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CFP RSA Annual Conference, 4-7 June 2017, Dublin

SMEs. Family Firms & the Regional Economy

Session organiser(s)
Lech Suwala, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany: 
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Family businesses encompass a broad range of actors, ranging from 
Germany’s Mittelstand to America’s family farm; from Japanese century 
old money business dynasties to the new-money elites of Shanghai and 
Silicon Valley. At the same time, most family business are small and 
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); it is a well-known fact, that these 
types of firms represent the backbone of most economies. In Europe, for 
instance, they constitute 99% of all businesses; moreover, in the past 
five years or so, they were responsible for 85% of new jobs and provided 
two-thirds of the total private sector employment in the EU. Against 
this background, the session aims to open up a profound debate on this 
often-neglected topic in regional science and economic geography by 
collecting diverse work on SMEs and/or family businesses in a regional 
context. It seeks contributions for a better understanding of past and 
current SME and/or family firm peculiarities and trajectories from 
around the world by addressing conceptual, empirical and methodological 
papers on these types of businesses and their role in regional 
economies.

Papers might address, but are not limited to:

     Conceptual and theoretical debates about the nature of SME/Family 
firms
     Evolution and trajectory of SME/ Family firms
     Contribution and impact of SME/ Family firms on the regional economy
     SME/ Family firms specific issues (succession, governance, 
reputation, professionalisation etc.) in a regional context
     SME/Family firms in emerging economy regions

Submission guidelines

Please submit proposals for papers in the form of a 250 word abstract 
(text only) through the Regional Studies Association conference portal 
by Friday 24th February 2017. Proposals will be considered by the 
Conference Programme Committee against the criteria of originality, 
interest and subject balance.
https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge/Meetings/Meeting?ID=149


-- 
Dr. Lech Suwala
Dipl.-Vw. Dipl.-Geogr.

Economic Geography
Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6, 10099
Tel: (030) 2093-6861
Fax: (030) 2093-6853
Sitz: Rudower Chaussee 16
Raum 5'102

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