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SME – ENTREPRENEURSHIP GLOBAL CONFERENCE 2008
“Creating Sustainable Entrepreneurship Eco-system and High Performance SMEs”

3-4 July 2008
Melbourne, Australia

Organizers

School Of Business, Monash University Malaysia And
Family and Small Business Research Unit, Monash University Gippsland

Overview

The role of small businesses is crucial. In many economies they contribute significantly to job creation, and export of goods and services. Their importance has precipitated a growing interest by academics, researchers and policy makers to find ways to create resilient, viable and sustainable ventures. High performance of SMEs is critical to achieving this objective. That is, high performance in terms of human resources, supply chain management, technology and innovation, environmental management and a range of other factors.

This conference seeks to contribute to this effort in the following ways: (1) to stimulate discussion on ways to make the sector more viable and sustainable, as well as to identify future research directions in the area; (2) to serve as forum for entrepreneurs, managers, academics and researchers to meet and share information, knowledge and experience; and (3) to promote networking and collaboration between practitioners and academics.

Paper Contribution

Submissions in the form of case study, conceptual, empirical and practitioner papers are invited in the following areas (but not limited to these):

• Small Business and Globalization
• Competitiveness and Sustainability
• Small Business Education and Training
• Networking
• Human Capital Management
• Leadership
• Succession Planning
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management
• Micro and Interest Free Finance
• Technology and Innovation
• Internationalization
• Operation Strategy
• Ethics
• Cross-cultural Issues
• Small Businesses and Nation Building
• Environmental Management
• Gender Issues
• Small Business Research
• Intrapreneur,Technopreneur, Cyberpreneur
• Growth Management
• Business to Business

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of paper 1 Mar 2008
Full paper submission 25 May 2008
Conference 3-4 July 2008

Submission of Papers

Abstract should not be more than 250 words. Full papers should not exceed 20 A4 pages (double spacing). Papers should be in 12 Font size, Times New Roman and in Microsoft word format. Full papers should be submitted before the deadline for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings. All submissions are taken to be an original work and have not published or accepted elsewhere. To be published in the proceeding, at least one author must register and present the paper at the conference. The maximum number of submissions per registered author is 2. The official language for both submission and presentation is English. All submissions are subject to a blind review process.

Please make submissions by e-mail attachment to:

smeconf2008@buseco.monash.edu.au

Conference Co-chair

Nelson Oly Ndubisi
School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
#2 Jalan Kolej, Bandar Sunway
46150, P.J., Selangor, Malaysia
Phone: 603-56360600 Ext 3340
Fax: 603-58804358
E-mail: nelson.ndubisi@buseco.monash.edu.my

Associate Professor Dr Donna Buttigieg
Department of Management
Monash University Gippsland Campus Churchill, Vic 3842 Australia
Phone: (613) 9902 6614
Fax: (613) 9902 7154
E-mail: donna.buttigieg@buseco.monash.edu.au

Conference Secretariat

Ms Lian Ping Chen
School of Business and Economics
Monash University Gippsland Campus Churchill, Vic 3842 Australia
Tel: 03 5122 6158
Fax: 03 9902 6524
Email: Lianping.Chen@buseco.monash.edu.au

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