Deadline extended

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Second call for paper: DEADLINE EXTENDED

CALL FOR PAPER

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN CONJUNCTION WITH

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS (OSS2007)

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TOWARD A NEW INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION?

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE IN ECONOMIC AND MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE

OSSEMP 2007

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Limerick =96 Ireland, June 14th 2007

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AIMS AND SCOPE

Over the past few years, Open Source software has gained more and more
economic importance. Beyond developers and communities, various economic
actors including numerous start-ups and major companies have become
essential players in the open source world. Open-source software now =
belongs
to the mainstream of the software industry, and is rapidly modifying =
major
elements of its industrial organization.

However, this new emerging organization of the software industry, and =
the
role of the different players =96 developers, communities, business =
firms,
universities, public agencies, governments, etc. =96 and of their =
interactions
=96 the rules of this emerging game =96 are yet largely unclear.

Located in the context of OSS2007 in order to foster close and fruitful
interactions with scholars from various disciplines, and notably with
software engineering researchers, this workshop aims at contributing to =
the
current evolutions of the economic and managerial research agendas about
open source software and to provide both an assessment of where =
economists
and management researchers are about these issues, and an analysis of =
newer
directions focusing notably on business, production, diffusion and
innovation models.=20

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THEMES

Original contributions from economic and managerial perspectives are
welcome, empirical as well as theoretical. The focus of these =
contributions
should be on the ways in which open-source software is shaping the
industrial organization of the software industry, and on the influence =
of
open systems on other sectors. Contributions are particularly welcome =
about
the following issues:

- Business models: OSS strategies of large and small software firms,
sustainability of OSS-based business models, platform strategies,
hybridisation between commercial and free/open software, relationships
between software firms and OSS communities (firms' contributions and
strategies, role of so-called paid developers, of networks, etc.),
implications of OSS licensing, and of copyright and patent issues, etc.

- Production models: specificities of the OSS production model and their
economic and managerial consequences, allocation and coordination
mechanisms, characteristics of open-source software projects and project
ecologies, modularity, etc.

- Innovation models: open innovation models, factors favouring the =
emergence
of OSS-like innovation regimes, policies dedicated to the software and =
to
other sectors, etc.

- Diffusion models: empirical evidence on OSS diffusion, typologies of =
users
and of adoption motives, users' characteristics, role of users' =
communities,
competition and standardization issues, market dynamics of OSS and
proprietary software, integration of open and closed solutions, etc.

Professor Paul A. David (Stanford University and Oxford Internet =
Institute)
will give a keynote presentation to the workshop.

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SUBMISSION=20

Extended abstracts will be considered, but a preference will be given to
full papers. Note that at least one author of each accepted submission =
must
attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must pay the =
workshop
registration fee (20 euros).

Submissions should be in either .sxw, .doc, .rtf or .pdf format. Each
submission should include a cover page with the full title of the paper =
and
the names of all authors. The body of the paper (or the extended =
abstract)
should include title, list of keywords and a complete list of =
references.

The organizers will propose to an international peer-reviewed journal to
collect the best presented papers into a Special Issue.

Papers should be submitted by e-mail to cristina1.rossi-hl5o88x/[email protected] and
fr.ivs-b4epPxeCJ/[email protected]

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DEADLINES

Authors should send their potential contribution by March 31st, 2007 =
APRIL
10TH 2007

Decisions of paper acceptance will be made by April 30th, 2007.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Cristiano Antonelli, Professor, University of Turin, IT

Stefano Comino, Assistant Professor, University of Trento, IT

Linus Dahlander, Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK

Paul A. David, Professor, Stanford University, US; Oxford Internet
Institute, UK

Lars Frederiksen, Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK

Alfonso Gambardella, Professor, Bocconi University, IT

Marco Giarratana, Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III, ES

Joachim Henkel, Professor, Technische Universit=E4t M=FCnchen, GE

Lars Bo Jeppesen, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, DK

Hely Koski, Professor, Helsinki School of Economics, FI

Yuwei Lin, Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK

Alessandro Nuvolari, Research Fellow, ECIS, Eindhoven University, NL

Margherita Pagani, Assistant Professor of Management, Bocconi =
University, IT

Lucia Piscitello, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Alessandro Rossi, Assistant Professor, University of Trento, IT

Philipp J.H. Schroeder, Assistant Professor, Aarhus School of Business, =
DK

Sonali Shah, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, US

Dominique Torre, Professor, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, FR

Salvatore Torrisi, Associate Professor, University of Bologna, IT

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Jean-Michel Dalle, Professor, University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris =
6), FR

Cristina Rossi, Assistant Professor, Polytechnic of Milan, IT

Francesco Rullani, Post-doc Fellow, Copenhagen Business School, DK

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Cristina Rossi, Ph.D.

Politecnico di Milano

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale

P.za L. da Vinci, 32

20133 MILANO

<cristina1.rossi-hl5o88x/[email protected]>

Tel. +39 02 2399 3972

Fax  +39 02 2399 2710

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Second call for paper: DEADLINE =
EXTENDED<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CALL FOR =
PAPER<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN
CONJUNCTION WITH<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL =
CONFERENCE
ON OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS (OSS2007)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><i><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:15.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>TOWARD A
NEW INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>OPEN-SOURCE=

SOFTWARE IN ECONOMIC AND MANAGERIAL =
PERSPECTIVE</span></font></i></b><b><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>OSSEMP
2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
lang=3DEN-GB
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Limerick &#8211; <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, June =
14<sup>th</sup> 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>AIMS AND SCOPE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Over the past few years, Open =
Source
software has gained more and more economic importance. Beyond developers =
and
communities, various economic actors including numerous start-ups and =
major
companies have become essential players in the open source world. =
Open-source
software now belongs to the mainstream of the software industry, and is =
rapidly
modifying major elements of its industrial =
organization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>However, this new emerging =
organization of
the software industry, and the role of the different players &#8211;
developers, communities, business firms, universities, public agencies, =
governments,
etc. &#8211; and of their interactions &#8211; the rules of this =
emerging game
&#8211; are yet largely unclear.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Located in the context of =
OSS2007 in order
to foster close and fruitful interactions with scholars from various
disciplines, and notably with software engineering researchers, this =
workshop
aims at contributing to the current evolutions of the economic and =
managerial
research agendas about open source software and to provide both an =
assessment
of where economists and management researchers are about these issues, =
and an
analysis of newer directions focusing notably on business, production,
diffusion and innovation models. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>THEMES<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Original contributions from =
economic and
managerial perspectives are welcome, empirical as well as theoretical. =
The
focus of these contributions should be on the ways in which open-source
software is shaping the industrial organization of the software =
industry, and on
the influence of open systems on other sectors. Contributions are =
particularly
welcome about the following issues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>- <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Business =
models</span></b></span></font></i><span
lang=3DEN-GB>: OSS strategies of large and small software firms, =
sustainability
of OSS-based business models, platform strategies, hybridisation between
commercial and free/open software, relationships between software firms =
and OSS
communities (firms' contributions and strategies, role of so-called paid
developers, of networks, etc.), implications of OSS licensing, and of =
copyright
and patent issues, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>- <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Production =
models</span></b></span></font></i><span
lang=3DEN-GB>: specificities of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">OSS</st1:City></st1:place>
production model and their economic and managerial consequences, =
allocation and
coordination mechanisms, characteristics of open-source software =
projects and
project ecologies, modularity, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>- <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Innovation =
models</span></b></span></font></i><span
lang=3DEN-GB>: open innovation models, factors favouring the emergence =
of
OSS-like innovation regimes, policies dedicated to the software and to =
other
sectors, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>- <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Diffusion =
models</span></b></span></font></i><span
lang=3DEN-GB>: empirical evidence on OSS diffusion, typologies of users =
and of
adoption motives, users' characteristics, role of users' communities, =
competition
and standardization issues, market dynamics of OSS and proprietary =
software,
integration of open and closed solutions, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Professor <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Paul
A. David</span></b> (<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Stanford</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and =
Oxford Internet
Institute) will give a keynote presentation to the =
workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>SUBMISSION <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Extended =
abstracts</span></font></b><span
lang=3DEN-GB> will be considered, but a preference will be given to =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>full papers</span></b>. Note that at least =
one author
of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all =
workshop
participants must pay the workshop registration fee (20 =
euros).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Submissions should be in either =
.sxw, .doc,
.rtf or .pdf format. Each submission should include a cover page with =
the full
title of the paper and the names of all authors. The body of the paper =
(or the
extended abstract) should include title, list of keywords and a complete =
list
of references.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The organizers will propose to =
an <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>international peer-reviewed =
journal</span></b> to
collect the best presented papers into a <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Special
Issue</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Papers should be submitted by =
e-mail to <u>cristina1.rossi-hl5o88x/[email protected]</u>
and <u>[email protected]</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DEADLINES<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Authors should send their =
potential
contribution by <b><s><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>March =
31<sup>st</sup>,
2007</span></s></b> <b><font color=3Dred><span =
style=3D'color:red;font-weight:bold'>APRIL
10<sup>TH</sup> 2007</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Decisions of paper acceptance =
will be made
by <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>April 30<sup>th</sup>, =
2007</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>SCIENTIFIC =
COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cristiano
Antonelli</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Professor, =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University</span></i></st1:PlaceType><i><span=

 style=3D'font-style:italic'> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Turin</st1:PlaceName></span></i></st1:place>,
IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Stefano
Comino</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Assistant Professor, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University</span></i></st1:PlaceType><i><span=

 style=3D'font-style:italic'> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Trento</st1:PlaceName></span></i></st1:place>,
IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Linus
Dahlander</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Research Fellow, =
<st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Imperial</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">London</st1:City><span =
style=3D'font-style:normal'>,
 <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:country-region></span></st1:place></span></i><o:p></o=
:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Paul A. =
David</span></font></i></b><span
lang=3DEN-GB>, Professor, <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Stanford
 University</span></i></st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">US</st1:country-region>;
<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Oxford Internet =
Institute</span></i>, <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Lars
Frederiksen</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Research =
Associate, <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Imperial</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">London</st1:City><span =
style=3D'font-style:normal'>,
 <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:country-region></span></st1:place></span></i><o:p></o=
:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alfonso =
Gambardella</span></font></i></b>,
Professor, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Bocconi =
University</span></i>, IT<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Marco =
Giarratana</span></font></i></b>,
Assistant Professor, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Universidad =
Carlos III</span></i>,
ES<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DDE =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Joachim
Henkel</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DDE>, Professor, <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Technische Universit=E4t =
M=FCnchen</span></i>, GE<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Lars Bo
Jeppesen</span></font></i></b><i><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>, </span></i><span
lang=3DEN-US>Assistant Professor<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Copenhagen</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Business</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></i>,
DK<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Hely
Koski</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Professor, <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><i><span
 style=3D'font-style:italic'>Helsinki</span></i></st1:City><i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType>
 of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Economics</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></i>,
FI<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Yuwei
Lin</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-US>, Research Associate, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University of
  Manchester</span></i></st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alessandro =
Nuvolari</span></font></i></b>,
Research Fellow, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>ECIS, Eindhoven =
University</span></i>,
NL<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on"><b><i><font
 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
 font-style:italic'>Margherita =
Pagani</span></font></i></b></st1:PersonName>, Assistant
Professor of Management, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Bocconi =
University</span></i>,
IT<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Lucia =
Piscitello</span></font></i></b>,
Professor, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Politecnico di =
Milano<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alessandro
Rossi</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Assistant Professor, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University</span></i></st1:PlaceType><i><span=

 style=3D'font-style:italic'> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Trento</st1:PlaceName></span></i></st1:place>,
IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Philipp
J.H. Schroeder</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Assistant =
Professor, <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Aarhus <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType>
 of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Business</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></i>,
DK<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Sonali =
Shah</span></font></i></b><span
lang=3DEN-GB>, Assistant Professor, <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"><i><span
 =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University</span></i></st1:PlaceType><i><span=

style=3D'font-style:italic'> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName>
at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Urbana-Champaign</st1:City><span
 style=3D'font-style:normal'>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">US</st1:country-region></span></st1:place></span></i><o:p></o=
:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Dominique =
Torre</span></font></i></b>,
Professor, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>University Nice Sophia =
Antipolis</span></i>,
FR<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Salvatore =
Torrisi</span></font></i></b>,
Associate Professor, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>University of =
Bologna</span></i>,
IT<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DFR =
style=3D'font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ORGANIZING =
COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DFR =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Jean-Michel=

Dalle</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DFR>, Professor, <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris =
6)</span></i>,
FR<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cristina
Rossi</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Assistant Professor, =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Polytechnic of <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Milan</st1:place></st1:City></span></i>,
IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Francesco
Rullani</span></font></i></b><span lang=3DEN-GB>, Post-doc Fellow, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Copenhagen</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span=

 style=3D'font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Business</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></span></i></st1:place>, =
DK<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:
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