III. ICUBERD Conference | University of Pécs - Faculty of Business and Economics

2019. January 25. 10:38

III. International Conference on University-Based Entrepreneurship and Regional Development:

Theory, Empirics and Practical Implementation (ICUBERD) will be held at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Pécs, Hungary, on November 29th, 2018.

The focus of the conference is knowledge-based regional economic development with a specific attention to smart specialization. Contrary to previous ICUBERD conferences this year we organize a small-scale workshop-style event with invited internationally recognized researchers who are specialized in the fields of regional innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.

Program overview

ICUBERD 2018: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and EU Smart Specialization Policy

9:00-9:20	Welcome words and introduction to the workshop
9:20-11:30	Knowledge networks, productivity and innovation (Chair: Tamás Sebestyén)
	Scherngell Thomas (Austrian Institute of Technology): Impacts of EU funded R&D networks on the generation of Key Enabling Technologies: Empirical evidence from a regional perspective Gergő Tóth (Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Inventor collaboration and its persistence across European regions Andreas Diemer (London School of Economics): Knowledge Flows and the Geography of Social Connectedness in the United States Manfred Paier (Austrian Institute of Technology): Knowledge creation and R&D collaboration in a multi-regional setting: An empirical agent-based model Esteban Lafuente (UPC Barcelona Tech):The global technology frontier: productivity growth and the relevance of Kirznerian and Schumpeterian entrepreneurship
11:30-11:50	Coffee break
11:50-13:30	Regional development and EU Cohesion Policy (Chair: Katalin Erdős)
	Ugo Fratesi (Politecnico di Milano): One policy, different effects: estimating the region-specific effects of EU cohesion policy funds Joan Crespo (University of Toulouse): Actors of change for regional renewal: Roles and Characteristics. The case of IoT in Toulouse Adam Whittle (University College Dublin): Unpacking Regional Resilience: The Role of Global Pipelines and Technological Flexibility Tamás Sebestyén (University of Pécs): Estimating the economic impacts of knowledge network and entrepreneurship development in smart specialisation policy
13:30-14:30	Lunch
14:30-16:40	Entrepreneurship, universities and Smart Specialisation Policy (Chair: László Szerb)
	László Szerb (University of Pécs): The relevance of quantity and quality entrepreneurship for regional performance Marcus Dejardin (University of Namur and Université catholique de Louvain): Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Resilience Luke Pittaway (Ohio University) - Zsolt Bedő (University of Pécs): University-based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Creating Economic Development through Entrepreneurship Elisabetta Marinelli (Joint Research Center, European Commission): Higher Education and Smart Specialisation: Evidence from action research in EU regions Attila Varga (University of Pécs) - Katalin Erdős (University of Pécs): Economic impact modeling in the prioritization process of smart specialization
16:40	Closing of the workshop

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The conference was financed by the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Programme of the Ministry of Human Capacities in Hungary, within the framework of the 4th thematic programme „Enhancing the Role of Domestic Companies in the Reindustrialization of Hungary” of the University of Pécs (reference number of the contract: 20765-3/2018/FEKUTSTRAT) The conference has been supported by the European Union, co-financed by the European Social Fund.