Call for Papers

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

OFEL 2021 Tracks
Topics include but are not limited to:
GovernanceManagement & LeadershipEntrepreneurshipEducation
Leadership, governance and inclusionDiversity and rethinking the role of managerCreativity and Innovation in the context of diversityThe impact of diversity on education
Behavioral corporate governance and boardroom dynamicsManaging organizational change in the era of diversityEntrepreneurship and diversity in times of digital transformationNew trends and challenges in education
Board oversight and changes of corporate boardsDiversity managementLeading the inclusion revolutionCompetency based learning
Corporate governance: an institutional perspectiveInclusion and evidence-based managementEntrepreneurship, inclusion and innovative business modelsE-learning and innovative education
Responsible corporate governance, value creation and new business modelsOrganizational sensemaking and sensegivingInstitutional entrepreneurshipTechnology in teaching and learning
Governance in the era of disruptive changeLeadership for new inclusive business modelsSocial entrepreneurshipTeacher training and curriculum design
Governance and implicit biases in interfirm collaborations (alliances, networks, open innovation)Social networks and diversity in organizationsBig data, diversity and entrepreneurshipMobility and education
Power, trust and diversity in corporate governanceCritical approaches to management and strategic managementSocially responsible investingLearning and social inclusion
Cooperatives and alternative governance modelsNew leadership and participative managementEntrepreneurship 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