The new millennium is characterized by fragmentation of markets, short life-cycle of products, and intense competition. The business environment of the 2nd decade of the new millennium and beyond shows no signs of slowing down in radical discontinuous change and fast pace, global orientation, importance of service, Internet boost, knowledge intensity and innovation, and global market entry of small entrepreneurial firms. As leading edge continues to reside in firm’s ability to leverage and utilize knowledge, innovate, and act entrepreneurially, SMEs, family businesses and service organizations around the world and the developing world in particular (especially the GCC) must undergo strategy rethink.
In the new economy, organizations that have honed the skills of managing knowledge and developing value-adding innovations would compete successfully. Creating and sustaining knowledge and innovations are key outcomes of inter-organizational collaborations and relationships, particularly for SMEs which lack the resources to develop such capabilities internally. Research into these dynamics and processes are of particular interest. Also the current growth in domestic outsourcing, offshoring, franchising, non-ownership services, public-private sector partnership, and other forms of business relationships and models involving entrepreneurial SMEs and family businesses need more researcher attention. ‘GCSMES-6’ would bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to deliberate on these and other issues around the conference theme.
Manuscripts should be sent to gcsmes6@uob.edu.bh (with cc to admin@gcsmes.org). Submissions in the form of case study, conceptual, empirical and practitioner papers are invited in the following (but not limited) tracks.
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Accounting |
B2B |
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Branding |
Competitiveness and Performance |
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CSR, Ethics and Governance |
Cross Cultural Issues |
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CRM and e-Business |
Customer Engagement and Relationship Marketing in SMEs |
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Entrepreneurial Marketing |
Environmental Quality Management and Sustainability & Green business |
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Family Business |
Finance |
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Franchising and Outsourcing |
Gender and minority issues |
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Healthcare services |
Human Resource Management |
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ICT and Innovation |
International Business/Management |
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Indigenous Entrepreneurship |
Knowledge Management & Entrepreneurship Education |
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Legal Issues |
Mindfulness & Entrepreneurship |
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Multinational and Transnational Enterprise |
Operations Strategy |
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Small Business Marketing Research |
SME/Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategy |
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Service Innovation |
Social Entrepreneurship |
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SMEs, Economic Development & Sustainability |
Supply Network Management |
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Tourism and Hotel Research
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Women-owned Businesses |
| Full Paper or Extended Abstract Submission* | December 31, 2018 |
| Early Bird Registration | October 31, 2018 |
| Final Registration and Final Submission (Proceedings Ready) | March 1, 2019 |
| Doctoral Colloquium and Industry Workshop | March 11, 2019 |
| Presentations (Parallel Sessions) | March 12 & 13, 2019 |
Notes:
* Extended Abstracts (between 1000-1500 words) will be published in the proceedings, as such authors who choose to publish extended abstract need not submit another full paper for the proceedings.
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE MADE BY E-MAIL ATTACHMENT TO gcsmes6@uob.edu.bh (with cc to admin@gcsmes.org). Manuscripts must adhere to the following format:
- Times New Roman
- Maximum 10 Pages Single Spacing (for Full Paper)
- APA Referencing Style