HOME Background Topics Structure Organization		WORKSHOP Apr.05 Entrepreneurship, Innovation and the Development of Regions Wednesday, 20th April 2005 - 9h00-13h00 Venue: Instituto Superior Técnico Congress Centre, Room 02.1 - Av. Rovisco Pais [Download program in PDF format] Workshop Presentation and Objectives: In recent years, the relationship between new firm formation and economic progress has received considerable attention from scientists and policy makers. Persistently high unemployment rates coupled with limited economic growth have triggered European Union leaders into looking at innovation and entrepreneurship as ways to revitalise the European economy. This workshop presents recent work done by European researchers on the regional dynamics of technological innovation and new firm formation, looking at their effects on employment and business development, and drawing conclusions with regard to policy implications. Workshop Coordination: Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon INTELI, Inteligência em Inovação IAPMEI Detailed Programme: 9h00-9h30 Reception of Participants 9h30-10h00 Opening Remarks Rui Nuno Baleiras, Secretary of State for Regional Development Carlos Matos Ferreira, President, Instituto Superior Técnico António Gaspar, IAPMEI Teresa Cunha, INTELI 10h00-10h30 Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Job Creation: the Case of Portugal Rui Baptista, IST/IN+, Portugal and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany Discussion 10h30-11h00 The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation Activity over Time: Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs Michael Fritsch, TU Bergakademie Freiberg and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany Discussion 11h00-11h30 Coffee-Break 11h30-12h00 Sectoral Knowledge Production in Swedish Regions Martin Andersson, CESIS/Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Discussion 12h00-12h30 How does Accessibility to Knowledge Sources Affect the Innovativeness of Corporations? Evidence from Sweden Olof Ejermo, Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE)/Lund University, Sweden Discussion 12h30-13h00 Cities, Urban Regeneration and Entrepreneurship Catarina Selada, INTELI, Portugal Discussion Invited Discussants: Rui Dias Alves, Innovagency Miguel Amaral, IST/IN+ Daniel Bessa, Escola de Gestão do Porto Joaquim Sampaio Cabral, IST Paulo Caetano, APCRI Paulo Correia, IST Maria Teresa Craveiro, CML João Biencard Cruz, Dir. Geral do Orden. do Território e Desen. Urbano Júlio Dias, Dinâmica XXI Vítor Escária, ISEG Maria José Festas, Dir. Geral do Orden. do Território e Desen. Urbano José Elias Freitas, Madan Park, UNL Carlos Freire, Taguspark José Girão, UNL Manuel Mira Godinho, ISEG José Pires de Lima, CML Paulo Madruga, ISEG Stefan Meisiek, UNL António Nunes, CPIN Nuno Arantes Oliveira, ATGC Pedro Oliveira, Universidade Católica José Pinto Paixão, FC UL Amélia Pina, Centro Português de Design Jaime Prudente, IAPMEI Rui Santos, UNL Marques dos Santos, Universidade do Porto Vasco Varela, Taguspark Francisco Veloso, Universidade Católica Nuno Vitorino, Observatório QCAIII « back to index
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