The theme for the 2017 SMS Annual Conference, “Unconventional Strategies for Emerging Complexity and Intensifying Diversity,” embraces these challenges and the types of unconventional (i.e., unusual, avant-garde, exceptional, against-the-grain) strategies that might be used to address them.

Conference theme: Family Enterprise Electrifying. Family enterprise and electricity share many features. Both power industry, commerce and global GDP. Both provide foundations upon which creativity and innovation are built. Both can short circuit and leave live wires exposed. The comparisons are...

Since 1996, DRUID has become one of the world's premier academic conferences on innovation and the dynamics of structural, institutional and geographic change. DRUID and NYU Stern School of Business are proud to invite senior and junior scholars to participate and contribute with a paper to...

The Symposium provides a venue for attendees to learn from each others' experiences; to gain wider exposure for their ideas, successes and start-ups; and to collaborate on activities that increase innovation and entrepreneurship in their academic communities. National speakers and esteemed...

The Entrepreneurial Research Conference was established to provide a dynamic venue where academics and real-world practitioners, through spirited dialogue, could link theory and practice. A Doctoral Consortium is held in conjunction with the Conference and was created as a means to unite future...

The Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC) is dedicated to developing a community of scholars interested in conducting research into understanding family firms and creating usable knowledge in this field. Conference Details FERC 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Travel and...

We encourage submissions related to any aspect of the entire spectrum of challenges and opportunities facing the bioeconomy related to the themes mentioned or other related topics such as: - Science and technology policies; - New approaches for financing inventions and innovations; - The role of...

Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology is the scientific study of working and the application of that science to workplace issues facing individuals, teams, and organizations. The scientific method is applied to investigate issues of critical relevance to individuals, businesses, and society.

APEE’s annual meeting explores topics related to private enterprise in an atmosphere that respects free-market approaches. Presentations reflect the latest research in fields such as regulation, public choice, microeconomics, and Austrian economics, as well as development of innovative...

This year there are seven sessions devoted to frontier topics that are jointly selected by the IOS Board and a company or foundation working on issues related to the field of Industrial Organization. All conference submissions related to these topics will be considered for inclusion in these...