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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 9th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship September 2-3, 2016, Sydney Innovation and Entrepreneurship across Borders Submission deadline: 15 April 2016 (11:59pm EST) http://www.aieconference.org The AIE Conference provides an international platform to convene scholars, industry leaders and policymakers from around the world to present research and thought leadership on trends and new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Annual AIE Conferences have been held since 2008 and attracted close to 2,000 participants from around the world. Sydney, Tsinghua and Oxford universities are pleased to announce that the 9th Annual Conference for the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE2016) will be held for the first time in one of the most attractive cities in the world, Sydney, Australia, from 2 - 3 September 2016. Co-organized by Australia China Business Research Network/Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Group, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia National Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Tsinghua University, China Technology and Management Centre for Development, Oxford University, UK Canada-China Institute for Business and Development, Ryerson University, Canada Executive Co-Chair Professor Hans Hendrischke, The University of Sydney Co-Chairs Professor Gao Jian, Tsinghua University Professor Fu Xiaolan, Oxford University Professor Steven Murphy, Ryerson University CONFERENCE THEME Innovation and Entrepreneurship across Borders The 2016 conference theme takes account of innovation and entrepreneurship driving rapid financial and technical globalisation across national, institutional and firm borders, capturing diversity of processes and contents, as well as the roles of individuals, organizations and societies. Some of the broad sub-themes are: * Entrepreneurship and innovation in a global context * Crowdsourcing and open innovation * Entrepreneurship and innovation across market and institutional borders * The role of governments and public policies in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation * The venture creation process and venture capital markets - which countries are different * Global resource acquisition for start-up and growth * The sharing economy and the new ventures * Disruptive innovation and e-commerce * Cross-border incubation and acceleration * Science parks’ roles to innovation across different regions * Institutional and social entrepreneurship across borders * The importance of diaspora for innovation and entrepreneurship across borders * Entrepreneurship education and design thinking * Methodologies of entrepreneurship research A special session on China and Silicon Valley will be organised by Prof KC Fung of University of California, Santa Cruz, who will edit a special issue of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies. IMPORTANT DATES 15 April 2016 Proposal Deadline 16 May 2016 Acceptance Notification 1 July 2016 Final Full Paper Due (including papers, photos and profiles) 2-3 September 2016 AIE Conference Please submit your proposal in electronic format (in one Word or PDF document) by 15 April 2016 (11:59pm EST). For first time user, please register and log-in before submitting your proposal at http://aieconference.org/en/member/enrol.asp For more information on the conference please visit http://www.aieconference.org For questions and enquiries, please contact AIE Support [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> , or Glenn Howell [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> DR WEI LI 李薇 PhD, MSc, BA Lecturer | International Business THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY BUSINESS SCHOOL CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.