Iran-Call for Papers

The International Conference on Entrepreneurship

with emphasis on GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) data analysis,

University of Tehran, Iran

www.gemiran.ir

Call for papers and participation in the first international Conference on Entrepreneurship, GEM, 24th – 25th February 2010 – Tehran, Iran.



The Faculty of Entrepreneurship is delighted to announce the first GEM based International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Tehran, Iran. We welcome papers, articles and case studies on topics related to research, practice, and teaching in all subject areas of Entrepreneurship; and also invite all interested academics, researchers, advisors, policy-makers, students, educators and those who are interested in entrepreneurship to join us for the first GEM-based International Conference. The main purpose is to facilitate the exchange of entrepreneurial knowledge and ideas and to provide access to high-quality research findings.

All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed and we will e-mail the results of the review process to the author(s). Accepted manuscripts will be scheduled for presentation at the conference and for publication in the GEM Proceedings on CD. Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, highly competitive papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research (JGER).

The GEM-based International Conference on Entrepreneurship, which will be held at The University of Tehran, is the first conference of its kind ever organized in the region. We welcome international delegations to share their latest scientific findings with us.

Professor Abbas Bazargan, acting as the team leader of GEM Iran, will be leading the course of events and chairing the conference. Please, submit your papers based on research findings, in English and/or in Persian, on any of the following key topics by 31st of October 2009.



· Comparative study in entrepreneurial activities

· Corporate entrepreneurship

· Determinants of entrepreneurial firm growth

· Development of entrepreneurial framework conditions

· Entrepreneurial opportunity and capacity in the region

· Entrepreneurship dynamics and regional economic development

· Entrepreneurship research trends

· Financing and entrepreneurship

· Global economic crisis and entrepreneurship development

· Minority entrepreneurship

· New methods and techniques of entrepreneurship education

· Obstacles to entrepreneurship development

· Role of social capital and social networks in entrepreneurship development

· Role of universities and higher education institutes in promoting an entrepreneurial culture

· Social entrepreneurship

· Social networks and entrepreneurship development

· Woman entrepreneurship

· GEM data analysis by new approaches and data mining techniques.



Deadline for registration to attend the conference: September, 30th, 2009

Deadline to submit an abstract: October, 31st, 2009

Deadline for papers and case studies: November, 30th, 2009

For more information or submission of abstracts please contact: esut1@ut.ac.ir

Join us for this exciting event to share and enhance abilities next February!