CFP: The Rural Entrepreneur (IJESB)

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

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business  (IJESB)
Call For papers
Special Issue on "The Rural Entrepreneur: Problems of Identification"
Guest Editor: Ged McElwee, University of Lincoln, UK
Deadline: 31 December 2007

Rural entrepreneurship is currently at the focus of much theoretical,
practical and political interest. Entrepreneurship appears to contain
two distinctive and very different categories of activities. The first
is, broadly speaking, those management skills that are required to start
and run a business effectively. The second category is much harder to
define, but can be generally described as entrepreneurial attitudes.
Both seem important, but whilst the former can be taught, the latter
group is much more problematic.

Enterprises in rural environments are operating in an arena of extreme
and rapid change. However, despite the recognition that entrepreneurship
is one of the primary facets through which rural economic development
can be achieved, empirical research on rural entrepreneurship is
relatively sparse and this concept remains largely unknown.

Subject Coverage

Contributions on any of the following, or related, themes are
encouraged:

* Barriers to success
* Competence development and how rural entrepreneurs as entrepreneurs
learn
* Farmers as entrepreneurs
* ICT and e-business and the rural entrepreneur
* Innovation, and adding value in rural entrepreneurship
* Opportunity clusters for rural businesses and "collective
entrepreneurship"
* Rural entrepreneurs as constrained entrepreneurs?
* Social capital and rural entrepreneurship
* The leadership, managerial capability and personalities of rural
business owners
* Tourism and entrepreneurship in the rural environment

Articles and case studies are particularly welcome.

Important Dates

Date for final papers: 31 December 2007

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an
e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Ged McElwee
University of Lincoln
UK
E-mail: gmcelwee at lincoln.ac.uk

with a copy to:

IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijesb at inderscience.com

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the
title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor. Abstracts or
expressions of interest should be sent to the Guest Editor, above.

More info at
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=495