CALL FOR PAPERS - Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference in San Francisco, March 9 - 12, 2005; hosted by the University of San Francisco School of Business and Management Entrepreneurship Program -www.EntrepreneurshipProgram.org.

The University of San Francisco Entrepreneurship Program today announced that the 'CALL for PAPERS' period has begun for the INAUGURAL SAN FRANCISCO-SILICON VALLEY GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH CONFERENCE. The conference will take place March 9 - 12, 2005 in San Francisco, U.S.A and is organized by the University of San Francisco School of Business and Management Entrepreneurship Program. The Conference Paper Submission Deadline is October 15th, 2004. Please see --www.EntrepreneurshipProgram.org for further details.

(PRWEB) August 5, 2004 -- THE INAUGURAL SAN FRANCISCO-SILICON VALLEY GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH CONFERENCE (March 9 - 12, 2005 in San Francisco, U.S.A), organized by the University of San Francisco School of Business and Management Entrepreneurship Program, is now accepting Research Papers and Panel Proposals for consideration of participation. The Conference Paper and Panel Submission Deadline is October 15th, 2004.

The conference organizers, Professors Mark Cannice, Roger Chen, and Zhan Li, indicated that, "The conference will commence with research paper and panel presentations on March 9 and 10 and move on to a highly energetic international business plan competition on March 11 and 12 that features many top venture capitalist and executive judges."

The research conference and the business plan competition will provide an opportunity for SCHOLARS, VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND LEADING ENTREPRENEURS TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER IN BOTH PAPER AND PANEL PRESENTATIONS, AS WELL AS BY PARTICIPATING IN A LEADING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION, WHERE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS LEADING NEW VENTURE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES PITCH THEIR PLANS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM MANY OF THE WORLDS LEADING VENTURE INVESTORS. Attending faculty, deans, and program directors will also learn many of the mechanics of launching a business plan competition for their own university.

Conference Themes and Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Causal factors of regional entrepreneurial advantage

Success factors of entrepreneur firms

Financing of entrepreneurial firms

Business plan development issues

Growth strategies of entrepreneur companies

Entrepreneurial leadership in existing firms

Managing global expansion and global operations of entrepreneurial firms

Cross-cultural aspects of entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship education and curriculum development

Social Entrepreneurship

Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Behavior

Complete Conference details may be found at http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/research.htm

Questions about the conference may also be sent to the Conference Co-chairs:

Professors Roger Chen (chenr@usfca.edu), Zhan Li (liz@usfca.edu), and

Mark Cannice (cannice@usfca.edu).

University of San Francisco

School of Business and Management

Entrepreneurship Program

http://www.EntrepreneurshipProgram.org

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