Organization and Management Theory OMT

                                                                                                 CALL FOR PAPERS

FOURTH WEST COAST RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SEPTEMBER 8TH AND 9TH, 2006

The Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (University of Washington), the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (USC), and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (Stanford University) are jointly sponsoring the 4th West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship this year. 

Theme: <x-tab> </x-tab>Technology Entrepreneurship
Location: <x-tab>      </x-tab>University of Washington, Seattle Campus.
Date:  <x-tab> </x-tab>8th and 9th of September 2006 (Special doctoral student seminar on September 7  details will be provided later)

We invite authors to submit papers to the research symposium. Our goal is a stimulating forum for scholars interested in technology entrepreneurship research to exchange ideas of mutual interest. The location is the beautiful Pacific Northwest, a spectacular setting at this time of year. Papers focusing on the nexus of technology and entrepreneurship will be given preference. 

We expect an intimate conference of about 30 leading scholars from around the world. The conference organizing committee invites the submission of unpublished working papers that advance the state of knowledge on technology entrepreneurship. The committee will select papers for presentation. Selected participants will receive the conference proceedings, meals, and lodging for 2 nights.  Please submit complete unpublished working papers in either Microsoft Word or Unsecured Adobe Format to wcrs-entre@lists.stanford.edu.

The DEADLINE for submission is Monday, June 19^th, 2006.   

We hope to see you in Seattle!

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Kathy Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Suresh Kotha, University of Washington
Alan Meyer, University of Oregon
Nandini Rajagopalan, University of Southern California

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Center for Technology Entrepreneurship, University of Washington
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Southern California
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University