CFP: The Development of Entrepreneurship under Difficult/Extreme Conditions (IJBMS)

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

From: Durim Hoxha [mailto:durimi2000 at yahoo.com] 
Date: Wed 26 May 2010 21:30

SPECIAL ISSUE on The Development of Entrepreneurship under Difficult/Extreme Conditions - 
 
International Journal of Business and Management Science

Environment plays a crucial role in forming and developing entrepreneurship and relevant activities. Most of the empirical evidences on entrepreneurial development come from developed economies. In order to make a firm more competitive and stimulate the entrepreneurship, the academics and researchers should focus more upon the difficult/extreme conditions that bar the usual growth of entrepreneurial activities. In these context transitional economies such as developing and war-affected countries provide a unique social setting considered difficult/extreme condition for testing different hypothesis (Meyer and Peng, 2005).


Entrepreneurship in transition economies is developed under distinctive circumstances (Aidis, 2005; Smallbone and Welter, 2009), frequently implying difficult conditions in terms of severe barriers to entry and growth of the firm. Therefore, under these conditions the growth of a firm is difficult to a great extent. Besides, in some parts of the world, entrepreneurship is considered as against the law operation, where private initiative is strictly forbidden. In this kind of environment entrepreneurial ventures emerges as illegal activity (Aidis and van Praag, 2006).
 
In addition, we are also interested to know more on how entrepreneurship develops during and after the war times and how social and political turbulence influences the entrepreneurial activities. We have witnessed that despite of war destructions, people find ways to explore and create opportunities for economic activities. However, they face unique barriers to do business certainly in unfavourable situation.
 
The purpose of this issue is to bring rather different perspective on entrepreneurship, taking into account difficult/extreme condition for entrepreneurship; hence researcher, policymakers, practitioners, as well as PhD students are invited to submit empirical papers, theoretical contributions, and case studies. 
 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 
. The role of institutions and entrepreneurship in transition economies
. The development of entrepreneurship in post war countries/societies
. Entrepreneurial behaviour under difficult conditions (natural catastrophe, communism)
. Fast growing firms in transition economies
. Female entrepreneurial activity under difficult/extreme conditions
. Entrepreneurship development under Islamic rules
. The relationship between extreme environment and the growth of the firm
. Financing aspects of small firm development and growth
. Innovation behaviour of SMEs in transition economies
 
Deadlines for submission
The submission deadline is 30 July 2010. All accepted papers must be ready by 25 Sep 2010. Authors are requested to be aware that after this date the paper (even it is accepted) would be considered for the regular issues. We will be strictly maintaining the quality of revision keeping time restriction in mind)
 
Specific instructions for submissions
 
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
 
All papers will be refereed through a peer review process. Information regarding submission procedure is available in the Author's Guidelines (see the webpage at this link:
http://www.safaworld.org/ijbms/Submission.htm
 
Guest Editor(s) contact details, including email(s)
Editors and Notes
You may send one copy in the form of an MS World file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
 
Besnik Krasniqi
Staffordshire University, England
Business Support Centre Kosovo, Prishtinë, Republic of Kosovo
Email: krasniqi.editor at safaworld.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 
 
And
Durim Hoxha
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and
Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Development, Prishtinë, Republic of Kosovo
Email: hoxha.editor at safaworld.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 
 
With a copy to:
Chief Editor
Email: editor.ijbms at gmail.com 

Please include the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal (in short 'IJBMS') and last name of the Guest Editor(s) in the forwarding letter of your submission.