CFP: Institutional approach to entrepreneurship research (IEMJ)

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

CALL FOR PAPERS - IEMJ
SPECIAL ISSUE: The institutional approach to entrepreneurship research:Entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy.
GUEST EDITORS: Professor José Mª Veciana and Dr. David Urbano
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Deadline: 30 June 2007

Issue 2, Volume 4 (2008) of the Journal will be a special edition devoted to the institutional approach to entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy.

The institutional environment (formal and informal constraints) has an important influence on the emergence of an entrepreneurial spirit and culture, and the rate of entrepreneurial activity. Certain countries, regions and cities have created environments and a flourishing entrepreneurial economy while others have not. What are the main factors/constraints (legislation, public policy, social values, norms and habits) that foster and explain the level of entrepreneurial activity? The editors of this special issue, Professor José Mª Veciana and Dr. David Urbano would welcome articles, both theoretical and research based papers, on any aspect and factors of the institutional environment on new firm creation. In particular, they would welcome articles on:

*	The influence of regulation on new firm creation. 
*	How does legislation and public policy affect the entrepreneurial activity. 
*	The macro-economic environment, levels of economic development and rate of entrepreneurial activity. 
*	Culture (social values, norms and habits) and entrepreneurship. 
*	Regional and local policy and entrepreneurship. 
*	The role of the University in business creation in the knowledge economy. 
*	I+D+I, spill over effect, entrepreneurship and economic growth. 
*	Relationship between level of education and skills of the labour force and entrepreneurial activity. 
*	Networks and entrepreneurial activity. 
*	Institutional environment and the emergence of clusters in a region/city. 

Researchers interested in publishing in this special issue should indicate their intention by sending an abstract (or preferably the full paper) to Professor José Mª Veciana, jose.veciana at uab.es with copy to Dr. David Urbano (david.urbano at uab.es) by 30st June, 2007. The full paper is due no later than 30st September 2007. Please clearly identify your submission in the email subject line, IEMJ The Institutional Approach to Entrepreneurship Special Issue. Abstracts should provide a short introduction to the topic, an outline of the research methodology and a summary of the findings. No preference will be given to articles adopting any particular research paradigm. All papers will go through the regular double-blind review process, and must follow the IEMJ style guidelines. http://www.uv.es/iemj/docs/Author%20instructions.doc The special issue will include 7-10 articles of between 7,000 and 8,000 words each, and will be published in June, 2008.

José Mª Veciana (jose.veciana at uab.es) and David Urbano (david.urbano at uab.es)
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Spain
January, 2007