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2008 International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference

“Advancing Small Business and Entrepreneurship: From Research to Results”

June 22— 25, 2008 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS

Please join researchers, educators, policy makers, and business service providers from around the world at the 53rd International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference, being held at the World Trade and Convention Centre.

The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) integrates the activities of diverse organizations and professionals who deal directly with small business and is the leading global membership organization for those interested in the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. Submissions can be made for academic papers and workshops.

 

Areas of Interest:

- Training and development of small business

  owners and entrepreneurs: lessons learned

- Entrepreneurship and SME development in

  transition and developing economies

- Financial and non-financial SME programs and

  services: impacts and results 

- Small business support services – approaches,

  innovations, impacts

- Innovations in small business financing for start-up

  and growth

- Development financing: micro-finance,

  development banking 

- Linking entrepreneurship and the commercialization

  of R&D 

- Regional differences in entrepreneurial and SME

  activity

- Enterprise and innovation centres: their role and

  impact

- SMEs, export development and

  internationalization
- Entrepreneurship research: from theory to Practice - Developments in SME management and marketing
- Role of universities and colleges in fostering entrepreneurship - Social, environmental, and ethical responsibility
- Turning research into useful tools to help SMEs - Factors affecting success and failure of SMEs 
- Visible minority and ethnic entrepreneurship  - Role of SMEs in private sector development
- Regulatory environment and business entry - Tools and techniques for assisting SMEs 
- Community and social entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and economic growth
- Advancing entrepreneurship education  - SME clusters and supply chain linkages
- SME productivity and competitiveness  - Regional and rural entrepreneurship
- Sustainable development and SMEs - Business start-up and incubation
- International entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial/SME networks
- Older worker entrepreneurship  - High-growth entrepreneurship
- Aboriginal entrepreneurship  - Women’s entrepreneurship 
- Nascent entrepreneurship - Youth entrepreneurship

Abstract Deadline: February 18, 2008

For online submission, visit the 2008 ICSB World Conference website at:

www.icsb2008.org

For Submission Guidelines, click here

Contacts:

 

Dr. Robert Anderson, Paper Track Chair

Phone: +01 (306) 585-4728, Email: Robert.Anderson@uregina.ca

 

Chris Pelham, Workshop Track Chair

Phone: +01 (902) 585-1181, Email: Chris.Pelham@acadiau.ca