2008 ASBE CALL FOR PAPERS

The Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ASBE) invites you to submit competitive papers for our Fall Conference. ASBE will be meeting at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 8-10, 2008. Be sure to ask for the ASBE rate of $119 per night, single or double. You may also call in your reservation to 1-800-252-7772 and be sure to ask for the ASBE Conference rate.

Deadline for receipt of competitive paper submissions to be considered for Best Paper Award is July 15^th. Deadline for receipt for all other submissions is August 1, 2008. Please submit electronically to Dr. Kathleen Liang: cliang@uvm.edu.

Paper Submission Instructions:

1. Competitive papers should be typed, double-spaced and not exceed 20 pages in length, exclusive of references and appendices. Electronic submission is encouraged.
2. A separate title page should include the title of the paper, name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for all authors.
3. The body of the paper should contain a second cover page without any author identification.
4. A 150-word abstract with no author identification should be placed on the third page.
5. Submitted papers shall not have been published previously.
6. At least one author of the paper shall join ASBE, register for and attend the meeting and personally present their paper at the meeting. You may not submit more than 3 papers/abstracts for consideration.
7. The Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship will be given first and full credit as publisher for all papers presented at the Annual Meeting. Any paper that has been presented previously or is scheduled for another presentation will be rejected.

Panels, Symposia, and Small Business Institute type cases shall also be considered. Panels and symposia may be up to 5 pages in length.

ASBE will publish all successful papers in the Proceedings for the Fall Meeting. Authors will be provided with manuscript preparation instructions subsequent to acceptance of their papers for the conference.

$1,000 Doctoral Student Prize for best paper sponsored by Irwin/McGraw-Hill (student author must present at conference)

BEST PAPER---$1,000 in cash prizes to be awarded---Three cash prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded courtesy of Irwin/McGraw-Hill. These papers will also be considered for publication in the Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship.

BEST REVIEWER. The best reviewer shall also be recognized with an award based upon the developmental nature of their reviews, timeliness, and completeness.

As a special incentive, Register Early (before Sept 4^th) for the conference and hotel and you will receive Louisiana hot sauce & Vermont Maple Syrup. Bring a colleague (first time ASBE attendee) and you will each receive maple syrup & hot sauce.

Reviewer? – Discussant? – Track Chair?

Let me know of your interest in serving ASBE in any of these capacities.

Kathleen Liang

cliang@uvm.edu