I am happy to circulate the information found below.  If any list 
members would like a copy of the full word-processed file please 
contact Roger Strange at 
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We cannot accommodate file attachments within the List for obvious 
reasons.

Mike Tribe


CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
The Management Centre


SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES 
IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITONAL ECONOMIES 



A one-day conference on the theme of 'Small-scale enterprises in 
Developing and Transitional economies' will be held under the auspices 
of the KCL Asia Forum at the Waterloo campus of King's College London 
on Friday September 15th 2000. The conference organisers are Professor 
Homi Katrak and Roger Strange.

The provisional list of speakers is as below:

· Professor Subrata Ghatak (Kingston University) 'Small and 
Medium-sized Enterprises in the Economies in Transition.' · Dr Alan 
Mulhern (Kingston University) 'The State and Small-scale Establishments 
in Venezuela.' · Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja (Commonwealth Secretariat, 
London) 'Firm-level Technology Development: Small and Medium-sized 
Enterprises in Africa.' · Professor John Weeks (SOAS, University of 
London) 'The Role of Small Enterprises in Developing Countries in the 
Long-run: an Empirical Analysis.' · Mr Roger Strange (King's College 
London) and Dr Jim Newton (University of Hong Kong) 'The Role of the 
State in the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: a 
Comparison of the Silk Industries in China and India.' · Dr Paul Temple 
and Mr Qi Yang (University of Surrey) 'The Role of Small Enterprises in 
the Growth of Productive Efficiency in China.' · Professor Homi Katrak 
(University of Surrey and King's College London) 'Economic 
Liberalisation and Small Enterprises' Market Shares: the Indian 
Experience.'

There may well be an opportunity to add a few more papers to the 
programme., and authors with a paper that fits closely the theme of the 
conference are invited to contact either of the organisers as soon as 
possible. We are hoping to publish the papers from the conference 
either as an edited book or as a special issue of a journal. The 
programme will be finalised by late July, and details e-mailed to all 
those who have expressed an interest in attending.  The KCL Asia Forum 
The KCL Asia Forum was founded in 1998 to provide an occasion when the 
many Asianists in the London area could meet informally to discuss 
their research. The Forum has since met three times at approximately 
six-monthly intervals at King's College London, and each evening 
meeting has involved the presentation of two papers. For this, the 
fourth meeting, a different format has been adopted with seven (or 
perhaps more) papers being presented over a full day, and the 
geograhical focus not being limited to Asia but widened to include all 
developing and transitional economies.


Registration 
The conference will be held in the newly-refurbished Franklin-Wilkins 
Building at the Waterloo campus of King's College London. The campus is 
adjacent to Waterloo BR station, and just south of the National 
Theatre. Further details of the campus and of transport details will be 
provided on registration.

The cost of attendance is £10 (academics) or £20 (others), and includes 
attendance, lunch, refreshments throughout the day, and copies of the 
conference papers. Please return the attached registration form to 
Roger Strange at the address below by July 28th 2000.


The Conference Organisers 
The conference organisers are Professor Homi Katrak and Roger Strange. 
Both may be contacted at the following address: The Management Centre, 
King's College London, The Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford 
Street, London SE1 8WA. Fax: 020-7848-4423
If you have any queries, please contact either Professor Katrak by 
telephone (020-7586-2039) or Roger Strange by e-mail 
([log in to unmask]).  KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
The Management Centre


SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES 
IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITONAL ECONOMIES 


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM


I wish to attend the above conference on Friday September 15th 2000:



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Important: Please provide an e-mail address as we will try to send out 
the conference papers in advance by e-mail.

Registration fee: £10 (academics) or £20 (others). Please make cheques 
payable to 'King's College London'.

Please return this form by July 28th 2000 to Roger Strange, The 
Management Centre, King's College London, The Franklin-Wilkins 
Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 8WA (Fax: 020-7848-4423).

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Dr Michael Tribe
Development and Project Planning Centre
University of Bradford
Bradford  BD7  1DP
United Kingdom
Tel: (0)1274 233978
Fax: (0)1274 235280
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
WWW: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/dppc/homepage.html


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