With apologies for cross-posting, please contact me if you are interested.
Best wishes,
Lech
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CFP RSA Annual Conference, 4-7 June 2017, Dublin
SMEs. Family Firms & the Regional Economy
Session organiser(s)
Lech Suwala, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany:
lech.suw...@geo.hu-berlin.de
Family businesses encompass a broad range of actors, ranging from Germany’s
Mittelstand to America’s family farm; from Japanese century old money business
dynasties to the new-money elites of Shanghai and Silicon Valley. At the same
time, most family business are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); it is
a well-known fact, that these types of firms represent the backbone of most
economies. In Europe, for instance, they constitute 99% of all businesses;
moreover, in the past five years or so, they were responsible for 85% of new
jobs and provided two-thirds of the total private sector employment in the EU.
Against this background, the session aims to open up a profound debate on this
often-neglected topic in regional science and economic geography by collecting
diverse work on SMEs and/or family businesses in a regional context. It seeks
contributions for a better understanding of past and current SME and/or family
firm peculiarities and trajectories from around the world by addressing
conceptual, empirical and methodological papers on these types of businesses
and their role in regional economies.
Papers might address, but are not limited to:
Conceptual and theoretical debates about the nature of SME/Family firms
Evolution and trajectory of SME/ Family firms
Contribution and impact of SME/ Family firms on the regional economy
SME/ Family firms specific issues (succession, governance, reputation,
professionalisation etc.) in a regional context
SME/Family firms in emerging economy regions
Submission guidelines
Please submit proposals for papers in the form of a 250 word abstract (text
only) through the Regional Studies Association conference portal by Friday 24th
February 2017. Proposals will be considered by the Conference Programme
Committee against the criteria of originality, interest and subject balance.
https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge/Meetings/Meeting?ID=149
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Dr. Lech Suwala
Dipl.-Vw. Dipl.-Geogr.
Economic Geography
Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6, 10099
Tel: (030) 2093-6861
Fax: (030) 2093-6853
Sitz: Rudower Chaussee 16
Raum 5'102
lech.suw...@geo.hu-berlin.de
http://www.geographie.hu-berlin.de/Members/suwala_lech/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lech_Suwala
