 | ICSB 2012 World Conference - June 10-13 The organizing commitee invites you to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the country's scenery, engage with the world's experts on the latest international developments in small business and hear firsthand how New Zealand firms lead from the edge.
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 | Small Enterprise Research (SER) Call for Papers - Special Issue on Family Business
Small Enterprise Research invites papers which consider new work related to the theme: Business Functions in Family Controlled Companies. Both empirical and conceptual papers are welcome. The Australian Centre for Family Business (ACFB) at Bond University is sponsoring a prize for the best paper published in the special issue.
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 | Q1 2012 Visa Small Business Spend Insights
Visa Small Business Spend Insights monitors the economic confidence of U.S small business owners by analyzing Visa spend data and responses to a quarterly survey. Small business and those serving them can benefit from the trends and insights obtained from Visa's proprietary research. Click here to read more
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 | CCSBE / CCPME Secretariat RFP
The Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE/CCPME) is offering an important opportunity. We are looking for an institutional partner to join us in advancing Canadian entrepreneurship.
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 | 2012 CCSBE - Call for Abstract Deadline EXTENDED
The deadline to submit your abstract to the 2012 CCSBE Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia has been extended until Friday, June 8th. This year's conference explores the theme "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice.
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 | ECSB Career Mentoring 2012: Call for Applications!
ECSB Career Mentoring is aimed at junior researchers who have finalised their doctoral studies or are in the process of finalising in 2012. For six months, experienced researchers and professors will advise you with your personal career development.
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 | Earlybird Deadline Extended for GBSN 2012
The GBSN Annual Conference is a unique opportunity to network with colleagues in education, business and development from around the world who share a role in educating business leaders for the developing world.
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Click here to read the GSBN May Newsletter
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 | GEM Women's Report 2012 Webinar Recording
The 2012 GEM Women's report, launched in December 2011, is the most comprehensive study ever conducted about the entrepreneurial activity of women across the globe. Conducted in 59 economies, this unique research surveyed individuals rather than firm registrations.
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 | Jobs Knowledge Platform (JKP) JobsKnowledge.org
IZA is now managing the Jobs Knowledge Platform (JKP) in collaboration with the World Bank and partner organizations. The JKP aims to share insights, create a community, and inform policy debates about practical solutions to expand job creation and improve job opportunities around the world.
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 | IFC SME Finance Forum (SMEFF) Announcement The SME Finance Forum (SMEFF) is a part of the G20's Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. SMEFF is a platform for sharing knowledge in small and medium enterprise finance, for promoting best practices, and for collecting data to help set standards in this field.
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 | Get Up, Start Up - MAKSABY and Innoventures
Get up, Start up is an open invitation to the public, geared towards potential entrepreneurs, budding startups, established companies, interested individuals, students, investors and anyone that has ever wanted to pursue their dream. Click here to read more
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 | The Entrepreneurship Educator - May 2012
I continue to be amazed at the number of cynical comments I hear about what we teach – some of them from colleagues across my own campus. There seems to be an assumption among some folks that entrepreneurship is simply a self-serving pursuit that only teaches students how to maximize their own wealth at the expense of others.
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 | Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition
Do you or someone you know have a business idea that targets the baby boomer market? We invite you to enter your business plan for the 2012 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition, which is hosted by Santa Clara University and Mary Furlong & Associates .
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 | SMEs in New Zealand and the Policy Responses
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), defined in New Zealand as enterprises with 19 or fewer employees, are an important part of the New Zealand’s economy, both in terms of their number and the proportion of the labour force they employ. Click here to read more
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 | 2012 ICBI Conference Calls for Abstracts The third annual International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI) will take place on 30th November 2012 in Faculty of Commerce & Mgt Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
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 | RENT 2012 + Business Ethics - Submission Deadlines
Given the high number of requests for a deadline extension, the final date for submission to following three events has been postponed to May 31st, 2012 - RENT XXVI conference, Workshop on Business Ethics, International Conference on Tourism Management and Tourism Related Issues. Click here to read more
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 | 3rd GMLG Conference on Entrepreneurship Jan 17-19
Despite the positive trend in women’s self-employment during the last two decades, there is still a significant gender gap in entrepreneurship (Arenius/Kovalainen 2006). This “gender gap” has raised a lively political and scientific debate around the world. Click here to read more
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| Partner News Click on the links below to view the newsletters and bulletins from our partners for the past month:
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 | Submit your News to ICSB Today! ICSB introduces our new, online news form that will allow the International Office to collect and publish your news stories each month. The online form is simple and easy to use. We encourage all ICSB members from around the world to submit your news items today and have them distributed around the world tomorrow!
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