HTSF 2006

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High Technology Small Firms Conference

Special Edition May 11, 12 and 13, 2006 The Fourteenth Annual

+ May 10, 2006 Doctoral Workshop

University of Twente - Enschede - The Netherlands

On behalf of the Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship (Nikos), at the University of Twente, and Manchester Business School (MBS), we have the pleasure of inviting you to this year’s High Technology Small Firms (HTSF) conference in Enschede, The Netherlands. This international conference will provide a unique opportunity for academics, opinion formers, policy makers and practitioners to discuss the latest developments in the field of HTSF’s. We offer both academic research as well as practically orientated parallel sessions to provide the optimal platform for discussion. The 2006 conference marks the celebration of Nikos’ fifth anniversary. The conference will therefore start with a doctoral workshop and close with a seminar, providing a forum for debate on the future of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship research, in which several scholars, among them Dr. Gregory Dess of Texas University at Dallas and Prof. Hamid Bouchikhi, chairman of the EFMD Entrepreneurship Innovation and Small Business Network (EISB), will present their views.

Call for papers:

·	Document can be downloaded from this site. Deadlines: Initial abstracts (500 - 700 words): Sunday January 15, 2006. Full papers: Monday April 3, 2006.

·	All papers accepted should be presented at the conference. All papers presented will be considered for inclusion in a book series annually published by Elsevier publishers.

Conference fee:

The full conference fee for three days is approximately € 495. PhD students who participate in the doctoral workshop will receive a reduction of € 150 on the conference fee.

Enquiries and Bookings:

Dr. Aard J. Groen, scientific director of Nikos,

Mrs Annemarie Ridder / Mrs Gloria Rossini, HTSF,

University of Twente, Nikos, P.O. Box 217,

7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.

Tel.: +31 (0) 53 489 5355 Fax: +31 (0) 53 489 2159.

E-mail: HTSF@bbt.utwente.nl

www.utwente.nl/nikos/htsf

Sponsoring: see overview of sponsors