Call for Papers: Measuring the Impact of Entrepreneurship

Call for Papers

Journal of Small Business Management

Special Issue on: Measuring the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education<http://entrepeduc.org/app/download/5820045104/JSBM+CFP+Ent+Education.pdf>

Guest editors:

Dr. George Vozikis, California State University – Fresno Dr. George Solomon, George Washington University Dr. Doan Winkel – Illinois State University (dwinkel@ilstu.edu<mailto:dwinkel@ilstu.edu>)

Background and objectives of the special issue:

Those institutions and individuals creating and delivering entrepreneurship education seek to provide various students (undergraduate, graduate, business, non-business, etc.) with skills, strategies, knowledge, and motivation to improve their chances of entrepreneurial success (Ronstadt, 1985). This success could manifest in, for instance, founding a sustainable business, or transforming an existing small business or corporation in innovative ways.  Preliminary evidence suggests that entrepreneurship education is indeed related to becoming an entrepreneur and to entrepreneurial success (Dickson, Solomon, & Weaver, 2008).  However, given the rapid pace of adoption of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions across the globe, and the technological, regulatory, economic and other contextual revolutions occurring in today’s world, today’s entrepreneurship educator can be easily overwhelmed with the task of preparing their students for an entrepreneurial career.

The purpose of the special issue is to describe, analyze, and improve our understanding of effective practices in engaging students in the entrepreneurship classroom.  We seek conceptual and empirical (both qualitative and quantitative) contributions that consider the learning and educational implications of entrepreneurship for business and non-business educators, for-profit and non-profit businesses, and community organizations.  More specifically, this special issue aims to address challenges and emerging solutions in the entrepreneurial classroom and beyond.  In this vein, we encourage submissions that address entrepreneurship education in academic or non-academic settings. Contributions stemming from the Entrepreneurship Education Project (www.entrepeduc.org/<http://www.entrepeduc.org/>) dataset or that address any of the following are especially encouraged: 

1.      Use diverse theoretical and empirical perspectives to explore the diverse means of delivering engaging

         learning experiences to entrepreneurship students

2.      Develop measures of success in entrepreneurship education

3.      Present proven strategies and best practices for engaging students in the entrepreneurship classroom and for

         bridging the gap between educational experience and implementation of entrepreneurial behavior

4.      Illustrate institutional factors that foster a productive entrepreneurship learning environment

5.      Present new ideas for designing, implementing, and evaluating entrepreneurship education

Some research questions and issues that contributions might address, among many others, are:

• 1.      How can educators create realistic, engaging entrepreneurial experiences for their students?  What specific
•          pedagogical techniques successfully motivate and develop entrepreneurs?  How do these techniques differ by
•          region, culture, country, or level of education?
• 2.      How does entrepreneurship education differ between business students and non-business students?  (see
•          previous (dated) Kauffman reposts like the New Mexico report found here: http://www.unm.edu/~asalazar<http://www.unm.edu/%7Easalazar>/Kauffman/Entrep_research/e_ed_grow.pdf<http://www.unm.edu/~asalazar/Kauffman/Entrep_research/e_ed_grow.pdf>
• 3.      How can higher education institutions inject a culture of entrepreneurship into their fabric of learning?
• 4.      What topics in entrepreneurship are most important to address in business or non-business curricula?  What
•          differences are there regionally, culturally, or between levels of education (i.e., undergraduate vs. graduate)?
•  

Deadlines and important dates for the Special Issue:

Stage                                                                             Date

Deadline for submission of manuscript                   June 1, 2012

First round of reviews completed                             July 22, 2012

Submission of revised manuscript                           September 1, 2012

Second round of reviews                                           October 1, 2012

Expected delivery to JSBM                                        December 15, 2012

Submission

Please submit your manuscript to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsbm and indicate in the submission form that your paper is for the special issue on entrepreneurship education.

References

• Dickson, P. H., Solomon, G. T., & Weaver, K. M. (2008). Entrepreneurial selection and success: Does education matter? Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15(2), 239-258.
• Ronstadt, R. (1985). The educated entrepreneurs: A new era of entrepreneurial education is beginning. American Journal of Small Business, 10(1), 7-23.

Dr. Doan Winkel
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Illinois State University
Campus Mailbox 5580
Normal, IL 61790
(309) 438-2736

Call for Chapters: Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business

Call for Chapters: Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business

•  Call for Chapters:
  Proposals Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012
  Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2012

To be published by IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Editors:

Dr. Bryan Christiansen, Gümüshane University, Turkey

Dr. Nigel Williams, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Dr. Ekaterina Turkina, HEC Montreal, Canada

Introduction

International business literature often ignores links between culture and technology, though they can be characterized by a cyclical co-dependence and co-influence. Very few studies have explored this synergistic relationship and its effects on business performance. In the modern world, superior technologies enhance economic development, and technology transfer allowed many emerging markets to grow significantly over the last two decades. Simultaneously, different cultures exhibit different levels of technological development and differ in the way they use technology in business operations.  This creates the need for a systematic assessment of the interaction of culture and technology and their effects on business performance. The proposed book will offer a detailed and advanced examination of culture and technology and their role in business operations by exploring topics ranging from the role of technology in virtual team management to transcultural communications. We seek advanced contributions that will combine theoretical insights with empirical research (e.g. case-studies, quantitative analysis).

Objective of the Book

The primary objective of the proposed publication is that of Reference material for business executives, scholar-practitioners, and university students who need to better understand the importance and influence of cultural and technological aspects on international business in the 21st century. The secondary objective is to provide a foundation for other similar books on the subject. The proposed book is important  because there are few reference / resource materials available on international business that include cultural and technological perspectives.

Target Audience

The primary intended audience is scholar-practitioners who have the need for qualified Reference material regarding the subject matter of the proposed publication as outlined above. The secondary intended audience is business executives and undergraduate/graduate business students who require the same Reference material. At the same time, while having academic rigor, the book will be written in a way such that it can be understood by non-academics and non-specialists; it will be appealing to the general public.

Recommended Topics (include, but are not limited to, the following):

We seek advanced contributions on:

1. 1. The Realities of Globalization Today
2. 2. National Culture, Technological Development and International Business
3. 3. Cultural Models and Variations
4. 4. Transcultural Communications
5. 5. Culture and Market Selection-Entry
6. 6. Culture and Market Expansion
7. 7. Managing Diversity in Multicultural Teams: The Role of Technology
8. 8. Managing International Operations and Projects
9. 9. Leading and Managing Transcultural Virtual Teams
10. 10. Export-Import Operations, Finance and Technology
11. 11. Internationalization Stages and Business Cycles
12. 12. Global Strategic Planning and Technology
13. 13. Organizational Learning in a Multicultural Firm: Culture and Technology Roles
14. 14. Business Intelligence and Decision-Making Processes 
15. 15. International, Multi-Domestic, Global and Transnational Market Participation Strategies: Different Approaches to Managing Cultural Variations

16. 16. Case Studies (To Be Determined – Integrated With Content) 

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 31, 2012, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of her or his proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors are expected to serve as reviewers for at least 2 submissions.

Publisher

This book is expected 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 published in 2013.

Important Dates

March 31, 2012 – Proposal Submission Deadline

April 30, 2012 – Notification of Acceptance

August 1, 2012 – Full Chapter Submissions Due

August 30, 2012 – Review Results Returned

October 30, 2012 – Revised Chapter Submission

November 15, 2012 – Final Acceptance Notifications

November 30, 2012 – Final Chapter Submission

January 15, 2013 – Final Deadline

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):

CTIOGB@gmail.com

Call for Papers: Structuring, managing and governing international collaborations

GLOBAL STRATEGY JOURNAL

Call for Papers on a Special Issue

 Structuring, managing and governing international collaborations 

Submission Due Date:  August 10, 2012 

Guest Editors:

• Farok Contractor, Rutgers University

• Jeffrey J. Reuer, Purdue University

 Background and Purpose:

Research on international collaborations has blossomed in the last two to three decades, as the phenomenon itself was spurred on by globalization and rapid technological advances.  Research on collaborative trends and motives quickly gave way to theoretically-driven and empirically-rigorous investigations of the determinants of multinational firms’ investments and boundaries as well as the factors that can facilitate or impede effective international collaborations.

The current popularity of research on international collaborations does not mean that this research domain is reaching maturity.  While it is true that considerable progress has been made on theory of international alliances, and there is no shortage of active scholarship in this domain, it is also clear that there remain many more questions and research opportunities than areas in which debates have been settled or consensus exists on how to structure, manage, or govern international collaborations.

 The purpose of this special issue is to provide a venue for scholarship to probe the under-researched aspects of international alliance strategy and management more deeply, catalyze new research on neglected topics of global collaborative strategy, and encourage novel research methodologies on international collaborations.  Research needs to delve much more deeply into issues of structure and process, governance and management, to understand the distinctive features and management challenges of this organizational form.  This research might also draw much more extensively upon other theoretical traditions, including psychology and political science.  We hope that this special issue will encourage research in directions such as these, provide an opportunity to take stock of this literature, and bring together together some of the interesting and insightful research currently being carried out on international collaborations.

Research Questions:

We hope to spur research contributions related to the structuring, management, and governance of international collaborations.  Contributions are welcome which bring new theory development to these topics, as are empirical contributions that primarily seek to test and extend theory in these domains.  The following are illustrative, rather than exhaustive, of the types of research questions that would fit well within the special issue’s domain:

•            How do international alliance processes (e.g., partner search, negotiations, and post-formation relationships between allies) relate to alliance structures and implementation?

•            How do firms govern international equity collaborations with boards of directors, other formal governance mechanisms or agreement provisions at their disposal?

•            How do firms design agreements, administrative structures and interfaces in non-equity alliances that span borders?

•            How do the ways firms structure, manage, and govern international alliances affect the value they create and capture?

•            What determines the share captured by each partner of the incremental value created by the global alliance?

•            How do various formal and informal governance mechanisms substitute or complement each other for international collaborations?

•            How do firms establish the micro-level foundations of global alliance management and governance (e.g., managerial incentives, staffing, teamwork, etc.)?

•            How do firms design and orchestrate international alliance portfolios?

•            How do firms structure and manage international networks?

•            How do cross-border alliance networks help develop industry standards, or how does the act of developing industry standards spur international alliances and cooperation in a sector?

•            In global offshoring, how do firms choose from arrangements ranging from fully-owned foreign subsidiaries, to arms-length contracting – with cooperative relations constituting an intermediate position?

•            How do agreement provisions or formulae for dividing the revenue and profit streams, or those relating to transfer pricing of items sold between partners influence subsequent behaviors or motivations of the partners once the alliance is operational?

•            What new research questions on international alliances might be tackled with underutilized research methods (e.g., simulations, experiments, formal analysis, multilevel modeling, etc.)?

Submission Instructions:

The deadline for submissions is August 10, 2012.  To learn more about Global Strategy Journal, including additional information on the submission process, please visit the Global Strategy Journal website at: 

http://gsj.strategicmanagement.net/

The Guest Editors are seeking reviewers for this special issue and are soliciting nominations as well as volunteers to participate in the reviews.  All submissions will be subject to the regular double-blind peer review process at GSJ.

More Information:

• To nominate a reviewer, volunteer to review, or obtain additional information, please contact the special issue editors:
• •            Farok Contractor, Rutgers University (farok@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
• •            Jeffrey Reuer, Purdue University (jreuer@purdue.edu)
•  
• •            Or, the Managing Editor of the GSJ, Lois Gast (lgast@wiley.com)

Call for Papers: Cultural Values and Entrepreneurial Activity

Call for papers

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Special Issue on: Cultural Values and Entrepreneurial Activity

• Guest Editors:
  Dr. Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest, Boise, USA; Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany (norris.krueger@gmail.com)
  Prof. Francisco Liñán, University of Seville, Spain (flinan@us.es), and
  Dr. Ghulam Nabi, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (G.Nabi@mmu.ac.uk)

  What is an “entrepreneurial culture”? (Is there actually such a thing?) What does it look like, what influences its presence or absence? How do we know, how do we measure it? Cultural issues deserve rigorous, imaginative investigation. And the editors are eager to encourage outstanding manuscripts that break new ground.

  The Central Question is: How do cultural values influence entrepreneurial activity? Conversely, how does entrepreneurial activity influence cultural values? Entrepreneurship scholars do not need experts like Granovetter (1983) to persuade us that entrepreneurial activity are irretrievably embedded in social and cultural norms and values. However, we have found rather quickly that understanding this co-embeddedness beyond a superficial level
  is challenging. The editors believe that accepting these challenges will move the field forward in important and likely in unexpected directions.

  Even though the definition of culture is still controversial (Boggs 2004), Inglehart (1997) defines it as the set of basic common values which contributes to shaping people’s behavior in a society. The notion of culture also includes patterns of thinking, feeling and acting, which are learned and shared by people living within the same social environment (Hofstede 1991, 2003). However, we recognize that “culture” has many facets, just as each of us lives in multiple groups with differing norms and values. Thus, culture cannot be equated to nation anymore. Multiculturalism and immigration are widespread characteristics of present-day societies, and different sub-cultures do exist within any given country (Davidsson and Wiklund 1997; Garcia-Cabrera and Garcia-Soto 2008; Levie 2007), interacting at different levels, such as industry or organizational levels (Fayolle, Basso and Bouchard 2010). Again, the objective is to broaden and deepen our understanding of what elements of ‘culture’ influence (or are influenced) by entrepreneurial activity.

  Differences in entrepreneurial activity among countries, and regions within those countries, are persistent and cannot be fully explained by institutional and economic variables (Davidsson and Wiklund 1997; Frederking 2004). A substantial part of these differences have been attributed to culture, which may influence entrepreneurship through two main mechanisms (Davidsson 1995). Firstly, a supportive culture would lead to social legitimation, making the entrepreneurial career more valued and socially recognized in that culture, thus creating a favourable institutional environment. Therefore, more people will try to start their ventures, irrespective of their personal beliefs and attitudes (Etzioni 1987). Secondly, a culture sharing more pro-entrepreneurial values and patterns of thinking would lead to more individuals showing psychological traits and attitudes consistent with entrepreneurship (Krueger 2000, 2003). Thus, more people will try to become entrepreneurs (McGrath et al. 1992; Mueller and Thomas 2001). In this sense, it has been suggested that a high perceived valuation of entrepreneurship in a society will lead to more positive attitudes and intentions by individuals (Krueger and Carsrud 1993; Liñán, Urbano, and Guerrero 2011). Alternatively, it has also been argued that it is “misfit” individuals who attempt to start a venture. That is, irrespective of the specific cultural characteristics of a country, people not sharing dominant cultural values -dissatisfied individuals- will attempt the entrepreneurial path (Hofstede et al. 2004).

  Either way, we ignore cultural and social influences at our peril. That also suggests fertile ground for exploring important research questions about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.

  It is clear that some socio-cultural practices, values and norms are more conducive to driving or inhibiting entrepreneurship. For example, historically in countries like the former Soviet Union or Singapore, socialist practices, or low tolerance of failure or risk-taking were not conducive to entrepreneurship (c.f., Henry, Hill, and Leitch, 2003). However, we need to dig deeper into ‘how’ and ‘why’ cultural practices, and underlying values and norms, matter in entrepreneurial action to more fully understand the complexities of the processes, without making cross-cultural or cross-national generalisations. Unique cultural, national, and institutional contexts present different practices in terms of opportunities and challenges for driving entrepreneurial action (Nabi and Liñán, 2011). This Special Issue therefore provides us with a vehicle to advance our understanding of value-driven behaviours.

  Past empirical research about the cultural influence on entrepreneurial behaviours (McGrath et al. 1992; Mueller and Thomas 2001; Wennekers et al. 2005) has often used Hofstede’s (1980) four dimensions of national culture. Significant differences depending on the national culture have been found in entrepreneurial cognitions (Mitchell et al. 2002a; Mitchell et al. 2002b; Liñán and Chen 2009). Nevertheless, this characterization of cultures has been criticised (Tang and Koveos, 2008). Its usefulness may be limited, since these dimensions may be too broad and general. Therefore, papers testing other different frameworks, such as those of Schwartz (1999, 2004), Triandis (1995) or Inglehart (1997), are especially welcome.

  Many additional unanswered questions remain, due to the difficulties in understanding, defining and measuring culture in its different forms. Ethnic minorities have often been found to present high entrepreneurial rates (Vinogradov and Kolvereid 2007). The interplay between wider societal culture, group-level and individual-level values is, however, far from clear (Basu and Altinay 2002). Therefore, we seek proposals that may contribute to a broader understanding of the many different roles culture plays in shaping entrepreneurial activity.

  Both empirical (quantitative and qualitative) and conceptual paper proposals are welcome.

  This Special Issue includes, but it is definitely not limited, to the following themes:
  • How to best measure cultural values relevant to entrepreneurship
  • The role of cultural values in explaining start-up activities
  • Shared cultural codes as reducing uncertainty
  • Ethnic minorities as sub-cultures that may/may not favour entrepreneurial activity
  • Cultural values versus individual values, how do they interact?
  • The impact of cultural values on entrepreneurial intent and motivation across the economic cycle.
  • Cultural aspects of different countries that facilitate/hinder start-up activity, for example what aspects induce or reduce fear of failure?
  • What are the cultural triggers and barriers to developing favourable entrepreneurial cultures?
  • How do cultural values influence social norms, e.g., as associated with entrepreneurial intentions?
  • What differs between otherwise similar regions that differ in entrepreneurial culture/climate? (Do more entrepreneurial communities induce changes in cultural and social norms and values?)

  The editors intend to make this Special Issue of significant value to relevant entrepreneurial stakeholders. We all benefit from a clearer understanding of the ways in which culture shapes entrepreneurial activity, but it will contribute meaningfully to devising newer and improved measures and approaches by policy makers and government officials to promote a higher entrepreneurial culture in their country/region. Similarly, entrepreneurship education and training programmes could benefit from this new knowledge by making explicit the values associated with entrepreneurship. At the same time, specific value transmission and value-transformation activities may be designed and incorporated into training programmes. Overall, the entrepreneurship and regional science research communities would benefit from advancement in the knowledge frontier within these fields.

  Please join us in exploring this fascinating topic!

  Format guidelines: Abstracts and submissions must be prepared in line with the journal guidelines for authors:
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/tepnauth.asp.

  Timetable
  The Special Issue is scheduled to be published in 2014. The following timetable/deadline
  dates are given for your information:
  1. Submission of full papers – by 31 October 2012, preferably earlier. Early communication of intent (sending abstract) by prospective authors is desirable.
  2. Feedback from reviewers – by 28 February 2013
  3. Final revised submission – by 30 June 2013.

  Please feel free to contact the Guest Editors if you have any queries about the Special Issue.
  If you have any colleagues who you feel may be interested in submitting an article, please feel free to forward this Call to them.

  References
  Basu, A. and A. Eser. 2002. The Interaction Between Culture and Entrepreneurship in London’s Immigrant Business. International Small Business Journal 20, no. 4: 371-393.
  Boggs, J.P. 2004. The culture concept as theory, in context. Current Anthropology 45, no. 2: 187-209.
  Davidsson, P. 1995. Culture, structure and regional levels of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 7, no. 1: 41-62.
  Davidsson, P. and J. Wiklund. 1997. Values, beliefs and regional variations in new firm formation rates. Journal of Economic Psychology 18, no. 2-3: 179-199.
  Etzioni, A. 1987. Entrepreneurship, adaptation and legitimation: a macro-behavioral perspective. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 8, no. 2: 175-189.
  Fayolle A., O. Basso and V. Bouchard. 2010. Three levels of culture and firms’ entrepreneurial orientation: A research agenda. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 22, no. 7-8: 707-730.
  Frederking, L.C. 2004. A cross-national study of culture, organization and entrepreneurship in three neighbourhoods. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 16, no. 3: 197-215.
  Garcia-Cabrera, A.M. and M.G.. Garcia-Soto. 2008. Cultural differences and entrepreneurial behaviour: an intra-country cross-cultural analysis in Cape Verde. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 20, no. 5: 451-483.
  Granovetter, M. 1983. The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited. Sociological Theory, 1, 201-233.
  Henry, C., F. Hill, and C. Leitch. 2003. Entrepreneurship education and training. Aldershot: Ashgate.
  Hofstede, G. 1980. Culture’s consequences: international differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
  Hofstede, G. 1991. Cultures and organizations: software of the mind. London: McGraw-Hill.
  Hofstede, G. 2003. Culture’s consequences: comparing values, behaviors, institutions and organizations across nations, 2nd ed. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
  Hofstede, G., N. Noorderhaven, A.R. Thurik, L. M. Uhlaner, A.R.M. Wennekers, and R.E. Wildeman. 2004. Culture’s role in entrepreneurship: self-employment out of dissatisfaction. In Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture, eds. T. E. Brown and J. M. Ulijn, 162-203. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  Inglehart, R. 1997. Modernization and Postmodernization. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  Krueger, N.F. 2000. The cognitive infrastructure of opportunity emergence. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 24, no. 3: 5-23.
  Krueger, N.F. 2003. The cognitive psychology of entrepreneurship. In Handbook of entrepreneurship research: An interdisciplinary survey and introduction, eds. Z. J. Acs and D. B. Audretsch, 105-140. London: Kluwer.
  Krueger, N.F. and A.L. Carsrud. 1993. Entrepreneurial intentions: applying the theory of planned behavior. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 5, no. 4: 315-330.
  Levie, J. 2007. Immigration, in-migration, ethnicity and entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. Small Business Economics 28, no. 2-3: 143-169.
  Liñán, F. and Y.W. Chen. 2009. Development and cross-cultural application of a specific instrument to measure entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 33, no. 3: 593-617.
  Liñán, F., D. Urbano, and M. Guerrero. 2011. Regional variations in entrepreneurial cognitions: Start-up intentions of university students in Spain. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 23, no. 3-4: 187-215.
  Nabi, G and F. Liñán. 2011. Graduate entrepreneurship in the developing world: intentions, education and development. Education + Training, 53, no. 5: 325-334.
  McGrath, R.G., I.C. MacMillan, E.A. Yang, and W. Tsai. 1992. Does Culture Endure, or Is It Malleable – Issues for Entrepreneurial Economic-Development. Journal of Business Venturing 7, no. 6: 441-458.
  Mitchell, R. K., L. Busenitz, T. Lant, P.P. Mcdougall, E.A. Morse, and J. B. Smith. 2002a. Toward a theory of entrepreneurial cognition: Rethinking the people side of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 27, no. 2: 93-104.
  Mitchell, R.K., J.B. Smith, E.A. Morse, K.W. Seawright, A.M. Paredo, and B. Mckenzie. 2002b. Are Entrepreneurial Cognitions universal? Assessing Entrepreneurial Cognitions across Cultures. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 26, no. 4: 9-32.
  Mueller, S.L. and A.S. Thomas. 2001. Culture and entrepreneurial potential: A nine country study of locus of control and innovativeness. Journal of Business Venturing 16, no. 1: 51-75.
  Schwartz, S.H. 1999. Cultural value differences: some implications for work. Applied Psychology: An International Review 48, no. 1: 23-47.
  Schwartz, S.H. 2004. Mapping and Interpreting Cultural Differences around the World. In Comparing Cultures, Dimensions of Culture in a Comparative Perspective, eds. H. Vinken, J. Soeters and P Ester, 43-73. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
  Tang, L., and P.E. Koveos. 2008. A framework to update Hofstede’s cultural value indices: Economic dynamics and institutional stability. Journal of International Business Studies, 39, no. 6, 1045-1063.
  Triandis, H.C. 1995. Individualism & collectivism. Boulder, CO; Oxford: Westview.
  Vinogradov, E., and L. Kolvereid. 2007. Cultural background, human capital and selfemployment rates among immigrants in Norway. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 19, no. 4: 359-376.
  Wennekers, A.R.M., A. van Stel, A.R. Thurik, and P.D. Reynolds. 2005. Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development. Small Business Economics 24, no. 3: 293-309.

Call for Papers: “Firm Heterogeneity, Trade and FDI: Bridging international economics and international business”

Call for Papers

Review of World Economics

“Firm Heterogeneity, Trade and FDI: Bridging international economics and international business”

Guest editors:

• Sjoerd Beugelsdijk (University of Groningen, NL)
• Bruce Blonigen (University of Oregon, USA)
• Alan Rugman (Henley Business School, UK)
• Roger Smeets (University of Amsterdam, NL)

Despite their shared historical roots, international economics (IE) and international business (IB) have developed as two distinct fields of study. While economists directed their efforts at formalizing the workings of international trade and investment at the macroeconomic level, business scholars attempted to open the black box of the (multinational) enterprise, relying more on conceptual narratives than mathematical tools.

With the advent of new trade theory (Helpman and Krugman, 1987), the firm was re-introduced as the object of interest in international economics. The recent advancement of the heterogeneous firm in formal models of (“new new”) international trade (Melitz, 2003) has further spawned an unprecedented amount of theoretical and empirical microeconomic research in international economics (Greenaway and Kneller, 2007). Hence, after fifty years of co-existence, the potential for spillovers between IE and IB has increased significantly.

The purpose of this special issue is to explore ways in which empirical research in IE and IB can inform and reinforce each other. In many cases, mutual unawareness of existing themes, models, methodologies and jargon, makes effective integration of both streams difficult. In an era of globalization with such a crucial role for multinationals, and the need for scholars to explain contemporary global developments, a more effective model of knowledge development is key. We believe that increased understanding in and of both IE and IB will advance our knowledge of firm-level trade and investment behavior beyond the levels that can be achieved if these streams keep developing in relative isolation.

This special issue seeks to integrate insights from IB and IE. A number of (non-exhaustive) illustrative examples of topics where IE and IB either share unexploited overlap and synergies, or could benefit from each other’s conceptual and methodological insights are the following:

• The sources of firm heterogeneity

. Most international economists limit their theoretical and empirical conceptualization of firm heterogeneity to differences in (labour or total factor) productivity. IB scholars on the other hand have provided more diverse sources of firm heterogeneity, for example in theories of strategy and economic organization based on firm-specific resources (e.g. Hennart, 2009). (How) can these alternative sources of firm heterogeneity be incorporated in microeconometric models of international trade and investment, and what are their implications for trade and investment performance?

• Behavioural theories of internationalization

. Already in the 1970s, IB scholars recognized that firms tend to follow specific paths of internationalization which tend to defy rational cost and benefit calculations. In particular, cumulative learning experience and psychic distance between home and host countries are important explanatory factors in this regard. More recently, economists have also started to document and model similar strategies of sequential exporting. What can the established IB literature (e.g. Johanson and Vahlne, 2009) in this field add to the new developments in IE?

• The impact of the liability of foreignness

. Ever since the inception of their field, IB scholars have put the liability of foreignness at the center of theories on trade and Foreign Direct Investment (e.g. Hymer, 1976; Zaheer & Mozakovski, 1997). This liability bears resemblance to the notion of fixed export and investment costs in IE heterogeneous firms models, which empirically have been related to the extensive (rather than the intensive) margin of trade and investment (e.g. Helpman et al., 2008). Such a distinction is rarely made in IB studies. (How) can the different notions underlying the liability of foreignness be incorporated more systematically in studies on the extensive and intensive margins of trade?

• Firm heterogeneity and the impact of FDI

. IB scholars have traditionally been more concerned with the determinants and organization of FDI, whereas IE scholars have worried more about the impact of FDI via spillovers or wages (Meyer, 2004). It seems natural to assume that FDI which is differently motivated or organized will also yield different impacts on the host-country environment. Can these two literatures be linked to lead to more nuanced and richer empirical predictions on the contingencies of the impact of FDI?

• Global value chain fragmentation

. Both IE and IB scholars agree on the increased relevance of offshoring and outsourcing. Whereas IB scholars have used survey based evidence suggesting a move from manufacturing to increased offshoring of knowledge-based activities (blue collar to white collar offshoring), IE scholars refer to a similar phenomenon as increased trade in tasks (Grossman and Rossi-Hansberg, 2008). One crucial issue concerns the relation between the two observations; how does the trade in tasks discussion relate to the offshoring discussion in IB? What overall picture emerges when putting the two observations together?

Sjoerd BeugelsdijkProfessor, Chair International Business Department Global Economics and Management University of Groningen The Netherlands

Planning and submission procedure

The deadline for submission is August 31, 2012. Submissions can be sent to Roger Smeets (r.smeets@uva.nl).

References:

• Greenaway, D. and Kneller, R. 2007. Firm heterogeneity, exporting, and Foreign Direct Investment. The Economic Journal 117(517): F134-F161.
• Grossman, G.M. and Rossi-Hansberg, E. 2008. Trading tasks: A simple theory of offshoring. American Economic Review 98(5): 1978-1997.
• Helpman, E. and Krugman, P.R. 1987. Market Structure and Foreign Trade. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
• Helpman, E., Melitz, M. and Rubinstein, Y. 2008. Estimating trade flows: Trading partners and trading volumes. Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(2): 441-487.
• Hennart, J.F. 2009. Down with MNE centric theories! Market entry and expansion as the bundling of MNE and local assets, Journal of International Business Studies40(9): 1432-1454.
• Hymer, S.H. 1976. The international operations of national firms: A study of foreign direct investment. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
• Johanson, J. and Vahlne, J.E. 2009. The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership, Journal of International Business Studies 40(9): 1411-1431.
• Melitz, M. 2003. The impact of trade on intra-industry reallocations and aggregate industry productivity. Econometrica 71(6): 1695-1725.
• Meyer, K.E. 2004. Perspectives on multinational enterprises in emerging economies. Journal of International Business Studies 35(4): 259-276.
• Zaheer, S., and Mosakowski, E. 1997. The dynamics of the liability of foreignness: a global study of survival in financial services, Strategic Management Journal 18(6): 439-464.

–

Call for Book Chapter Contributors: International Business, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility

Dr. Liam Leonard, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland (liam_leonard@yahoo.com)
Prof. Dr. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia (mgonza40@eafit.edu.co )

Call for papers: International Journal of Business and Commerce

Call for Papers (International Journal of Business and Commerce)

(ISSN 2225-2436)

Dear Researcher,

The International Journal of Business and Commerce is a double blind-refereed monthly and open-access journal that publishes empirical, conceptual and review papers of exceptional quality that contribute to and enrich Business and Commerce thinking and practices & is indexed with the following Data Bases.

ü EBSCO Host

ü Cabell’s Directories Database

ü Ulrich’s journal Database

ü Index Copernicus

ü Open J-Gate

ü Contemporary Science Association

ü New Jour (Electronic Journals & Newsletters)

ü Scirus

ü Universe Digital Library

ü Electronic Journals Library

And also applied in many others reputable databases like Scopus, Standard Periodical Directory. IJBC will soon be listed in all of them.

Emphasis is given to papers that address controversial topics and which have a sound theoretical base and/or practical applications. All papers submitted should be original contributions and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

We have listed the topics that fall under the very scope of the journal for the ease of our authors:

Research Areas:

Accounting for Decision Making, Financial Reporting, Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economic & Business Analysis, Financial Management,  Business Law, Computer-based Information System, Principles of Management, Marketing, Auditing and Public Practice, External Reporting Issues, Accounting for Corporate Structures, Managerial Costing and Control, Advanced Management Accounting, Corporate Law, Income Tax Law, Business Information Systems, Systems Analysis and Design, Data and Information Management, Database Management Systems in Business, Management Information Systems, Financial Institutions, Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Investment and Portfolio Management, International Finance, Banking and Lending Decisions, Derivatives, Risk Management, Electronic Commerce, Capital Markets, Empirical Finance, Asset Pricing, Contemporary Issues in Commerce Research, Accounting reforms, Bait and switch, Black market, Collectivism,Conservation movement, Consumerism,Corporate accountability, corporate crime,Creative accounting, Eco-capitalist,Environmental ethics, Environmental finance,Ethical implications in contracts, Ethical investing, Ethical purchasing, Externality, Fair trade, Free-market environmentalism,Franchise fraud, Green economics, Global debt, Income inequality metrics, Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve, Theil index, Robin Hood index, Poverty line, Governance,Individualism, Islamic economics, Law and economics, Marxist economics, Monetary reform, Moral purchasing, Persuasion technology, Philosophy of accounting,Political choice theory, Poverty, Absolute poverty, Relative poverty, Price discrimination, Prisoner’s dilemma, Product churning, Public relations, Seven-generation sustainability, Sexual harassment, Office romance, Slow company, Social cost, Social responsibility, Stakeholder theory,Sustainable development, Triple bottom line,Wealth, Working week, UN Global Compact,UN Human Development Index, Uneconomic growth, Value of Earth, Value of life, Personal information management, Personal knowledge management, Stress management, Time management, Administration, Agile management, Change management, Conflict management, Conflict resolution, Constraint management, Theory of Constraints, Focused improvement, Cost management, Crisis management, Critical management studies (CMS), Customer relationship management, Design management, Earned value management,Human interaction management, Integration management, Interim Management,Knowledge management, Logistics management, Operations management,Organization development, Perception management, Planning, Process management, Program management, Project management, Quality management,Requirements management, Resource management, Risk management, Skills management, Spend management, Strategic management, Strategic planning,Communication management, Engineering management, Enterprise content management, Financial management,Human resource management, Information technology management, Marketing management, Procurement, Product management, Supply chain management,Association management, Educational management, Land management, Public administration, Talent management, Analysis paralysis, Balanced scorecard,Benchmarking, Business operations,Business process, Business intelligence,Market research, Industrial espionage,Environmental scanning, Competitor analysis, Reverse engineering, Business plan, Centralization, Corporate image,Corporate governance, Corporation, Cross ownership, Critical success factor, Cultural intelligence, Decentralization, Innovation,Leadership, Management by objectives,Manufacturing, Non-profit organization,Operations research, PERT, Poison pill.

Kindly submit us your manuscripts by attaching them into e-mails and send toeditor@ijbcnet.com

We normally take a week for getting an article reviewed. We charge USD 150 for an article to be published in International Journal of Business and Commerce.

Before submitting the articles, you need to make sure that you have gone through our “Submission Guide”

All correspondence regarding your manuscripts will be handled viaeditor@ijbcnet.com

To make sure that you can receive messages/ e-mails from us, please add “ijbcnet.com” domain to your e-mail ‘safe list’. If you do not receive e-mail in inbox, check your “Junk Mail” or “Bulk Mail” folders

Truly yours,

K.S Najmi

Chief Editor

International Journal of Business and Commerce (IJBC)

www.ijbcnet.com

Call for conference papers: Quo Vadis? Navigating the Stormy Business Environment

Quo Vadis? Navigating the Stormy Business Environment

Global Business Research Symposium

The 7^th Annual Conference, Rome, Italy

June 13-15, 2012

Venue: St. John’s University, Via Marcantonio Colonna, 21A, 00192, Rome, Italy

Deadlines:   Abstracts or full paper submission: February 15, 2012,

Full Paper and Registration: April 15, 2012

Theoretical, applied and empirical papers, as well as case studies in all areas of business and economics, including Accounting,  Finance, Banking, Management, Marketing, Business Law, Ethics, Statistics, Technology, Emerging Markets, and Ph.D Dissertations are invited for the international symposium organized by the Financial Services Institute and the Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, New York, USA. Completed papers before the February 15, 2012 deadline will be considered for publication (at no cost) in Review of Business, Journal of Business Forecasting and Journal of Emerging Markets, subject to compliance with the Editorial Policy of the respective journal.

• All papers and presentations are blind reviewed
• Accepted papers will be published in the Refereed Conference Proceedings
• The Five best papers will be published in the journal ‘Review of Business’
• Those who are interested in organizing special sessions, being a reviewer, or having your institution join us as a symposium co-sponsor, please get in touch with the Program Chair.

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: Ms. FRAN VROULIS; vroulisf@stjohns.edu;   fax: 718 990-1868

St. Johns’ University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica NY, 11439 USA

Conference Fees (in US$):

• Presenting single paper                                                                      $450
• Presenting  a second paper add                                                       $100
• All other guests and participants                                                      $300
• Joining to discuss two papers (no presentation)                            $250
• All designated discussants will receive $100 discount.  If interested, please let us know via e-mail.
• Fees Include Registration Reception and two meals. Fees do not include travel or lodging but we will recommend some nearby hotels.

I. Hilmi Elifoglu, Program Chair/Editor  elifogli@stjohns.edu.

Igor Tomic, Director, Financial Services Institute  tomici@stjohns.edu

Ivan Abel , Editor abeli@stjohns.edu and

Michael Tasto, Editor  miketasto@gmail.com

How to Submit a Paper

1. Please send your abstract or full paper to Mrs. Fran Vroulis via vroulisf@stjohns.edu

2. The deadline for the submission of abstracts or full papers is February 15, 2012.

3. Submitted papers must NOT have been previously presented, published, or accepted for publication.

4. To facilitate the blind peer-review process, remove ALL authors identifying information, including acknowledgements, from the document’s text.

5. Title page should include: manuscript title, author(s) name, title, institution, address, telephone number, e-mail address, acknowledgment, and financial disclosure, if applicable.

6. The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, etc.) must be in ONE document created in MS Word format.

7 Figures, tables and charts should be placed in the body of the paper- not at the end of the paper.

8. The paper should not exceed 16 pages single space including ALL tables, appendices and references.

9. Use Times New Roman 12-point font, single spaced, and 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin all around.

10. DO NOT use footnotes

11. DO NOT number the pages of the paper.

12. In case of acceptance, the author or one of the co-authors must be available to present the paper at the conference.

13. All registration fees and a complete paper must be received by us by April 15.

Website under construction

Posted on behalf of FSI

Ivan Abel Ph.D.

St. John’s University

Department of Marketing

8000 Utopia Parkway

Jamaica, NY 11439

USA

abeli@stjohns.edu

Call for conference papers: 2012 International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies

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.

All submissions are reviewed by the track chairs, program committee, and  selected reviewers.  All reviews are double blind. The editorial board  will make the final determination as to whether the accepted papers are  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).

All AGMS journals and proceedings are refereed and registered with the  Library of Congress (IJGMS – ISSN: 1945-3876 print copy and ISSN: 1945- 3884 online; IJGMSP – ISSN: 1945-385X print copy and ISSN: 1945-3868  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  (limited to 25 double-spaced pages). Authors of accepted conference papers  will be notified on a rolling acceptance basis, and last day for accepted  paper notification is January 20, 2012.

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: January 15, 2012

Conference acceptance notification: Rolling acceptance until January 20,  2012

Final version due: January 20, 2012

IJGMS and IJGMSP Journal notification: Rolling acceptance

For more information, style guidelines about journals, and conference  registration fee, visit the AGMS website at www.association-gms.org, www.ijgms.org and www.ijgmsq.org

Call for conference papers: The Tilburg Conference on Innovation: Recombining Innovation Research

Call for Papers

The Tilburg Conference on Innovation: Recombining Innovation Research

June 15-17, 2012

Center for Innovation Research (CIR)

Tilburg University

The Netherlands

Innovation is a highly complex process in which managers juggle technical, organizational,

economic, social, and psychological aspects, each having distinct effects on innovation

inputs, processes, and outcomes. All these aspects are contingent on time and space and

affect the innovation process and outcomes at multiple levels. Due to this diversity of factors

and contingencies the field of innovation research is populated by scholars from many

disciplines studying a wide range of questions. While this richness is an asset, it can also

result in fragmentation and losing “the big picture” about how innovation unfolds in and

around organizations. Together, we will aim to build bridges between the various subfields,

topics and disciplines, with quality of research being the predominant goal.

Following the highly successful conference held in 2010, the second international conference

of the Center for Innovation Research at Tilburg University will bring together exemplary

scholars who study how innovation relates with the strategy, organization, learning and

performance of corporate and other entities. We are open to a variety of theoretical

perspectives and welcome papers that incorporate various levels that can affect innovation

– e.g. nations, sectors, networks, clusters, single organizations, business units, teams or

individuals – as long as the papers recognize and contribute to the understanding of

innovation as an organizational phenomenon. We are looking mainly for empirical papers,

but strong, forward-looking theoretical contributions are also welcome. Please join us for

two days of intensive discussion and dialogue in the lush atmosphere of “De Rosep” resort.

The conference will take place at the Rosep Resort that also offers ample possibility for

accommodation. We encourage all conference participants to stay at the conference venue

due to co-location benefits and scarcity of alternative hotels nearby. An added attraction of

the conference is the opportunity to visit the southern Netherlands in spring and sample the

best local beers Belgium and the Netherlands have to offer. For all conference information,

see the conference website:

www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/cir/conferences/june2012

Confirmed speakers/special guests include:

Dan Levinthal,  Will Mitchell, Andrew van de Ven, Joe Lampel

Submission process:

Please submit a full paper to cir@uvt.nl by February 15, 2012.

The authors of selected papers will be notified by March 30, 2012.