OFEL 2021
9th International OFEL Conference on Governance,
Management and Entrepreneurship
Building resilient boards: Facing emerging challenges in corporate governance
23rd-24th April 2021
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Call for papers
We are looking forward to welcoming the academic and research community to the beautiful city of Dubrovnik from 23rd–24th April 2021 for the 9th International OFEL Conference, hosted by the University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics.
OFEL 2020 was our eighth conference to date, with high profile plenary sessions and over a hundred papers presented across 4 major tracks. The OFEL 2021 conference offers a unique opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to leadership, governance, management, education, and entrepreneurship to share their thinking and latest research findings.
We are also very pleased to announce that in conjunction with the OFEL 2021 conference, a PhD student and junior faculty research development workshop will be held by the Academy of Management (AoM) OMT Division. For the ninth year in a row, this academic writing workshop will enrich the experience of our participants.
We would like to invite all scholars, post‐graduate students and doctoral candidates interested in any of these fields of research or practice to join us in shaping the future of our discipline in a friendly and supportive environment
| Governance | Management & Leadership | Entrepreneurship | Education |
| Leadership, governance and inclusion | Diversity and rethinking the role of manager | Creativity and Innovation in the context of diversity | The impact of diversity on education |
| Behavioral corporate governance and boardroom dynamics | Managing organizational change in the era of diversity | Entrepreneurship and diversity in times of digital transformation | New trends and challenges in education |
| Board oversight and changes of corporate boards | Diversity management | Leading the inclusion revolution | Competency based learning |
| Corporate governance: an institutional perspective | Inclusion and evidence-based management | Entrepreneurship, inclusion and innovative business models | E-learning and innovative education |
| Responsible corporate governance, value creation and new business models | Organizational sensemaking and sensegiving | Institutional entrepreneurship | Technology in teaching and learning |
| Governance in the era of disruptive change | Leadership for new inclusive business models | Social entrepreneurship | Teacher training and curriculum design |
| Governance and implicit biases in interfirm collaborations (alliances, networks, open innovation) | Social networks and diversity in organizations | Big data, diversity and entrepreneurship | Mobility and education |
| Power, trust and diversity in corporate governance | Critical approaches to management and strategic management | Socially responsible investing | Learning and social inclusion |
| Cooperatives and alternative governance models | New leadership and participative management | Entrepreneurship in the sharing economy | Inclusive management education |
Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and peer review.
If you have any question regarding the conference, please feel free to contact us at: ofel@ciru.hr
Kind regards,
The OFEL Organizing Committee
