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Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas Conference
FIBEA 2008
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
July 22-25, 2008

Call for Papers and Presenters: Indigenous Entrepreneurs
(Deadline: June 1, 2008)

Conference Chair
Dr. Raul Gouvea

• Professor
• Chair of Finance, International, and Management of Technology Department
• Director for the Center for Economic Indigenous Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
• Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico

Theme
Fostering Indigenous Business & Entrepreneurship in the Americas

Who Should Attend?
Academicians; business professionals; government; state, federal, and multilateral institutions; NGOs; students; and anyone interested in learning and sharing experiences pertaining to Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.

Papers and Presentations
Papers and presentations should focus on the conference main theme and related topics such as financing of Indigenous Entrepreneurship, marketing indigenous products, services, and technologies, indigenous gaming industry, media, entertainment, fashion & design, challenges & opportunities facing indigenous sustainable entrepreneurship, the role of regional, federal and multilateral agencies and NGOs in promoting indigenous entrepreneurship. Case studies on indigenous entrepreneurship in Latin America, Central America, and North America are invited.

Sub-Themes

1. The Impact of Culture on Indigenous Entrepreneurship: theoretical models and case studies.
2. Financing Indigenous Entrepreneurship: developing financial products for indigenous business, investing in indigenous human capital, legal indigenous business issues, financing indigenous business ventures strategies.
3. Marketing Indigenous Products, Services, and Technologies: indigenous ecotourism strategies, indigenous trademarks and patents, channels of distribution for indigenous products, services, and technologies, exporting strategies, e-commerce and indigenous entrepreneurship.
4. Indigenous Gaming, Media, Entertainment, Fashion, and Design: Developing indigenous gaming business, media, the indigenous entertainment industry, indigenous fashion & design industry.
5. Museums and Cultural Centers
6. Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Sustainable Entrepreneurship: culture, traditional values, ethics and entrepreneurship; indigenous women and entrepreneurship.
7. Water, Mining, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, and Agricultural Products
8. Entrepreneurhip and Education: Long distance and e-learning models; indigenous entrepreneurship educational models and programs.
9. Environmentally Friendly Technologies.
10. The Role of Regional, Federal, NGOs, and Multilateral Agencies in Promoting Indigenous Entrepreneurship:
11. Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship - A Case Study Perspective: Case studies on indigenous entrepreneurship from North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
12. Indigenous Knowledge: Indigenous medicinal products; biopiracy; trademarks and patents;
13. Developing Strategic Partnerships Between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Business Entities
14. National Security and Indigenous Entrepreneurship
15. Sustainable Economic Development Strategies
16. The Role of Incubators and Co-Operatives in Fostering and Promoting Indigenous Entrepreneurship

Student Track
Graduate students are also encouraged to submit papers and case studies to the student track. Only papers written by students will be considered.

Proceedings
A conference proceedings will be published containing all papers presented at the meeting. The proceedings will be distributed at the conference.

Discussants, Paper Reviewers, and Session Chairs
If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, discussant, or Session Chair, please e-mail your interest to fibea@mgt.unm.edu.

General Information for Presenters

Papers and presentations are due June 1, 2008.

Please send a one page summary of your presentation. Ensure that it conforms to the topics listed above.

• Sessions will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Sessions at the conference are 1:15 hours in length.
• Sessions will consist of practitioners, experts in their respective fields, and academicians.
• We welcome proposals from those who are currently engaged in fields related to Indigenous business and entrepreneurship.

Audio-Visual Assistance

Standard media support for presenters will be provided. This includes:

• Overhead projectors
• Screens
• Microphones
• Flipchart packages
• Slide projectors
• TV/VCR

Paper Submission Guidelines

Papers and presentations are due June 1, 2008.

1. Submissions must be original. The author (s) must certify that the paper (s) has not been published elsewhere.
2. Authors and/or co-authors must register for and attend the meeting in order to have the paper included in the proceedings.
3. Papers should not exceed 25 pages, double spaced, including references, tables, and figures. Times New Roman characters, 12-point font-size, and double spaced. Microsoft Word.
4. Papers will be blind refereed.
5. All submissions should be sent, via e-mail to fibea@mgt.unm.edu.

Paper and Presentation Submission
Papers and presentations are due June 1, 2008.
Email: fibea@mgt.unm.edu
Fax: (505) 277-7108
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