AIMS

We welcome the submission in French or English of research papers on the following (non-exhaustive) list of topics:
- Digital transformation, Strategy and Competitiveness of firms
- Economics of innovation
- Innovation & Marketing, Digital Marketing
- Digital systems & technologies: ERP, CRM, ECM, CAM…
- Management of innovation and Organizational impacts
- Protection and development of innovations, Patents, Open innovation
- Innovation and Business model
- Entrepreneurship / Intrapreneurship
- Incubator, start-ups and innovation
- SME and innovation
- Innovations in coaching and mentoring implications for entrepreneurs
- Knowledge management
- Dynamics and growth strategy of innovative firms
- Human Resources and Innovation
- E-learning, e-education and e-pedagogy
- Innovation and accounting, Digital and audit
- Electonic markets and Trading Platforms
- Financing of innovation
- FinTech and Alternative Finance (crowdfunding, P2P lending)
- Governance and Financing of High Tech or innovative firms
- Business Angels, venture capital, CVC, spinoff, IPO...
- Digital finance, money, banking, and insurance: Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Blockchain, future of payments, e-banking, e-finance, AssurTech...
- Digital, Modeling and numerical methods
Keynote Speakers
* Cédric VILLANI, Professor, Awarded the Fields Medal, University of Lyon (FR)
* Léo paul DANA, Professor, Montpellier Business School (FR) & Princeton University (US)
* Denis SCHWEIZER, Professor, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (CA)
Paper Submission Procedure
Interested contributors should submit preferably full papers in PDF files (in English or French), but extended abstracts (1,000 to 1,500 words) may also be considered if they show considerable promise, no later than April 15, 2018 through the conference website.
Important Dates
• Submission deadline : April 15, 2018 (extended deadline)
• Notification of review results: April 30, 2018
• Registration deadline: May 15, 2018
• Conference event: June 11-12, 2018
Please visit our website for detailed information: https://dif2018.sciencesconf.org/
SPECIAL ISSUES
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier (5-Year Impact Factor: 3.226)
- Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, John Wiley & Sons (ISI)
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Publishers (Scopus)
- Management International / International Management (Fnege cat. 2)
- Management & Avenir (Fnege cat. 3)
Associated Journals
- Economic Modelling (5-Year Impact Factor: 1.573)
- Economics World, ISSN 2328-7144
- Contemporary Economics (ESCI/Thomson Reuters, Scopus)
- Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, De Boeck (Fnege, cat. 2)
- Gestion 2000 (Fnege, cat. 4)
Partner Scientific Associations
Association Internationale de Management Strategique (AIMS)
Académie de l'Entrepreneuriat et de l'Innovation (AEI)
Further Information
For queries, please contact the organizers at diflyon2018@gmail.com