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The Social Situatedness of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (Date: 09-05-2008)
An ESRC funded seminar on The Social Situatedness of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Local economic development in an era of peak oil and climate change is to be held on June 5th, 2008, in the Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool. Speakers include Rob Blackburn (Kingston), Denise Fletcher (Sheffield), Sue Baine (Manchester Metropolitan) and Andre Spicer (Warwick), who will provoke thought and discussion in this field. A limited number of bursaries are available for research students and contract researchers.
For details visit: www.liv.ac.uk/geography/seminars/ESRC-funded_seminar_series.htm or email Alan Southern: Alan.Southern@liverpool.ac.uk
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SEEDA - Wake up to Enterprise (Date: 06-05-2008)
SEEDA have announced the fifth edition of the Wake up to Enterprise publications for Universities, and the introduction of two further publications; Wake up to Enterprise for Schools and Wake up to Enterprise for Further Education. Showcasing good practice across the education system in the South East, this series of three publications comprises a selection of exciting and innovative case studies where institutions are engaging students and staff in enterprise. The Schools and Further Education editions also include a copy of The Mark magazine, targeting young people directly, and complimenting our aim of raising awareness with as broad an audience as possible. The publications are available on SEEDA’s website: www.seeda.co.uk/Publications
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Queen’s Award for ISBE’s conference organiser - Brian Dunsby (Date: 24-04-2008)
Brian Dunsby, who as many will know has organised ISBE’s annual conferences since 2004, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion. This is the fourth year of these awards for individuals who have played an outstanding and significant role in promoting the growth of business enterprise and entrepreneurial skills and attitudes in others. For more information on the awards and this year’s winners, visit the website at www.queensawards.org.uk
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Call for Papers - special issue of New Technology, Work and Employment (Date: 24-04-2008)
A special issue of the ISI ranked journal - New Technology, Work and Employment - on ‘Building the Science and Innovation Base: Work, Skills and Employment Issues’ is due to be published in Autumn 2009. Guest editors Professor Pooran Wynarczyk (Newcastle University Business School) and Professor Rowena Barrett (Leicester Business School, De Montfort University), are calling for papers that deal with issues around work, employment, skills, supply and demand for the scientific workforce, and management strategies involved in building a science and innovation base. Governments (here in the UK and abroad) are increasingly becoming aware of the need to develop and maintain the supply of scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians (STEM), seeing their availability and skills as vital to national and regional research and development, technological advance and innovation potential and capacity. Papers are invited that explore the implications of such policies for the acquisition, management and maintenance of scientific labour, as well as the development, role and contribution of innovation and scientific-based firms in the economy.
Deadline for papers is 30 April 2009.
Guidelines for authors can be found at the link below, and manuscripts to be submitted to either of the guest editors (pooran.wynarczyk@newcastle.ac.uk or rbarrett@dmu.ac.uk).
Read More...: www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0268-1072&site=1


New issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development (Date: 17-04-2008)
The latest issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal - Volume 20 Issue 3 - contains the following articles:
Developing regional communities of practice by network reflection: the case of the Norwegian electronics industry - Anne Haugen Gausdal
Attracting cross-border venture capital: the role of a local investor - Markus M. Mäkelä; Markku V. J. Maula
Is regional innovation system development possible in peripheral regions? Some evidence from the case of La Pocatière, Canada - David Doloreux; Steve Dionne
The language of social entrepreneurs - Caroline Parkinson; Carole Howorth
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New issue of Venture Capital (Date: 16-04-2008)
Volume 10 Issue 2 of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance contains the following articles:
Private equity and venture capital in an emerging economy: evidence from Brazil - Leonardo de Lima Ribeiro; Antonio Gledson de Carvalho
Business angels and value added: what do we know and where do we go? Diamanto Politis
Do business angel networks deliver value to business angels? - Dodo Zu Knyphausen-Aufseß; Rouven Westphal
Banks' risk assessment of Swedish SMEs - Volker Bruns; Margaret Fletcher
Reviewers for Venture Capital in 2005 and 2006
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Small business and entrepreneurship journals are raising their quality (Date: 11-04-2008)
The second edition of the UK’s ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide can be viewed on the Association of Business Schools (ABS) website at http://www.the-abs.org.uk/?id=257
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Barclays launches search for UK’s inspirational business heroes (Date: 10-04-2008)
The 2008 Barclays Trading Places Awards are annual Awards which honour those who have overcome adversity in some way to set up their own business. The government backed Awards, presented in association with The Prince’s Trust, feature practical examples of people who have taken control of their lives by deciding to go it alone. The Awards are open to everyone who has been trading for a minimum of three months and a maximum of three years, with an annual turnover of less than £1 million. Entries by May 30th. Nomination leaflets are available by calling 0800 085 3203 or visiting www.barclays.co.uk/tradingplaces. The Awards Dinner takes place in London on October 7th.
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Call for Papers - ‘Community-Based, Social & Societal Entrepreneurship (Date: 08-04-2008)
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal - Call for Papers for special issue on ‘Community-Based, Social & Societal Entrepreneurship’ – deadline December 31, 2008 (full paper). Guest Editors are Leo-Paul Dana (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Isabell M. Welpe (Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Germany/ Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany); Vanessa Ratten (Duquesne University, United States); and Mary Han (Ryerson University, Canada).
For more information please contact any of the special issue editors (leo.dana@canterbury.ac.nz, welpe@econ.mpg.de, mhan@ryerson.ca, rattenv@duq.edu).
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The Prowess Awards - 2008 closing date for nominations 11th April (Date: 03-04-2008)
The closing date for receipt of nominations for the Prowess Awards is Friday 11th April. There are 10 different award categories this year reflecting the range of support and inspiration that is driving women’s enterprise in the UK.
It could be an inspirational business woman, a client, a piece of research or an article you read which reminded you just why you do what you do. It could be an outstanding member of your team or someone else you work with who is a credit to all of us who work in business support, either as advisers, mentors or innovators.
The nomination process is easy, visit www.prowess.org.uk/awards/aboutawards.asp to find out more and download a nomination form. Winners wlll be announced at the Prowess Awards ceremony and lunch on 6th June at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham.
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Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2008 (Date: 19-03-2008)
The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) is to sponsor the Times Higher Entrepreneurial University of the Year Award in 2008. The Award will recognise institutions that have embedded innovation and entrepreneurial activity into the fabric of their institution to the extent that their environment and culture not only fosters enterprising thinking amongst all members of its community but also delivers significant entrepreneurial impact at regional, national and international levels. The criteria for the Award will focus on four main areas: Institutional Environment, Student Engagement, Innovative and Entrepreneurial Staff, and Entrepreneurial Impact. Entrants should identify their principal achievement between 1 July 2007 and 12 June 2008, and summarise in no more than 500 words what they were trying to achieve, how they set about achieving it and how and if their goals were met. Shortlisted candidates will be given the opportunity to explain why they deserve this prize to an editorial fact-finding team, which will visit their institution on behalf of the judges. All entries to be submitted online on The Times Higher website (link below) by 12 June 2008.
Read More...: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=225&pubCode=1


Latest issue of ISBJ: 1 April 2008 (Date: 18-03-2008)
The latest issue of International Small Business Journal, 1 April 2008; Vol. 26, No. 2, contains the following:
Do SMEs do Knowledge Management?: Or Simply Manage what they Know? - Vicky Hutchinson and Paul Quintas
Succession Planning in Family-owned Businesses: Evidence from Turkey - Ekrem Tatoglu, Veysel Kula, and Keith W. Glaister
Regulating the 'Animal Spirits' of Entrepreneurs?: Skills Development in South African Small and Medium Enterprises - Philip Hirschsohn
UK Export Performance Research: Review and Implications - Colin Wheeler, Kevin Ibeh, and Pavlos Dimitratos
Book Review: Bjorn Bjerke - Understanding Entrepreneurship. Maria Aggestam
Book Review: Alan L. Carsrud and Malin E. Brannback - Entrepreneurship. Carlos Albornoz and Brad Shuck
Book Review: F. Perrini (ed.) - The New Social Entrepreneurship: What Awaits Social Entrepreneurship Ventures? Alex Nicholls
Book Review: Alvaro Cuervo, Domingo Ribeiro and Salvador Roig (eds) - Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Theory and Perspectives. Paul Westhead
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Enterprise White Paper - encouraging initiatives says BCC (Date: 13-03-2008)
Commenting on the publication on 12 March of the Enterprise White Paper, Sally Low, Director of Policy and External Affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:
‘It was essential that we saw some positive measures designed to encourage enterprise and business growth today and the White Paper contains many encouraging initiatives.
'The Government has made some strong commitments: to introduce regulatory budgets; to hasten regulatory culture change by firmly embedding the ‘think small first’ principle into government policy and to increase investment to boost access to finance, which could help growing, ambitious firms to become bigger and better. We also welcome initiatives designed to increase the level of enterprise education in our schools and colleges. Sowing the seeds for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business people is absolutely essential for long term economic success.’
Source: British Chambers of Commerce Press Release 12/3/08
Read More...: www.britishchambers.org.uk


Global Student Entrepreneurs Award Open for Nominations (Date: 04-03-2008)
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards program honors the top undergraduate and graduate student entrepreneurs through cash prizes, mentorship, donated services and access to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization events and activities. This year's prize package exceeds $100,000, and last year the program generated 750 nominations with 23 finalists from 6 countries. Student entrepreneurs may be nominated by going to http://www.gsea.org and completing the simple form – deadline is 31 August 2008. GSEA was created by Saint Louis University in 1997, and has been run worldwide by the Entrepreneurs Organization since 2006. For more information contact Greg Hill at info@gsea.org
Source: email from John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, USA.
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DIANA International Project Symposium Announcement (Date: 28-02-2008)
Sharing a global research agenda in gender and entrepreneurship
The DIANA International Project is committed to advancing knowledge about the status of women’s entrepreneurship around the world. The Project team invite researchers from around the globe to contribute at the 2008 International Research Symposium to be held in Belfast, N. Ireland on November 4th 2008, which will be Jointly hosted by NICENT - Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship (at the University of Ulster), and the CER - Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (at Dundalk Institute of Technology), and in association with ISBE.
There will be a number of high level publication opportunities. It is intended to produce a book – Women’s Entrepreneurship and Growth Influences: An International Perspective, to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing. The symposium will also be linked to a special issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal on the theme of gender and entrepreneurship. And, to mark the official launch of the new International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Emerald Publications are offering a special prize based on papers presented at the symposium, along with the opportunity (subject to review) of being published in the inaugural volume of the journal.
For a symposium registration form, please contact Ms. Linda Laughlin at NICENT, email: la.laughlin@ulster.ac.uk
For further details on the publication opportunities, please contact: Dr. Colette Henry - CER E-mail: Colette.henry@dkit.ie
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop - Call for Papers (Date: 28-02-2008)
Call for Papers has been issued for the 2008 International Workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to take place 12-13 November 2008 in Hong Kong. This event is organised by the Wing Lunk Bank International Institute for Business Development, the David C Lam Institute for East-West Studies and the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University. Full papers by 30 June 2008, to be refereed, OR abstracts by 1 April 2008.
Read More...: www.hkbu.edu.hk/~iibd/IEW2008


Doctoral Seminar on Entrepreneurship, Finland (Date: 28-02-2008)
Turku School of Economics and Abo Akademi University are organising the 2nd Doctoral Seminar on Entrepreneurship, to take place 13-16 June 2008 on a Fagerholm island in the Turku archipelago. PhD students will present their research proposals which will then be discussed by senior researchers as well as younger researchers experienced in the specific field of research. Interested students to submit abstract of their research plan. Applications by March 31. For more details email: Katri.Suvanto@tse.fi
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Entries sought for British Small Business Champions (BSBC) Awards (Date: 20-02-2008)
The BSBC Awards were launched by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in 2002. It is the only national awards scheme aimed solely at small businesses. Its aims are to celebrate and heighten the profile of the UK’s small business sector. As well as inviting entries across the UK from thriving businesses, this year there are two additional categories – Young Entrepreneur, for individuals aged 21 and under at the time of entering, and Most Promising New Business, for businesses which were started after 1 November 2006. Full details and entry forms are available at www.fsb.org.uk/bsbc
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Latest issue of ISBJ (Date: 18-02-2008)
The latest issue of the International Small Business Journal - 1 February 2008; Vol. 26, No. 1 - contains the following:
Guest Editors' Introduction: Entrepreneurship's Role in Commercializing Disruptive Technologies - Aard J. Groen, Peter Van Der Sijde, and Steven Walsh
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Wealth Distribution: The Essence of Creative Destruction - Aron S. Spencer, Bruce A. Kirchhoff, and Craig White
The Impact of `Incubator' Organizations on Opportunity Recognition and Technology Innovation in New, Entrepreneurial High-technology Ventures - Sarah Y. Cooper and John S. Park
Managing Tensions in a High-tech Start-up: An Innovation Journey in Social System Perspective - Aard J. Groen, Ingrid A.M. Wakkee, and Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof
Acceleration and Extension of Opportunity Recognition for Nanotechnologies and Other Emerging Technologies - Jonathan D. Linton and Steven T. Walsh
Entrepreneurship, Emerging Technologies, Emerging Markets - Inderpreet S. Thukral, James Von Ehr, Steven Walsh, Aard J. Groen, Peter Van Der Sijde, and Khairul Akmaliah Adham
Book Review: Domenico Barricelli and Giuseppe Russo Think Micro First. Riccardo Cappellin
Book Review: Donald Siegel (ed.) Technological Entrepreneurship. Sarah Cooper
Book Review: Andrea Ordanini Information Technology and Small Business: Antecedents and Consequences of Technology Adoption. Nigel J. Lockett
Book Review: Albert N. Link (ed.) Entrepreneurship and Technology Policy. Ray Oakey
Book Review: David Rae Entrepreneurship: From Opportunity to Action. Lorraine Warren
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New online resource to foster entrepreneurship worldwide (Date: 30-01-2008)
Countries seeking guidance on how to invigorate their economies through the creation of high-growth businesses will soon have a new online resource. The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are going to launch a new portal that will serve as an online destination for entrepreneurship research, educational content, policy papers and entrepreneurship events worldwide, creating a one-stop resource for domestic and international interest in the American approach to entrepreneurship. A preview of the portal is available at: www.entrepreneurship.gov
Source – INSME newsletter January 2008 (www.insme.org)
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Entrepreneurship & Regional Development - New Issue (Date: 18-01-2008)
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal Vol 20 Issue 2 contains the following articles:
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country - Wim Naudé; Thomas Gries; Eric Wood; Aloe Meintjies
Change and the development of entrepreneurial networks over time: a processual perspective - Sarah Jack; Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd; Alistair R. Anderson
Knowledge networks of young innovators in the urban economy: biotechnology as a case study - Marina Van Geenhuizen
Universities and knowledge-based venturing: finance, management and networks in London - Robert Huggins
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Spring Seminars at De Montfort University (Date: 16-01-2008)
The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research Group (SBERG) at De Montfort University in Leicester invites attendance at their Spring Seminar Series. Speakers include Prof. David Storey (6th Feb), Prof. Rob Blackburn (19th Feb), Prof. Sara Carter (4th March), Prof. Lynn Martin (12th March) and Dr Glennis Hanley (19th March). Seminars will start at 12.45 with a light lunch served from 12.30. Location details at link below.
For more information contact Prof Rowena Barrett, Leicester Business School, Tel: +44 (0)116 257 7795, or email: rbarrett@dmu.ac.uk
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Small to Medium Sized Firms and Gender Equality: Analysing the Busines (Date: 15-01-2008)
Carol Woodhams and Ben Lupton Thursday Jan 31st, 4pm, Cookworthy 519 at the University of Plymouth
Read More...: www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=21483


ISBE's online Register of Researchers (Date: 08-01-2008)
ISBE's Register of Researchers in Small Business and Entrepreneurship aims to provide a unique worldwide ‘focal point’ of reference for researchers and practitioners searching for information and experts in the field. For participants, it’s an opportunity to inform other key stakeholders of your work and to develop links with them through publicising your activities and contact details.
To search the register, click on the link below.
To submit your details for the Register, go to online form at: www.isbe.org.uk/researchRegisterForm.htm
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ICEIRD 2008 - First Call for Papers (Date: 20-12-2007)
Call for Papers has been issued for the First International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development, to be held 8th-11th May 2008, in Skopje & Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The Conference is aimed at decision makers (government, ministries and state agencies), scientists (universities, research and development centers, start-up centers and incubators) and practitioners (SME’s) to discuss topics of crucial importance for national competitiveness and increased regional development (local, national, cross-border and global aspects). The deadline for abstract submission is January 11, 2008. Conference web site: www.iceird.org
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48th ERSA - Call for Abstracts: Regional Analysis of Enterprise (Date: 20-12-2007)
The 48th European Regional Science Association Congress takes place in Liverpool - August 27th to 31st, 2008. The congress is dedicated to 'Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness: Regional Perspectives'. One theme to be explored at the Congress is Regional Analysis of Enterprise Formation, Closure and Survival. The deadline for submission of abstracts for this theme is January 25th 2008. To submit an abstract or for further information visit the website below.
Read More...: www.liverpool.ac.uk/ersa2008/


New issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal (Date: 14-12-2007)
The latest issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal Volume 20 Issue 1 contains the following articles:
Indigenous entrepreneurship, culture and micro-enterprise in the Pacific Islands: case studies from Samoa - Miranda Cahn
To eat or to be eaten–on the role of entrepreneurship in the Norwegian telecom access - Olav R. Spilling; Ovar Andreas Rosenberg
Developing relationships within the framework of local economic development in - Camarero Izquierdo; Carlos Hernández Carrión; Sonia San Martín Gutiérrez
Diffusion of knowledge and skills through labour markets: evidence from the furniture cluster in Metro Cebu (the Philippines) - Niels Beerepoot
Intermediated mode of internationalization: new software ventures in Ireland and India - Siri Terjesen; Colm O'Gorman; Zoltan J. Acs
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New issue of Venture Capital Journal (Date: 11-12-2007)
Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Volume 10 Issue 1, contains the following articles:
The public venture capital challenge: the Australian case - Josh Lerner; Brian Watson
Venture capitalists' non-financial value-added: an evaluation of the evidence and implications for research - David Large; Steven Muegge
On the structure of the informal venture capital market in Sweden: developing investment roles - Sofia Avdeitchikova
The performance of entrepreneurial companies post-listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange - Stuart M. Locke; Kartick Gupta
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Cambridge Forums (Date: 05-12-2007)
Cambridge is one of the world’s leading high-technology business clusters, and is consistently ranked by the European Commission as ‘excellent for its support of innovative start-ups’. Cambridge contains one of the world leading research universities, The University of Cambridge. Each year Cambridge plays host to people from around the world who want to learn together about what makes such ‘enterprising places’ work.
The Cambridge Winter Forum on 17 December 2007 will provide sessions on commercialising university technology, running science parks and innovation centres, teaching entrepreneurship and networking in our high-tech community. For more information, email clare.dennis@cambridgenetwork.co.uk.
Cambridge Enterprise Week, 10-12 June 2008, will include the two day Cambridge Summer Forum alongside the University of Cambridge’s Technology Ventures Conference. The Summer Forum will provide delegates with the option of choosing modules to build their own agenda which allows them to pursue in depth the areas which interest them.
Further information on the Cambridge forums can be found at the link below.
Read More...: www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/summerforum


Online business training and support for women in West Midlands (Date: 05-12-2007)
Enterprising women in the West Midlands can get business advice and training support from a new website launched by the Women’s Business Development Agency (WBDA). As well as virtual networking opportunities and a one-to-one online mentor, the site includes more than 60 hours of business training, fact sheets, tips, templates, and a glossary of 125 business and financial terms. All materials have been designed and developed by women for women and the website features the Women’s Enterprise Programme, a flexible training plan which includes modules in personal development, marketing and selling, finance and legal, and business planning.
Read More...: www.westmidlandswoman.co.uk


2008 Family Business Research Scholars (Date: 30-11-2007)
Call for Proposals has been issued for the 2008 Family Owned Business Institute (FOBI) Research Scholars Program. The competitive program provides for four $5000 research awards. The purpose of the Scholars Program is to encourage faculty to conduct high quality research with an emphasis on family business issues. Research may involve a broad range of issues and methodologies including theoretical, empirical, case study, and other.
To further support the research efforts in the field, FOBI has recently formed an alliance with the Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC) to jointly recognize FOBI scholars as part of the annual FERC Conference which will be taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA April 18-20, 2008 (www.mukohlercenter.org/FERC2008_000.shtml)
Deadline for submissions is March 14, 2008. Proposals must be submitted electronically through FOBI's website. For more information, please visit http://fobi.gvsu.edu or contact Dr Thomas Schwarz – email: schwarzt@gvsu.edu
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Newcastle University - North East England Event (Date: 28-11-2007)
Event: 'Inspiring Women Building and Running a Successful SET Business' - Newcastle University Business School on 10th December 2007. Free admission. Contact Prof Pooran Wynarczyk T: 0191 243 0805/0804
Read More...: www.ncl.ac.uk/seru


New name for UKSEC (Date: 28-11-2007)
From December 1st 2007 UKSEC will become ENTERPRISE EDUCATORS UK: The National Network. The new name was officially launched at the UKSEC Gala Award Ceremony for the Business Plan Competition in Sheffield on Tuesday November 27th. UKSEC was formed in 2000 and was originally a network of 13 Science Enterprise Centres (SECs), hence the name UKSEC. Over the past seven years the network has grown considerably and has over 70 members and the focus is no longer solely on enterprise education for scientists, as many members teach enterprise education in other subject areas such as the arts and humanities.
Source: NCGE website news item: http://ncge.com 28/11/07
Read More...: www.enterprise.ac.uk/


New Web Site Launched to Promote Global Entrepreneurship (Date: 28-11-2007)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration recently announced a new online resource focused on leveraging America’s entrepreneurial leadership to advance economic growth in the United States and around the world, and will attempt to connect and inform the global community of entrepreneurs.
The website will serve as an online destination for entrepreneurship research, educational content, policy papers and entrepreneurship events worldwide. The first phase of the Web site is scheduled for launch later this year. For a preview and to sign up for the site launch announcement, visit www.entrepreneurship.gov.
Source: Email - National Women's Business Council - Engage! November 2007 (www.nwbc.gov)
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HEFCE consultation on research assessment and funding (Date: 23-11-2007)
HEFCE has launched a consultation on proposals for overhauling the way it will in future assess and fund research. When the new assessment framework is fully implemented it will be a key element in HEFCE's funding for research allocated as block grant to universities and colleges in England. The Government supports the consultation and welcomes the progress that has been made.
The proposed Research Excellence Framework will make more extensive use of quantitative indicators - particularly in the science-based disciplines - in comparison to the current system (the Research Assessment Exercise or RAE). It will ensure that future research funding allocations are based on rigorous assessment of quality, while offering reductions in cost and burden.
The new framework will be phased in gradually, and will start to inform research funding from 2010-11 in the science-based disciplines, and fully driving all research funding from 2014.
The consultation highlights issues around the use of the bibliometric indicator of research quality for the science-based disciplines, as the area requiring most new work. It also seeks preliminary views on other aspects of the framework. The consultation will be followed by a pilot exercise during 2008, and further consultations to develop in detail all aspects of the future arrangements.
Source: NCGE website news item 22/11/07 - http://ncge.com
Read More...: www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2007/ref.asp


ISBE 2007 Annual Conference Awards – November 2007 (Date: 20-11-2007)
The 30th Annual ISBE Conference was held in Glasgow from 7th to 9th November 2007. The conference was a great success, and ISBE’s largest to date with well over 600 delegates attending.
Five Special Awards, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise, were presented at the Gala Dinner for papers judged to best fulfill the criteria in each category – ‘refereed’, ‘discussion’, ‘practical’, ‘policy’, and best ‘newcomer’.
The prize of £1,500 for best ‘refereed’ paper for the best academic research paper judged to most exemplify the ISBE criteria was awarded for: Do Liquidity Constraints Increase the Likelihood of Firm Growth and Survival? by Dr George Saridakis, Dr Kevin Mole & Graham Hay.
There were also nine Best in Track awards, thanks to the sponsors of each track.
The full list of ISBE 2007 Best Paper Awards can be found on the ISBE Conference website: - www.isbe2007.org/PDF&WordFiles/NG736%20BP%20WINNERS.pdf
The 31st ISBE Conference will be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 4th – 7th November 2008. For further details email: info@isbe2008.org
Read More...: www.isbe2007.org/PDF&WordFiles/NG736%20BP%20WINNERS.pdf


Social Enterprise and Regeneration Seminar (Date: 21-11-2007)
University of Liverpool Management School -
seminar to be held on Monday 14th January 2008.
Read More...: www.liv.ac.uk/managementschool/news/events.htm


6th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference: Call for Papers (Date: 21-11-2007)
The 6th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference is to take place 22-23 May, 2008, as part of a larger Rural Conference at the University of Paisley's Crichton Campus in Dumfries, Scotland.
Deadline for abstracts is 31 January 2008.
For more information, email Professor David Deakins - david.deakins@paisley.ac.uk
Further details will be available in due course at the Conference website: www.rural2008.co.uk
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New issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal (Date: 15-11-2007)
The new issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal - Volume 19 Issue 6 - contains the following articles:
'Entrepreneuring' as a conceptual attractor? A review of process theories in 20 years of entrepreneurship studies - Chris Steyaert
The moral space in entrepreneurship: an exploration of ethical imperatives and the moral legitimacy of being enterprising - Alistair R. Anderson; Robert Smith
Entrepreneurship, discourses and conscientization in processes of regional development - Karin Berglund; Anders W. Johansson
Interstanding the industrial district: contrasting conceptual images as a road to insight - Bengt Johannisson; Leonardo Centeno Caffarena; Allan Fernando Discua Cruz; Mircea Epure; Esther Hormiga Pérez; Magdalena Kapelko; Karen Murdock; Douglas Nanka-Bruce; Martina Olejárová; Alizabeth Sanchez Lopez; Antti Sekki; Maria-Cristina Stoian; Henrik Tötterman; Angelo Bisignano
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New issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 13-11-2007)
The latest issue of International Small Business Journal - 1 December 2007; Vol. 25, No. 6 - contains the following:
Short-term Debt in Spanish SMEs - Pedro J. Garcia-Teruel and Pedro Martinez-Solano
Developing Radical Technology for Sustainable Energy Markets: The Role of New Small Firms - James Brown, Chris Hendry, and Paul Harborne
Strategic Networking among Small Businesses in Small US Communities - Nancy J. Miller, Terry Besser, and Avinash Malshe
Broadening the Entrepreneurial Perspective: Interpreneurship in an Irish Furniture Region - Ziene Mottiar and Sarah Ingle
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New issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 30-10-2007)
International Small Business Journal - 1 October 2007; Vol. 25, No. 5, contains the following:
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises' Internationalization and the Influence of Importing on Exporting - Maria Holmlund, Soren Kock, and Vladimir Vanyushyn
Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Review of the Evidence - Luke Pittaway and Jason Cope
Boards of Directors and Entrepreneurial Posture in Medium-size Companies: Putting the Board Demography Approach to a Test - Jonas Gabrielsson
Control, Autonomy and Collaboration in the Fast Food Industry: A Comparative Study between Domestic and International Franchising - Yongsun Paik and David Y. Choi
Book Review: Dean A. Shepherd and Johan Wiklund Entrepreneurial Small Businesses: A Resource Based Perspective. Marc Cowling
Book Review: Andrea E. Smith-Hunter Women Entrepreneurs Across Racial Lines: Issues of Human Capital, Financial Capital and Network Structures. Anne de Bruin
Book Review: Martin Carree and A. Roy Thurik (eds), Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. Bob Hamilton
Book Review: C. Bajada and F. Schneider (eds), Size, Causes and Consequences of the Underground Economy: An International Perspective. Colin C. Williams
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2008 Bio-Entrepreneur School launches its search for delegates (Date: 23-10-2007)
Bioscientists and Biotechnology developers are being invited to apply for 30 fully-funded places on the 2008 Bio-Entrepreneur School hosted by BioCity Nottingham. The School, which ran for the first time in February 2007, takes place from 26 – 28 February 2008 and is delivered by QED Consulting. Funding is provided by emda through the Greater Nottingham Partnership.
This three-day intensive programme is designed to help delegates explore their entrepreneurial potential, develop essential enterprise skills and overcome confidence barriers to starting in business in this very specialist sector. The first selection of delegates will take place on 13 Dec 2007. Those interested in applying, visit - www.bioentrepreneur.co.uk.
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Latest Issue of Venture Capital Journal (Date: 23-10-2007)
Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance Volume 9 Issue 4 is now available - containing the following articles:
Pre-start-up formal business plans and post-start-up performance: A study of 116 new ventures - Julian E. Lange; Aleksandar Mollov; Michael Pearlmutter; Sunil Singh; William D. Bygrave
Seeding new ventures – green thumbs and fertile fields: Individual and environmental drivers of informal investment - László Szerb; Siri Terjesen; Gábor Rappai
When entrepreneurs choose VCs: Experience, choice criteria and introspection accuracy - Dave Valliere; Rein Peterson
Bookbuilding versus auction selling methods: A study of US IPOs - Kuntara Pukthuanthong; Nikhil P. Varaiya; Thomas J. Walker
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ISBE Council launch – September 2007 (Date: 09-10-2007)
ISBE held a successful inaugural meeting of its new National Council on Tuesday 25th September, which was hosted by Barclays Bank at their Headquarters in Canary Wharf.
ISBE President, Paul Hannon, explained the importance of establishing a Council as being a catalyst for change, informing and guiding the Board of Trustees, and through providing new opportunities for ISBE to work with leading organisations and individuals to collectively make a real difference across a number of challenges facing us all as we strive to achieve success and access opportunity. ISBE’s mission to promote excellence in education, research and practice in small business and entrepreneurship provides a platform for adding value and collaboration in key areas of social and economic need.
Presentations were received from two new ISBE National Council members: David Guy, Economic and Social Research Council, and Tim Campbell, Founder of the Bright Ideas Trust, both of whom offered real support to enable the ISBE National Council to make a difference.
The ISBE National Council inaugural launch document can be downloaded at the link below.
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Latest issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal (Date: 20-09-2007)
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, Volume 19 Issue 5 is now available, containing the following articles:
A new editorial order in entrepreneurship & regional development;
Success factors for new businesses in Austria and the Czech Republic - Alexander Kessler;
‘Types’ of private family firms: an exploratory conceptual and empirical analysis - Paul Westhead and Carole Howorth;
Enterprising expatriates: lifestyle migration and entrepreneurship in rural southern Europe - Ian Stone and Cherrie Stubbs.
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Trade Mission to India (Date: 04-09-2007)
UKTI Team South East are arranging a Trade Mission to India to coincide with the 2007 India Higher Education Summit which takes place this year on the 2nd and 3rd November in Delhi. This important gathering is organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and brings together most of the leading Institutes of HE and Government Agencies responsible for HE and Research & Development.
The South East Trade Mission affords companies or HE establishments the opportunity to combine attendance at the Summit with the traditional benefits of belonging to a supported Mission to Delhi.
Coincidentally there is also the India Shipping Summit 2007 in Mumbai on 30th/31st October followed by the inauguration of the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies on the 1st November. Eligible companies would also be able to combine this event with the South East Mission.
The Mission Leader is Graham Snape who is the International Trade Adviser for Education & Training in the South East Region (graham.snape@uktisoutheast.com)
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Fully Funded Research Studentship: Creative Industries (Date: 04-09-2007)
An opportunity has arisen for a fully funded Research Studentship at the University of Liverpool leading to the qualification of PhD based on research into the theory and practice of cultural policy. This research, focused on culture-led regeneration on Merseyside in the context of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008 and associated with the research programme Impacts 08, will develop as an ethnographic study into the definition of creative industries. The studentship will seek to uncover new and unique ways of defining what it is to be a creative industries entrepreneur and how this perception supports or contradicts policy oriented definitions of the sector, what happens within the sector and the importance of the sector to locality. Closing Date: 21 September 2007
For details and to request application pack click on link below, or for informal enquiries contact Dr Alan Southern, tel: +44(0)151 795 3820 or email Alan.Southern@liverpool.ac.uk
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The Accelerator Programme (Date: 09-08-2007)
The Accelerator Programme, funded by the London Development Agency and City of London, is a free source of training and advice for London based early stage creative and innovative businesses, with the aim of making them more attractive to investors and therefore more able to access the investment they require.
70 companies are selected to attend an all day workshop giving a comprehensive overview of the issues of raising finance and investment readiness. From this group 15 of London’s most promising entrepreneurs go through a series of workshops and are assigned a mentor. The programme runs from November 2007 to April 2008 and ends with the opportunity to participate in an Investment Market place where they can pitch to investors. Awareness events are being held through September and October 2007.
Read More...: www.cbaccelerator.co.uk


ISBE NorthWest - Knowledge Transfer event, July 2007 (Date: 31-07-2007)
The NorthWest Chapter of ISBE held its latest event - The Role of the North West Development Agency in Knowledge Transfer at Mid-Cheshire College, Northwich, Cheshire, on 4th July 2007.
Over 70 small business owners/practitioners, educators, researchers and support professionals were attracted to the event. Particularly welcome was the interest from practitioners, schools and colleges. Sheila Deighton, NWDA Knowledge Transfer Manager, presented and led a discussion based on how business can engage with HEIs, FEIs and Schools, and through this how SMEs and entrepreneurs can grow their business. The full report and presentation slides are available at the link below. ISBE wishes to thank Mid-Cheshire College for hosting the event; and sponsors NWDA and Innovas for their support.
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Faculty Opening Announcement – Entrepreneurship & Family Business (Date: 27-07-2007)
The Management and International Business Department at Florida International University’s College of Business Administration invites applicants for two positions in Entrepreneurship and/or Family Business at the Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor levels. Candidates should have a demonstrated research and teaching interest in Entrepreneurship and family business. For more information visit the website at www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu
Source: email 3 July 2007 - FIU Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center
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Entries sought for new international entrepreneurship competition (Date: 27-07-2007)
The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge Competition seeks entrepreneurs with bold and innovative business ideas that can help to solve the key environmental, health and social challenges of the 21st Century in each of the following categories:
- Tomorrow’s Planet – the environment
- Tomorrow’s People – healthcare and medicine
- Tomorrow’s Wealth – wealth distribution
Entries welcome from anyone, anywhere in the world: from individuals, teams, new start-up companies, existing companies creating spin-offs, scientists, students and entrepreneurs. Business ideas can be based on a new product, a service, operational process or business model. Entries by deadline 5pm (GMT) on Friday 12th October 2007.
Visit the Said Business School Oxford website for further details - www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/21challenge/
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Latest issue of ISBJ: Contents (Date: 19-07-2007)
The new issue of International Small Business Journal - 1 August 2007; Vol. 25, No. 4, contains the following:
Mumpsimus and the Mything of the Individualistic Entrepreneur - Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd and Alistair R. Anderson
Building Futures or Stealing Secrets?: Entrepreneurial Cooperation and Conflict within Business Incubators - Maura Mcadam and Susan Marlow
Factors Affecting Environmental Behavior in Micro-enterprises: Laundry and Motor Vehicle Repair Firms in Jerusalem - Debby F. Mir and Eran Feitelson
New Deal for Old? Exploring the Psychological Contract in a Small Firm Environment - Sara Nadin and Catherine Cassell
Book Review: S. Zappala and Colin Gray (eds) Impact of e-Commerce on Consumers and Small Firms. Ian Fillis
Book Review: Lucio Cassia, Michael Fattore and Stefano Paleari, Entrepreneurial Strategy: Emerging Business in Declining Industries. Peter L. Jennings
Book Review: Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright, Habitual Entrepreneurs. Christian Lechner
Book Review: Veronica Gustafsson, Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: Individuals, Tasks and Cognitions. Deniz Ucbasaran
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Online booking for Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (Date: 03-07-2007)
The online booking system is now open for the 2nd NCGE/UKSEC International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 2007 at http://www.ncge.com/othercontent/conf2007/registration.php
2nd IEEC is to be held September 10-12, 2007 at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK.
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EDEN Doctoral Seminars - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Date: 29-06-2007)
The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) was involved in the coordination of the Gate2Growth Academic Network in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance. EIASM agreed to sustain the network after the project ended. This includes continuation of the G2G doctoral seminar series by launching a Doctoral Track within the EDEN’s doctoral programmes.
The first seminar will take place in Brussels on 3rd to 7th December 2007: -
EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Methods, Techniques and Theories in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. (Deadline for applications is 3rd October.)
The objective of the programme is to introduce the PhD students into the newest literature in the field of entrepreneurship with a focus on innovative entrepreneurship (ie in high tech and the creative industries), to make them familiar with the newest research methods in the field, to form a network of European scholars in the same domain and to provide hands-on coaching at and in-between the doctoral tutorials.
For further details visit: www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=561
Source: EIASM email
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Call for research proposals: enterprise and entrepreneurship (Date: 21-06-2007)
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) wishes to commission research projects that will generate evidence and informed thinking in new and emerging issues for SMEs around the world: mentoring, social enterprise, new business models and income composition. Also welcomed are proposals that consider accounting-related aspects of issues facing the SME sector from a 'blue sky thinking' angle.
The application deadline is 31 July 2007. Proposals received after this time will not be considered. Decisions will be advised no later than: 14 September 2007.
Details of the Call, together with the proposal form and guidance for its completion, are available from ACCA's website at: www.accaglobal.com/research
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Sources of Finance Event (Date: 20-06-2007)
An event is to take place 27th June 2007, 12.30pm-4.30pm at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 'Sources of Finance: Exploring Opportunities for Business Start-ups, University Spin-outs, and Expansion'.
The event sponsored by North East of England Role Model Platform for Innovative Women; and in collaboration with the North East Business and Innovtion Centre (BIC) and ISBE.
For further information contact: Prof Pooran Wynarczyk, Director, Small Enterprise Research Unit (SERU), Newcastle University, email:pooran.wynarczyk@ncl.ac.uk, Tel: 0191 222 7739 / 7734
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ISBE NorthWest Chapter - Knowledge Transfer Event (Date: 12-06-2007)
The ISBE NorthWest Chapter invites you to attend an event to be held on 4th July 2007 at Mid-Cheshire College, Northwich, on The Role of the Northwest Development Agency in Knowledge Transfer - presentation and discussion led by Sheila Deighton, NWDA Knowledge Transfer Manager, focussing on how business can engage with HEIs, FEIs and schools, and through this how SMEs and entrepreneurs can grow their businesses.
Reserve your place by Friday 29 June by email: michelle.jones@innovas.co.uk
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FSB Chair of Small Business/Entrepreneurship (Date: 12-06-2007)
The FSB is considering sponsorship of a chair of small business/entrepreneurship at a business school within the UK. The initiative is in the early stages of consideration and the Federation of Small Businesses is seeking, without prejudice, declarations of interest from business schools.
Please contact Stephen Alambritis, Head of Public Affairs, FSB at 2 Catherine Place, Westminster, London, SW1E 6HF direct line: 020 7592 8112
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Call for Papers – 7th IEF (Date: 12-06-2007)
The 7th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) conference is to be held in Shanghai, China, 29th-31st August 2007. Theme: Asian Entrepreneurship: New Asian Ventures in the Global Community of Enterprise and Innovation.
The event is a collaborative venture between the School of Management, Fudan University, China and the School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Essex, UK, and the OECD, LEED Programme.
The conference will celebrate Asian entrepreneurship in the global economic community, and will focus on key issues concerning the growing importance of dynamic new Asian venture creation, new business and growth opportunities in Asia, international collaboration, technology and knowledge sharing between Asian ventures and their counterparts in other parts of the world. Deadline for abstracts is 30 June, 2007 – for more details, visit the conference website below.
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International Small Business Journal - latest edition (Date: 01-06-2007)
The latest edition of ISBJ - 1 June 2007; Vol. 25, No. 3, contains the following: -
Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: An Introduction - Jason Cope, Sarah Jack, and Mary B. Rose
Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: Analysing the Impact of Social Networks on Entrepreneurial Activity from a Rational Action Perspective - Mark Casson and Marina Della Giusta
Entrepreneurial Social Capital: Conceptualizing Social Capital in New High-tech Firms - Alistair Anderson, John Park, and Sarah Jack
Entrepreneurial Social Capital Unplugged: An Activity-based Analysis - James L. Bowey and Geoff Easton
Ethnic Minority Businesses in Scotland and the Role of Social Capital - David Deakins, Mohammed Ishaq, David Smallbone, Geoff Whittam, and Janette Wyper
Book Review: Hans-Hermann Hohmann and Friederike Welter (eds), Trust and Entrepreneurship: A West-East Perspective - Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd
Book Review: Denise Tsang, The Entrepreneurial Culture: Network Advantage Within Chinese and Irish Software Firms - Colm O'Gorman
Book Review: Hans Westlund, Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics. - Lars Ronning
Book Review: David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth - Stephen Roper
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Call for Papers: Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship (Date: 16-05-2007)
4th Conference - Special Topic: 'Entrepreneurship in a changing Europe', focusing on discussion of challenges for new ventures in a changing Europe and strategies allowing them to face these challenges successfully.
The deadline for abstracts is June 5th 2007 - the Call for Papers encourages interdisciplinary research and practical papers on International and Regional Entrepreneurship that deal explicitly with the topic of a changing Europe. Articles that investigate entrepreneurial activities in different European regions, and also cross-countries comparative studies are welcomed, plus research that addresses entrepreneurship in an East-West perspective. The conference is organised by the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Klagenfurt University, Austria – for more information contact Malgorzata Wdowiak - email: malgorzata.wdowiak@uni-klu.ac.at
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Women’s Enterprise & Family Enterprise Stream at ISBE2007 (Date: 11-05-2007)
Call for Papers: International Small Business Journal (ISBJ), Special Edition
Professor Susan Marlow and Dr Colette Henry will be editing a special edition of ISBJ compiled from selected papers drawn from the Women’s Enterprise & Family Enterprise Stream at the ISBE 2007 Conference in Glasgow, 7-9 November 2007. Those with an interest in this area are encouraged to submit papers to the Conference of a quality which might then be considered for publication in the ISBJ. Papers will be subject to peer review and revision in the usual manner for journal submission. For further details please contact: Professor Susan Marlow, De Montfort University (smhum@dmu.ac.uk) or Dr Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology (Colette.Henry@dkit.ie).
To submit an abstract, visit the ISBE Conference website at the link below:
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Call for Papers: Bringing Research to Market (Date: 11-05-2007)
The Europe+ Foundation aims to promote Europe's attractiveness and competitiveness by issuing practical proposals for pan-European Policies. Think Tank of Europe+ is administered by 12 international experts drawn from the world of business, government and academia, and each year identifies 5 strategic priorities to promote investments in EU economies and issues practical recommendations in a report sent to EU representatives and heads of Member States, business leaders and European media.
A Call for Papers entitled ‘Bringing research to market’ invites proposals to be included in a preliminary report to be discussed during panel meetings at the World Investment Conference to be held in La Baule, France on 28-29 June 2007. Conclusions integrated in final report in form of practical recommendations for pan-European policies. Deadline for contributions 28 May 2007.
For further information visit www.insme.org/documenti/Bringing_Research_to_Market_Call.pdf
Source: INSME email 10/5/07
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Kauffman Foundation recruiting (Date: 09-05-2007)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, globally recognized as the centre of thought in advancing entrepreneurship, is recruiting for two positions in the entrepreneurship area: -
Director of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative - A proven entrepreneurial leader is sought to serve as Director of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, an innovative program aimed at effecting cultural transformation among American universities by making entrepreneurship education accessible to students and faculty across all areas of study. Ideal candidates will have experience in higher education, a minimum of three to five years of business experience, including founding or leading an entrepreneurial organization, and an advanced degree, preferably a PhD.
Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives - The Director of Entrepreneurship will be charged with developing and advancing transformative programming that leads to higher levels of entrepreneurial engagement in the economy and higher levels of success among entrepreneurial individuals. Candidates should ideally have engaged in founding a successful, preferably high-growth, business. He or she must have experience in analytical and policy venues, ideally as an academic or laboratory scientist or engineer.
For more information, contact Colette Hunt, Human Resources Director, Kauffman Foundation, email: chunt@kauffman.org
Source: email 9/5/07
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NCGE Kauffman Fellowship Programme 2007-2008 (Date: 02-05-2007)
Building on the success of this year's (2006-2007) Kauffman Fellowship Programme NCGE is recruiting another group of Fellows for the 2007-2008 programme. The programme consists of six months in the US to undertake an intensive training programme at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation designed to expose participants to leading scholars of entrepreneurship and Foundation experts, visits and study in Silicon Valley and Boston, and an internship at a US company, which this year included innovative companies such as Sprint Nextel and Cisco Systems. The programme is free for UK and European residents who must be planning to start a technical product based business in the UK upon completion of the Fellowship. Applications for the Fellowship close at 5pm on Friday 4th May.
Please visit www.ncge.com/ef for further information or contact Dr Lorna Collins at NCGE on 07850 682 833.
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New Entrepreneur Scholarships proves its worth (Date: 27-04-2007)
The New Entrepreneur Scholarships (NES) programme is so effective that 91 per cent of its scholars, surveyed by Manchester Metropolitan University, are still trading.
Of the 467 scholars who responded to the original 2005 NES Big Survey, 39.4 per cent (184) took part in the Follow-up Survey. The research, which tracks respondents from the original Big Survey, showed that 91 per cent of scholars are running a business, with 65.6 per cent making the transition to formal trading. An impressive 60.3 per cent have been trading for more than two years.
Source: NFEA Newsletter, April 2007
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Prowess launches social accounting and audit workshop (Date: 27-04-2007)
Women's enterprise network Prowess has commissioned the CBS Network to run two introductory social accounting and audit workshops this spring. Social accounting and audit is used by a wide range of organisations to prove their worth in social, economic and environmental terms, and to improve their performance and impact.
These workshops are free for Prowess members and open to non-members for a fee of £25 per person. All participants will receive a Social Accounting and Audit manual and CD worth £40 for free. For more information and to book your place, contact Julia O'Rourke on 01603 762355.
Source: NFEA Newsletter, April 2007
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Barclays Trading Places Awards (Date: 25-04-2007)
The closing date for the 2007 Barclays Trading Places Awards is Friday May 11. Entries are encouraged for these Awards – now in their third year – which aim to recognise men and women from all over the UK who have overcome various barriers and battled against adversity to positively change their lives by setting up in business. The top 10 National Finalists will each receive £2,000 worth of free advertising from Thomson Local Directories, plus software worth £450 courtesy of Microsoft. In addition the winner and runner up to be announced at the Gala Dinner will also collect £5,000 and £3,000 respectively, courtesy of Barclays.
For more information see the Awards website - www.barclays.co.uk/tradingplaces
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SFEDI Centres of Excellence – monthly workshops (Date: 05-04-2007)
For anyone interested in how to become a SFEDI Centre of Excellence in Enterprise Support and Training, SFEDI are running monthly workshops on the Centre of Excellence criteria, and the process, benefits and support SFEDI can provide. All the workshops are held at the MIC Conference Centre in London. The next Centres of Excellence workshop, led by Julie Witana, is on 25th April 2007. Full details on the SFEDI website – www.sfedi.co.uk
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New issue of Journal of Entrepreneurship (Date: 29-03-2007)
The Journal of Entrepreneurship - 1 March 2007; Vol. 16, No. 1 - contains:
High Technology Entrepreneurs versus Small Business Owners in Israel - Dafna Schwartz and Ayala Malach-Pines
Effects of Opportunity Discovery Strategies of Entrepreneurs on Performance of New Ventures - Vesa Puhakka
Entry Barriers in Rural Business: The Case of Egg Production in Eastern Indonesia - Stein Kristiansen
Knowledge Processes in Small Manufacturing: Re-examining Nonaka and Takeuchis' Model in the Indian Context - Anjan Roy and Rajen K. Gupta
Does Priming Improve Performance?--An Evaluation Based on a Simulation Game - Simone Chlosta, Tobias Johann, and Heinz Klandt
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Latest issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 22-03-2007)
The new issue of International Small Business Journal - 1 April 2007; Vol. 25, No. 2 – contains the following:
Learning in Small Manufacturing Firms: The Case of Investment Decision-making Behaviour - Ignatius Ekanem and David Smallbone
Advising the Small Business Client - Linda M. Dyer and Christopher A. Ross
Market Orientation and Planning Flexibility in SMEs: Performance Implications and an Empirical Investigation - Lutfihak Alpkan, Cengiz Yilmaz, and Nihat Kaya
Expansion Through Multiple Unit Franchising: Australian Franchisors Reveal their Motivations - Scott Weaven and Lorelle Frazer
Book Review: J. Forth, H. Bewley and A. Bryson, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey. London: ESRC/ACAS/PSI, 2006 - John Kitching
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Poor employee skills costing firms money (Date: 20-03-2007)
Almost one-third of UK employees admit that their lack of basic skills has cost their employer money, according to learndirect. The training provider's research found that the problem was worst among manual trades, where 62 per cent of employees said their lack of literacy and numeracy skills had lost their firms money. The survey also found that 74 per cent of administration staff rely on a computer spell checker at work, while 27 per cent of people working in the financial sector used their fingers to help them add up.
‘It's bad for productivity when employees lack basic skills,’ said British Chambers of Commerce policy adviser Louise Potter. ‘The Government has taken some positive steps to tackle the skills gap, such as the recent launch of the Train to Gain scheme - where independent skills brokers are helping small firms address their skills needs. However, the Government needs to continue its efforts to improve the basic skills of the UK workforce, or businesses will be the ones that feel the cost.’
For more information on skills training visit the learndirect website: www.learndirect.co.uk
Source: NFEA ‘Enterprise in Action’ March 2007
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New issue of 'Entrepreneurship & Regional Development' (Date: 16-03-2007)
An International Journal - Volume 19 Issue 2
This new issue contains the following articles:
Do clusters capabilities matter? An empirical application of the resource-based view in clusters - José Luis Hervás-Oliver; José Albors-Garrigós
What is global and what is local in knowledge-generating interaction? The case of the biotech cluster in Uppsala, Sweden - Anders Waxell; Anders Malmberg
The internationalization of SMEs: developing and testing a multi-dimensional measure on Slovenian firms - Mitja Ruzzier; Bostjan Antoncic; Robert D. Hisrich
The significance of sustained entrepreneurial orientation on performance of firms – A longitudinal analysis - Einar Lier Madsen
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New issue of Venture Capital (Date: 14-03-2007)
Venture Capital An international journal of entrepreneurial finance
Volume 9 Issue 2 contains the following articles:
Towards a model of the business angel investment process - Stuart Paul; Geoff Whittam; Janette Wyper
The effects of moral hazard and adverse selection on the pricing and underpricing of initial public offerings - Juan Florin; Zeki Simsek
The impact of bank venture capital on initial public offerings - Steven D. Dolvin; Donald J. Mullineaux; Mark K. Pyles
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National Minimum Wage rise (Date: 08-03-2007)
Alistair Darling Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has announced that more than a million workers, two thirds of them low paid women are to benefit from a rise in the National Minimum Wage from £5.35 to £5.52 an hour from October. He has accepted the level recommended by the independent Low Pay Commission which will also mean increases from £4.45 to £4.60 for 18-21 year olds, and from £3.30 to £3.40 for 16-17 year olds. This means a NMW rise of almost 30% more than inflation since it was introduced in 1999, with the number of jobs increasing by almost 2m in the same time.
Source: SBS Press Release 7/3/07
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New issue of Venture Capital Journal (Date: 05-03-2007)
Volume 9 Issue 1 of Venture Capital - An international journal of entrepreneurial finance is now available. Articles in this issue:
On the usefulness of tax incentives for informal investors - Cécile Carpentier; Jean-Marc Suret
Venture capital funds: Do they meet the expectations of portfolio firms? - Terje Berg-Utby; Roger Sørheim; L. Øystein Widding
Characteristics and determinants of informal investment in Singapore - Poh Kam Wong; Yuen Ping Ho
Executive forum: Public support for the business angel market in Europe – a critical review - Rudy Aernoudt; Amparo San José; Juan Roure
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ISBE2007 – Call for Papers (Date: 13-02-2007)
7th-9th November 2007 – Glasgow, Scotland
The ISBE 2007 Conference theme is ‘INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP – stimulating smarter successful small business world-wide’, which builds on the renewed emphasis both nationally and internationally on entrepreneurship in small, medium and large organisations. A key aim of ISBE 2007 is to continue the ISBE aim to bridge the gap between theory and practice in entrepreneurship and SME development and to highlight the practical and policy implications of recent research and experience.
Presentations are invited on the key themes to be addressed in nine parallel tracks at the Conference: -
A - Advancing entrepreneurship education and enterprise
B - Business birth-rate strategy – stimulating start-ups
C - Community, ethnic, minority, rural and social enterprise
E - E-entrepreneurship, e-business and e-learning
I - Innovation, technology transfer and knowledge networks
M - Management, skills development and growth issues
S - Supporting small business development world-wide
V - Small business finance and financial management
W - Women’s enterprise & family enterprise development
Deadline for abstracts for Refereed Papers is 31 May 2007. For more information, including guidance notes for submissions, visit the conference website at the link below.
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New Masters Programme - University of Lincoln (Date: 13-02-2007)
The Masters in Entrepreneurial Management & Venturing programme offered by Lincoln Business School will enable learners to develop broad perspectives on entrepreneurship in society and the economy, connecting their understanding of vital concepts with effective practice and skills development. It will provide both the systematic acquisition of advanced academic knowledge and the support to explore and develop high-level entrepreneurial skills, acting as a catalyst for change both personally and organisationally. Increasingly entrepreneurs need the skills to investigate and explore specialised opportunities, which will be gained through this programme. The personal growth experienced by the learner, as they become a reflexive and confident practitioner and develop their entrepreneurial identity, is fundamental to our approach. For more information visit the website below.
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New issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 06-02-2007)
ISBJ Vol. 25, No. 1; 1 February 2007, contains the following:
Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Convergent Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process - Elizabeth Chell
Integrating the Internet and Marketing Operations: A Study of Antecedents in Firms of Different Size - Maria Bengtsson, Hakan Boter, and Vladimir Vanyushyn
The Contribution of Business Associations to SMEs: Strategy, Bundling or Reassurance? - Robert J. Bennett and Mark Ramsden
Education and Training for Innovation in SMEs: A Tale of Exploitation - Stuart Macdonald, Dimitris Assimakopoulos, and Pat Anderson
Book Review: Successful Entrepreneurship: Confronting Economic Theory with Empirical Practice - Mark Freel
Book Review: The Economics of Entrepreneurship - Brian J. Loasby
Book Review: Growth Oriented Women Entrepreneurs and their Businesses - Susan Marlow
Book Review: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Growth - Peter Rosa
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NCGE Communities Project Developer (Date: 06-02-2007)
The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) is driving forward its online support for the three main communities of careers advisers, entrepreneurship educators and researchers. We are now seeking an individual to pro-actively lead their development. Visit the website below for more details.
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Women's Enterprise Task Force (Date: 06-02-2007)
The newly created Women's Enterprise Task Force will see a top line-up of expertise from a range of sectors including those supporting business growth. Co-Chairs Pam Alexander (SEEDA) and Dr Glenda Stone (Aurora) have announced the Task Force membership - biographies are available at the website below. The Task Force aims to increase both the quality and quantity of women's enterprise across the UK over the next three years; and top of the agenda is to assess the collective impact of the regional economic strategies and the Devolved Administrations in increasing women's enterprise rates nationally.
Read More...: www.womensenterprise.co.uk/members.asp


Call for Papers - Journal special issue (Date: 02-02-2007)
Papers are invited for a special issue of the journal, Equal Opportunities Intrernational on 'Small firms and the challenge of equality, diversity and difference'
The issue will focus on small firms and consider a range of problems of and solutions to inequality from different perspectives. Deadline for submission of papers is 1 June 2007. For details see website below.
Read More...: www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/eoi/cfp_smallfirms.jsp


IJEBR Special Issue - ISBE2005 Conference Papers (Date: 26-01-2007)
A selection of papers presented at the 28th ISBE Conference in Blackpool, November 2005, has been published in a special issue of IJEBR (issue 12:6 2006). Select 'table of contents' link from website below.
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7th HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards (Date: 26-01-2007)
Launches Monday February 5 - starting a national search for the UK's most promising start-up businesses and the inspirational entrepreneurs behind them. Open to any fledgling firm less than 3 years old, the top prize is £25,000.
Read More...: www.hsbc.co.uk/startupstars


Training Women to Win (Date: 18-01-2007)
The Training Women to Win workshop event, takes place on Friday 2nd February 2007 at the School of Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, in conjunction with the Centre for Management Learning and Development (CMLD), and supported by ISBE. The workshop follows publication of a report by Dr Spinder Dhaliwal from the School of Management, and Suzanne Combly, Sue Cundell, Deborah Lock and Rachel Thomas from UniSdirect, which sets out to identify current good practice in terms of available support and to produce and pilot recommendations that will improve current business support and training provision for women.
The event which is free to attend will begin with a lunchtime buffet reception. To book, email: som-marketing@surrey.ac.uk
Read More...: www.som.surrey.ac.uk/tw2w/tw2w.asp


Research and Publishing in Entrepreneurial Studies (Date: 15-01-2007)
Seminar on 21st March at MMUBS (Manchester)
BAM Entrepreneurship SIG workshop, supported by ISBE - includes presentations by Professor Michael Morris and Professor Sara Carter, who will examine the current state of research in the area of entrepreneurship and set out an agenda for the future of research in the field. Also a publishing workshop with representatives from several journals.
To register for this free event contact Alison Brooker - a.brooker@mmu.ac.uk or 0161 247 3951
Read More...: www.mmu.ac.uk/centreforenterprise/newsevents/php


Call for Papers IntEnt 2007 (Date: 10-01-2007)
The 17th Global IntEnt 2007 Conference is organized by the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, and will take place 8th - 11th July 2007.
The purpose of the Conference is to provide a discussion forum for university educators, practitioners and a wide range of scientists from various academic institutions. The conference aims to contribute to better communication, knowledge exchange and dissemination of experiences in the field of entrepreneurship education and training. Eminent guests will be invited, both from abroad and from Poland. High quality submissions are sought for the Conference.
For more details refer to the conference website below.
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ERSA 2007 Special Session Entrepreneurship and the Region (Date: 21-12-2006)
Joint Congress of the European Regional Science Association (47th Congress) and ASRDLF 44th Congress, Paris - August 29th to September 2nd, 2007
This special session will accommodate papers related to Entrepreneurship in which the Local or Regional dimension is explicitly taken into account and interpreted. Expected contributions are both theoretical and empirical. The following emphases are particularly welcome:
(1) Entrepreneurship and the local market dynamics
(2) The effect of regional conditions on start-up activity
(3) Regional analysis of the new firm survival
(4) New firms and regional economic growth
(5) Entrepreneurship and the creation of regional specific assets
(6) Local policy and entrepreneurship
For more information visit the website below.
Read More...: sadapt.inapg.inra.fr/ersa2007/index.php


HEA, BMAF Conference 2007 - Call for Papers (Date: 15-12-2006)
The Annual Conference of the Higher Education Academy for business, management, accounting and finance takes place 2nd to 4th May 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Theme: Exploring ways – nationally and internationally – in which research, reflective practice and evaluation can meet the challenges of business, management, accountancy and finance education.
To explore this theme discussion papers, workshops and posters are sought from lecturers, researchers and BMAF practitioners that span a wide range of topics. Proposals for papers, workshops and posters should be submitted to BMAFconference@brookes.ac.uk. Deadline for abstracts 20 December 2006.
Read More...: www.business.heacademy.ac.uk/events/bmafconf07call


Prowess Awards – Call for Nominations (Date: 13-12-2006)
The Prowess Awards are open for nomination. The Awards are for those who are paving the way for women starting and growing businesses in the UK – advisers, mentors, organisations, role models, advocates and researchers:
- Inspirational Business Mum
- Inspirational Woman
- Female Business Mentor of the Year
- Business Support Professional of the Year
- Making an Impact (with data and statistics)
- Press Award
- Innovator (in women’s business support)
- Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Enterprise Development
All awards are open to male nominees except the ‘inspirational’ awards, and will be presented at the Gala Awards Dinner at the Prowess Annual Conference in Brighton on 7 February 2007. Closing date for nominations is 12 January 2007. Full details are available on the Prowess website.
Read More...: www.prowess.org.uk/conference/Awards.htm


Darling: 'Relentless focus' on cutting red tape (Date: 13-12-2006)
The DTI has published an ambitious simplification plan to save business up to £700m a year as part of a cross-government drive to cut red tape. The plan sets out how the DTI will deliver specific cuts in administrative burdens and marks a major advance towards a challenging target to cut 25% of all DTI red tape by 2010. Advice and input from business, employee and consumer bodies has been crucial for the department's ongoing work on better regulation. Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling said: ‘Britain is already one of the best places to do business but we must do more to ease burdens. By cutting unnecessary red tape and making essential regulation simpler we can help sustain a strong economy. The plan published today is the product of listening to business. By continuing to work closely every step of the way we can make simplification a reality. We are determined to do that.’
Source: SBS Press Release 11/12/06
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Latest issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 06-12-2006)
The new issue of ISBJ - 1 December 2006 Vol. 24 No. 6, contains the following:
The Impact of Ownership on Small Firm Behaviour and Performance - Abby Ghobadian and Nicholas O'Regan
Determinants of Product Innovation in Small Firms: A Comparison Across Industries - Jeroen P.J. de Jong and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen
Impact of Functional Integration and Spatial Proximity on the Post-entry Performance of Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms - Andreas Koch and Harald Strotmann
Training and Performance in Small Firms - Jane Bryan
Book Review: Women and Entrepreneurship: Contemporary Classics - Helene Ahl
Book Review: Enterprising Women in Transition Economies - Tatiana Manolova
Book Review: Narratives of Enterprise: Crafting Entrepreneurial Self-Identity in a Small Firm - Lorraine Warren
Book Review: Venture Capital, Islamic Finance and SMEs: Valuation, Structuring and Monitoring Practices in India - Neil Marriott
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Call for Entrants: 2007 Global Social Venture Competition (Date: 06-12-2006)
The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and prizes for social ventures from around the world. Since its inception in 1999, GSVC has awarded more than a quarter of a million dollars to emerging social ventures and has introduced early-stage social venture entrepreneurs to the investment community. Nearly 25% of past GSVC entrants are now operating companies.
GSVC is seeking promising social entrepreneurs to enter its 2007 Competition. Applications are encouraged from entrepreneurs (or budding entrepreneurs!) with a financially sustainable venture that addresses a social or environmental problem. Winning plans in the past have ranged from global health to microfinance, from cleantech to education, from fair trade to community development, from business concepts to operating companies, and have included for-profit and non-profit models. Executive Summaries are due January 2007 and Final Business Plans are due March 2007 – check website for dates as these may vary by region.
For more details and how to get involved visit the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Website - see link below, or email: gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu
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East Midlands enterprising scheme short listed for award (Date: 05-12-2006)
The Welland Sub-regional Strategic Partnership (SSP), a finalist in the DTI's Enterprising Britain 2006 competition, has been short listed by the European Commission for a European Enterprise Award. These awards recognise outstanding initiatives that support entrepreneurship at a regional level and promote the role enterprise plays in society.
Based in the rural East Midlands, The Welland SSP, which was established in 2002 by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) to give secure economic regeneration in an area which had historically been overlooked, was one of over 50 entrants across Europe, and will now go forward to the final stage in Brussels in December, where they will compete against the 13 other projects short listed for the award. Source: SBS Press Release 27/11/06
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Latest issue of Venture Capital Journal (Date: 05-12-2006)
Vol 9 No. 1/January 2007 of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance is now available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site,
This issue contains:
On the usefulness of tax incentives for informal investors - Cécile Carpentier, Jean-Marc Suret
Venture capital funds: Do they meet the expectations of portfolio firms? - Terje Berg-Utby, Roger Sørheim, L. Øystein Widding
Characteristics and determinants of informal investment in Singapore - Poh Kam Wong, Yuen Ping Ho
Executive forum: Public support for the business angel market in Europe – a critical review - Rudy Aernoudt, Amparo San José, Juan Roure
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Call for Papers - Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Management (Date: 23-11-2006)
March 22-23, 2007 – Bradford University School of Management, UK
The Centre for Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Management at the Bradford University School of Management is organizing the First International Colloquium on ‘Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Management’ (ICEEM’ 07) with the theme ‘Changing Faces of Ethnic Entrepreneurship’.
The colloquium aims to bring together researchers across regions and disciplines to study Minority Ethnic Businesses with particular interest in their capacity for survival and change in the new market economy.
Contributions describing case studies, empirical work, and conceptual perspectives are invited to increase insights on ethnic entrepreneurship theory and practice. Development of new frameworks to advance practical learning methods is encouraged.
Plenary speakers are: Monder Ram (De Montfort University), David Smallbone (Kingston University), Richard Bent (Queen Margaret University College) and David McEvoy (Bradford University).
Deadline for abstracts is 15 December 2006. For further information and instructions for paper submission please visit the conference website below.
Read More...: www.brad.ac.uk/ceem/iceem07


GEM Forum: 10th and 11th January 2007, Café Royal, London (Date: 22-11-2006)
You are warmly invited to attend the launch of the Annual Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report at the first ever Global Forum event, taking place in London on the 10th and 11th January 2007.
The event will be a gathering of global thought, business and policy leaders around the central issue of entrepreneurship and its role in economic development, which is a key GEM theme. We have some very high profile global speakers from the spectrum of entrepreneurial activity including Robert Davies (CEO IBLF), David Pitt Watson (MD Hermes), Ben Verwaayen (BT) and the EU’s Deputy Commissioner for Enterprise, Francois Le Bail, Jean-Philippe Cotis (OECD Chief Economist), John Page, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa and Faisel Rahmen, the founder of Fair Finance. The event will include:
- The launch of the GEM Global report.
- Key note speeches from internationally recognised speakers.
- Parallel sessions on entrepreneurship policy in different global regions led by leading GEM researchers.
- Parallel sessions on themes in entrepreneurship policy, research and practice such as social entrepreneurship, women’s entrepreneurship and economic development, youth entrepreneurship, enterprise education and sustainable entrepreneurship with business and thought leaders participating in each.
- A reception and Gala dinner hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship at Lancaster House.
If you are interested in attending please email gem@london.edu for more details. We look forward to welcoming you to London in January.
To book your place, download booking form at http://www.gemconsortium.org/document.asp?id=513
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Latest edition of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal (Date: 22-11-2006)
Vol 18 No 6/Nov 2006 of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development is now available at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.
This issue contains:
Industrial and knowledge relocation strategies under the challenges of globalization and digitalization: the move of small and medium enterprises among territorial systems - Lucio Biggiero
The decline of the industrial district of Como: recession, relocation or reconversion? - Fernando G. Alberti
Industrial districts: something more than a neighbourhood - F Xavier Molina-Morales, M. Teresa Martínez-Fernández
The development of industrial clusters and public policy - Frank McDonald, Dimitrios Tsagdis, Qihai Huang
Evolution and relocation in fashion-led Italian districts: evidence from two case-studies - Alessia Sammarra, Fiorenza Belussi
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Enterprisers Programme – free places for ESRC students (Date: 16-11-2006)
Increase the impact of your research with Enterprisers
The Enterprisers Programme, to take place 8th-12th January 2007 at Durham University, is an intensive residential programme for ESRC students based across the UK, designed to develop entrepreneurial potential; unleash creativity; and support a social and ethical context for ideas, projects or ventures; as well as an opportunity to network with over 60 other doctoral students, facilitators and lead tutors. The programme is offered by the ESRC in collaboration with the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the University of Cambridge. Deadline for applications has been extended to 4 December 2006 – apply online at www.enterprisers.org.uk, or if you have any questions, contact Vicky Gardner – tel 01223 766900 or email v.gardner@jbs.cam.ac.uk
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Big boost for business as EU trade barriers slashed (Date: 16-11-2006)
Trade barriers within the European Union have been dealt a fatal blow as the European Parliament agreed the EU Services Directive. The landmark agreement will be worth up to £5 billion a year to the UK economy and create up to 135,000 jobs. The EU Directive on Services in the internal market will cut red tape across the EU making it easier for service providers, particularly SMEs, to set up and offer services in other Member States.>br> Trade Minister Ian McCartney said: ‘This Directive is genuinely market opening. Importantly, it achieves this goal without affecting essential protections in areas such as health and employment.
‘It is good news for both UK businesses and UK consumers. We will now have a Europe where businesses and entrepreneurs can tap into new markets without facing a mountain of unnecessary rules and regulations.’
Source: SBS Press Release 15/11/06
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52nd ICSB World Conference 2007 (Date: 16-11-2006)
Turku School of Economics will be hosting the ICSB World Conference on 13-15 June, 2007 in Turku, Finland. The Conference theme is ‘At the Crossroads of East and West: New Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Small Business’. The conference is targeted to researchers, policy makers, educators and practitioners. The Keynote Speakers include f.ex. Professor William B. Gartner. On 12 June a Pre-Conference on Entrepreneurship Policy will be arranged as part of the European Day of the Entrepreneur.
The deadline for abstracts / workshop proposals is 20 January, 2007 – see the conference website - www.icsb2007.org - for online abstract submission and further information.
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Two chairs to provide double boost for Women's Enterprise (Date: 15-11-2006)
Small Business Minister Margaret Hodge today gave a double boost for Women's Enterprise as she announced two Chairs to lead a new Task Force for Women's Enterprise. The unique arrangement will bring both business and delivery expertise to the body. Glenda Stone, Chief Executive of Aurora, and Pam Alexander, Chief Executive of the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), will jointly lead the Task Force which will champion women's enterprise to encourage more women across the country to start and run successful businesses.
Speaking on Women's Enterprise Day, during Enterprise Week, Margaret Hodge said: 'I have deliberately appointed two Chairs to the Task Force for Women's Enterprise to provide both business and delivery expertise. Pam and Glenda will provide the leadership and can-do attitude required to accelerate the growth in women's enterprise.'
Source: SBS Press Release 14/11/06
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Enterprise Week kicks off with £100 million round of capital funds (Date: 15-11-2006)
The biggest ever Enterprise Week, with over 2,000 events, was kicked off with the launch of the second round of Enterprise Capital Funds - providing a further £100m of government money to boost innovation, jobs and growth for budding entrepreneurs and existing businesses in the UK. Small Business Minister Margaret Hodge officially opened the second round of bidding for Enterprise Capital Funds while speaking at the Enterprising Britain Debate, the flagship launch event for Enterprise Week 2006.
Margaret Hodge said: ‘Too many of our most innovative businesses with genuine potential fail because they can't bridge the equity gap. Enterprise Capital Funds are a key government intervention to help provide the investment that is vital to these businesses and provide a real boost to economic growth in the UK - and I urge potential bidders to apply.’
Enterprise Week, funded by the SBS, will see a record number of events this year to get young people thinking about starting their own business and taking their first steps towards being the entrepreneurs of the future.
Source: SBS Press Release 13/11/06
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Bill to save business millions receives Royal Assent (Date: 14-11-2006)
The Companies Bill has received Royal Assent and introduces sweeping changes to simplify and improve company law. Company law has been substantially rewritten to make it easier to understand and more flexible - especially for small businesses.
Secretary of State Alistair Darling said: ‘This Act will help ensure Britain remains one of the best places in the world to set up and run a business. It makes sure the regulatory burden on business is 'light-touch', promotes shareholder engagement and will help encourage a long-term investment culture in the UK.’
The Act will help businesses save £250million a year, including up to £100m for small businesses. The first measures to be introduced will include provisions on company communications to shareholders. These will be introduced in January 2007, saving businesses over £50million by using electronic communications rather than paper. All parts of the Act will be in force by October 2008.
For the full press release visit www.sbs.gov.uk
Source - SBS Press Release 8/11/06
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Government enterprise policy is failing young women (Date: 14-11-2006)
A greater commitment to women’s enterprise policy and practice is being called for by Prowess, the UK’s leading women’s enterprise organisation, as it launches its latest research into women’s enterprise in the UK. Prowess is calling for a long term and sustained commitment from government at all levels as the momentum generated over the past three years is in danger of petering out. In particular, Government focus on the 18-24 age group appears to be failing young women. This new report finds that young women in this category are the least entrepreneurial of all age groups and just one quarter as entrepreneurial as their male counterparts.
‘Stairways to growth: Supporting the ascent of Women’s Enterprise in the UK’ report can be downloaded from www.prowess.org.uk/publications or call Prowess on 01603 227 090 or email info@prowess.org.uk for a printed copy.
Source: Integra Communications media release 8/11/06
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Free places at UK first Bio-Entrepreneur School (Date: 03-11-2006)
Turning bio-scientists into business gurus is the long-term goal of the UK’s first QED Bio-Entrepreneur School which will run from 26th-28th February 2007 in Nottingham, UK. Just 30 free places are available on this three-day intensive programme for bio-scientists and technologists whose product or service shows commercial potential. The School is delivered by seasoned entrepreneurs and business professionals and will help delegates develop commercial acumen and overcome confidence barriers to starting up in business. Interested applicants from across the UK can log onto www.bioentrepreneur.co.uk to find out what they need to do to be considered for the School, the first of its kind.
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Sharper focus and stronger voice for small business policy (Date: 26-10-2006)
Changes to the Government's Small Business Service (SBS) - making it a smaller, more sharply focused policy unit within DTI with close links to HM Treasury - have been announced by Margaret Hodge, Small Business Minister.
The new streamlined SBS reflects the organisation's move from delivering services on the ground to become an expert policy unit on small business issues throughout Government. The transition means that from April 2007 the SBS will no longer be required to have Executive Agency status and will instead operate as an expert policy unit within the DTI's Enterprise and Business Group.
Visit the SBS website - www.sbs.gov.uk - for more information
Source: SBS Press Release 26/10/06
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National Strategy for future EU Structural Funds spending in the UK (Date: 25-10-2006)
The Government today announced how 9.6€ billion of European Structural Funds will be distributed across the United Kingdom over the next seven years. Every region of the UK will be given a share of European money, according to how much they need it, on a formula worked out after a detailed consultation earlier this year. When the allocations were announced by Brussels at the end of last year, the UK received a total of 9.6€ billion for 2007 to 2013. In the current seven year period the UK was given 15.85€ billion.
Margaret Hodge, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, said: ‘All the richer countries in Western Europe have been allocated a reduced slice of the cake this time round. That is partly because the British economy has been such a success in the last seven years and partly to allow money to be given to the new states joining in Eastern Europe. Our job has been to make sure this European funding is distributed around the United Kingdom in the best way to ensure that all parts of the country benefit from our increased economic prosperity and employment.’
Source: SBS Press Release 24/10/06
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SME Statistics 2005 (Date: 24-10-2006)
Business start-ups and closures, VAT registrations and de-registrations in 2005
The SBS has published estimates of the number of enterprises registering and de-registering for VAT in 2005. The stock of VAT-registered enterprises at the start of 2006 is also released. A dataset containing estimates for the period 1994-2005, for local areas, for Parliamentary Constituencies and for each of the UK's 200 main industries, is available on the SBS website – www.sbs.gov.uk
In 2005, there were 177,900 registrations and 152,900 de-registrations, resulting in an increase of 25,000 (1.4%) in the stock of VAT-registered enterprises during 2005. There have been increases in the stock of VAT registered enterprises in every year from 1995 onwards.
The number of registrations decreased by 5,900 (3.2%) between 2004 and 2005 and the number of de-registrations decreased by 10,500 (6.4%) over the same period. This is the lowest number of de-registrations since 1999. In 2005, there were 37 registrations and 31 de-registrations for every 10,000 people aged 16 or over in the UK. More information can be found on the National Statistics website – www.statistics.gov.uk
Source: SBS Press release 23/10/06
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Call for Papers: 5th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference (Date: 17-10-2006)
22-23 February 2007 – hosted by the University of Lincoln
The Crichton Centre for Rural Enterprise (CRCE) at the University of Paisley invites researchers, consultants and policy organisations to submit abstracts for the 5th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference to be held 22-23 February 2007 at the University of Lincoln.
Themes on rural entrepreneurship include: innovation and adding value; business incubation; contribution to policy; communities, social capital; ICT and e-business; tourism; farmers; and non-farm groups. Submissions on the link between research and policy are particularly welcome, and there will be award by the sponsor - The Commission for Rural Communities - for best policy-relevant paper. Abstracts maximum 500 words by email to: david.deakins@paisley.ac.uk by 30 November 2006. Further information on the conference will be available on the website below.
Read More...: www.paisley.ac.uk/business/5thRuralEntrepreneurshipConf.asp


Latest issue of Venture Capital Journal (Date: 13-10-2006)
Vol.8 No.4/October 2006 of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance is now available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site. This issue contains:
Business angels in a changing economy: The case of Sweden - Nils Månsson, Hans Landström
Economic exchange reciprocity or social obligation reciprocity? exchange modalities of interorganizational relations in Germany - Christiana Weber, Markus Göbel
Estimating additionality and leverage: The interplay between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland (2000 – 2002) - Mark Hart, Helena Lenihan
Venture capitalist quality and IPO certification - Steven D. Dolvin, Mark K. Pyles
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Final Assisted Areas map published (Date: 10-10-2006)
Government has published its map of Assisted Areas showing the zones where businesses can apply for regional aid for the next seven years. Government also unveiled a new package of measures to help areas left off the map. This package will allow Regional Development Agencies to give grants to small and medium sized businesses in all the areas squeezed off the map from January 2007.
A draft UK map published for consultation in July had to include a cut of a fifth of the UK's coverage under EU rules. The newly published map keeps most of those cuts, but incorporates more than 30 areas where the government has made changes in response to representations. It will now be sent to Brussels for final approval.
The EU rules only allow regional state aid to businesses located within the areas designated, although all other forms of government aid are still allowed to firms outside.
For further details see the SBS website or DTI's Regional Economic Development page - http://www.dti.gov.uk/regional/index.html
Source: SBS Press Release 10/10/06
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Review of the Enterprise Promotion Fund (Date: 19-09-2006)
A Review of the Enterprise Promotion Fund can be accessed as a PDF file at the link below.
Source: email from CEEDR, Middlesex University Business School
Read More...: www.sbs.gov.uk/SBS_Gov_files/researchandstats/EPFReviewFinalReport.pdf


Latest issue of International Small Business Journal (Date: 19-09-2006)
The new issue of the ISBJ - 1 October 2006; Vol. 24, No. 5 includes:
HRM Inside UK E-commerce Firms: Innovations in the 'New' Economy and Continuities with the 'Old' - Graham Dietz, Ton van der Wiele, Jos van Iwaarden, and Julie Brosseau
Succession Planning in SMEs: An Empirical Analysis - Jaideep Motwani, Nancy M. Levenburg, Thomas V. Schwarz, and Charles Blankson
Owner-managers and Business Planning in the Small Firm - Suzanne M. Richbell, H. Doug Watts, and Perry Wardle
A Multiparadigmatic Perspective of Strategy: A Case Study of an Ethnic Family Firm - Ajay Bhalla, Steven Henderson, and David Watkins
Book Review: Open for Business: The Persistent Entrepreneurial Class in Poland - Ewa Helinska-Hughes
Book Review: Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship - Hans Landstrom
Book Review: Researching Entrepreneurship - Peter Rosa
Book Review: The E Factor: Entrepreneurial Competencies for Personal and Business Success - Bill Keogh
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Ageing population 'biggest threat to business' (Date: 05-09-2006)
Britain’s ageing population is the single biggest threat facing the UK economy over the course of the next decade, businesses have told a monthly internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI).
Panelists responding to the July UK Business Barometer (www.ukbb.ac) poll, named fuel shortages and skills shortages as the next biggest worries to business over the next 10 years, which was also reflected in the results of its sister survey the UK Business Adviser Barometer (www.ukbab.ac). Taking a shorter term view, over the coming two years, skills and fuel shortages were joined by a fear of higher taxation and the threat of terrorist activity in both surveys.
The UKBB July survey also sought views on the importance to businesses of physical location of their banks, tolerance of late payment, training needs, internet search engines, gathering tacit knowledge and online health checks/reviewing tools for business. For more information contact Louise Third - louise@integra.gb.com
Source: Integra Communications press release 29/8/06
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Statistics 2005 (Date: 31-08-2006)
The Small Business Service (SBS), has published the SME Statistics for the UK 2005.
There were an estimated 4.3 million business enterprises in the UK at the start of 2005, an increase of 59,000 (1.4 per cent) on the start of 2004. This estimate, and figures in the press release, comprises the private sector (including public corporations and nationalised bodies) and therefore excludes Government and non-profit organisations. Almost all of these enterprises (99.3 per cent) were small (0 to 49 employees). Only 27,000 (0.6 per cent) were medium-sized (50 to 249 employees) and 6,000 (0.1 per cent) were large (250 or more employees). At the start of 2005, UK enterprises employed an estimated 22 million people, and had an estimated combined annual turnover of £2,400 billion. SMEs together accounted for more than half of the employment (58.7 per cent) and turnover (51.1 per cent) in the UK. For further information visit www.sbs.gov.uk
Source: SBS Press Release 31/8/06
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New issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development (Date: 30-08-2006)
Vol 18 No 5/September 2006 of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development is now available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site. This issue contains:
Rural entrepreneurs and institutional assistance: an empirical study from mountainous Italy - Nicola Meccheri, Gianluigi Pelloni
The Pharmacia story of entrepreneurship and as a creative technical university1 – an experiment in innovation, organizational break up and industrial renaissance - Gunnar Eliasson, Åsa Eliasson
Entrepreneurial processes and the social construction of opportunity - Denise E. Fletcher
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Prowess Conference: Call for Research Papers (Date: 22-08-2006)
The 4th Prowess Annual International Conference on Women’s Enterprise Development is to be held in Brighton on 7-8 February, 2007.
Entitled 'Backing Winners: the Dead Cert for an Enterprising Nation', the key themes are: Communication/Marketing/Making Enterprise Appeal to Women/Targeting/Sustaining the Market.
Authors are invited to submit one page abstracts in accordance with the template available from www.prowess.org.uk/conference/Conference2007.htm by 15 October 2006. Notification of acceptance by 31 October 2006. Complete papers by 15 December 2006. Abstracts by e-mail to: muhammad.roomi@beds.ac.uk
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Journal of Entrepreneurship – new issue (Date: 18-08-2006)
The latest issue of Journal of Entrepreneurship - 1 September 2006; Vol. 15, No. 2 contains:
Teachers and Socio-educational Entrepreneurship: Competence as a Consequence - Vijaya Sherry Chand and Geeta Amin-Choudhury
Recasting Job Creation Strategies in Developing Regions: A Role for Entrepreneurial Finance - Florence Eid
Networking and New Venture Resource Strategies: A Study of Information Technology Start-ups - K. Ramachandran and Sougata Ray
Intention for Entrepreneurship among Students in India - Narendra C. Bhandari
Entrepreneurship among Diasporic Communities: A Comparative Examination of Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of Punjab - Gurpreet Bal
SMEs, Growth and Entrepreneurship: The Steady Rise and Precipitous Fall of Seaking - Roger Mumby-Croft and Reva Berman Brown
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Buoyant economy boosts business start-ups (Date: 18-08-2006)
Improved economic conditions and increased business optimism are behind a 24 per cent rise in the number of businesses starting up in the first quarter of 2006.
According to a survey of start-up businesses, conducted by Barclays, 110,300 firms were set up in the first quarter of this year, compared with 88,000 in the same period last year making the first quarter of 2006 one of the strongest first quarters for start-ups since 1988.
Source: NFEA newsletter August 2006
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Bristol / Manchester - Ethnographies of the Social Economy: (Date: 11-08-2006)
Practices in Place
(A Durham University Research Project) Of potential interest to those within/researching social enterprise within Bristol and Manchester: A two year research programme, supported by the ESRC, which centres upon a grounded investigation into the social enterprise sectors of two UK cities, Manchester and Bristol.
The aim of the project is to aid actors and organisations working within the social economies of Manchester and Bristol to evaluate ongoing issues within the sector (including new developments around the politics of 'social enterprise'). Also aims to build upon previous research undertaken at Durham University, via an assessment of the diverse range of individuals who might become involved in 'socially enterprising' activities.
The interviewing stage of the project has begun. For more information contact either Chris Hewson (Manchester) - chris.hewson@durham.ac.uk, or David Land (Bristol) - d.e.land@durham.ac.uk - or email the general project address - social.economy@durham.ac.uk
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VACANCY: Research project manager – FPB Campaigns Department (Date: 08-08-2006)
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is a leading business pressure group, lobbying on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses to create a better political and economic environment for private business.
There is a vacancy for a dynamic individual to manage research projects within the FPB’s Campaigns Department. This is an exciting opportunity designed to develop strong links between the FPB member opinion and decision makers.
The successful candidate will lead the FPB’s research activity and will be central to campaigning and member retention functions.
Candidates may have a post-graduate research qualification (MA, PhD) in economics, geography or politics or have similar working experience in a membership organization. Experience in research methodologies is essential, together with ability to manage a research project to completion; plus interest in continuing to publish in academic journals, whilst being engaged in influencing policy on matters relating to smaller businesses.
Further information can be found at www.fpb.org/aboutthefpb/workforthefpb
CV and covering letter to victoria.carson@fpb.org
Closing date 25 August 2006
Salary £26,000 – 32,000
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ACCA - Call for research proposals: Pensions (Date: 08-08-2006)
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) wishes to commission research projects with policy and/or practical relevance that examine issues surrounding the continuing pensions debate.
Accordingly, ACCA’s Research Committee invites applications for funding to support research projects that will contribute to one or more of the following debates on pension-related issues: Public policy; Finance and investment; Oversight; Technical accounting.
Key dates: - Meet the funder’ event: 4 September 2006
- Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Tuesday 10th October 2006
- Decisions advised: 9 November 2006.
For full details visit: www.accaglobal.com/research
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Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (Date: 08-08-2006)
San Francisco 2007
Call for papers: Local action on peak oil and dangerous climate change
This proposed stream at the AAG may be of interest to those small business researchers working in the field of ecology, local economic development, and alternative economic spaces but is not exclusive to these.
Proposed panel sessions address economic development strategies and political activities at local and regional levels in response to climate change and fears about looming resource depletion: in particular, a forthcoming oil crisis – peak oil.
Please express your interest in participating along with an outline of the paper you have in mind at the first opportunity - email Peter North, University of Liverpool - P.J.North@liv.ac.uk. Final abstracts (250 words max.) by email by 29 September 2006.
See the AAG website – www.aag.org – for online registration and abstract submission instructions.
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Vacancies for Researcher and Research Associate (Date: 26-07-2006)
Fixed term appointment for one year in the first instance
The Small Business Research Centre at Kingston University seeks to appoint a Researcher (Ref: 06/251) and a Research Associate (Ref: 06/250) to join the staff of this internationally recognized research group and work closely with the three Professors in the Centre.
You will be enthusiastic, involved in all stages of the research process and work to deadlines. Both posts require an understanding of quantitative or qualitative research methodologies. Knowledge of developments in public policy for small firms and entrepreneurship in a regional context is desirable. The Research Associate should have an upper or first class honours degree in the social sciences and if possible a Masters degree. The Researcher should hold a doctorate and have knowledge of the academic literature on small firms and entrepreneurship.
Informal enquiries for either post can be made to Prof Robert Blackburn, SBRC, on 020 8547 7354 or email r.blackburn@kingston.ac.uk
For further information or to apply online, visit our website www.kingston.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date: 12 noon on 1st September 2006.
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Customer First Reports (Date: 26-07-2006)
Customer First UK, the not for profit company which works with the business support and training sector to improve their customer service has recently publicised the results of two pieces of work which vividly show how working towards a customer service standard has marked benefits in customer handling and in the overall performance of an organisation.
The first piece of work, by the LSC in Yorkshire and the Humber, looks at the employer experience of dealing with training providers and colleges. The second piece of work was undertaken by independent researchers into the experience of organisations compliant with the "Putting the Customer First".
Full details of the reports are at http://www.customerfirst.org/research.asp
For more information, contact Andrew at Integra Communications – email: andrew@integra.gb.com
Source: Integra Communications Email
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Latest ISBJ & SAGE Publications offer (Date: 20-07-2006)
Access 39 SAGE management titles for FREE online until September 30th!
The ISBJ is available FREE online as part of the SAGE management trial. To register cut and paste the following into your browser:
https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT6772
The new issue of International Small Business Journal - 1 August 2006; Vol. 24, No. 4, contains:
The Role of Knowledge in Business Start-up Activity - Dirk De Clercq and Pia Arenius
Formation and Survival of New Ventures: A Path from Interpersonal to Interorganizational Networks - Humphry Hung
Aggregation and the Role of Trusted Third Parties in SME E-Business Engagement: A Regional Policy Issue - Nigel Lockett and David H. Brown
Income Diversification in Norwegian Farm Households: Reassessing Pluriactivity - Lars Ronning and Lars Kolvereid
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Mainstreaming Business Support for BMEs (Date: 19-07-2006)
For a report on the mainstreaming of ethnic and minority business support please follow the link below
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Dealing with dissatisfied customers (Date: 19-07-2006)
More than a third of small businesses don’t have a formal procedure for dealing with customer complaints, a monthly internet survey has revealed. The latest UK Business Barometer (UKBB), run by The University of Nottingham Institute of Enterprise and Innovation, found that 39 per cent of businesses had no system laid down for dealing with unhappy clients - leaving their reputation vulnerable within the industry.
The UKBB warns that these companies could be leaving themselves wide open to negative fallout from complaints, as past studies suggest that dissatisfied customers tend to tell up to 25 other people of their experiences.
Advice from management gurus, according to the survey, is to deal with complaints quickly and ensure the customer is satisfied, and to have a procedure in place so that all employees understand how to react.
For more information contact Louise Third - louise@integra.gb.com
Source: Integra Communications press release
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Latest Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal (Date: 18-07-2006)
Vol 18 No 4/July 2006 of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development is now available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site (link below). This issue contains:
Industrial districts and internationalization: the case of the agri-food industry in Modena, Italy - Paola Bertolini, Enrico Giovannetti
The dynamics of entrepreneurs’ networks in a transitioning economy: the case of Russia - Bat Batjargal
For the greater good: business networks and business social responsibility to communities - Terry L. Besser, Nancy Miller, Robert K. Perkins
Gender and the commercialization of university science: academic founders of spi