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Small Business Institute Annual Northeast Fall Conference
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Small Business Institute Annual North East Fall Conference

September 19-20, 2008
Silver Fox Inn, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

Building Community Relationships through Education and Business.





Submission deadlines

Papers and Workshops Deadline July 15
Notification to Author[s] August 15
Conference Registration Deadline August 1
Hotel Registration Deadline at Conference Rate August 1
Final Electronic Submission (for inclusion in proceedings) September 1

Conference schedule

Friday, September 19, 2008
11:30 a.m. Arrive at Waterville Valley/Silver Fox Inn
noon Lunch
1 p.m. Work Sessions
7-10 p.m. Mt. Washington Dinner Cruise
Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Work Sessions
noon Bag Lunch
Afternoon Tourism Information Provided
White Mountains/Leaf Peeping/Sight Seeing
4:30 p.m. N. Woodstock Evening Group Dinner: Gourmet Meal and Scenic Train Ride Excursion (Optional)

Submission Guidelines

Competitive Papers
Papers must be original, not under submission elsewhere, and should address issues significant to entrepreneurship and small business development. Papers should also be consistent with the overall theme and address at least one of the following topic areas:

  1. Significant contributions to the field of small business and entrepreneurship
  2. Interesting to organization members and conference attendees
  3. Illustrative of theories, concepts, and research in the field
  4. Seeks answers to meaningful research questions with discussion and implications clearly linked to findings

Competitive Workshops
Workshop proposals should address the conference theme and target one or more of the topic areas outlined above.

Proposals should:

  1. Include all activities to be conducted in the session
  2. Identify objectives and outcomes expected for participants as attendees
  3. Indicate all presenters and materials in the session
  4. An abstract of accepted competitive workshops will be published in the proceedings.

Roundtable Discussion Proposals and Invited Presenters
Specific times will be designated for roundtable discussions and for dialogue with invited presenters. This is an excellent opportunity for informal exchange of information, theories and works in progress affecting economic development, business consulting and education. Sessions are designed to encourage discussion between conference attendees, visitors, and the roundtable author(s) to further develop research themes or clarification.

An abstract of accepted paper, workshop, and roundtable proposals will be published in the proceedings.

Directions for Paper Submission

Style, font size, formatting, and submission instructions for all competitive papers, workshops, roundtable discussions, abstracts, and full paper or workshop proposals:

Title -16 pt font, Times New Roman
Author - 12 pt font by Author Name
University Name
University Street Address
City, State Country
Author Phone Number
Author E-mail Address

  1. All competitive paper, workshop submissions should be entirely original, never before published, and must not be under consideration or scheduled for presentation elsewhere. Work should be submitted electronically before the July 15, 2008 deadline to Chuck Doyle with an identifying message in the e-mail subject line as noted in the paper submission guidelines. A confirmation of receipt of your submission(s) will be sent via e-mail.
  2. All submissions must be prepared in Microsoft Word format using Times New Roman 12 pt font and saved with a unique filename as described in the next item.
  3. Each file must be submitted with the contact author's last name. For example, save your abstract alone as a separate file e.g., nameabstract1.doc and e-mail it to Chuck Doyle, Conference Coordinator.
  4. Save your related full paper as a separate document with your abstract as the first section of the paper and just like the abstract, name your file using only the contact author(s) last name as the filename e.g., namepaper1.doc and e-mail it to Chuck Doyle.
  5. Send all files electronically to: Chuck Doyle with the appropriate message in the subject line e.g., "Conference Paper Eastern Bloc" or "Conference Paper Abstract Eastern Bloc".
  6. Remember: all authors, whether submitting a paper or workshop must include a separate abstract of 250 words or less which includes the title, topic, and briefly describes the author’s hypothesis, findings, and implications in an engaging manner. The abstract is designed to pique the reader's interest and permit the general audience to discern the nature of the paper or workshop. Be sure to include all author contact information in the abstract, including university affiliation, address, phone number, and e-mail.
  7. All submissions must be typed, single-spaced, with one inch margins on left and right, using regular Times New Roman 12 pt font. The entire paper, including the abstract should ideally be no longer than 12 pages, including references. Place tables and charts, etc. at the end of your paper [indicating where they should appear in the body of the paper - e.g., "Insert Table 1 here" or "Insert Chart 4 here"].
  8. If authors are students; please identify the student author by placing the word STUDENT in parentheses immediately after his/her/their name(s) on the abstract page.
  9. At least one author of each accepted paper or proposal must attend, register, and present at the conference.
  10. In the case of multiple submissions, each submission must be sent via separate e-mails.

Conference Registration

Download and mail or fax the completed and signed registration form to the address below or fax it to (603) 535-2572.

Chuck Doyle
College of Graduate Studies/SBI
MSC 11
17 High Street,
Plymouth NH 03264-1595

Contact Info

For more information about the Small Business Institute Annual Northeast Fall Conference, contact Chuck Doyle at (603) 535-3053.

College of Graduate Studies/SBI
17 High Street MSC 11
Plymouth NH 03264-1595
Contact: Chuck Doyle
Phone: (603) 535-3053

Small Business Institute®
Craig Zamzow, Director
Phone: (603) 535-2921
Fax: (603) 535-2648

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