ICEIRD 2013 - 6th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
In the face of fragile economic recovery following the economic and financial crisis of 2008, many firms all around the world continue to invest in growth-enhancing activities to achieve a sustainable development. While the crisis has heavily hit all aspects of business vested interests, investments in innovation, entrepreneurship and regional partnership have been the key priority to ensuring a strong and stable economic growth.
The objective of the conference is to gather decision makers (government, ministries and state agencies), innovation experts (universities, research and development centers, technology transfer centers, start-up centers) and practitioners (SMEs, business incubators and business support organizations) to generate discussion and exchange on the potential of entrepreneurship promotion and innovation to national and regional competitiveness.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers for ICEIRD 2013 on topics lying within the scope of the conference. A list of the possible topics of interest can be found at conference website.
The official language of the conference is English.