Announcement: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                  PROPOSALS TO ADVANCE MEASUREMENT OF
          ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

              2008 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship
                          and Innovation Data

                   Deadline: May 13, 2008 at 5pm CST


      INTRODUCTION:

      The 2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and
      Innovation Data brought together over 100 researchers and
      data providers to examine thirty-eight new and recently
      updated data sets. While the availability of these data
      sets is exciting and promising, substantial gaps in our
      knowledge about innovation and entrepreneurship remain. One
      path for advancing our current understanding of
      entrepreneurship and/or innovation is to enhance existing
      data collection efforts through such means as adding or
      modifying questions and methodologies.

      The Kauffman Foundation will host the 2008 Kauffman
      Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data in order
      to provide a forum for exploring possible changes in data
      collection efforts. As with the 2007 event, researchers,
      data providers, and policy analysts will be invited. The
      Symposium will be held in fall 2008 in Washington, DC.

      In preparation for this year's Symposium, the Kauffman
      Foundation seeks to commission a series of short papers
      identifying incremental changes in existing U.S.-based data
      efforts that would significantly advance the study of
      entrepreneurship and/or innovation over the next five
      years. The Foundation will provide an honorarium for each
      paper presented of $3,000. Collaboration on proposals is
      encouraged. Individual researchers may participate in up to
      two proposals. The Foundation also will cover airfare
      expenses and provide lodging for authors presenting papers
      at the Symposium and pre-conference. A pre-conference
      workshop is anticipated in July 2008 for invited
      contributors.


      PROPOSAL PROCESS:

      Proposed papers may address:

      1) any data collection effort presented at the 2007
         Symposium, see:

             http://www.ssrn.com/link/2007-Kauffman.html

      2) any other data set concerned with entrepreneurship or
         innovation in the United States, and/or

      3) any existing data set that does not cover U.S.
         entrepreneurship or innovation at present but could
         if modified to do so. A data collection effort may be
         based on a survey or administrative records and may
         be sponsored by the government or a private
         organization.

      Each accepted paper should aim to improve the value of
      an existing collection effort through:

      1) adding new questions,
      2) revising existing questions,
      3) better aligning data collection with other domestic or
         international data efforts, and/or
      4) modifying the covered population. Papers should not
         exceed 7,500 words.

      Each proposal should provide the following information:

      - Name of the existing survey or administrative data
        collection effort
      - Organization(s) that fund and carry out the data
        collection effort
      - Frequency and scope of data collection
      - Complete copy of the existing data collection tool
        (questionnaire/form)
      - Brief summary of collection methodology (attach or
        provide links to existing documentation)
      - Bulleted summary (as specific as possible) of potential
        improvements in scope, collection tools, and/or methods
      - An explanation in 750 words or less as to how the
        proposed changes would advance entrepreneurship and/or
        innovation research
      - Brief summary of proposer qualifications to prepare the
        paper (attach Curriculum Vitae)

      Electronic submissions of paper proposals are due May 13,
      2008 at 5pm CST and should be sent to:

      Email:        MAILTO:kauffman@fulfillment-kc.com

      with the subject line reading "2008 Kauffman Symposium on
      Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data." Submitted proposals
      will be reviewed by Kauffman Foundation staff and an
      advisory committee of experts. Selected authors will be
      notified in June 2008.


      FURTHER INFORMATION:

      For questions please contact:

      CONTACT:        E.J. Reedy
      Email:          MAILTO:ereedy@kauffman.org
      Tel:            816.932.1078

      Or see:

http://www.kauffman.org/dataSymposium/resources/KF2008DataSymposium.pdf
Posted 3/21/08