The Second Annual Max Planck - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth
Bangalore, India - This joint conference aims to bring together work on sources of entrepreneurship, the challenges in enabling and sustaining entrepreneurship and innovation, and issues in entrepreneurship culture. There shall also be special sessions on entrepreneurial situation in Europe and Asia.
Entrepreneurship and innovation have been recognized as major determinants of economic growth in most developed countries. Increased entrepreneurial activity and innovation have resulted in an environment of sustained economic growth and controlled unemployment in North America over the last twenty years. Academic researchers and policy makers in Europe as well as Asia are realizing the potential of entrepreneurship to improve growth rates and reverse the increasing levels of unemployment. This joint conference aims to bring together work on sources of entrepreneurship, the challenges in enabling and sustaining entrepreneurship and innovation, and issues in entrepreneurship culture. There shall also be special sessions on entrepreneurial situation in Europe and Asia.
The conference will address the following topics:
Knowledge sources of entrepreneurship (e.g. from science, employees or users)
Human capital challenges for enabling and sustaining entrepreneurial activity and innovation
Issues in entrepreneurship culture
Assessment of the spatial distribution and local clustering of innovative entrepreneurship and analysis of its impact on economic performance
Assessment of differences and similarities between Europe and Asia in the industrial structure of entrepreneurship and its impact on regional and national economic performance
Assessment of entrepreneurship and innovation policies in Europe and Asia
We invite papers that deal with these issues.
Policy Makers
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy. Chairman Planning Commission of India (invited)
Academicians
Prof. Zoltan Acs, George Mason University (accepted)
Prof. Rajshree Agarwal, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne (accepted)
Prof. David Audretsch, Max Planck Institute of Economics (accepted)
Prof. Kaliappa Kalirajan, GRIPS, Tokyo (accepted)
Prof. Steven Klepper, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh (invited)
Prof. Franco Malerba, University of L. Bocconi, Milan (invited)
Prof. Simon Parker, University of Durham, Durham (accepted)
Entrepeneurs, CEOs
Dr. Albert Hieronimus, Managing Director, MICO - Bosch India
M. H. Bala Subrahmanya
Phone: +91 - 80 - 2293 3266
Max Keilbach
Phone: +49 - 3641 - 686 770
Jagannadha P. Tamvada
Phone: +49 - 3641 - 686 730