INSEAD Conference on Network Evolution 2.0
Networks, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
October 22-23, 2010:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Organizations and individuals are embedded in networks of social relationships, and the positions in these networks are very influential to the success and performance of organizations and individual alike. The INSEAD Conference on Network Evolution is a two day event where we will provide a forum for researchers working at the intersection of networks, innovation and entrepreneurship. We will request submissions that examine the consequences of networks for innovation and the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities; as well as the reverse effects of entrepreneurial activities on the structure of social relationships. Our objective is to generate new insights into the drivers of the evolution of the social structure as well as to stimulate dialogue between scholars tackling these issues from an innovation perspective. We expect this to be small conference (around 30 papers) so that the participants can receive quality feedback from the discussants as well as from their peers.
This is the second time INSEAD organizes the conference on Network Evolution. The first inaugural conference brought together over 50 academics from all over the world interested in examining the questions of network dynamics at the inter-personal and the inter-organizational levels.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Ranjay Gulati
Don Palmer
Woody Powell
Brian Uzzi
Confirmed discussants:
Joel Baum
Martin Gargiulo
Henrich Greve
The INSEAD organizers of the current conference are:
Andrew Shipilov
Susan Lynch
Michelle Rogan
Jasjit Singh
Jarrett Spiro
Balagopal Vissa
Please submit a full paper to network.evolution@insead.edu by May 1, 2010. The authors of selected papers will be notified in June 2010. There is no attendance fee, but the participants should cover their own transportation and lodging in Fontainebleau.
Conference website can be found at:
http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/faculty/personal/ashipilov/network10.cfm
Andrew V. Shipilov
Akzo Nobel Fellow of Strategic Management
Assistant Professor of Strategy
INSEAD
http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/faculty/profiles/ashipilov/
http://ssrn.com/author=728108