Dear Colleagues,
I apologize in advance for any duplicate postings. Please see the
following Call for Papers for a special issue focus on the "Growth" of
Entrepreneurial Enterprises in IJOGVC.
Guest Editors:
Rainer Harms, Klagenfurt University, Austria
Joanne Scillitoe, Michigan Technological University, USA
International Journal of Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation (IJOGVC)
Call for Papers For a Focus Issue (no. 2, 2008) on
"Growth" Paper Submission Deadline: 15 August 2008
About the focus issue on Growth:
This focus issue of IJOGVC spotlights the growth of entrepreneurial
enterprises. Growth is at the core of entrepreneurial activities and
subsequent development, and is reflected by the exploitation of
opportunities and subsequent organizational development. This focus issue
of IJOGVC will thus draw attention to shedding new light on the sources,
process, and outcomes associated with organizational growth, particularly
in the context of entrepreneurial firms. As we acknowledge that growth is
a multidimensional phenomenon, papers that address growth from multiple
levels of analysis are very welcome.
Topics of interest to this IJOGVC focus issue include, but are not limited
to:
- Influence of founder / team characteristics on growth
- Influence of strategy, particularly innovation and entrepreneurial, on
growth
- Influence of the task / external environment on growth
- Management and control of fast / rapidly growing enterprises
- Measuring entrepreneurial growth across various stages of development
- The (temporal) relationship between growth and other performance indicators
- Theory on growth: resources, capabilities, networks, and barriers
- Role of institutions, such as government, incubators, and agencies, in
firm growth
IJOGVC publishes original papers, conceptual papers, empirical papers,
review papers, case studies, relevant reports, book reviews, notes,
commentaries, and news on topics from the perspectives of entrepreneurship
and innovation management. Fresh, novel ideas and new ways of doing
research are particularly welcome!
About the Journal
The IJOGVC proposes and fosters discussion on the organisational processes
surrounding the concepts of opportunity, growth and value creation.
Because the exploitation of opportunities, the subsequent growth of
organisations around these opportunities and the value created by both
processes are so vital to the creation and redistribution of societal
wealth, the development and the dissemination of more systematic knowledge
are required.
Whilst some preliminary and traditional efforts in this direction have
been taken, IJOGVC is open to new, creative and innovative research
approaches, designs and methods. In an attempt to bridge the gap between
research and practice, it emphasises the implications of this new
knowledge for researchers, managers, public policy makers and business
educators.
The objective of IJOGVC is to provide an international forum in the field
of management with the particular focus on the phenomena of opportunity,
growth and value creation by publishing quality research articles. It also
aims to promote and to coordinate developments in these fields of
management. As these areas have both economic and societal implications,
IJOGVC encourages the broadening and deepening of thought in these fields.
IJOGVC provides a vehicle to help academics, professionals, researchers
and policy makers, working in the field of entrepreneurship, strategy,
management, and business education, to create and to disseminate quality
knowledge. The journal also provides a forum to allow interested parties
to learn from each other's work.
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for
authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting
papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page
(http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php? journalID=123). You may
send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail
(details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Rainer Harms or Joanne
Scillitoe, below, with an email copy only to: IEL Editorial Office,
E-mail:
ijogvc@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the journal
Guest Editors
Dr. Rainer Harms
University of Klagenfurt
Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
Universitätsstr. 65-67, A-9020 Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA
rainer.harms@uni-klu.ac.
Dr. Joanne Scillitoe
Michigan Technological University
School of Business and Economics
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
USA
jlscilli@mtu.edu
Joanne L. Scillitoe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management
School of Business and Economics
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
906-487-3267
jlscilli@mtu.edu
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