Newswise — The 28th Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), co-sponsored by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is taking place through June 7th, 2008.
The BCERC, widely considered the premier conference for entrepreneurship research, provides a dynamic venue where academics and real-world practitioners link theory and practice.
The publication Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research contains the proceedings of the conference and is the most comprehensive collection of empirical research papers on entrepreneurship, representing institutions from around the globe.
The 2008 Call for Papers received 534 abstracts from 38 countries and of these the conference is delighted to welcome 300 researchers, presenting 219 papers, from 23 countries. Countries represented include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
In addition to the conference, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA will hold the 2008 BCERC Doctoral Consortium Program. The Doctoral Consortium Program provides doctoral students with the opportunity to gain insight into current research issues through intense interaction with consortium faculty. The '08 Doctoral Consortium received 65 applications from 17 countries for 25 accepted applications.
Hosted in conjunction with BCERC since 1985, the Consortium also seeks to encourage scholars and educators to become leaders in the field of entrepreneurship education. The Doctoral Consortium is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private, non-partisan foundation that works with partners to advance entrepreneurship in America. The Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Information about the Kauffman Foundation is available at http:www.kauffman.org.
"We are excited to partner with UNC on this year's BCERC," Babson Professor Andrew Zacharakis said. "UNC has an international reputation of academic excellence and a long history studying entrepreneurship. Faculty and doctoral students, such as Howard Aldrich, and Craig Galbraith, among many others, have long been participants at the conference. We welcome working with the UNC Team: Ted Zoller, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, who marshaled the conference; the BCERC UNC Co-Directors Howard Aldrich and Barry Bayus; and the Director of the Doctoral Consortium Program, Atul Nerkar."
"UNC is delighted to host the 2008 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, which has the longest and most distinguished history in the field of entrepreneurship in advancing scholarship in this growing field," said Barry Bayus, Roy O. Rodwell Distinguished Professor of Marketing at UNC Kenan-Flagler and co-chair of the conference.
"No other conference can claim stronger leadership in the advancement of our field than the Babson conference," said Howard Aldrich, co-chair and Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. "With a unique model that facilitates review of the latest scholarship by admitting peer-reviewed papers, there is no better place where you can observe the latest scholarly frontiers in entrepreneurship. I have never missed this conference, and view it as a fundamental building block to a research career in entrepreneurship."
The 29th annual BCERC will be held at Babson College, June 3-6, 2009.
About Babson College
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit http://www.babson.edu.
About The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation's first public university, is a leader in American higher education and known around the world for innovative teaching, research and public service. Now in its third century, UNC offers 76 bachelor's, 108 master's, 74 doctorate and four professional degree programs.
Consistently ranked one of the world's best business schools, UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School is known for experiential learning in leadership and teamwork, superior teaching, innovative research and a collaborative culture. A commitment to developing socially responsible, results-driven leaders distinguishes its innovative programs. Its range of programs educate people at every stage of their careers as global business leaders: undergraduate BSBA, MBA, MBA for Executives, Master of Accounting, PhD and Executive Development programs. UNC Kenan-Flagler is the only top business school with a unit that helps business and government tackle problems with impact on society; the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has operations on the UNC campus and in Bangkok.
UNC launched the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative (CEI) in 2004 to spread entrepreneurship across the campus. The $11 million program is funded in part by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as part of its Kauffman Campuses Initiative. The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise manages the CEI and is home to the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, which leads the many entrepreneurial education programs of UNC Kenan-Flagler.
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