Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V
Entrepreneurship Research
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IntEnt2004
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training 2004 Conference
Città della Scienza, Napoli - Italy (5-7 July 2004)
Early Announcement
The Conference
Conference location
IntEnt is an annual conference for university instructors
and practitioners to exchange their ideas on research
results and experiences in the field of entrepreneurship
education and training.
The conference will take place in Naples, at the Città
della Scienza, the Neapolitan Science Centre located
between the hill of Posillipo and the gulf of Pozzuoli,
inside an old industrial area turned into a museum.
The 14th global IntEnt conference will take place in
Naples (IT). Previous IntEnt Conference editions were
in Grenoble (FR), Johore Baharu (Malaysia), Kruger
National Park (South Africa), Tampere (SF), Sofia (BG),
Oestrich-Winkel (DE), Monterey (USA), ArnhemNijmegen (NL), Perth-Bunbury (AU), Stirling (UK),
Vienna (AT), Dortmund (DE) and Cambridge (UK).
Città della Scienza offers plenty of interactive exhibits,
technological wonders, scientific curiosities and artistic
installations.
New information and planning of IntEnt2004 will be
published as soon as possible on:
www.dieg.unina.it/intent04
www.intent-conference.com
Who should attend this conference?
• Researchers,
educators
and
students
in
entrepreneurship education and training from all
over the world, who want to present their research
and discuss their findings with other experts
• Representatives of governmental organisations,
business and trade associations concerned with
promotion of education and training of entrepreneurs
• Senior officials in entrepreneur development,
economic policy-making and administration
• Entrepreneurs, consultants and advisors concerned
with training the next generation of entrepreneurs
• Suppliers of education and training services
• Publishers of teaching materials and publication in
the field of entrepreneurship
• All those interested in entrepreneurship
Conference organization
The conference will be articulated in:
• Plenary sessions
• Parallel sessions
• Workshops and Panels
• Poster session
Participants could take the advantage of visiting the
several displays sections of the Science Center such us
Science Gym, Planetarium, Sign Symbols Signals, Hands
and Mind, and so on.
Conference topics
Submissions for research papers/workshops/posters will
be welcome on the following or the similar topics:
• Knowledge-driven entrepreneurship: knowledge,
skills, motivation and commercial infrastructure
• Actors training and education, government,
intermediary organizations
• Innovative ways of transferring education and
training facilities
• Education and training needs arising from opening /
integration of markets
• The didactic benefits of business simulations, role
playing, case studies
• The impact and effect evaluation of entrepreneurship
programs
• Theoretical and methodological approaches in
education and training entrepreneurship
• The role of education in the start-up process
• Entrepreneurship Education and Incubators
• Entrepreneurship Education and Business Plan
competition
Best Research Paper Award
As usually, there will be the “FGF-Best-Paper-Award”
(1,000 Euro) sponsored by the Foerderkreis
Gruendungs-Forschung, Cologne/Dortmund/OestrichWinkel/Bonn, for the best research paper presented by
scholars at the conference.
Conference Director
Proceedings
Prof. Dr. Heinz Klandt (European Business School,
Rheingau, Germany FGF Entrepreneurship Research)
A selection of papers will be available electronically in
the Internet and published as edited proceedings and
abstracts.
Conference Chair
Prof. Mario Raffa (Dept. of Business and Managerial
Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Members of the Advisory Committee*
Filippo Bencardino (University of Sannio, Italy)
Robert H. Brockhaus (Saint Louis University, USA)
Guido Capaldo (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Raffaele Cercola (Second University of Napoli, Italy)
Eugenio Corti (University of Sannio, Italy)
Hans Crijns (Vlerick School of Management, Belgium)
Gianfranco Dioguardi (Polytechnic of Bari, Italy)
Alan A. Gibb (Durham University, UK)
Alain Fayolle (INP/UPMF Grenoble, France)
Giancarlo Ferrero (University of Urbino, Italy)
Gerald E. Hills (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Bengt Johannisson (Vaxjo University, Sweden)
Heinz Klandt (European Business School, Germany)
Tan Teck Meng (Singapore Management University)
Asko Miettinen (University of Tampere, Finland)
Josef Mugler (Vienna University of Economics, Austria)
Detlef Müller-Böling (University of Dortmund, Germany)
Cecile Nieuwenhuizen (Technikon Southern Africa)
Barra O’Cinneide (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Jean-Jacques Obrecht (Univerity R. Schumann, France)
Renato Passaro (University of Parma, Italy)
Bogdan Piasecki (University of Lodz, Poland)
Hans Jobst Pleitner (St. Gallen University, Switzerland)
Rafael Alcaraz Rodriguez (Monterrey Technology Inst., Mexico)
Kiril Todorov (National & World Economy Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria)
Rodrigo Varela (I.C.E.S.I., Columbia)
José Veciana (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
Joop Vianen (University of Tilburg, Netherlands)
Karl H. Vesper (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
Harold P. Welsch (DePaul University, Chicago, USA)
Dianne Wingham (Edith Cowan University Perth, Australia)
Ahmad Zaki Abu Bakar (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Giuseppe Zollo (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Proposals submission
Participants interested in presenting a paper, workshop
or poster can submit either an Extended Abstract of
maximum three pages or a Full Paper, with a short
Curriculum Vitae. Submissions (see details on the web
site) can be sent as e-mail attachment (preferred MS
Word) to the following address**:
[email protected]
Social program
In addition to the Social Dinner, a Social program for
Accompanying persons will be provided. More information will be available as soon as possible on the web site.
Deadlines
Abstract submission
Full conference papers
Registration
Late registration
Conference
March 30, 2004
May 15, 2004
before June 1, 2004
after June 1, 2004
July 5-7, 2004
Conference fees
Registration fees (EURO)
before
June, 1
after
June, 1
320
370
350
420
100
400
470
150
ECSB, ICSB, FGF, AiIG
members (presenting a paper)
Paper Presenters
Other Participants
Accompanying Persons
Information
For all information about the conference, please send a
request by e-mail at the following address**:
[email protected]
The Conference is organized by
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Centre for organisation and
technological innovation
Conference Organizing Committee
Lorella Cannavacciuolo (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Gianluca Esposito (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Luca Iandoli (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Giovanni Pastore [Project Manager] (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Lelio Raffa (ISUFI - University of Lecce, Italy)
* updated to July 31, 2003
with the patronage of
Associazione italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale
Italian Managerial Engineering Association
** active starting from September 15th, 2003