Corporate Purpose International Conference 2027 (CPIC 2027)

Why submit to CPIC 2027

• Single-track format. All presentations are in a single track, ensuring maximum exposure for each paper, with plenty of time for questions, discussion, and informal interaction.
• Published abstracts. Accepted extended abstracts are published in the ICorPurS^® book of abstracts, which carries an ISSN.
• Rigorous review. Every submission receives a double-blind peer review by members of the Scientific Committee and invited reviewers.
• Hybrid participation. Present your work in person at Universidade Europeia in Lisbon, or online.
• An open community. Scholars, doctoral researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines and experience levels are welcome. Membership of ICorPurS^® is not required.

Topics of interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Defining and measuring corporate purpose. Conceptual foundations, definitions, typologies, and the measurement and operationalization of purpose.
• Purpose, strategy, and performance. Purpose as a source of strategy, competitive advantage, innovation, and long-term value creation.
• Purpose and corporate governance. Boards, ownership, legal forms, stakeholder governance, and accountability for purpose.
• Purpose, finance, and investors. Capital markets, investor engagement, banking, cost of capital, and the economics of higher purpose.
• Leadership, culture, and people. Purpose-driven leadership, organizational culture, employee engagement, and meaningful work.
• Purpose, stakeholders, and markets. Customers, marketing, brands, and the relationships between firms and their stakeholders.
• Business ethics, sustainability, and society. Purpose and responsibility, sustainability, the common good, and the societal impact of business.
• Purpose in practice and research methods. Implementation of purpose in organizations, case studies, academia–practice collaboration, and methodological advances.

• Type of submission: extended abstract.
• Length: 1,000 to 3,500 words, excluding the title, keywords, tables, figures, and references.
• Title and keywords: a title of up to 20 words and 3 to 5 keywords.
• Suggested structure: (1) introduction and research question; (2) theoretical background; (3) methodology; (4) findings, or preliminary or expected findings for work in progress; (5) contributions and implications, including limitations and avenues for future research. The structure may be adapted to the nature of the work.
• Format: A4 page, 11-point font, single line spacing, justified text, with numbered sections.
• Tables and figures: up to two in total, placed in the text and numbered (Table 1, Figure 1).
• References: up to 15, in APA style (7th edition).
• File: one PDF file, up to 10 MB.
• Anonymity: the review is double-blind. The file must not contain author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or funding details, and self-citations must be written in the third person. Remove author information from the file properties. Author details are entered only in the CMT submission form, where they are not visible to reviewers.
• Template: use the extended abstract template provided above.
• Review rounds: one round of double-blind review. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may be returned without review.

Who can submit

CPIC 2027 is open to academics, doctoral and early-career researchers, and practitioners. Membership of ICorPurS^® is not required to submit or to attend.

Language

All extended abstracts and presentations must be in English.

Originality and plagiarism

Submissions must be original work by the authors. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism and the submission of previously published work, is not accepted, and submissions may be checked for similarity. Work under review elsewhere may be submitted, provided it has not yet been published. Any use of generative AI tools in preparing the work must be disclosed in the extended abstract, and authors remain fully responsible for its content.

Review and decisions

Every submission receives a double-blind peer review by members of the Scientific Committee and invited reviewers. Decisions are communicated to the corresponding author through Microsoft CMT by Monday, June 14, 2027. Reviewers declare any conflict of interest and do not review work by colleagues from their own institution or by recent co-authors.

Registration and presentation

Each accepted extended abstract must have at least one registered author who presents the work at the conference, in person in Lisbon or online. The presenting author must register by Wednesday, September 15, 2027, for the work to be included in the final program. Registration fees are listed in Attend CPIC 2027. Registration details will be sent to authors with the notification of acceptance.

Publication

Accepted extended abstracts are published in the ICorPurS^® book of abstracts, which carries an ISSN.

Optional full papers

After the conference, authors of accepted extended abstracts may upload an optional full paper to their CMT submission by Friday, October 29, 2027. Uploading a full paper is not required for presentation at the conference.