Dear Sir or Madam, We received numerous requests for extension of deadline for paper submission.Therefore, with new – extended deadline for paper submission - 20 April 2012, we have honor to invite you again to be a part of the 5th Annual Conference for the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,8- 10 June 2012, Macau, China. If you already submitted paper(s) toAIE2012, please accept our apology. The objective of the AIE 2012 conference is to gather together decision makers (government, ministries and state agencies), innovation or entrepreneurship experts (universities, research and development centres, technology transfer centers, start-up centres) and practitioners(SMEs, business incubators and business support organisations) to generate discussion and exchange on the potential of entrepreneurship promotion and innovation to national and regional competitiveness. There is significant interest from both permanent and, by new participants in this conference.What's more,we very so honor to invite Robert Peterson, Chair professor and vice president of Texas at Austin, to give a keynote speech at the AIE2012 conference. Please find the following Call for the conference. More information you can find on www.aieconference.org . We are looking forward to welcome you in China in June 2012. Sincerely yours, Prof.Dr. Gao Jian National Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Tsinghua University Dr Xiaolan Fu Director, Technology and Management for Development Program Director, MPhil Development Studies University of Oxford E-mail: [log in to unmask] ============================================================= Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2012 Macau, China,June 8th-10th, 2012 Call For Papers The AIE2012will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and to stimulate discussions on new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Organizers National Entrepreneurship Research Center, Tsinghua University Technology and Management for Development Program(PTMD), University of Oxford Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University Co-organizers Macau MBA Association Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship Program Topics The conference focuses on discussions mainly covering the following topics of interest but is not limited to: 1. Management of Innovation I - Capability 2. Management of Innovation II - Innovation Ways 3. Management of Innovation III - Regional and Cluster Innovation 4. Green Innovation and Sustainability 5. Innovation tide and future 6. Innovation in Globalization 7. Service Innovation 8. The Effects of Education and Training on Innovation 9. New Venture Creation 10. Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Model 11. SME’s Issues 12. Organization Growth 13. Technology Venture 14. Patenting and Licensing Management 15. Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venture 16. International Entrepreneurship 17. Entrepreneurship Environment and Policy 18. Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital 19. Moral risk in Entrepreneurship 20. The Gender and Diversity in Entrepreneurship Language: English Submission of Papers: Authors are invited to submit completed papers. Papers will be elected by the Program Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. The submitting authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by March 20, 2012. Please submit the paper in electronic format (PDF files only) to: http://www.aieconference.org/. PDW Sessions will be held on June 8-10 at the AIE 2012. If you are interested in organizing a PDW session, or just being involved, please contact AIE Conference Committee. If any questions in submitting, please send email to [log in to unmask] Important dates Paper Submission deadline: March 31, 2012 Acceptance Notification: April 20, 2012 Conference: June 8th- 10th, 2012 International Advisory Committee Gary Jefferson (US) Martin Kenney (US) Philip Anderson (INSEAD, France) Jiaji FU (Tsinghua University, China) Anil Gupta (University of Maryland, US) Shaker A. Zahra (University of Minnesota, US) Yingyi QIAN (Tsinghua University, China) Bengt-Ake Lundvall (Aalborg University, Denmark) Henry Rowen (Stanford University, US) AnnaLee Saxenian (UC Berkeley, US) Andrew Van de Ven (University of Minnesota, US) Scientific Committee Iris Xiaohong Quan (US) Haibin(William) Yang (HK, China) Iemin WANG (China) Yong LI (US) Ola Jull Sørensen (Denmark) Junseok Hwang (S. Korea) J.T.LI (HK, China) Virginia Trigo (Portugal) Jun LI (UK) Roger CHEN (US) Gracy JY Yang (Australia) Alice Lam (UK) Haiyang LI (US) Xue Jinujin (Japan) Xiaolan FU (UK) Joseph I. Onochie (US) Sibin WU (US) Program Committee Jian GAO (China) Donna Kelly (US) Elias G. Carayannis (US) Oliver Gottschalg (France) Eugenio Corti (Italy) Fei QIN (UK) Sibin WU (US) Louie LIU (US) Qing WANG (UK) Lan QIN(China)