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A Thompson Scientific SSCI listed journal
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
Call for Papers, special issue on "Entrepreneurship: A
Multidisciplinary Topic"
Deadline for Submission: August 30, 2008
Guest co-Editor: Prof. Dr. Domingo Ribeiro Soriano
Facultad de Economía, Universitat de València
Edificio Departamental Oriental, Campus de los Naranjos
46022 Valencia, Spain
Fax: +34963828333
E-mail:
domingo.ribeiro@uv.es
Guest co-Editor: Prof. Dra. Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez
Departamento de Organización de Empresas
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas
28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 913942502
E-mail:
mangeles@ccee.ucm.es
Entrepreneurship constitutes an area of study within business
administration and management that has undergone unbound development
in recent decades and, despite coming under increasingly close
scrutiny, has the potential for new research for many years to come
(Zahra, 2007). However, despite untold efforts at studying
entrepreneurial behaviour, more research is still needed in order to
improve its operativity via appropriate measurements and indicators.
This can be achieved by exploring underlying processes and
recognizing the multidimensional and configurative nature of the
processes of entrepreneurial decision-making and their outcomes.
(Dess, Lumpkin and Covin, 1997). Similar to the 80s and 90s, there
are currently no systematic, rigorous models for examining
entrepreneurial processes. Although the context of entrepreneurial
initiative offers an excellent framework for empirical research, this
field needs greater study to establish its legitimacy and distinctive
contribution.
Studying entrepreneurial initiative on this level requires
differentiation between two types of action: those based on firm
creation and those that analyze the entrepreneurial
behaviour of existing firms. The former, which are older and more
traditional, focus on the characteristics and behaviour of firm
owners and analyze the creation of new organizations. The latter
study entrepreneurial initiative at a corporate or firm level defined
via innovation, the creation or entry into new national or foreign
businesses, and the processes of strategic renewal (Zahra et al.
2000).
Within the field of business administration and management, the
integration of theory and empirical research on strategic management
with entrepreneurial initiative could aid in developing the necessary
research paradigm and enrich both the field of entrepreneurship and
that of strategic management due to how well the two topics
complement each other (Ireland, Hitt and Sirmon, 2003).
This Special Issue addresses the theme of entrepreneurship in a wide
sense, including both new firm creation and entrepreneurial behaviour
in large consolidated firms. Papers can be from different theoretical
perspectives and use different empirical methods, such as large scale
survey work and archival databases, but must constitute fresh work,
that genuinely advances existing debates.
Recommended topics include:
�� Theoretical integrative and interdisciplinary models of
entrepreneurship
�� Entrepreneurship & strategic management
�� Entrepreneurship & corporate governance
�� Corporate entrepreneurship & organizational change
�� Corporate Culture & corporate entrepreneurship
�� Determining factors for the success of new ventures
�� Human Resource Management practices that enable/hinder corporate
entrepreneurship
�� Entrepreneurship & intellectual Capital
�� Entrepreneurship & social network models
�� Entrepreneurship & MNE
�� Entrepreneurship & SME internationalization
�� Characteristics of production systems in newly created firms
�� Entrepreneurship & innovation
Consideration will be given to both theoretical and empirical papers
for this special issue and is not restricted to Canadian content or
data. The format of papers should not exceed 40 pages including
references, tables, and figures. All papers should conform to
American Psychological Association (APA format) guidelines.
Please email submissions to
cjas@mcmaster.ca to the attention of the
guest editors and indicate in the subject heading that the submission
is intended for the Special issue on human resource management for
the new and challenging environment in SMEs. All submitted papers to
CJAS will undergo a double-blind peer review. If a topic of an
article does not fit with the special issue, the author(s) will be
contacted to determine if the paper should be forwarded to the review
process for a regular CJAS issue. Both French and English papers will
be accepted for review.
CJAS is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008, is an ISI listed
journal (search ISSN - 0825-0383), and is published by Wiley-
Blackwell. Papers accepted for publication will be accessible
electronically from the Wiley-InterScience Platform, as well as
appear in the hard print of the journal.
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