Management, Royal Holloway,
University of London

The emerging market economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India, China, Egypt,
Mexico, South Africa, Poland, South Korea and Turkey, have become the
driving force behind the global economy. The rapid growth of these markets
presents lucrative opportunities as well as challenges for large
multinational companies in the West. Seizing these opportunities require
companies to rethink how they operate in emerging markets to adapt to the
local business systems and to customise products to meet the unique
preferences of customers in each market. Often, this requires companies to
acquire a new set of skills and competences and reconfigure business
processes, organisational structures and governance models.

The emerging markets also provide a platform for domestic companies to take
off. However, many of them face the pressures from heightened competition as
the markets are opened up to foreign firms. Increasingly, domestic companies
are required to build their innovative capabilities in order to move up the
global value chain. The collaboration between foreign and domestic companies
has also taken a new light, moving towards more sophisticated and high value
adding activities, including Research and Development (R&D).

This mini track seeks high quality papers exploring the key issues pertinent
to the development of innovation theory and practice in the context of
emerging markets economies. Both theoretical and empirical papers based on a
wide range of methodologies (qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods) are
welcome.
Topics include, but are not restricted to, the following areas of interest:

The impact of structural, regulatory and market reform on the national
innovation system
Innovation networks and industry cluster
The university-business collaboration on innovation
Industry evolution and market dynamism
R&D outsourcing and collaboration
Technology adoption and diffusion
Organising for global innovation
Knowledge, absorptive capacity and innovation
New product development and speed to market
Collaboration in new product development
Business process innovation
Firms’ innovation capabilities and capability building
Cross-country or cross-industry comparison

Publication opportunity

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference
proceedings, subject to author registration. The proceedings have an ISBN
and ECEI proceedings are listed in the Thomson ISI Index Social Sciences &
Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP/ISI Proceedings) and the Thomson Index to
Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP).

Authors whose papers are selected for conference presentations will also be
invited to submit their papers to the European Journal of Innovation
Management. The editorial scope and authors’ guidelines of the journal can
be found at the following website:
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ejim

As well as full academic papers, the following submissions are welcomed:
Research in Progress; Researchers may submit current projects whilst they
are still in progress.

Case Study Submissions; Submissions should be written to publishable standards.
Poster Submissions; Welcomed in any of the areas identified in the call for
papers.

Round Table Proposals; Topical subjects proposed for discussion.

Practitioner Contributions; Contributions, either presentations or
demonstrations, from individuals and organisations working in the field.
Presentation submissions should follow the abstract submission process. For
product demonstrations, please submit a proposal of 200-300 words describing
a research facilitation product you would like to demonstrate and the
audience it serves. Proposals should be sent as an email attachment to Sue
Nugus not later than 9 April 2009. Demonstrations themselves are expected to
be approximately 15 minutes in length.

Submission details

Abstract details: All submission types require a 300-500 word abstract in
the first instance, to be received by 19 February 2009. Please read the
guidelines at
http://academic-conferences.org/abstract-guidelines.htm

Submission: Only accepted by online form submission at
http://academic-conferences.org/ecei/ecei2009/ecei09-abstract-submission.htm.

Full paper: Only required for academic submissions once the abstract has
been selected, no more than 5,000 words to be received 9 April 2009. Papers
should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the
Conference Manager, Elaine Hayne at [log in to unmask]

All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference
committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their
abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the
standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced.

Important dates

Abstract submission deadline: 19 February 2009
Notification of abstract acceptance: 26 February 2009
Full paper due for review: 9 April 2009
Notification of paper acceptance (subject to any requested changes): 18 June
2009
Earlybird registration closes: 02 July 2009
Final paper due (with changes): 16 July 2009
Final author registration date: 6 August 2009

Conference Executive

Eric Bodger, University of Winchester, UK
Professor Johan Braet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Professor Charles Despres, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Katrina Easterling, Winchester Business School, University of Winchester, UK
Professor Alea Fairchild, Vesalius College, Vrije Univ Brussels, Belgium
Paul Jones, University of Glamorgan, UK
Trish Kernan, University of Winchester, UK
Dr Loykie Lominé, University of Winchester, UK
Professor Neil Marriott, University of Winchester, UK
Sean Pather, e-Innovaton Academy, Cape Peninsula University of Technology,
South Africa
Professor Christopher Turner, University of Winchester, UK

Conference Committee:

The conference programme committee consists of key people in the
entrepreneurship and innovation community, both from the UK and overseas.
The following people have confirmed their participation:

Amiruddin, Ahamat (Multimedia University, Malaysia); Nigel Adams (University
of Buckingham, UK); Senguttuvan Annamalai (Madha Engineering College India);
Robert Atkinson (The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation,
Washington, USA); Ashwini Awasthi (MLSM College, Sundernagar India); Alan
Barrell (Centre for Enterprise Learning, University of Cambridge, UK); Eric
Bodger (University of Winchester, UK); Benjamin Botchway (American
University of Nigeria, Nigeria); John Bourne (Olin College, Massachusetts,
USA); Sheryl Buckley (University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Arie Buijs
(Utrecht University, Netherlands); Kevin Burt (University of Lincoln, UK);
Elias Carayannis (George Washington University, USA); Yanto Chandra
(University of Amsterdam, Netherlands); Paulo Rupino Cunha (University of
Coimbra, Portugal); Leo-Paul Dana (University of Canterbury, Christchurch,
New Zealand); Charles Depres (Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris,
France); Katrina Easterling (University of Winchester, UK); Vasco Eiriz
(University of Minho, Portugal); Alea Fairchild (Vesalius College, Vrije
Univ Brussels, Belgium); Maria Joao Ferreira (Universidade Portucalense,
Porto, Portugal); Heather Fulford (Aberdeen Business School, UK); Brendan
Galbraith (University of Ulster, UK); Andrew Goh (University of South
Australia, Australia); Khaled Hamid (Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, USA); Saskia Harkema (The Hague University of Applied Sciences,
The Netherlands); Charles Hofer (University of Georgia, USA); Paul Jones
(University of Glamorgan UK); Alexandros Kakouris (University of Athens,
Greece); Trish Kernan (University of Winchester, UK); Fred Kiesner (Loyola
Marymount University, USA); Gyeung-Min Kim (Ewha Womens University, Seoul,
Korea); Sam Kongwa (Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa); Codrin
Kruijne (Utrecht University, Netherlands); Kothandaraman Kumar (Indian
Institute of Management Bangalore, India); Jonathan Lean (University of
Plymouth Business School, UK); João Leitão (University of Beira Interior,
Covilhã, Portugal); Loykie Lominé (University of Winchester, UK); Angeline
Low (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia); Sam Lubbe (University of
South Africa); Neil Marriott (University of Winchester, UK); Juan Martínez
(Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain); Ian McLoughlin (University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK); Zoran Mitrovic (Cape Peninsula University of
Technology, Cape Town, South Africa); Jens Mueller (Management School,
Waikato University, New Zealand); Maurice Mulvenna (University of Ulster,
Newtownabbey, UK); Jan Nab (Utrecht University, Netherlands); Desai
Narasimhalu (Singapore Management University, Singapore); Mohand-Said Oukil
(King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia);
Jatin Pancholi (Middlesex University, London, UK); Shaun Pather (Cape
Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa) Dean Patton
(University of Southampton, UK); Catarina Ramalho (University of Lisbon,
Portugal); Cheryl Rodgers (University of Portsmouth, UK); Enrico Santarelli
(University of Bologna, Italy); Namchul Shin (Pace University, New York,
USA); David Smith (Nottingham Trent University, UK); Padma Srinivasan (ICFAI
Business School, India); Thomas Thijssen (University of Amsterdam,
Netherlands); Marko Torkkeli (Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Finland); George Tovstiga (Henley Management College, UK); Christopher
Turner (University of Winchester, UK); Catherine Wang (University of London
UK); Utz Weitzel (Utrecht University, Netherlands); Shaker Zahra (University
of Minnesota, USA); Peter White, (YTKO Ltd, Cambridge, Cambs).

The full call for papers can be found online at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecei/ecei2009/ecei09-home.htm