The theme, Responsible Communication and Governance, reflects the communication field’s and the Nordic region’s research expertise in areas such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability, governance, and communication. We welcome extended abstracts for paper and panel submissions...

We call for proposals that help us make sense of our expanding field and the firms that we seek to understand. As the field grows, are we still trying to answer fundamental question of “why do some firms outperform others?” Have we answered the questions that led to the development of our...

The conference theme is “Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics”. We propose the following research themes and major research tracks at the conference: - Philosophy of Management - Leadership Philosophy - Research Ethics and Business Ethics - Theories of Business Ethics - Normativity...

2015 Theme: Managing Change Through Quality Leadership Focus Areas: - Quality and innovation in healthcare, governance, education, and service industries. - Role of governance and leadership - Engaging patients and family members in the healthcare system - Using Six Sigma and lean management -...

Topics are focused on recent challenges to modern national economies and business enterprises: - Globalization and Challenges of the Modern World - Enterprise in Turbulent Environment - Entrepreneurship Caught Between Creativity and Bureaucracy

Topics: - Recent trends in entrepreneurship - Demographic aspects of entrepreneurship - Public policy measures to foster entrepreneurship - The process of firm entry, growth, survival and exit - Changing demographic implications for entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and migration -...

In this panel, we will discuss: - to what extent entrepreneurs are able to substantially influence economic development and wealth creation in an economy; - to what extent the regulatory environment in developed and developing economies explains the differences in outcomes, or whether other...

The special theme for our conference will be “Improving Competitiveness with Innovation and Product Development”. The main conference theme is how innovation and product makes a difference in companies throughout the world. It's not only about performance evaluation, but also about how to...

The Doctoral Workshop is an integrated part of the IPDMC conference. To stimulate academic scholarship, discussions of ideas and dialogue among students and researchers from different countries in the field of Product Development Management research, we invite all doctoral students from these...

This conference is intended for scholars and practitioners with the intent to bring academics and practitioners together to consider sustainability in a Scandinavian context and the development a research paradigm dedicated to exploring sustainability in a Scandinavian context – and to...