CFP: Business Planning (IJEIM)

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-essen.de]

Call For papers - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Management  (IJEIM)
Special Issue on: "Strategic Approach for Successful Business Plan"
Guest Editor: Professor Sang Suk Lee, Kangnam University, Korea
Deadline: 31 December 2005

Management is forced to realistically evaluate strengths and weaknesses
of the new venture concept or the business and to assess the
competitiveness of the firm. Brakes are applied to concepts that may
sound great but have inherent problems. For new ventures, management is
forced to consider all aspects of the prospective business, reducing the
number of mistakes that will be made. Planning sets a direction for the
business, focusing the business on where it is going and not going and
providing measurable goals to assess progress.

This special issue aims to align exploratory studies, strategic approach
and development of business plan with academic framework and theories.
The objectives of this special issue are to cover the strategic approach
and business planning for firms' competitiveness in the innovative age.

Subject Coverage

Subject coverage of the special issue includes, is not limited to:

* Business planning in successful small firms
* Business plan for e-commerce, e-business and m-business
* Succession planning for family business
* Franchise system development
* Business planning in women owned small business
* Business planning in venture business
* Business planning in silver industry
* Business plan and business strategy
* Marketing planning in business plan
* Management team in business plan
* Financial planning in business plan
* Relationship between written business plans and the failure and
success of small business

Notes for Intending Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

To submit a paper, please go to http://www.inderscience.com/papers/

This is our preferred route for submitting papers; please use it if at
all possible. However, if you experience any problems submitting papers
in this way, an alternative route is suggested below

Important Dates
Manuscript submission: 31 December 2005
Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2006
Submission of revised manuscript: 30 June 2006
Notification of final acceptance: 30 July 2006
Submission of final manuscript: 31 August 2006

Editors and Notes

As an alternative to using the Submission of Papers site, you may send
one copy of each manuscript (in hard copy) or one copy in the form of an
MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of both formats in Author
Guidelines) to the following:

Professor Sang Suk Lee
Division of Business Administration
Kangnam University
Giheung-Ub
YongIn-City, Gyunggi-Do 449-702
Korea
Fax: +82-31-280-3742
Email: leess at kangnam.ac.kr

with a copy to:

Editor-in-Chief
IEL Editorial Office
PO Box 735
Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB
UK
Fax: +44 1234-240515
E-mail: ijeim at inderscience.com

More info at
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=261