CALL for PAPERS
The 11th International Conference on ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKS will be held in SAMARKAND (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/603/), Uzbekistan, from September 14 to September 16, 2026. The conference hotel is KOHINUR PLAZA HOTEL.
The purpose of the conference is to provide an international discussion forum for research in economics and management of networks and digital platforms.
The following topics are invited for presentation at EMNet 2026:
Theoretical, conceptual and empirical papers from all areas in economics and management of networks and digital platforms (franchising, retail and service chains, cooperatives, consortia, financial networks, joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing, clusters, international market entry through networks, public-private partnerships, the role of blockchain and AI in inter-organizational networks, DAO as new governance form, governance of blockchain- and AI-enabled platforms, linkages between interorganizational networks and ecosystems, blockchain-based international business governance, digitalization and governance of supply networks, sustainability and digital network governance, progress in the theory of networks and digital platforms) are welcome.
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS will be organized:
"The role of AI and blockchain in interorganizational networks"
"Relationship between interorganizational networks and ecosystems"
"Sustainability and governance of interorganizational networks"
In addition, a SPECIAL WORKSHOP with the TOPIC:
"THEORY OF THE FIRM FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE" will be organized (see here https://emnet.univie.ac.at/handbook-on-the-theory-of-the-firm/) will be organized.
KEYNOTE: "Interorganizational Networks in the Digital Age"
ANNA GRANDORI
Professor of Business Organization, Editor in Chief, European Management Review
Università Bocconi, Department of Management and Technology
PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS and PAPERS
1. Abstract: Authors who want to present a paper should submit an abstract (200 words) at as soon as possible, but no later than MAY 31, 2026.
LINK to the abstract and paper submission:
2. Extended Abstract or Paper: A copy of the onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17404762per, or an extended abstract (4-6 pages double-spaced) must be submitted by September 1, 2026 via email: josef.windsperger@univie.ac.at and https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emnet2026
SPECIAL ISSUE AND BOOK
1. SPECIAL ISSUE IN EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17404762
Topic: "GOVERNANCE OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE DIGITAL ERA"
see here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17404762/homepage/calls-for-papers
2. Edited BOOK in Springer:
"ECONOMICS and MANAGEMENT of NETWORKS and DIGITAL PLATFORMS"
CONFERENCE FEES
Regular Conference Fees: 360 EUR (including reception, coffee breaks, lunch, conference dinner)
Reduced Fees: PhD students, researchers from developing countries and Non-EU Eastern European Countries are requested to pay 260 EUR
DEADLINE for the payment of the fees: AUGUST 15!
HOTEL
For conference participants the price for the room in KOHINUR PLAZA HOTEL is:
115 $ for double room per night (incl. breakfast) and 90 $ for single room per night (incl. breakfast).
Since September is a high tourism season in Uzbekistan, the general manager recommends that participants make their reservations as early as possible.
All participants must arrange their stay in KOHINUR PLAZA HOTEL by contacting the hotel: kohinur.plaza.hotel@gmail.com. Please also mention that you are participants of EMNet 2026 when making your booking, as this will help the hotel to identify the reservations correctly.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
MAY 31, 2026 | Abstract submission here: easychair.org/my/conference Please also sent the abstract to josef.windsperger@univie.ac.at. The decision of acceptance of the abstract will be sent out within two weeks after submission! |
AUGUST 15, 2026 | Payment of the conference fees |
September 1, 2026 | One COPY of the PAPER (.pdf or .doc) via e-mail to Josef Windsperger (josef.windsperger@univie.ac.at) and easychair.org/my2/conference |
September 5, 2026 | Final program available at emnet.univie.ac.at |
Organizing Committee
- Josef Windsperger, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna (Organizing Chair)
- Aveed Raha, Faculty of Business, Eonomics and Statistics, University of Vienna
- Oksana Galak, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna
- George Hendrikse, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
- Gérard Cliquet, CREM, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France
- Michele Griessmair, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Austria
- Hussain Dildar, Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France
- Nina Gorovaia-Zeniou, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Scientific Committee
Esther Calderon-Monge, Faculty of Economy and Business Studies, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Antony Dnes, Florida Southern College, Editor-in-Chief of Managerial and Decision Economics, U.S.A.
Ilan Alon, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Aveed Raha, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Oksana Galak, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Austria
Cintya Catalina Lanchimba Lopez, National Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador
Evelien Croonen, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Anne Marie Doherty, Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Magali Chauday, GATE, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, France
Manuel González-Díaz, School of Economics & Business, University of Oviedo, Spain
Manish Kacker, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Ben Lawrence, J.Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, U.S.A.
Anna Grandori, Università Bocconi, Editor-in-Chief of European Management Review, Department of Management and Technology, Milano, Italy
George Hendrikse, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Steven Michael, Lubar College of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S.A.
Jerker Nilsson, Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Gérard Cliquet, CREM, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France
Claude Ménard, Centre d' Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), Paris, France
Dildar Hussain, Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France
Martin Ludvigsson-Wallette, Faculty of Business, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
Tugba Gurcaylilar-Yenidogan, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Muriel Fadairo, IREGE Lab., Université Savoie, Mont Blanc, French Alpes, France
Rozenn Perrigot, Université de Rennes, IGR-IAE, Rennes, France
Nina Gorovaia-Zeniou, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Marko Grünhagen, School of Business, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, U.S.A.
Maria Jell-Ojobor, Department of Business Administration, John Cabot University Rome, Italy
Farhad Sadeh, School of Business, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, U.S.A.
Josef Windsperger, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Austria