CFP: Understanding Determinants and Effects of Entrepreneurship (IJBE)

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From: Durim Hoxha [mailto:durimi2000 at yahoo.com] 
Date: Mon 10 Nov 2008 21:56

International Journal of Business Environment  (IJBE) - Call For papers
Special Edition on: "Understanding Determinants and Effects of Entrepreneurship: Individual and Environmental Perspectives"

Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. José María Gómez-Gras, Prof. Dr. Ignacio Mira-Solves, and Prof. Dr. Jesús Martínez-Mateo, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain

Entrepreneurship is increasingly important as an academic and research focus. Nowadays, the role of business creation on growth, development, employment and innovation is generally accepted. Based on these economic and social influences, the special issue aims to contribute to the understanding of the determinants and effects of entrepreneurial activity.
It focuses on the determinants and effects of business creation process. This process is undertaken by individuals or entrepreneurial teams that have their own human and social capital, cognitive properties and particular circumstances, but are also immersed in a specific context with social, cultural, political and economic characteristics.
 
Subject Coverage


Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
* Entrepreneurial opportunities: existence, discovery, exploitation 
* Perceptions, attitudes and intentions 
* Human and social capital 
* Environmental factors: economic, political and socio-cultural context 
* Nascent entrepreneurs 
* Regional and cultural differences 
* Economic and social effects of entrepreneurial activity 
* Conceptual models related to determinants and effects 


Notes for Prospective 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.
 
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: 31 January, 2009
 
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:
 
Prof. Dr. Jose Maria Gomez-Gras
Universidad Miguel Hernandez
Dpto. de Estudios Economicos y Financieros
Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 
03202 Elche (Alicante)
SPAIN
Tel: 0034 9666508781
Fax: 0034 966658564
Email: gras at umh.es
 
Prof. Dr. Ignacio Mira-Solves
Universidad Miguel Hernandez
Dpto. de Estudios Economicos y Financieros
Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 
03202 Elche (Alicante)
SPAIN
Tel: 0034 9666508964
Fax: 0034 966658564
Email: imira at umh.es
 
Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Mateo
Universidad Miguel Hernandez
Dpto. de Estudios Economicos y Financieros
Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 
03202 Elche (Alicante)
SPAIN
Tel: 0034 9666508554
Fax: 0034 966658564
Email: jmateo at umh.es
with a copy to:
Editorial Office
E-mail: editorial at inderscience.com
 
More info at: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1008