Colleagues,Please see below the extended call for papers to the special issue of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development & the Mona School of Business & Management's second academic conference....
Continuing its mission to engage with the pressing and emerging themes in business and management, Mona School of Business and Management (the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus) will be convening its second academic conference around the theme “Connecting the Dots: Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development”. The overall theme is guided by the emphasis on the private sector in the SDG and by extension, the focus on business, enterprise and entrepreneurship.OVERVIEWAlong with innovation,
enterprise and entrepreneurship are major pillars of production, receiving
increased attention in the discourse on economic growth and development.
The recognition of entrepreneurship as an important enabler in
the development process has always been acknowledged by economic
development scholars such as Sir Arthur Lewis, a Nobel Prize winner in
Economics who was born in the Caribbean. Indeed, a major highlight of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is the recognition of the central
role of business and enterprise in meeting the objective of international
development. Today, with the Caribbean struggling to find a strong growth pole
on which to anchor its future development, it is acknowledged that enterprise,
entrepreneurship and innovation will be the key pillars of production that
it must harness within a SDG world. THEMES
The conference welcomes practical and theoretical contributions, position
papers and works in progress that focus on these themes from a global
perspective, but also from the viewpoint of the Caribbean and other small
developing regions. Other
quality submissions more broadly within the areas of business & management
will also be considered. The following is a general guide as to the  issues that will be discussed at the
conference:
• Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Sustainable Development                                             • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Competitiveness
• Factors Influencing MSME Performance                                                                                  • Caribbean Businesses Going Global: Strategies and Perspectives
• Accessing Finance for New and Established SMEs                                                               • Business-Government relationships within the MSME community
• Business, Government and the International Economy                                                         • Diaspora Networks
• Social Enterprise Creation and Development                                                                          • The Sustainable Development Goals: What is in it for Business?
• The role of the private sector in in attaining the Sustainable Development
Goals            • Can we dance? Business, self-interest, sustainability and inclusive growth: Are these anachronistic or can harmony be achieved?
• The Business Creation Process                                                                                                  • Business & Management Education in an SDG World
• Business strategies in an SDG world

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM:
Submissions are also being invited for a Doctoral Consortium, which will offer
students a collegial atmosphere to share their work and receive
constructive feedback.PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS:
A special issue on “Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean” will be
published in the highly rated journal of Entrepreneurship
and Regional Development with
guest editors Professor David Storey and Drs Indianna Minto-Coy
and Jonathan Lashley. Submissions will be double-blind reviewed and should
follow the Journal's guidelines available at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/tepnauth.asp.c Additionally, all abstracts will be
published in the Conference Booklet with a special ISBN. Other publication
opportunities may become available. Only original works (i.e. not published
elsewhere) will be considered for presentation & publication. A number
of awards will also be given, including for Best Paper.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES &
CONTACT:
200 word abstract with 6-8 keywords, sub-theme and a separate cover page with
title, name, institutional affiliation & contact (Email, Tel &
Fax). Send individual abstracts, papers, panel proposals and queries to Dr
Indianna Minto-Coy - [log in to unmask] & copy to [log in to unmask] Website: http://businessconf.msbm-uwi.org/KEY DATES:

ABSTRACTS EXTENDED: March 31, 2016                
          FULL SCRIPTS: August 31, 2016
DECISIONS: April 30, 2016                         
          CONFERENCE: November 9-11, 2016HOST INSTITUTION:
Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies,
Mona, Jamaica

Best regards,Indianna Dr Indianna D. Minto-CoySenior Research FellowCentre of ExcellenceMona School of Business & ManagementUniversity of the West IndiesKingston 7, JamaicaResearch AffiliateInternational Migration Research CentreWilfrid Laurier UniversityWaterloo, CanadaEmail: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]: Indianna.MintoTel: +876  977-3775, 977-3808, 977-6960, 702-2099, ext. 283 (Office); +876 5695979 (Mobile)