IE 2011

Annual International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE 2011) http://www.innov-entrepreneur.org/

Date: 25-26 July 2011 Venue: Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore

[KEY TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:]

Leveraging e-skills for innovation in the knowledge society Managing and Leveraging Complexity, Creativity and Innovation in SMEs Trust, Respect, Culture and Collaboration Issues for SMEs in SEE vs. other regions (EU and other) Leadership and Management practices that can be applied to SMEs SME Knowledge management and technology transfer SME Business process modeling New Technology Ventures Financing Business incubation management and leadership Human Resources Practices for promoting innovation for SMEs SMEs’ Entrepreneurship as an Innovation Driver Governmental and regional policies on entrepreneurship and innovation Entrepreneurial Universities and Entrepreneurial Innovation Clusters Entrepreneurship education University – Industry collaboration ICT and SME Regional competitiveness SMEs and the role of the Innovation Zone (business centers and incubators) Intangibles Valuation and Intellectual Property Rights Innovative Supply Chain Management practices in SEE Innovative Supply Chains Information Technology proliferation in SEE SMEs Opportunities and barriers for closer cooperation between South East European SMEs in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Strategic Integration vs. Flexibility and SME Competitiveness Innovation Clusters, Technology Transfer and Social Entrepreneurship Social Networking as Driver of EICs formation Science & Technology Parks and EICs Young and Women Entrepreneurs development via EICs Benchmarking of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Best Practices in the region Innovation policy in SMEs The role of the State and Public Policy with regards to SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Innovation in enterprise education including methods and business succession From innovation to businesses: commercializing processes with students and/or spin offs Models of business incubation, business successions and transfers, promotion and implementation, projects Campus entrepreneurship Creativity in entrepreneurship and in enterprise education Entrepreneurship models such as growth entrepreneurship, portfolio Measuring impacts and effects Research into entrepreneurship intentions, motivation, attitudes, identity

[PROGRAM CHAIR]

Professor A. Suryanarayana Former Chairperson, Board of Studies, Department of Business Management Osmania University

[PROGRAM COMMITTEE]

Prof. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko University of Tampere

Prof. S.C. Lenny Koh The University of Sheffield Management School, UK

Prof. Elias G. Carayannis George Washington University, USA

Prof. Jay Mitra University of Essex, United Kingdom

Prof. Nicos Komninos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Dr. Lawrence New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)

Dr. Alexandros Kakouris University of Athens

[CONTACT INFORMATION]

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