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Second Call for Papers and Participation 9th Annual International Conference on
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Management – Marketing – Economic
Aspects, 30-31 July & 1-2 August 2012, Athens, Greece |
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 9th
Annual International Conference on SME, 30-31 July & 1-2 August
The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access
to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special
arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of
rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of social events will
be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day
cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour (urban walk) of Athens and
a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available at http://www.atiner.gr/soc/2012SOC-SME.htm.
Papers (in English only) from all areas of Business,
Economics, Management, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, MIS and
Law are welcome. Special sessions will be devoted to small business economics,
small business formation, small business strategy, small business marketing,
education and small business, small business policy, family business,
self-employment, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, innovation,
technology, creativity, case studies of
small business best practices, PEST and SWOT analysis for SMEs, regulation and
legislation. Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the
Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume
of the Conference Proceedings or Edited Books as part of ATINER's book series.
For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BUSINESS_PUBLICATIONS.htm.
Papers to be included are blindly peer reviewed.
If you think you can contribute, please send an
abstract of about 300 words, via email (atiner@atiner.gr),
before 19 March 2012 to: Dr. Peter Yannopoulos,
Professor, Brock University, Canada & Academic Member, Marketing Research
Unit, ATINER. Abstracts should include: Title of
Paper, Family Name (s), First Name (s), Institutional Affiliation, Current
Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the
subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting
form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-SME.doc.
Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which
includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper,
i.e. chair a session, organize a panel, evaluate papers to be included in the
conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any
other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), President, ATINER.
The Athens Institute for Education and Research
(ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with
the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over
the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and
discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has
organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books.
Academically, the Institute consists of four research
divisions and twenty research
units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference
and undertakes various small and large research projects.