2nd International ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE II)

Formation, growth and exit of firms are crucial for innovation, employment and structural change in modern economies. The aim of this conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions on the interdependencies between finance, human capital, innovation activities and investment activities of young firms. Papers introducing recent theoretic, econometric and policy-oriented studies from all areas of the entrepreneurship research management are invited.

Non-exhaustive topics list

• Personal traits and motivation of entrepreneurs, genetics and entrepreneurship
• Human capital of founders and entrepreneurial experience
• Socio-demographic aspects of entrepreneurship
• Incubators, corporate and academic spin-offs
• Venture capital, Business Angels, crowdfunding or banks: substitutive and complementary relationships in funding young firms
• Bankruptcy law and firm turnover
• Entrepreneurship and taxation
• Impact on employment, wages and workplace quality
• Impact and efficiency of public entrepreneurship policies
• Impact of economic crises on young firms
• Explaining the evolution of entrepreneurship over time

Programme

Programme (as PDF, 554 KB)

Invited Speakers

• Ashish Arora (Duke University)
• Thomas Astebro (HEC Paris)
• Jeffrey Furman (Boston University)
• Karen Wilson (OECD)

Scientific Committee

• David Audretsch (Indiana University)
• Alex Coad (University of Sussex)
• Regis Coeurderoy (University of Louvain)
• Hanna Hottenrott (University of Düsseldorf)
• Hans Hvide (University of Bergen)
• Erik Lehmann (University of Augsburg)
• Georg Licht (ZEW, MACCI)
• Hiroyuki Okamuro (Hitotsubashi University)
• Enrico Santarelli (University of Bologna)
• Armin Schwienbacher (SKEMA Business School Lille)
• Andrew Toole (US Department of Agriculture, Washington)
• Michael Woywode (University of Mannheim)

Call for Papers

Call for Papers (as PDF, 76 KB)

Submission Deadline

February, 28, 2014. Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper or an extended abstract (3 pages minimum) to entrepreneurship2014@zew.de. Notifications on acceptance: not later than April 7, 2014.

Registration Deadline

May 10, 2014. The conference fee is EUR 180, which covers the conference package, meals, refreshments and coffee breaks as well as the conference dinner. For participants presenting a paper, the conference fee is reduced to EUR 150. A selected number of travel grants will be available upon request. Presenters will be asked to discuss another paper.

To register for the conference, please use our electronic registration form.