CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2014
Promoting Firm Growth through Entrepreneurial Management Strategies
A book edited by
João Leitão (University of Beira Interior and CEG-IST & University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Dina Pereira (University of Beira Interior and CEG-IST & University of Lisbon, Portugal)
To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1m9Ut6T
For release in Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage Book Series
Series Editor: Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)
ISSN: 2327-3429
The Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage (ABSCA) Book Series is a timely series responding to the high demand for state-of-the-art research on how business strategies are created, implemented and re-designed to meet the demands of globalized competitive markets. With a focus on local and global challenges, business opportunities and the needs of society, the ABSCA encourages scientific discourse on doing business and managing information technologies for the creation of sustainable competitive advantage.
Introduction
Firm growth is a topic that has been the target of several analyses in the literature from different approaches, due to its importance and relevance for firm survival, generation of employment, increased economic growth and dynamism as well as the industrial concentration of firms, the process of firm selection and competitiveness in the sequence of diverse efficiency levels, and the introduction of innovation and technological change. This is a hot topic with an emerging body of theoretical and empirical applications devoted to the internal and external determinants of firm growth, considering both the endogenous and exogenous factors that can jointly work for a sustainable growth based on entrepreneurial practices funded in micro practices, at the firm level.
Objective of the Book
This book aims to present a solid body of selected contributions to better understanding the internal and external determinants of firm growth, especially, start-ups and small and medium sized firms. In this line of reasoning, it will provide a set of multidimensional analyses, by taking into consideration both individual and firm dimensions.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book, under different contexts, will be composed of the following segments:
1. Ph.D., Master and MBA courses on Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation. Target audience: researchers, doctoral and master students.
2. Short (Summer) courses on Technological Entrepreneurship and Start-ups. Target-audience: Undergraduate students; entrepreneurs; and academic entrepreneurs.
3. Policy seminars and workshops. Target-audience: Policy makers and professional staff from Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs).
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Founder's characteristics
· Firm's assets
· Human capital management practices
· Intellectual capital management practices
· Managerial and innovative practices
· Growth determinants: age; size; internal finance; external finance; intangible assets; patents; R&D intensity
· Growth and productivity
· Innovation and technological change
· Cooperation and coopetition strategies
· Determinants of innovative capacity of the firm
· Market dynamics
· Industrial and Service Clusters
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 30, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 15, 2014about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Proposals should be submitted through the link at the bottom of this page.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2015.
Important Dates
May 30, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 15, 2014: Notification of Acceptance
September 30, 2014: Full Chapter Submission
November 30, 2014: Review Results Returned
January 30, 2015: Final Acceptance Notification
February 15, 2014: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries can be forwarded to
Prof. Doutor João Leitão
University of Beira Interior
School of Social and Human Sciences
Department of Management and Economics
6200 209 COVILHÃ, PORTUGAL
Tel.: +351 275 319 611 • Mobile: +351 966 094 700
E-mail: jleitao@ubi.pt
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