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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is a <span
style='color:red'>first call</span> for papers for the 9<sup>th</sup> European<u><span
style='color:red'> Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u> <span
style='color:red'>- ECIE 2014</span> being held at the University of Ulster
Belfast, UK on the 18-19 September 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a name="OLE_LINK2">Today we
are mailing the <b><span style='color:red'>FIRST CALL</span></b><span
style='color:black'> for papers</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><span
style='color:black'> which </span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>will
</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>close</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>on
<b>27 February 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The conference provides an
international opportunity for scientific discussion and collaboration on a
broad range of relevant fertile areas associated to recent trends in
innovation. Over the last years, there is a growing recognition in business
environments of the key role played by innovation in the creation and success
of businesses. In a dynamic environment, uncertain contexts like those we are
currently experiencing, the capacity and necessary attitude for creating new
firms is fundamental and the probability of success is largely determined by
innovation. At the same time there is a growing recognition of the need of more
sustainable innovation, combining economic, ecologic and social aspects. These
challenges combined with limited internal resources and high risk and
complexity enhance (social) networking in innovation and entrepreneurship. At
the same time, policy makers face important challenges to stimulate and provide
the necessary means for innovation and entrepreneurship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The theme of the Conference for
ECIE 2014 is "<b>Societal-driven innovation and entrepreneurship</b>".
To set the scene, the conference will be opened with a keynote presentation by
Roberto Santoro (Italy) President of the European Society of Concurrent
Engineering Network (ESoCE Net) who will address the topic “PEOPLE OLYMPICS
FOR HEALTHY and ACTIVE LIVING”: A People Driven Social Innovation
Platform.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We warmly invite practitioners, academics, and people in the
field of policy making to present their research and to share their experiences
in a broad range of areas related to the new trends in innovation and
entrepreneurship. Topics can be related to all types of organizations (SMEs -
YICs - spin-offs - MNEs – private and public research centres –
Universities – Government Institutions). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>For
more information, please go to <a
href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2014/ecie14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2014/ecie14-call-papers.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Academic research, case
studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals
for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product
demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.</b><span
style='color:black'> </span><b><span style='color:red'>Please feel free to
circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be
interested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>There are a number of publication
opportunities available. For example: Papers accepted for the conference will
be published in the <b>conference proceedings (indexed in the WOS and by Scopus</b>),
subject to author registration and payment. Selected papers that have been
presented at the conference will also be considered for a special issue of the <b>International
Journal of Innovation and Regional Development </b>and the<b> International
Journal of Technology Marketing</b>, journals published by Inderscience. In
addition selected papers will also be considered for a special issue of the <b>Journal
of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (JEMI</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus">Follow me on
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