CFP: Call for Book Chapters: High Impact Entrepreneurship: Financial Services Industry and Development in sub-Saharan Africa

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From: Christian Wolf [mailto:christian.wolf at peep.pt]
Date: Thu 1 Oct 2015 19:59

Working Title:  High  Impact  Entrepreneurship:  Financial  Services  Industry  and Development  in  sub-Saharan  Africa
 
Researchers are encouraged to submit case studies on individual banks in sub-Sahran African countries (see criteria below). If a submission is accepted and successfully goes through the editorial process, it would be published in an edited book. The editor is Prof. Dana Redford (Founder of the Portugal Entrepreneurship Education Platform, and faculty member at the Catholic University of Portual and UC-Berkeley).
 
OBJECTIVES  OF  THE  BOOK  &  CASE  STUDY  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  INCLUSION  IN  THE  BOOK Case studies of high  impact  entrepreneurship  in  the  financial  services  sector in  sub-Saharan Africa need  to  meet majority  of  the  following criteria  in  order  to  be included:
 
-Financial  Services  Companies  that  started  less  than  10  years  ago  and  that  have  more than  200  employees,  with  strong  economic growth;
 
-Institutions  with  some  degree  of  internationalization;
 
-Investment  in  human  resources  and  talent  retention  (strategies  such  as  intra organizational  career  mobility,  work life  balance, knowledge and  skills  utilization  and competitive  compensation;  
 
-Strong  corporate  culture  and  brand  that  reflect  the  CEO  and other  organizational leaders  (discussion  of  values,  beliefs,  mission  and vision);
 
- Demonstrated  concern  for  society  through  the  development  of  corporate  social responsibility  initiative
 
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
See the following PDF document for further instructions and the submission procedure (the acceptance process is selective - acceptance decisions are communicated in December 2015). A 2 to 3 page proposal should be submitted by November 30. Please contact us as soon as possible to indicate your interest so that the editors can provide further information, especially in terms of whether the financial services company selected for case study actually meets our requirements. Please read the following document carefully:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/790c66_5459ecb82d324fbcb1c6779fd662e4bb.pdf
 
Please see the following website for further details:
http://www.highimpactafrica.org/

Best regards,

Christian Wolf | Researcher and Project Coordinator PEEP - Portugal Entrepreneurship Education Platform Faculty of Economics & Management | Catholic University of Portugal Rua Diogo Botelho,  n.º 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal
(+351) 93 873 0296 | christian.wolf at peep.pt http://www.peep.pt

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