Geography of Growth. The Frequency, Nature and Consequences of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Regions of Varying Density

June 12-14, 2014

Venue: Hotel Bohusgården, Uddevalla, Sweden

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 20^th, 2014

Keynote Speakers

The theme of the Uddevalla Symposium
It is often argued that a key to understand the geography of growth is to understand the geography of entrepreneurship and innovation. The economic dynamism and change-processes induced by entrepreneurship and innovation behaviour in the Schumpeterian sense are indeed put forth as important drivers of long-term growth and well-being of regions. At the same time it is increasingly recognized that there is considerable spatial heterogeneity in terms of the frequency, nature and consequences of these processes. In some regions, processes of entrepreneurship and innovation thrive over long periods of time, whereas other regions persistently show modest levels of innovation dynamics and firm dynamics. Similarly, recent research points to that the effect of entrepreneurship and innovation differs substantially across different types of regions. We still know very little about the sources of these kinds of spatial heterogeneities. For example: what are the sources of persistent regional variations in entrepreneurship and innovation activity? What explains spatial variations in the effects of entrepreneurship and innovation activities? To what extent are they for example due to that the nature of these activities is different in different regions?

The aim of the 17^th Uddevalla Symposium is to gather high-quality contributions that bring new theoretical and/or new empirical knowledge of these issues. A key theme of the symposium is how and why the frequency, nature and consequences of entrepreneurship and innovation vary across different types of regions, in particular across regions of varying density. Improved knowledge of these questions is crucial for our understanding of the overall geography of growth. 

We invite theoretical and empirical research papers across a range of disciplines and fields to contribute to the symposium. A non-exhaustive list of examples of topics of includes:

• Economic density and the rates and types of new firm formation
• Geographies of innovating firms and their innovation strategies
• Innovation radicalness and its links to regional resources
• Spatial sorting of innovative firms and employees
• Path creation and economic renewal
• Local institutions, social capital and new firm formation
• Industry structures and functional specializations as determinants of local entrepreneurship and innovation propensities
• The process of innovation, including its relevant inputs and measurable outcomes, in firms and/or industries across regions of varying density
• The role of local industrial heritage and culture on current innovation behaviour
• Opportunity- and necessity-based entrepreneurship in different local contexts

We welcome the submission of papers to the overall theme of the symposium or to one of the special sessions below. Please visit www.symposium.hv.se for further information about the special sessions.

                I.          Geography of Growth. The Frequency, Nature and Consequences of Entrepreneurship

and Innovation in Regions of Varying Density (overall theme)

               II.          Firm Level Studies on R&D, Innovation and Productivity Across Countries

Chair: Prof. Hans Lööf, CESIS, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

             III.          IP-based Entrepreneurship

Chair: Prof. Helen Lawton-Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

             IV.          The Role of Policy in Geographies of Entrepreneurship

Chair: Prof. Helen Lawton-Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

              V.          Destination and Regional Development with Focus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Marifus)

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Yvonne von Friedrichs, Mid-Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

             VI.          Place Management as a Key to Regional Transformation and Growth

Chairs: Dr. Ulrika Lundh Snis, MsSc. Tomas Lindroth & Director Place Management Christer Asplund, University West, Trollhättan Sweden

           VII.          Mechanism of Innovation - Collective Regional Assets, Market and Social in Regions or Cities

Chairs: Prof.  Tomomichi Yoshikawa, Waseda University & Phd. Cand.  Kazuhito Yamada, Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design, Tokyo, Japan

          VIII.          Technology and Networks

Chairs: Prof. Håhan Ylinenpää and Prof. Joakim Wincent, Center for Interorganisational Innovation Research (CiiR), Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

             IX.          Obstacles and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Growth in Cross-border Regions

Chair: Dr. Urban Gråsjö, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

              X.          The Regional Balance in a Changing Environment

Chairs: Dr. Nils Karl Sørensen & Prof. Andreas P. Cornett, University of Southern Denmark, Sönderborg, Denmark

             XI.          Geographical Dynamics in Innovation and Production Networks and Regional Development

Chair: Dr. Ben Vermeulen, University of Hohenheim, Germany

           XII.          The Geography of Innovation and Growth

Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Johan Klaesson, Dr. Sara Johansson, Prof. Börje Johansson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden & Prof. Frank van Oort, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

          XIII.          Exploring Time-Geography

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Per Assmo, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

         XIV.          Creative Class/Creative Economy

Chair: Dr. Kevin Stolarik, Research Director, The Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, Canada

           XV.          Technology in Higher Education: From Open Resources to Global Learning (LINA)

Chair: Prof. Lars Svensson, Research Director, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

         XVI.          University Spin-offs and their Regional Economic Effects

Chair: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, University of Hannover, Germany

        XVII.          Transportation Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development

Chairs: Assoc.  Prof. Kakuya Matsushima, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Urban Management, Japan & Prof. William (Bill) Anderson, University of Windsor, Cross-Border Institute, Canada.

      XVIII.          Local Density Conditions for Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Start-up, Strategy and Success

Chair: Prof. Dr. Veronique Schutjens, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

         XIX.          The role of Innovations in Regions of Varying Density

Chairs: Prof. Martin Andersson and Prof. Ron Boschma, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden

           XX.          Cluster Dynamics and Entrepreneurship

Chairs: Prof. Kingsley. E. Haynes, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA

Objectives and publications
Following the tradition established by the previous symposia, starting in 1998, the symposium is designed to bring together leading-edge views of senior academic scholars and mix them with the critical and creative views of post-docs and PhD students engaged in their thesis work. We welcome researchers from various fields, such as economic geography, entrepreneurship, international business, management, political science, regional economics, small business economics, sociology and urban and regional planning.

The objectives of the seventeenth Uddevalla Symposium 2014 are: i) to provide a unique opportunity for scholars including senior and junior researchers to discuss path-breaking concepts, ideas, frameworks and theories in plenary key-note sessions and parallel competitive paper sessions, and ii) to facilitate the development and synthesis of important contributions into cohesive and integrated collections for potential publication. Therefore, unpublished complete papers are invited for presentation and feedback from other scholars. Leading-edge contributions from the previous symposia have appeared in special issues of prestigious journals and eleven edited book volumes. For a selected list of publications of previous symposia, please see http://www.symposium.hv.se/en/publications.This symposium will follow the same practice. In addition to an Uddevalla Symposium Proceeding, we are considering to publish either a special issue and/or a book volume consisting of a selection of papers presented and at the symposium.

Submission information

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 20^th, 2014

Abstract – maximum 500 words including:
Title of the abstract/paper, selected theme (choose from the list above numbered from I to XIX.), keywords, Name(s) and academic title of the author(s), Affiliation(s), complete mail address(es), E-mail address(es) and corresponding author send by e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Submit the abstract using the Word 2010 version of Microsoft. We suggest naming your file “PRESENTERS NAME_Uddevalla2014.docx” to avoid confusion between abstracts.

Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by approximately
February 20^th, 2014

Submission Deadline for Complete Papers accepted for presentation (in Word 2010 or earlier version):
May 5^th, 2014

Best paper awards
To stimulate high quality papers a Best Paper Award of € 1.000 as well as a Best PhD Candidate Paper Award of € 700 will be awarded. The members of the scientific committee will select the winning papers. Only papers submitted before the deadline will be evaluated.

Scientific Committee
Prof. Martin Andersson, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Assoc. Prof. Per Assmo, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. David Audretsch, University of Indiana, Institute for Development Strategies, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr. Rolf Dahlberg, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. Börje Johansson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. Charlie Karlsson, Chair, Jönköping International Business School & University West, Sweden This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Assoc. Prof. Johan Klaesson, CEnSE, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof. Helen Lawton Smith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Hans Lööf, CESIS, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Mark Partridge, AED Economics, Ohio State University, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Lars Svensson, LINA, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Håkan Ylinenpää, CiiR, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organisation Committee

Ms. Iréne Bernhard, MSc & Tech.lic., Symposium Coordinator, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Rolf Dahlberg, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Urban Gråsjö, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Elisabeth Jansson, University West, Sweden This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prof. Charlie Karlsson, Chair, Jönköping International Business School & University West, Sweden. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ms. Rebecca Olsson, Symposium Assistant Coordinator, University West, Sweden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Co-financers and sponsors
Center for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Center for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden

Center for Interorganisational Innovation Research (CiiR), Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Center of Excellence for Science and Innovations Studies (CESIS), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm & Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Fyrbodals Kommunalförbund, Sweden

George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Fairfax, VA, USA

Interreg Sweden-Norway & Interreg IV A Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerack

Municipality of Uddevalla, Sweden

University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

Further information about the symposium can be found at the symposium website www.symposium.hv.se

I have the pleasure to announce that the Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography, entitled Mapping Economies in Transformation, will take place in Oxford on 19-22 August 2015. Building on the success of previous global conferences held in Singapore, Beijing and Seoul, the Conference is expected to attract hundreds of scholars with the objective to foster interdisciplinary worldwide dialogue on the state of the art and the future agenda of economic geography. Key themes of the conference will include: consumption, digital, emerging, financial, innovation, labour, political, environmental, regional, social, and urban economies, as well as epistemologies for understanding the world in transformation.

The conference website with further information will be launched in March 2014. I hope to see you in Oxford on 19-22 August 2015. Please, put these dates in your diary.

Dr Dariusz Wójcik

School of Geography and the Environment

and St. Peter's College Oxford

The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in collaboration with Hasanuddin University invites scholars, practitioners and graduate students to submit papers to be presented in the 12^th IRSA International Conference.  The conference will be held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 2–3 June 2014 and theme of the conference is Political Economy of Regional Development in Indonesia. 

Extended paper abstract of about 300-500 words should be submitted online via http://www.makassar2014.irsa-indonesia.org/.  Abstract should consist of background, data and methodology, and potential contribution to knowledge. Please provide keywords and JEL number.  Abstract should be in English, as also the full paper.

Important deadlines:

□   Abstract submission deadline: February 15, 2014

□   Abstract acceptance notification: March 15, 2014

□   Early bird registration deadline: March 30, 2014

□   Full Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2014

□   Paper Presenter Registration Due: April 30, 2014

Conference Secretariat:

Faculty of Economics, Hasanuddin University

Kampus Unhas Tamalanrea Km. 10

Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Phone/Fax: +62-411-587128

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact Person:

Irdam Ferdiansyah, SE, M.Si. (Secretary); Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Abd Hamid Paddu  (Chairman); E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Assistant Lecturer in Human Geography, Loughborough University, UK

Fixed-term for 2 years commencing on 1 February 2014 (or as soon as possible thereafter); salary range £28,132 to £36,661.

The Department of Geography, which sits with the School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences, seeks to appoint an assistant lecturer in human geography from 1 February 2014.

Applicants with a PhD in Human Geography, experience of the academic environment, and possessing an emerging research profile are welcomed.  You will be expected to contribute to teaching on a range of modules, including  postgraduate taught modules and to supervise dissertation students.  Expertise in economic, political or urban geography will be an advantage.

Further details and information on how to apply for the post can be found at http://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/jobdesc/REQ13733.pdf.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 23 December 2013; interviews will be held on 16 January 2014.

Informal enquiries should be made to Professor Helen Rendell, Head of Department, Professor of Physical Geography, by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by telephone on +44 (0)1509 223729. In addition, please feel free to contact any of our human geography staff.

L’équipe d’organisation du prochain colloque de notre association qui se tiendra du 7 au 9 juillet 2014 à Paris-Est vous communique l’information suivante :

Outre les sessions thématiques récurrentes, vous avez la possibilité de soumettre une communication dans une des onze sessions spéciales qui a été retenue, à ce jour, après une évaluation faite par le comité scientifique du colloque. Ainsi, comme vous pouvez le voir la procédure d’appel à la tenue de session spéciale a été fructueuse.

Voici donc les onze sessions spéciales approuvées par le comité scientifique qui seront prochainement en ligne sur le site du colloque : http://www.asrdlf2014.org/ :

o      Caractérisation de la recherche et de l’innovation dans les villes petites et moyennes

o      Écologie industrielle et territoriale et économie circulaire : de la sémantique à la pratique

o      Entre périurbain et périrural : adaptabilité des territoires et des modes de vie face aux enjeux de durabilité

o      Face aux recompositions métropolitaines,  une planification spatiale « durable » ?

o      Finance de marché et territoires

o      Fiscalité, ressources et production des territoires urbains

o      L’innovation territoriale : entre gouvernances et apprentissages

o      Modes de vie de proximité et mobilités quotidiennes

o      Nouveaux modèles culturels de développement au service de la métropolisation

o      Nouvelles formes de travail et territoires

o      Organisation de la logistique et dynamiques territoriales

Cette liste sera suivie d’un complément très prochainement.

Comme pour les autres propositions de communication, les envois de résumés pour ces sessions spéciales doivent être réalisés directement en ligne sur le site du colloque : http://asrdlf2014.org/ et ce avant le 13 janvier 2014 mais en spécifiant que leur texte s’inscrit dans le cadre de la session spéciale « titre ».

Cordiales salutations 

Le comité d'organisation "Colloque ASRDLF2014"

A new issue, and 5 years of old issues newly scanned and posted, all Open Access.

Vol 43, No 1

Co-edited by Michael L. Lahr and Mark L. Burkey

Table of Contents

Should Oklahoma Be More Like Texas? A Taxing Decision 1-21    PDF          

Dan S Rickman

Rural Income Inequality in Mozambique: National Dynamics and Local Experiences 23-50   PDF    

Julie A Silva    

The Determinants of Credit Allocations in a Market-based Trading System: Evidence from the RECLAIM Program  51-80    PDF          

Antonio M. Bento, Emeric Henry, Scott E. Lowe           

The Responsiveness of Tax Lien Investors in English Auctions to Matching Rules: Evidence from Illinois 81-96     PDF       

Joshua J. Miller, Silda Nikaj     

http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/

Also: We just uploaded 5 years of scans from RRS back issues 1996-2000. For a convenient, clickable list of the 100+ articles, go here: http://www.srsa.org/1996-2000%20contents.htm 

They are now on the journal site <http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/> under "ARCHIVES" and are on RePEc as well.  

11th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Kellogg Conference Center, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, USA

July 8-11, 2014

Abstract submission is open! See the Call for Papers for details!

Welcome! Spatial Accuracy 2014 is the latest in an academic conference series held every two years since 1994 under the auspices of the International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA). The symposium attracts participants from all over the world, in a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including geography, statistics, and the environmental sciences. More information about the history of this series, including papers presented at previous symposia, is available at the main Spatial Accuracy website.

This is an era boasting unmatched availability of spatial data, ever-expanding computational capacity, and rapid development of complex environmental systems models. On the other hand, the challenges facing environmental science and natural resource management have never been more pressing. Spatial Accuracy 2014 aims to address a broad set of multidisciplinary issues related to a fundamental challenge: the mismatches between geographic reality and the data and models used to characterize that reality.

Communications on cutting edge basic research, as well as their creative and novel applications within this problem domain, are welcomed. Extended abstracts (due January 8, 2014) will be reviewed by the scientific committee; accepted abstracts will be revised as short papers, published in conference proceedings, and presented in oral or poster sessions at the symposium. In addition, the conference also includes workshops on new methods and applications. Post-conference publication options include special issues for two journals.

We hope to see you in East Lansing in July of 2014 to exchange ideas and comraderie! More information about the conference scope, format, publication outlets, and venue are available on this site: http://web2.geo.msu.edu/sa14/index.html

Ninth International Conference on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics" - GEOG-AND-MOD 14

http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/geog_an_mod_14/index.html

In conjunction with:

The 2014 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2014)

June 30th - July 3th, 2014

University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

http://www.iccsa.org/

Colleagues may be interested in Michael Batty's new book The New Science of Cities (just published in 2013 by MIT Press).

There is a detailed description on his web site www.complexcity.info of the book and its contents. There are two chapters on space syntax in the book http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-science-cities and http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-Cities-Michael-Batty/dp/0262019523 and Amazon in UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Science-Cities-Michael-Batty/dp/0262019523/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382270672&sr=1-1&keywords=new+science+of+cities

Best Price in USA at AbeBooks: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=batty&sts=t&tn=the+new+science+of+cities

Content

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Preamble

I Foundations and Prerequisites

1 Building a Science of Cities

2 Ebb and Flow: Interaction, Gravity, and Potential 47

3 Connections and Correlations: The Science of Networks

II The Science of Cities

4 The Growth of Cities: Rank, Size, and Clocks

5 Hierarchies and Networks

6 Urban Structure as Space Syntax

7 Distance in Complex Networks

8 Fractal Growth and Form

9 Urban Simulation

III The Science of Design

10 Hierarchical Design

11 Markovian Design Machines

12 A Theory for Collective Action

13 Urban Development as Exchange

14 Plan Design as Committee Decision Making

Conclusions: A Future Science

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Dear colleague,

I would like to draw your attention to the announcement of the August Loesch Prize 2014, granted by the city of Heidenheim an der Brenz (Germany) and the August Loesch Association. Please write an E-Mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to submit your work, to get further information about the submission process. The invitation of submissions is attached. Please forward it to anybody who might be interested.

Johannes Broecker