**The Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (APJAE), an SSCI journal which is co-edited by City University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan University, and published by Taylor & Francis, plans to publish a special issue for the 2013 Asia Pacific Innovation Conference. Professors Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster from the University of Melbourne have agreed to be the guest editors for this issue.

Please submit your paper online at Taylor & Francis ScholarOne Manuscript site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/raae) and indicate your candidacy for the special issue titled “Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference” on or before January 31, 2014.

To learn more information about APJAE, please visit the website (http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/research/apjae/).

Delegates from the 4th Asia Pacific Innovation Conference

  • All final papers and presentations for download (arranged by session)
    – please click here
  • Individual final papers for download (listed by presenting author)
    – please click here
  • For the final agenda - please click here

The Fourth Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference will be held at the National Taiwan University on 6 and 7 December 2013.

Chair, Local Organising Committee: Professor Hui-Lin Lin,  Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University

Keynote and Panel Speakers

  • Branstetter, Lee(Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Dosi, Giovanni(Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • Haskel, Jonathan(Imperial College Business School)
  • Jaffe, Adam(Brandeis University)
  • Motohashi, Kazuyuki(University of Tokyo)
  • Nagaoka, Sadao(Hitotsubashi University)
  • Scotchmer, Suzanne(University of California at Berkeley)
  • Tamura, Yoshiyuki(Hokkaido University)
  • Webster, Elizabeth(The University of Melbourne)

Conference Venue

  • International Conference Hall, College of Law, National Taiwan University
  • NTU Campus Map – click here

Transportation

Please note that shuttle buses to the conference venue will depart from the portal of Howard Plaza Hotel, Howard Civil Service International House, and JustSleep on both Friday and Saturday morning at 8:00am. These buses will be easily identified as they will have a sign “APIC 2013 Taipei” on the bus window. The buses will also take participants from conference venue to accommodations after dinner parties.

Accommodation Options

Howard Plaza Hotel Reservation form Reservation_Form_for_Howard_Plaza_Hotel
Websitehttp://taipei.howard-hotels.com/CT_Taipei2.php
Room type:
single room (NT$ 4,500 net per night)
double room (NT$ 5,000 net per night)
AddressNo.160, Sec. 3, Ren’ai Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei
Reservation deadline November 5

JustSleep Reservation form Reservation_Form_for_JustSleep
Websitehttp://www.justsleep.com.tw/NTU/en/index
Room type:
single room (NT$2,700 net per night)
double room (NT$2,900 net per night)
AddressNo.83, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei
Reservation deadline October 15

Howard Civil Service International HouseReservation form Reservation_Form_for_Howard_International_House
Websitehttp://intl-house.howard-hotels.com/CT_AsiaPacific2.php
Room type
single room (NT$1,900 net per night)
AddressNo.30, Sec. 3, Xinsheng S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei
Reservation deadline November 5

  • 1 USD=about 30 NTD.
  • The discounts above are only valid for participants of the 4th APIC and no service fee will be charged.
  • Room rate is inclusive of buffet breakfast and internet.
  • Deadlines for these reserved hotels are varied.
  • Reservation in advance is advised and subject to availability.
  • These hotels all provide pick-up service between airport and lodging; the estimated charge of this service for each hotel is different.

2013 Call for Papers

**Please note that the call for papers for the 2013 APIC Conference has ended.

College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University is pleased to host the 4thAsia-Pacific Innovation Conference, in collaboration with a consortium of other academic institutions, including College of Law, National Taiwan University, College of Management, National Taiwan University, School of Management, National Central University, and Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.

The conference will bring together scholars, including doctoral students, working on economics, management and law of innovation. It will foster an inter-disciplinary exchange of knowledge. Sessions will include contributed papers, keynote presentations and panel discussions. Please forward this information to any interested colleagues, friends, and doctoral students. We welcome contributions from across the world.

Conference dates: December 6 (Friday) and 7 (Saturday), 2013
Venue: College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
Submission Deadline: July 5, 2013 (closed)

The conference will be held in English.

Local Hosts

  • College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
  • College of Law, National Taiwan University
  • College of Management, National Taiwan University
  • Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
  • Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
  • School of Management, National Central University
  • National Scientific Council
  • Taiwan Economic Association
  • Chinatrust Financial Holding Company
  • Audix Corporation

 Key Overseas Sponsors

  • Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne
  • Center for Economic Catch-up, Seoul National University

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (APJAE)

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (APJAE), an SSCI journal which is co-edited by City University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan University, and published by Taylor & Francis, plans to publish a special issue for the conference. Submissions should be sent to the journal editor, Professor Hong Hwang (echong@ntu.edu.tw) on or before January 15, 2014.

Scope

The session topics would include:

  • entrepreneurship and startups
  • innovation and industry evolution
  •  management of technology
  •  intellectual property protection for innovation
  •  standards, alliance and consortia
  •  research and innovation funding
  •  university research and university industry collaborations
  •  science and technology policy in developing economies.

Submission Details

We invite interested authors to submit your papers or extended abstracts by June 24, 2013. You can submit your paper online via our Online Submission Form.
Submission Inquiry: info@ipria.org

Please indicate the name of the presenter and his/her contact details (affiliation and email). You may also submit a proposal for a full session, which should include a short description of the session theme, title, 3 papers (or extended abstracts) and the name of the organizer and contact details. While we will consider accepting any theme significantly related to innovation, we prefer sessions with the presenters covering regional or global issues.

Submissions must be in PDF format, with a maximum size of 2MB per paper. No other file formats will be considered. Submissions must be made in English.

The Scientific Committee for the conference will evaluate the submissions and the results will be emailed by the end of July, 2013.

Scientific Committee

  • Aoki, Reiko(Hitotsubashi University)
  • Chen, Dar-Zen(National Taiwan University)
  • Chen, Jong-Rong(National Central University)
  • Clarke, Thomas(University of Technology Sydney)
  • Frankel, Susy(Victoria University of Wellington)
  • Huang, Mu-Hsuan(National Taiwan University)
  • Jang, Show-Ling(National Taiwan University)
  • Jensen, Paul(University of Melbourne)
  • Lee, Keun(Seoul National University)
  • Li, Shu-Hsing(National Taiwan University)
  • Lin, Hui-Lin(National Taiwan University)
  • Motohashi, Kazuyuku(University of Tokyo)
  • Nagaoka, Sadao(Hitotsubashi University)
  • Shieh, Ming-Yan(National Taiwan University)
  • Webster, Beth(University of Melbourne)
  • Wong, Poh-Kam(National University of Singapore)
  • Wu, Ho-Mou(Peking University)
  • Yang, Chih-Hai(National Central University)

Local Organizing Committee and Secretary

Chair

  • Lin, Hui-Lin(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)

Co-chairs

  • Guo, Andy Ruey-Shan(Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan University)
  • Jang, Show-Ling(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Peng, Shin-Kun(Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica)
  • Shieh, Ming-Yan(College of Law, National Taiwan University)

Program Committee Members

  • Chen, Chung-Jen(Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan University)
  • Chen, Jong-Rong(Grad. Institute of Industrial Economics, National Central University)
  • Hsu,Chen-Min(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Huang, Ching-I(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Hwang, Hong(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Liu, Bih Jane(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Liu, Jin-Tan(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)
  • Yang, Chih-Hai(Department of Economics, National Central University)
  • Wu, Tsong-Min(Department of Economics, National Taiwan University)

Secretary-General

Fan, ElliottDepartment of Economics, National Taiwan University
No. 21, Hsu-Chow Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10055
Tel: +886-2-23519641 ext. 493
Fax: +886-2-23511826
Mobile: +886-(0)-975-927-321
E-mail: elliottfan@ntu.edu.tw

Assistants

Huang, Hui-meng
Huang, Shu-hsuan
Kao, Szu-yu
Liang, Sylvia