CFP: The 8th SMEs in a Global Economy Conference 2011, Thailand

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From: Le Cong Luyen Viet [mailto:l_viet2k at yahoo.com] 
Date: Wed 2 Mar 2011 03:11

Dear all,
 
Please see below the Call for Papers for the above Conference.
 
With best regards,
 
Dr Viet Le
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
 
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Initial Conference Announcement / Call for papers
 
The 8th SMEs in a Global Economy Conference 2011: "Rising to the Global Challenge: Entrepreneurship and SME development in Asia"
 
Website: http://www.nkc.kku.ac.th/smesconference2011/index.php

Date: 9-11 November 2011

Venue: Nong Khai Campus, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Important Deadlines:
. Abstract: 30th July 2011
. Full Paper Submission: 31st August 2011
 
Review Process and Publication Opportunity:
. The review committee will review all submitted papers, and the contact author for each paper will be notified of the outcome from a blind peer review process by e-mail. If necessary, authors will be requested to revise and/or resubmit their papers. 
. All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in an edited book.
. Selected Papers will be potentially considered for the following refereed journals: Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, Journal of New Business Ideas & Trends and International Journal of Business and Development Studies.

Registrations:
. Early Bird Rate:  before 1st September 2011, $250 USD
. Late Registration Rate: after 1st September 2011 till the conference starts, $350 USD
. International Student Rate: $150 USD 
. Business Symposium Rate: $60 USD

Organisers: 
. Khon Kaen University, Nong Khai Campus, Nong Khai, Thailand
. Centre for Small Business and Regional Research, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
. School of Economics & Management, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing, China
. Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi, MARA, Malaysia
. Centre for SME Studies, Senshu University, Kanagawa, Japan
 
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
. Professor Dr David B. Audretsch
      Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and
    	Director, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University, USA
      Personal Profile: http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/faculty/audretsch-david.shtml
.  Professor Dr Robert Blackburn
Editor in Chief International Small Business Journal 
Kingston University, UK
Personal Profile: http://business.kingston.ac.uk/staff/prof-robert-blackburn

.  Associate Professor Dr Charles Harvie
	Head of School
      Director, Centre for Small Business and Regional Research  
      School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 
      	Consultant of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)	
      Personal Profile: http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/who/UOW010519.html

.  Dr Michael Schaper
      Deputy Chairman of Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Australia.
        Adjunct Professor, School of Management, Curtin University, Australia
        Personal Profile: http://www.business.curtin.edu.au/business/teaching-                            
        areas/management/staff?profile=Michael-Schaper

.  Professor Dr Jimmy Tran Van Hoa
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), and Director, Vietnam and East Asia Summit Research Program, CSES, Victoria University
Honorary Professor, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Honorary Professor, National Advanced Training Institute, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam
Fellow of the Asian Forum on Business Education (AFBE), Thailand, and AFBE Journal Editorial Board Member
Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Economics (Isfahan University, Iran)
Personal Profile: http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/CSESBL/

Contact Names: 	
Associate Professor Dr Charles Harvie 
Head of School
Director, Centre for Small Business and Regional Research 
School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Tel: +61 2 42 213702 
Fax: +61 2 42 213725 
Email: charvie at uow.edu.au


Teerawat Charoenrat (Ta) 
Lecturer in Economics
Department of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, Nongkhai Campus, 
Khon Kaen University, Nongkhai, 4300, Thailand
Email: tc888 at uowmail.edu.au