CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Panel session “Entrepreneurship in Islamic Societies” Academy of International Business Conference 2012 (Washington D.C.) Tuesday July 3, 2012 / 2:30-3:45pm Montreal Local/Global Research Group is going to have a panel session on “entrepreneurship in the Islamic Societies” at AIB 2012. This is a very pertinent topic specially after the recent uprisings in Islamic countries. The session is sponsored by the “Emerging Economies” track and is scheduled on Tuesday, July 3rd 2012, 2:30PM - 3:45PM at Continental B (session 3.4.2). For administrative purposes, we would highly appreciate those who are interested to participate confirm their attendance. Please forward this invitation to anyone who is interested in the topic and send the confirmation of your attendance to Mehdi Farashahi at [log in to unmask] Entrepreneurship in Islamic Societies (Session# 120723) Chair: Mehdi Farashahi, Concordia University Panelists: Mehdi Farashahi, Concordia University Abbas Ali, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Claude Marcotte, Concordia University Soumaya Ben Letaifa, Université du Québec à Montréal Abdulrahman Chikhouni , Concordia University The purpose of organizing this Panel Session is to identify and explore some of the potential changes and opportunities that will be experienced in the uprising Islamic societies and exchange research ideas and insights of how the expected “Islamic institutional environments” might encourage/discourage entrepreneurial activities of individuals and organizations. Looking forward to see you at this session Best Regards Mehdi Farashahi, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Management John Molson School of Business Concordia University Tel.: (514) 848-2424 (Ext. 2923) Fax: (514) 848-4292 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.