Call for Papers - International Journal of Innovation and Regional
Development (IJIRD)
Special Issue on: "Community-based Entrepreneurship"
Deadlines: Manuscript due: 30 June 2008, Acceptance notification: 30 August
2008
Guest Editors:
Vanessa Ratten, Duquesne University, United States
Leo Dana, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Isabell M. Welpe, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Germany/
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany
Mary Han, Ryerson University, Canada
Since Johannisson and Nilsson's (1989) seminal paper on community-based
entrepreneurship, the literature on how regional development is facilitated
by community interaction has grown. The increasing sentiment of people and
businesses worldwide to "act locally but think globally" has meant that
community-based entrepreneurship is becoming more important in encouraging
businesses and public policy practitioners to focus on the significance of
people working together to facilitate regional development (Kapelus, 2002;
Lyons, 2002). In this special issue, we define community-based
entrepreneurship as "a community acting corporately as both entrepreneur and
enterprise in pursuit of the common good" (Peredo and Chrisman, 2006:310).
Thus, community-based entrepreneurship involves a process through which new
enterprises are created and operate in a communities existing social
structure (Peredo and Chrisman, 2006). The economic and social role of
community-based entrepreneurship has been recognized by a growing number of
disciplines, including sociology, management and urban studies (e.g., Bull
and Winter, 1991; Johannisson and Nilsson, 1989; Light and Karageorgis,
1994; Mezias and Kuperman, 2001; Selsky and Smith, 1994). Community-based
entrepreneurship is encouraged through personal networking that influence
local venturing processes and regional development (Johannisson and Nilsson,
1989). This special issue takes a multi-disciplinary perspective to help
examine the role of community-based entrepreneurship in the international
context. Thus, the aim of the special issue is to study how community-based
entrepreneurship is encouraging regional development as people become part
of a number of different communities worldwide. In this special issue, we
are looking for new theoretical insights and empirical studies that will
contribute to the literature on community-based entrepreneurship.
Subject Coverage
Papers should address research questions in the field, including but not
limited to the following topics:
- Market conditions for community-based entrepreneurship (openness of
markets, regulations, transparency of market and resource mobilization).
- The importance of cognitions and emotions in community-based
entrepreneurship.
- The role of human resource management practices and in community-based
entrepreneurship.
- Public perception of community-based entrepreneurship.
- The antecedents and consequences of family participation in various
aspects of community-based entrepreneurship.
- How has community-based entrepreneurship influenced regional development
in global contexts and will this change in the future?
- Comparative differences in community-based entrepreneurship by countries,
city, ethnic/national subgroup, sector and periods.
- The role of social capital and social networks in community-based
entrepreneurship.
- The role of technological innovation in community-based entrepreneurship.
- The importance of communities for the perception, evaluation and
exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors,
sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Author Guidelines page
Important Dates
Manuscript due: 30 June 2008
Acceptance notification: 30 August 2008
Final manuscript due: 30 October 2008
Editors and Notes
You may send one copy in the form of a pdf file attached to an e-mail
(details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
Prof. Vanessa Ratten
A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
United States
Tel: +1 412 396 1907
Email:
rattenv@duq.edu
with copies to
Prof. P. Ketikidis
Editor-in-Chief, IJIRD
Email:
ijird@seerc.org
and
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail:
ijird@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title
of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor
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