CFP: SME Development in Transition Economies: Twenty Years On (IJESB)

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Call For Papers
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business  (IJESB)
Special Issue on: "SME Development in Transition Economies: Twenty Years
On"
Guest Editor: David Pollard, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

In the two decades which have elapsed since the beginning of the
transition period in central and eastern European countries, there has
been a rapid expansion of entrepreneurial and small business activities.
This expansion has been influenced, inter alia, by economic change,
increasing competition due to the accession of many of the countries to
the European Union (EU), and policy interventions by a range of
institutions.

It is generally recognised that entrepreneurship and the development of
a vibrant SME sector play an important role in the generation of new
industries and to assist with industrial reconstruction. Economic change
has also posed significant challenges to the attitudes of people who
manage and work in small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs) and the
general public perception of the role of SMEs in the economy

This increase in entrepreneurial activities in transition economies has
also given rise to an emerging literature, containing debates on such
issues as SME start-up, entrepreneurial knowledge deficiencies and
institutional development. The purpose of this special edition is to
provide insights into entrepreneurial development and SME management and
growth over the past twenty years and opportunities for future expansion
in the small business sector.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

* SMEs and management development in transition economies
* SME policy development and application
* Entrepreneurship development and support
* Entrepreneurship education
* The development of marketing in small businesses
* SME growth
* Knowledge transfer to transition economy SMEs
* HRM and HRD expansion in transition economy SMEs
* Workplace attitudes and organisational change 

Notes for Intending Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B.
Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally
copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for
authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting
papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Important Dates

Deadline for papers: 30th June 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:

Dr. David Pollard
Reader in Technology Transfer and Enterprise
Leeds Metropolitan University
Bronte Hall, Room 203
Headingley Campus
Leeds, LS6 3QS
UK
E-mail: d.j.pollard at leedsmet.ac.uk

with a copy to:

Editorial Office
E-mail: editorial 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.

More info at
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