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9th Effectuation 2024 Conference
November 12 - November 13

The 9th Effectuation Conference will be organised prior the RENT 2024 Conference on 12-13 November 2024 in nantes, France. The conference theme is “Effectuation: Bridging Research and Practice”.  Effectuation has inspired a generation of researchers and practitioners to see entrepreneurship through a different lens. By focusing on means at hand, letting go of preconceived plans, building through collaboration, and embracing uncertainty, aspiring entrepreneurs have earned a toolbox that catalyzed the design of more creative and durable businesses.

Each year, our community expands through the valuable exchanges that occur at our conference. These include the design of new research projects, the development of educational tools, and critical debates on the far-reaching impact of effectual thinking. This year, we will dedicate the 9th Effectuation Conference to “Bridging Research and Practice”.  We invite researchers, authors, educators, policy makers and other persons of interest to submit their work.  Come to the conference to engage in a discussion about how effectuation can be practiced in the real world!

During our two days together, we will explore:

  • How can effectuation be practiced by entrepreneurs and managers?
  • What other disciplines can benefit from effectuation theory? And how?
  • What is the value of effectuation when uncertainty is low(er)?

Effectuation is at the vanguard of entrepreneurship research and practice as a scientifically validated method that arms aspiring entrepreneurs with a toolkit to design bold, creative, and unexpected solutions. In our post-pandemic world where global challenges threaten to upend our lives with unprecedented crises, teaching effectuation as means to forge better futures was never this urgent.

Co-branded with ECSB and scheduled in tandem with the RENT Conference, the 2024 Effectuation Conference will take place in Nantes, France. We provide a description of each of the elements of this conference, followed by a daily agenda, with updates available on the conference website: http://www.effectuation.org

In the tradition of Effectuation Conference in past years, the format will offer plenary sessions as well as small group research and practice “pods” where your submissions can be developed into full-fledged research articles and teaching materials. We will, of course, also enjoy the “effectual” dinner and debrief as usual.

Important Deadlines:

Paper submission: May 15, 2024

Author notification: July 31, 2024

Registration opens: August 15, 2024

Registration closes: September 30, 2024

Details

Start:
November 12
End:
November 13
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Website:
https://effectuation.org/effectuation-conference-2024

Organiser

Audencia Business School
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