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CfP “Building Sustainable Regional Economic Developmen t through SME Development”

  • 1.  CfP “Building Sustainable Regional Economic Developmen t through SME Development”

    Posted 09-23-2011 08:46

    Call for Papers
    College of International Mangement "GLOBUS", Prishtina, Kosovo and following partners
    The European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB), Turku
    Finland
    Business Support Centre Kosovo, Prishtinë, Kosovo
    Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, Prishtinë, Kosovo
    The Insititute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business in Kosovo, Prishtinë, Kosovo
    Albanian Center for Risk, Tiranë, Albania
    Organize
    Fourth International Conference
    with theme:
    "Building Sustainable Regional Economic Development through SME Development"
    On 10th of December 2011
    Prishtina, Kosovo
    Regional cooperation is one of the key prerequisites for the stabilisation and EU association processes to move forward in the Western Balkans. One of the main challenges faceing the Ballkan countries is how to build a sustainable regional economic development. As a small countries Ballkan economies should promote regional trade and cooperaiton. Small and Medium Sized enterprises play a subtantial role in building a sustainable regional economic development.
    In its Program of Scientific Research, University College "GLOBUS" in cooperation with local and regional educational and research institutions are organizing conference aimed to address challenges faced by SMEs and promote the ways to develop regional economic development.  
    Conference Themes
    University College Globus and its partners, Business Support Centre Kosovo, Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business and Albanian Center for Risk has planned for 2011 to put the title theme of this Conference with laying the theoretical and practical view of current economic development issues and developing aspects of SMEs in the region.
    Although papers on any aspect of SMEs and economic development in transition economies will be considered, we are particularly interested in contribution which address one or more of the following questions:
    • Internationalisation of SMEs in Ballkan countires
    • Entrepreneruship, Institutions and Economic Development
    • Financial Difficulties faced by Small Businesses espcially Start-ups and Business Development in the longer-term?
    • Obstacles to Regional Trade and SME Development
    • Role of Business Trust in Transition Economies
    • Evaluation of Policy Measures on SME Development
    • Impact of Foreign Aid packages for support of SMEs
    • What are main barriers to Regional Trade and how they can be removed
    • The role of the NGOs sector in building entrepreneurial and other capacities in the society
    • Sustainability and Green Entrepreneurship; Challenges and Opportunities in Transitional Economies
    • Female entrepreneurs in Transitional Economies

    THE IMPORTANT DATES and INSTRUCTIONS 
    Abstracts – 31st of October 2011
    Notification of abstract acceptance – 5th of November 2011
    Submission of final papers – 20 November, 2011
    Conference will be held on 10th of December in Prishtina (Capital city of Republic of Kosovo). Conference venue to be announced two weeks before conference.
     
    On the organization and realization of the Conference is set Organizational Council with the following composition:
    1. Prof. Dr. Nazmi MUSTAFA - College of International Mangement "GLOBUS"
    2. Prof. Dr. Sherif BUNDO - Faculty of Economy at University of Tirana and Albanian Center for Risk
    3. Prof. Dr. Justina SHIROKA – PULA - Faculty of Economy at University of Prishtina and College of International Mangement "GLOBUS"
    General Propositions for the selection of the topics:
    1. Authors are free and authorized to modify the word of the topic, without affecting the overall direction determined by the Organizing Council.
    2. The organizers are open to invite and to attend anyone who wants and finds that there is an interesting paper with important conclusions within the scope of interest of the conference. If participants think that the commitment required of any personality or other specialist, this is welcome, and should be made aware of the Organizational Council.
    3. Topic or the paper must meet the following criteria:
    4.  Be prepared on the computer,
                    - Font should be on New Times Roman,
                    - the character 12 the size of font,
                    - in no more than 10-12 single spaced pages.
                    - the papers should be delivered in the following email address: conference@kolegjiglobus.com
                   
    Presentation and outcome of topics should be done within the deadlines
    10 December 2011 - paper presentation
    The conference will be held on the 10 December in Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
    • Each topic will be referred for 10-15 minutes. Preferred presentation projector and electronic, according to the program you want. The presentation should be extracted from the topic summary prepared and submitted.
    • Organizational Council reserves the right to review the topics to avoid repetition and duplication in cooperation with the authors. Commission guarantees the inviolability of copyright and freedom of inalienable and unlimited speakers to express.
    • In the audience will be invited by the central state and local public administration, business community, the media, from academia and international institutions, human resources specialists and management experts, bankers, employees of different tax and customs, and other guests from different fields of professions.
    • No conference fee is required for participation in conference. A selected number of papers will be published as a special edition of conference proceeding book. In addition to publication, authors will be entitled to take out 2 copies of the publication of the Conference Proceeding book.
    • Organizational Council is open to reflect any suggestion or proposal which aims at improving and enhancing the quality of the organization and conduct of the Conference.
    Reminder:
    It is very important to seriously evaluate four thing :
    The paper should be sent within the above dates, to: conference@kolegjiglobus.com
    Topics can be written written in one of two languages: in Albanian and English.
    Please make all necessary preparations to comply with deadlines for delivery of materials and to realize the present day of the conference within the time frame of 10 - 15 minutes. This is very important.
    On the basis of confirmed topics Organizational Council will complete the referral and the project conference, based on which it can organize conference in one day with more sessions. For each session we will group work on the basis of similarity and topics, with competent facilitators, including debates on topics.
    The last session will be devoted to the formulation of conclusions and recommendations from the conference proceedings.

    Prishtinë
    Prof. Dr. Nazmi MUSTAFA
    President of Orgnizational Council of the Conference



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    Call for Papers

    2012 International Conference of  the Association of Global Management
    Studies

                          Harvard Faculty Club
                          Harvard University
                       Cambridge, Massachusetts
                           (March 5th – 6th)

    Theme: Global Strategies and Sustainable Innovation Across Disciplines
    International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies
    (AGMS) provides a platform to discuss challenges pertaining to
    contemporary issues in management studies. It also fosters
    multidisciplinary research involved in the development of theoretical and
    practice knowledge of all business and related fields by researchers,
    educators and practitioners.

    Conference Tracks
    Contemporary Issues in eLearning/Distance Learning
    Contemporary Issues in Project Management
    Contemporary Issues in Accounting
    Contemporary Issues in Green Computing and Healthcare  Informatics
    Contemporary Issues in Information Systems Security
    Contemporary  Issues in Strategic Management
    Contemporary Issues in  Sustainable Innovations and Practices
    Global Issues in Social Networks
    Global Outsourcing and Management
    Contemporary Issues in Management Science and Operations Management
    Global Issues in Research Methodology
    Global Issues in the Management of Information Systems
    Global Issues in GIS
    Global Issues in International Economics/Finance
    Global Issues in International Business
    Global Issues in Marketing
    Global Issues in Ethics
    Global Organizational Issues in Management
    Global Cultural Issues in Management
    General Topics in Management Studies
    Challenges in Corporate Governance

    Submission of Papers:

    No submission to 2012 International Conference of AGMS should already have
    been published in a journal, presented at another conference, or be
    currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere.
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    selected reviewers.  All reviews are double blind. The editorial board
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    published in the 2012 AGMS Proceedings or qualify for publication in the
    International Journal of Global Management Studies (IJGMS) or
    International Journal of Global Management Studies Professional (IJGMSP).
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    Library of Congress (IJGMS - ISSN: 1945-3876 print copy and ISSN: 1945-
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    online and AGMS Proceedings 2012 - ISSN: 2150-8461print copy and ISSN:
    2150-8488 online).

    Format of Submitted Papers:
    Papers should follow the style recommended by the American Psychological
    Association (APA) Publication Manual. The language of the conference and
    related publications is English. Each accepted paper must be presented at
    the conference and be accompanied by paid registration. Each submitted
    paper must include an abstract and must conform to the following format:
    First Page: Title, authors, mailing address, phone, fax, email address,
    and abstract. Second and subsequent pages: Title and full manuscript
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    will be notified on a rolling acceptance basis, and last day for accepted
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    Please submit electronic copy in Microsoft Word format to the Program
    Chair, Dr. Mukesh Srivastava, msrivast@umw.edu or editor@ijgms.org no
    later than January 15, 2012. Any submission that is received after the
    deadline, exceeds length requirements, or does not adhere to the format
    will be rejected without review.

    Deadlines:

    Submission deadline: December 15, 2011

    Conference acceptance notification: Rolling acceptance until January 20,
    2012

    Final version due: January 20, 2012

    IJGMS and IJGMSP Journal notification: Rolling acceptance
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    registration fee, visit the AGMS website at www.association-gms.org,
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