The University of Strathclyde Glasgow is hosting the R&D Management Conference 2021 on the theme “Innovation in an Era of Disruption”. R&D Management Conference is organized by the RADMA. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s conference is planned to be held online (virtually). This makes it even more exciting, as this has resulted in lower barriers to attend an international conference: a lower registration fee; no additional expenses (travel, hotel, etc); and no hassles about visas. Additionally, you can attend the conference from the comfort of your homes/offices. While all of this makes attending the R&D Management conference exciting, it also makes this year’s theme even more critical. The Covid-19 pandemic is now keeping us to our locations for a second year. Many sectors such as Tourism, Education and Healthcare are disrupted forever. All of this makes it an exciting time to be an innovator/entrepreneur. For us, scholars, this leads to several new and interesting research questions.
While there are over 20 tracks covering many aspects resulting from such disruptions, Ferran, Cristobal, Andreas and I will co-chair the track on “Corporate and Start-up Collaborations“. All of us are excited to see the developments in this growing stream of interorganizational relationships. While we provide an indicative list of topics about the track, we are happy to receive papers on any topic which explores any form of corporate startup linkages including but not limited to: corporate accelerators; corporate incubators; corporate hackathons; corporate venture capital; ideathons; makerspaces; etc. Come, join us, and let us together seek and make sense of the future as it unfolds today.
Conference Link: https://www.rnd2021.org/
Conference Dates: July 6-8, 2021
Conference Venue: University of Strathclyde Glasgow
Conference Theme: Innovation in an Era of Disruption
Track Link: https://www.rnd2021.org/Conference-Tracks/id/458
Paper Submission Portal: https://www.rnd2021.org/Author-Guide-Submission
Paper Submission Deadline: 17-March-2021
You can submit both abstracts and/or posters to the conference. The other details regarding submission (length, style, etc) can be seen on the submission link provided above. The abstracts have to be submitted through the submission portal (link above). After peer review, if an abstract is selected, we hope to enable the authors receive adequate feedback so as to develop the paper for potential publication. We are sure that many scholars attending the conference will be happy to discuss and provide feedback on your paper.
If you have an idea or paper related to corporate startup engagements and wish to receive quality feedback on it, consider submitting your work to R&D Management 2021. If you plan to attend the conference, I look forward to virtually seeing you there.
amazing to see the transformation that Satya Nadella has managed to achieve in a short time. The whole group echoed one message “it is our job to enable your success”. The executives were candid that there was a give-and-take relationship in this engagement. Startups appreciated the candidness.
Since I had studied earlier versions of the Microsoft for Startups program, it was heartening to see how the program has expanded. The program now serves startups at a variety of stages – ideation to scale-up. The presentations of Sensee’s scaling journey was truly reflective of entrepreneurship. Sensee is Norwegian startup which participated in the Microsoft for Startups program at London and is now beginning to see results.
investors, I spoke with the Microsoft for Startups executives and learned how they are expanding their reach across the entire Western Europe. As a scholar interested in corporate startup engagements, it was encouraging.
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