Call for Papers
International SME Congress
hosted by
Turgut Özal University
and
TUSKON (Turkish Businessmen and Manufacturers Confederation)
SMEs
in the Light of
Experiences and New Ideas
Theme of 2012: Innovation
23-24 May 2012
Turgut Özal University
Etlik, Ankara Turkey
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A congress with a title “SMEs in the Light of Experiences and New Ideas” will be organized under the collaboration of Turgut Ozal University and TUSKON on 23-24 May 2012 in Ankara, Turkey where the experiences and new ideas will be gathered. The aim of the congress is to put forward the evaluations on the position of SMEs both in Turkey and in the world, share experiences, discuss new ideas, introduce innovation opportunities through critical and analytical studies, with an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplined approach.
SMEs are the institutions which deserve the most support from the university and private sector collaboration as a real accumulator of the economy. While SMEs contributing the economy through competing with the big companies by producing final products and services; they also contribute to the economy by supporting the development of these big companies through producing products as a supplier. Accordingly, they co-exist with the big companies as they form a supplier industry. SMEs are the fundamental component of the competition based free market stability from an economical point of view and societal stability from a social perspective for most of the other countries, with their considerable number, employment volume, value of production, their contribution to the development and wide dispersion of ownership. In Turkey SMEs constitutes the majority of the enterprises (99.8%) and this ratio is indicator of the importance of SMEs in economy.
SME Congress will bring the scholars study on SMEs, private sector representatives and founders/managers of SMEs and also the experiences and new ideas of scientists together. Congress will present new strategies and raise awareness on contemporary management techniques for SMEs. The role of SMEs in global markets will be investigated and the new equilibriums for the expansion to international markets will be evaluated. Congress will strengthen the national and international collaboration opportunities. Additionally, by strengthening the collaboration between universities and private sector it will provide possibilities for the generation of new approaches for SMEs. Consequently, while universities will be able to prepare human resources for SMEs, SMEs will have the opportunity to follow contemporary knowledge.
All the papers directly or indirectly related to SME subject which is also appropriate for the innovation theme may be presented as a proceeding. Additionally like academic participants, private sector representatives may also contribute to the congress by submitting papers or poster presentations.
Some of the subject titles for papers are presented below but not limited with the subjects below:
Subject Titles:
SMEs in the Light of Experience and New Ideas
- Innovation for SMEs
- New approaches and innovation for SMEs in globalization
- The effect of innovation on the integration of global markets for SMEs
- Research and development activities in SMEs
- The effect of computer aided design on product development of SMEs
- New strategies in SMEs production process
- New approaches on SMEs management
- The value and importance of cultural interactions on innovation
- New information Technologies and changes on information processing procedure of SMEs
- Clustering-Enhancing capacity of SMEs in global markets
- Transformation of SMEs in European Union (EU) integration progress
- New strategies and strategic collaboration opportunities in SMEs
- The role of engineering science on product development
- The relationship between innovation and product design
- Contemporary management techniques in SMEs
- Analysis of curriculum of university faculties in terms of innovation
- Research on joint R&D and innovation applications for SMEs
- Eco-innovation applications
These subject titles are only presented as suggestions; all other studies related to the innovation theme will be accepted.
Moreover, poster presentations with substantial virtual materials and films (documentary or feature film) related to the titles of the congress will also be taken into consideration. All the accepted papers will be published as full-length manuscripts.
The language of the congress is Turkish and English. Parallel sessions will be organized according to the accepted submissions language. Abstracts limited to 100-200 words in length with five keywords including the contact information of the authors’ should be submitted no later than 15 November 2011. Accepted abstracts will be announced by 30 November 2011. The final full-length manuscripts of the accepted abstracts should be submitted no later than 31 January 2012.
The subjects titles of the congress will be clustered around common topics and parallel sessions will be organized. Additionally a separate session will be organized to bring the academics, graduate level and doctoral degree students and elite managers of the private sector together.
Pre-organized session proposals will be accepted with a minimum of three and maximum of five contributors. In that case, the session proposal abstract, five keywords, abstracts of the papers, the contact information of session chair and the author(s) and (if any) argumentative(s) should be submitted.
Please submit abstracts through the online system at www.kobikongre.org. For more information you may e-mail your questions to kobikongre@turgutozal.edu.tr address or you can visit the web site.
The accepted final submissions will be announced by 20 February 2012.
Congress registration and participation fees:
Congress registration and participation fees | Early Registration Until 16 March 2012 | Late Registration Until 15 May 2012 |
Participation with presentation | 100 € | 125 € |
Poster presentation | 75 € | 100 € |
Participation | 50 € | 75 € |
Congress registration and participation fees for students | Early Registration Until 16 March 2012 | Late Registration Until 15 May 2012 |
Participation with presentation | 75 € | 100 € |
Poster presentation | 50 € | 75 € |
Important dates of the congress:
Dates | |
15 November 2011 Tuesday | Deadline for abstract submissions |
30 November 2011 Wednesday | Announcement of the accepted abstracts |
31 January 2012 Tuesday | Deadline for the full-length manuscript submissions |
20 February 2012 Monday | Announcement of the accepted manuscripts |
16 March 2012 Friday | Deadline for the early registration |
15 May 2012 Tuesday | Deadline for the late registration |
23-24 May 2012 Wednesday-Thursday | International SME Congress |
The organization committee of the congress will not make any contribution to the travel and accommodation expenses. Information about the accommodation alternatives will be announced to the participators subsequently. For more information about Turgut Ozal University please visit www.turgutozal.edu.tr, and for more information about the International SME Congress please visit www.kobikongre.org.
On behalf of organization committee
Lütfü Şağbanşua, PhD
Turgut Özal University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Head of Department of Business Administration
Author Guidelines
Information For Authors
International SME Congress 2012
Interested in submitting to this conference? We recommend that you review the About the Conference page for the conference's policies.
The SME2012 submission site is ready for abstract submissioins. Once you have prepared your abstract for SME2012 conference, you must create an account on our open conferences systems page. Following the link at the end of these instructions will take you to a login page, where you can register for a user account. You must register before you can proceed. Registration requires filling in a few brief fields on the web form. Please use mixed case (upper and lower case) when completing this form. Please include your initials and affiliation. Do not include your signature. Your e-mail address is required. If you include a URL back to your home page, a link will appear by your abstract.
Step One: Starting the Submission Process
Once you have logged in, you will need to begin step one of the submission process. Begin by selecting the "Abstract Submission) link, then select Step One of the Submission Process. First step includes the "Copyright Notice" & "Comment for Conference Director" (If any...). Yyou must agree to the copyright notice. This notice is identical to the copyright form that you must sign and return to SME2012. When you have completed this step, you must select Save and Continue to move on to Step 2.
Step Two: Entering Your Metadata
In step 2, information about you is automatically pulled from your user account. In the bio statement field, please put your title (e.g. Assistant Professor or Graduate Student), hit return, and then type the name of your department if any. Do not include your affiliation here — that should appear in the affiliation field. It is important for site statistics that you indicate the country. You can speed up the scroll by typing the first few letters of your country, and then navigating to the appropriate selection.
Using the Add author button, you may add authors to your asbstract. If you don't add them, they won't get publication credit. You must know the e-mail address of the additional authors. Please note that, while all authors should be listed, you will be the only author with access to the asbstract. If you want to change the order of the listed authors, use the up and down arrows in the meta data screen. Only one author per asbstract should register and submit. Multiple submissions of the same asbstract by different authors will incur significant special handling fees and may result in the exclusion of your asbstract altogether.
Next, if the list appears (not applicable to all conferences), specify the type of submission. Choose Single Presentation.
Now you should specify the title and abstract. The title must be typed in mixed case — not all lower case. If you are cutting and pasting your abstract, click on the "W" logo below the box and paste your abstract in the pop-up box that appears. (If you don't do this, your abstract may contain hidden control characters that will cancel your submission later on.) Once it has been inserted, you may edit your abstract using the B (bold), I (italic) U (underline) and list buttons underneath the abstract box. If you are comfortable using raw html, you may use the HTML window instead. (If you use raw html, do not include links in your abstract, as this will void your submission.)
Next, if the box appears, add any preferred indexing terms (not applicable to all conferences), and finally, enter any supporting agencies that provided funding for your research. The conferebce language is English, so please do not change the "Language" section.
When you have completed this stage, select Save and Continue to move on to Step 3.
Step Three : Uploading Your Submission
Before uploading your paper, please read the abstract preparation instructions carefuly and prepare your asbstracts folowing the orders and example file at abstract preparation page.
In this step, You will first upload a Microsoft Word (any version) version of your abstract. Use the browse tool to locate your doc file and then click upload. Once the file has uploaded, select Save and Continue. After clicking upload, you will see the uploaded file.
You will now proceed to Step 4.
Step Four: Confirming Your Submission
Next, you will be given an opportunity to confirm your submission. Review this information and, if correct, click Finish Submission. If you click Cancel, your submission will not be saved.
Important! Once you have selected the finish submission button, you need to click on Active Submissions to have the information sent to SME2012 conference.
Revisions
You may stop the submission process at any of the steps (your work will be saved and you can go back and finish the submission later), but once you have submitted your abstract, you may not delete or revise it. However, if the submission deadline has not passed, and you have discovered a grievous error that must be correct, you may upload a new, revised compressed archive as a new supplementary file. Please name this new supplementary file with your asbstract title, followed by the words "Revised Compressed Archive." Be sure the revised archive includes a new word file. We will use this revised version when creating the proceedings. You may upload only one revision.
All activity on the server is logged.
Submissions for this conference were closed on 2012-01-31.