Call	 for	 Papers	  	 	  Innovation	 and	 Entrepreneurship:	 
New	 Perspectives	 on	 Business	 History	 
BHSJ’s	   first-­‐ever	   English	   sessions	   were	   held	   during	   the	   50th	   annual	   meeting	   in	   2014,	   and	   generated	  fruitful,	  international	  discussions	  between	  Japanese	  scholars	  and	  those	  from	  other	  parts	  of	  the	  world.	  
To	  further	  enhance	  international	  exchange,	  BHSJ	  decided	  to	  organize	  English	  sessions	  every	  two	  years	  starting	  in	  2016	  and	  launched	  an	  open	  call	  for	  papers.	  The	  English	  sessions	  will	  take	  place	  concurrently	  with	  the	  regularly	  scheduled	  Japanese	  sessions	  at	  the	  annual	  meeting.	  	  	  The	   2016	   congress	   theme	   is	   Innovation	   and	   Entrepreneurship:	   New	   Perspectives	   on	   Business	   History.	  
Innovation	   and	   entrepreneurship	   have	   been	   central	   themes	   in	   business	   history	   since	   the	   discipline’s	  inception.	   Innovation	   is	   not	   only	   an	   important	   source	   of	   competitive	   and	   comparative	   advantage	   for	  firms	   but	   also	   an	   engine	   for	   economic	   growth.	   Entrepreneurship	   plays	   an	   important	   role	   in	   bringing	  innovations	  to	  society	  as	  a	  whole.	  Both	  innovation	  and	  entrepreneurship	  are	  of	  pivotal	  importance	  to	  business	  history	  studies	  as	  well	  as	  to	  a	  wide	  variety	  of	  other	  fields	  including	  economics,	  management	  studies	  and	  economic	  history.	  	  The	   organizers’	   aim	   is	   to	   foster	   cross-­‐disciplinary	   knowledge	   exchange	   by	   bringing	   together	   scholars	  who	   incorporate	   the	   themes	   of	   innovation	   and	   entrepreneurship	   into	   their	   research	   on	   business	  history,	  economic	  history,	  management	  and	  economics.	  The	  conference	  will	  also	  explore	  how	  business	  history	  in	  particular	  can	  offer	  new	  theoretical	  and	  empirical	  perspectives	  and	  approaches	  to	  research	  on	  innovation	  and	  entrepreneurship	  in	  other	  fields.	  Some	  questions	  to	  be	  addressed	  are	  the	  following.	  
l What	  is	  the	  driving	  force	  of	  innovation?	   	  l What	  are	  the	  patterns	  of	  innovation?	  
l How	  are	  the	  risks	  associated	  with	  innovation	  mitigated?	  
l How	  does	  entrepreneurship	  change	  over	  time?	  
l What	  are	  the	  organizational	  or	  institutional	  factors	  that	  encourage	  or	  hinder	  entrepreneurship?	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Although	  innovation	  and	  entrepreneurship	  are	  the	  main	  themes	  of	  the	  sessions,	  BHSJ	  will	  also	  consider	  submissions	  on	  broader	  issues	  in	  business	  history	  and	  will	  accept	  submissions	  by	  individual	  researchers	  as	  well	  as	  entire	  panels.	  	  Conference	  Dates:	  October	  8-­‐9,	  2016	  Venue:	  Chuo	  University,	  Tokyo,	  Japan,	  (Tama	  Campus,	  located	  in	  western	  Tokyo).	  
http://global.chuo-­‐u.ac.jp/english/siteinfo/visit/	  	   	  The	  deadline	  for	  submissions	  is	  March	  31,	  2016.	  For	  paper	  proposals,	  please	  submit	  a	  title,	  an	  abstract	  of	  no	  more	  than	  400	  words	  along	  with	  a	  one-­‐page	  CV.	  Session	  proposals	  should	  include	  a	  brief	  abstract	  of	  the	  session	  along,	  a	  one-­‐page	  abstract	  for	  each	  paper	  as	  well	  as	  a	  one-­‐page	  CV	  for	  each	  participant.	  
Submissions	  should	  be	  sent	  to	  Associate	  Professor	  Takashi	  Hirao	  (keiei.shi2016@ml.hosei.ac.jp).	  
The	  following	  scientific	  committee	  will	  review	  all	  submissions,	  and	  notification	  of	  acceptance	  will	  be	  made	  no	  later	  than	  mid-­‐May.	  

Important	  Dates:	  Abstract	  submission	  deadline:	  31st	  March	  2016	  Extended	  until	  15th	  April	  2016	  Notification	  of	  abstract	  acceptance:	  15th	  May	  2016	  Full	  paper	  submission	  deadline:	  15th	  September	  2016	  	  Conference	  Proceedings:	  Conference	  proceedings	  are	  due	  to	  be	  supplied	  electronically	  to	  participants	  on	  the	  conference	  website.	  	  Submitting	  a	  Paper:	  Papers	  must	  not	  exceed	  10,000	  words	  in	  length,	  including	  abstract,	  figures,	  references	  and	  appendices.	  
Papers	  can	  be	  produced	  in	  Microsoft	  Word	  and	  should	  be	  submitted	  as	  a	  .doc	  attachment	  by	  email	  to	  the	  conference	  (keiei.shi2016@ml.hosei.ac.jp).	  	  Scientific	  Committee:	  Hideaki	  Miyajima,	  Waseda	  University	  Akitake	  Taniguchi,	  Chuo	  University	  Hiroshi	  Shimizu,	  Hitotsubashi	  University	   	  Julia	  Yongue,	  Hosei	  University	  Tom	  Nicolas,	  Harvard	  Business	  School	   	  Alessandro	  Nuvolari,	  Sant’Anna	  School	  of	  Advanced	  Studies,	  Pisa	   	  Hyungoh	  Lee,	  Sookmyung	  Women's	  University	  David	  B.	  Sicilia,	  University	  of	  Maryland	  Andrea	  Colli,	  Bocconi	  University	  	  In	   addition	   to	   the	   sessions,	   BHSJ	   will	   also	   organize	   a	   special	   English	   panel	   on	   October	   8.	   This	   panel	  organized	  by	  Professor	  Hiroshi	  Shimizu	  will	  serve	  as	  the	  successor	  to	  the	   Fuji-­‐Conference,	  which	  has	  an	  over	  40-­‐year	  history.	  The	  distinguished	  scholars	  listed	  below	  will	  take	  part	  in	  a	  discussion	  of	  the	  main	  themes	  of	  the	  conference,	  innovation	  and	  entrepreneurship.	   	  	  Panel	  Participants:	  Hyungoh	  Lee,	  Sookmyung	  Women's	  University	  Tom	  Nicolas,	  Harvard	  Business	  School	  Alessandro	  Nuvolari,	  Sant’Anna	  School	  of	  Advanced	  Studies,	  Pisa	  Hiroshi	  Shimizu,	  Hitotsubashi	  University