CFP: Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance

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

Call for Papers and Participation
Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance
20th Annual Conference, September 24-26, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
Deadline: 15 March 2008

Since its first conference in 1989, The Academy of Entrepreneurial
Finance, AEF, continues to offer a dedicated forum for exchange of
research ideas related to the evergrowing field of entrepreneurial and
small business finance. Given the central role of the small and medium
enterprise, SME, in a free economy, the objective of the conference is
to encourage research and inquiry in the very promising discipline.
Although the focus of the annual event is on the financial, economic,
and accounting aspects of the small firm, papers in closely-related
areas will also be considered for presentation. Naturally, research on
applied business, finance, and economics is also encouraged. AEF's key
areas of interest include:

1. Corporate Finance Issues relevant to Small/Entrepreneurial Firms;
2. Behavioral Finance- especially issues related Risk-taking and
Startups;
3. Business Valuation- and Evaluation;
4. Initial Public Offerings;
5. The Market for Formal and Informal Venture Capital;
6. Financial Institutions and Small Business Financing;
7. Innovations in Capital Markets for small and medium enterprises-
SMEs;
8. Economics and Accounting of Small Business;
9. Models for Predicting Small Firm Success and/or Failure; and
10. Other related issues- including Globalization and Technological
factors affecting Capital Access and Startup Process.

Conference Proceedings and Distinguished Paper Award.

Abstracts of papers selected for presentation will be published in the
Conference Proceedings; and the Best Paper will be published in a
regular issue of AEF's official Journal- The Journal of Entrepreneurial
Finance and Business Ventures.

Submission of Papers for Presentation.

Email a copy of your completed paper, or a detailed abstract- in PDF
format where the cover page of your paper contains only the title (for
anonymous review purposes)- to Professor Susan Coleman at
scoleman at hartford.edu and CC the same file to: submit at aoef.org

No later than March 15, 2008.

Special Sessions and Panels; Session Chairs and Discussants.

Persons interested in organizing a Special Session or Panel should
submit a letter of interest, along with a short bio, by the set
deadline, and as instructed in above.

More info at http://www.aoef.org/CallForPapers_08.pdf