Call for Papers
16th Uddevalla Symposium 2013: Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

June 13-15, 2013

Hosted by: Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, USA

Conference Venue: The Kauffman Foundation Conference Center

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 27th, 2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Prof. Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) & Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden
Assoc. Prof. Thomas B. Astebro HEC, Paris, France
Prof. David Audretsch, University of Indiana, Institute for Development Strategies, USA
Prof. Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands & CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA
Dr. Jolanda Hessels, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Michael Hitt Texas A&M University, USA
Prof. Heike Mayer Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
Prof. Mark Partridge Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA
Dr. Siri Terjesen, Indiana University, USA

The critical role of innovation and entrepreneurship in regional economic development in terms of productivity and employment growth has been well documented theoretically as well as empirically by researchers in recent decades. The specific mechanisms through which innovation stimulates regional economic development are less well established. It is often assumed that entrepreneurship in the form of new firm formation and the growth of newly established firms plays a critical role, but how, why, when and under what conditions is less clear. Empirical studies show that a limited share of new business ventures have the capacity to rapidly up-scale and to generate substantial new jobs in the regions where they are launched. From the perspective of regional policy makers, this implies that it is critical to understand what regional economic milieus are capable of generating innovations that can be the basis of high-growth entrepreneurship as well as provide the right environment for entrepreneurs to launch entrepreneurial initiatives.

TOPICS: Against this background, we seek papers that, in particular, topics related to exploring:
- Roles of high growth entrepreneurship for regional development
- Heterogeneity of economic milieu characteristics and product development among firms in different regions
- Characteristics of regional economic milieus capable of generating high-growth entrepreneurship
- Roles of the regional economic milieu for launching entrepreneurial initiatives
- Characteristics of the entrepreneurs that launch entrepreneurial initiatives and are successful in turning them into high-growth firms
- Roles of the business cycle for the emergence of high-growth entrepreneurship
- Characteristics of the business opportunities, and, in particular, innovations that form the basis for high-growth entrepreneurship
- Regional innovation policies that can stimulate the development of innovations that can form the basis for high-growth entrepreneurship
- Regional policy measures that aim to stimulate high-growth entrepreneurship in different regional economic milieus
- Policies to better support existing small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs to improve the likelihood of them becoming high-growth firms
- Firms' assimilation of innovations to become high-growth entrepreneurial firms, and
- The support of high-growth entrepreneurship in urban and rural economic milieus

THEMES: We welcome the submission of papers to the overall theme:
I. Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
or to one of the following special sub-themes/mini-tracks:
II. Commercialization and Valorization? in Regional Economic Development
Chair: Prof. Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA
III. Entrepreneurship and the Economic Crisis
Chair: Prof. David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USA
IV. Destination Development, Tourism and Entrepreneurship
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Yvonne von Friedrichs, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
V. Business Climate and Regional Economic Development
Chair: Dr. Urban Grasjo, University West, Sweden
VI. Learning in Innovation Processes
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Lars Svensson, Research Director, University West, Trollhattan, Sweden
VII. (TBA)
Chair: Prof. Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, JIBS & BTH, Sweden
VIII. Role of Innovative Data in Regional Economic Analysis
Chair. Prof. Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA
IX. Global, Local and Knowledge-based Networks for Innovation
Chairs: Prof. Hakan Ylinenpaa & Prof. Joakim Wincent, Center for Inter-organisational Innovation Research CiiR, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
X. Increasing the Odds for Successful Entrepreneurship by Enhancing the Local Climate
Chair: Prof. Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, USA

BEST PAPER AWARDS: To stimulate high quality papers a Best Paper Award of Euro 1.000 as well as a Best PhD Candidate Paper Award of Euro 700 will be awarded. The members of the scientific committee will select the winning papers. Only papers submitted before the deadline will be evaluated.

OBJECTIVES AND PUBLICATIONS: Following the tradition established by the previous symposia, starting in 1998, the symposium is designed to bring together leading-edge views of senior academic scholars and mix them with the critical and creative views of post-docs and PhD students engaged in their thesis work. We welcome researchers from various fields, such as economic geography, entrepreneurship, international business, management, political science, regional economics, small business economics, sociology and urban and regional planning. The objectives of the sixteenth Uddevalla Symposium 2013 are: i) to provide a unique opportunity for scholars including senior and junior researchers to discuss path-breaking concepts, ideas, frameworks and theories in plenary key-note sessions and parallel competitive paper sessions, and ii) to facilitate the development and synthesis of important contributions into cohesive and integrated collections for potential publication. Therefore, unpublished complete papers are invited for presentation and feedback from other scholars. Leading-edge contributions from the previous symposia have appeared in special issues of prestigious journals and eleven edited book volumes. For a selected list of publications of previous symposia, please see http://www.symposium.hv.se/publications. This symposium will follow the same practice. In addition to an Uddevalla Symposium Hardback Proceeding, we are considering to publish either a special issue and/or a book volume consisting of a selection of papers presented and at the symposium.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Abstract Submission Deadline: January 27th, 2013. Abstract - maximum 500 words including: Title of the paper, selected theme (choose from the list above numbered from I to X.), keywords, name(s) and academic title of the author(s), affiliation(s), complete mail address(es), e-mail address(es) and corresponding author(s). The abstract should be submitted by e-mail to: 2013uddsymp@hv.se

Please submit the abstract using the Word 2010 version of Microsoft. We suggest naming your file "PRESENTERS NAME_Uddevalla2013.doc" to avoid confusion between abstracts. Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by approximately February 20th, 2013. Submission Deadline for Complete Papers accepted for presentation (in Word 2010 or earlier version): May 5th, 2013.

THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYMPOSIUM: The 16th Uddevalla Symposium 2013 will have the following structure:
Keynote sessions: Mornings up to lunch are set aside for 3-4 plenary keynote contributions of prominent scholars.
Parallel paper sessions: Afternoons are devoted to parallel paper sessions focusing on the development of emergent concepts, frameworks, and theories for better understanding of the themes of the symposium and the new challenges they pose for scholars and practitioners.

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE:
Ms Irene Bernhard, MSc, Lecturer, University West, Sweden irene.bernhard@hv.se
Dr. Rolf Dahlberg, University West, Sweden, rolf.dahlberg@hv.se
Dr. Urban Grasjo, University West, Sweden, urban.grasjo@hv.se
Dr. Elisabeth Jansson, University West, Sweden elisabeth.jansson@hv.se
Prof. Charlie Karlsson, Jonkoping International Business School, University West & Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden, charlie.karlsson@jibs.hj.se
Ms Rebecca Olsson, University West, Sweden, rebecca.olsson@hv.se
Ms Chemain Slater, Indiana University, Institute for Development Strategies,USA, slaterc@indiana.edu
Dr. Robert Strom, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, USA, rstrom@kauffman.org

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, JIBS & BTH, Sweden, martin.andersson@circle.lu.se
Assoc. Prof. Per Assmo, University West, Sweden, per.assmo@hv.se
Prof. David Audretsch, University of Indiana, Institute for Development Strategies, USA, daudrets@indiana.edu
Prof. Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, p.cheshire@lse.ac.uk
Dr. Rolf Dahlberg, University West, Sweden, rolf.dahlberg@hv.se
Prof. Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA, maryann.feldman@gmail.com
Prof. Borje Johansson, Center of Excellence for Science and Innovations Studies (CESIS), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm & Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden, borje.johansson@jibs.hj.se
Prof. Charlie Karlsson, Jonkoping International Business School, University West, Trollhattan & Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden, charlie.karlsson@jibs.hj.se
Assoc. Prof. Johan Klaesson, Center for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden, johan.klaesson@jibs.hj.se
Prof. Helen Lawton Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, h.lawton-smith@bbk.ac.uk
Prof. Mark Partridge, AED Economics, Ohio State University, USA, partridge.27@osu.edu
Prof. Lars Westin, Centre for Regional Science, Umea University, Sweden, lars.westin@cerum.umu.se
Prof. Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA, rstough@gmu.edu
Assoc. Prof. Lars Svensson, Research Director, University West, Trollhattan, Sweden, lars.svensson@hv.se
Prof. Hakan Ylinenpaa, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, Hakan.Ylinenpaa@ltu.se

CO-FINANCERS AND SPONSORS:
Center for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CenSE), Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden
Center for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden
Center of Excellence for Science and Innovations Studies (CESIS), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm & Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden
Center for Inter-organisational Innovation Research (CiiR), Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Fairfax, VA, USA Interreg Sweden-Norway & Interreg IVA OKS
Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, USA
Municipality of Uddevalla, Uddevalla, Sweden
Nordic Section of Regional Science Association (NS-RSA)
Ohio State University, USA University of Indiana, USA
University of North Carolina, USA
University West, Trollhattan, Sweden

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the symposium website: http://www.symposium.hv.se or feel free to contact the Uddevalla Symposium co-ordinator: Ms Irene Bernhard, University West, Trollhattan, Sweden, irene.bernhard@hv.se