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New England Journal of Entrepreneurship - CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue on "The Role of Networking, Entrepreneurial Environments, and Support Systems in the Creation, Survival and Success of Ventures founded by Women, Minority, and Immigrant Entrepreneurs"
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline EXTENDED TO: September 30, 2017
Author notified of initial decision: October 25, 2017
Article Revision Due: December 1, 2017
Final Decision Made: December 30, 2017
Summary:
This special issue seeks to develop new theories or expand on existing paradigms and perspectives on how social networks, entrepreneurial environments/ecosystems, and support systems of women, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs impact new venture creation and traditional entrepreneurial concepts such as opportunity recognition, resource acquisition, and entrepreneurial cognitions of these entrepreneurs. We invite empirical or conceptual papers on topics that include, but not limited to those listed below.
Topics/Questions to Explore:
Theories, Paradigms & Perspectives on Entrepreneurship, Alternative Views
- In the 21st century, what barriers to startup/success limit the potential of these entrepreneurs?
- What theories best explain venture creation, survival, or failure among women, minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs?
- Are there important differences between these entrepreneurial groups, the general population, and how they approach entrepreneurship? How might these differences and/or generational status positively/negatively impact creation, survival or success?
Entrepreneurial Environments, Support Systems, and Social Networks
- What environmental factors, support systems, or types of entrepreneurial ecosystems provide coping mechanisms for challenges faced by these entrepreneurs; and help facilitate success?
- What unique environmental, social, and personal challenges do these entrepreneurs face with respect to raising capital and securing new venture financing?
- How can women, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs develop their social networks and social capital to compete for angel and venture capital?
- How do women, minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs network with others, develop their social networks and build social capital both before founding and after founding their ventures.
Entrepreneurial Groups, Processes, Cognition, Social Responsibility
- Are there distinctive idea identification and opportunity recognition processes utilized by women, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs?
- How cognitions, cognitive processes, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy for these entrepreneurs are impacted by the environments they live in and the social network contacts they interact with.
- What role does social responsibility play in ventures created by women, minorities, and immigrants?
- How do women, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs approach succession planning?
SherRhonda R. Gibbs, Ph.D.
Direct Selling Education Foundation Fellow
Associate Professor of Management
The University of Southern Mississippi
Department of Management and International Business
118 College Drive, Box 5077
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
1 (601) 266-5344 (office)
1 (601) 266-4630 (fax)
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