Edited by:
Dr Gerard McElwee
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The International Journal of Entrepreneurship
and Innovation was launched at the beginning of a century in
which an understanding of the nature, process and practice of entrepreneurship
will be a key factor in economic success.
Worldwide, the proliferation of small businesses and their increasing
importance in the economy mean that the management and growth of such
enterprises are ever-more critical in national and regional development.
At the same time, changes in work patterns and the frequent opportunities
for innovation offered by accelerating technological development make
entrepreneurship within organizations - 'intrapreneurship' - a core
challenge for large companies. From multinational to micro-enterprise,
no business can afford to ignore this issue.
What is entrepreneurship? Can it be taught? How do entrepreneurs
balance their innovative talents with the need to manage their business
and control its growth? How do large organizations encourage and empower
entrepreneurial behaviour? The International Journal of Entrepreneurship
and Innovation addresses these and many other questions, focusing on
practical application - from becoming an entrepreneur, through making
financial choices, through strategic planning, to internationalization
and acquisition. As entrepreneurship also has a key role to play outside
the private sector, the journal includes in its coverage entrepreneurial
issues in non-profit public-sector organizations.
Published quarterly, IJEI provides a worldwide forum for the exploration
and dissemination of ideas and experience relating to the development
and application of entrepreneurship. The journal takes an interdisciplinary
approach, drawing on the highest-quality work in business and management
and in the social sciences.
Authors and readers are drawn from universities, government, and
industry. In particular, IJEI will appeal to researchers and teachers
concerned with entrepreneurship and related issues in higher education
(especially in business schools, and university departments of management,
sociology and psychology); to government departments and initiatives
whose objective is to promote entrepreneurial and innovative activity;
and to human resources directors and chief executives in industry, as
well as to entrepreneurs themselves.
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ISSN
1465-7503) is a refereed journal and is published in February, May,
August and November. Online access to the electronic edition is provided
as a free supplement to subscribers to the printed journal.
Key topics
- Strategic dimensions of growth
- The entrepreneur as manager of a growing company
- Financing company growth
- Internationalization and growth
- The acquisitions process of a growing company
- Teaching entrepreneurship
- Strategic alliances
- New forms of organization
- Women and entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial behaviour in large organizations
- Entrepreneurship in developing countries
- Making allies in business
- Ethics, the entrepreneur and the company
Contents
Each issue of IJEI includes four to six double-blind peer-reviewed
papers. Contents and abstracts of the latest issue are available on
this Website.
In addition to the selected papers, regular features are:
- A case study of around 2,000-3,000 words. Designed for use in
the 'classroom', case studies will be supported by questions, provided
either by the author or the editor. The case studies will be diverse
in coverage and approach. They may, for example: (1) describe a
process whereby an entrepreneurial activity has succeeded or failed;
(2) outline the stages involved in establishing a new enterprise:
innovation, start-up, maturation, growth and decline; or (3) analyse
a particular facet of a new enterprise (eg a human resource issue
or the financing of the enterprise).
- The Internet Review. This section identifies and reviews Websites
of interest for those interested in research on entrepreneurship,
small firms and innovation in an international context.
Authors: please read and revise your manuscript
to achieve the following requirements before submitting your manuscript
to the Editor. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to
Dr Gerard McElwee.
Length and presentation of contributions
Articles should preferably be in the region of 3,000–5,000 words
and no longer than 6,000. Case studies are also sought, and such contributions
will be especially welcome from practising entrepreneurs. These should
be between 2,000 and 3,000 words long. Submissions should be submitted
electronically as Word documents (please do not send
PDF files).
The text should be ordered under appropriate
sub-headings (not numbered paragraphs or sections) and these should
not be more than 800 words apart. Three levels of sub-heading are possible.
Please double space all text.
The title page should show the names and
addresses of the authors, their professional status and affiliation
and the address (including e-mail) to which correspondence should be
sent. As this page will not be sent to referees, the title of the article
(without author names) should be repeated on the first text page.
An abstract should be provided, comprising
80–100 words.
Between 3 and 6 keywords should appear
below the abstract, highlighting the main topics of the paper.
References should follow the Harvard system.
That is, they should be shown within the text as the author’s surname
(or authors’ surnames) followed by a comma and the year of publication,
all in round brackets: for example, (Smith, 2001). At the end of the
article a bibliographical list should be supplied, organized alphabetically
by author (surnames followed by initials - all authors should be named).
Bibliographic information should be given in the order indicated by
the following examples:
* Articles: McMullan, W.E., and Vesper,
K.H. (2000), 'Becoming an entrepreneur: a participant's perspective',
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation,
Vol 1, No 1, pp 33-43.
* Books: Casson, M. (2003),
The Entrepreneur: An Economic Theory, Edward
Elgar, Cheltenham.
Notes should be numbered consecutively
in the text and typed in plain text at the end of the paper (not as
footnotes on text pages).
Tables should be reduced to the simplest
form and present only essential data. They should be submitted on separate
sheets at the end of the article. The use of vertical rules in tables
should be avoided.
For illustrations, line drawings and black
and white photographs are acceptable. Authors are asked to supply originals
of line drawings for reproduction.
Case studies
Case studies are welcome and should follow the format described above.
They should be accompanied by a set of questions and model answers (see
previous issues for clarification).
Structure of papers
Please do provide: (a) clear aims and objectives; (b) a clear research
question; (c) a discussion of your methodological approach; (d) a discussion
of the limitations of your methodology; (e) further research questions
if appropriate; (f) the policy implications of your paper if appropriate.
Please also ensure that the bibliography is as contemporary as possible.
Pre-submission checklist
- Indicate in your covering letter (that is, your e-mail message)
of submission what is unique and valuable about the manuscript.
- All figures and tables must be at the end of the manuscript;
indicate the desired placement in text with ‘Insert Table 1 about
here’ etc.
- Make sure that you double space everything on the cover, abstract,
text, and reference pages using 12-point Times Roman type.
- Use UK English.
- Consider asking someone to read the manuscript before submission
and give comments to you. The person can be thanked in the footnote
paragraph at the bottom of the cover page.
- Centre page numbers at the foot of each page; do not place a
page number on the cover page.
- Include the month and year in the centre of the cover page.
- Quotations should be within single quotation marks.
Prior Publication
Articles are received on the understanding that they are original
contributions, and have not been published officially, either in print
or electronic form, or submitted for publication elsewhere. In this
respect, ‘discussion’ or ‘working’ papers, conference presentations
and proceedings are not considered to be official publications, unless
they have been formally deemed so by conference organizers, or presented
as edited works through recognized publishing channels. If in doubt,
authors are asked to draw the attention of the Editor to any prior dissemination
of the paper in their letter of submission.
Refereeing
Academic papers will be subject to a ‘double blind’ review – the
anonymity of both authors and referees will be preserved throughout
the refereeing process. Papers by authors who are not academics (such
as submissions from practising entrepreneurs) will also be subject to
review before acceptance, but their distinct nature and aims will be
fully taken into account.
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, submissions are received on the understanding
that they are original contributions, and have not been published or
submitted for publication elsewhere. The Editor reserves the right to
edit or otherwise alter contributions, but authors will see proofs before
publication. Authors will be asked to assign copyright, where possible,
to IP Publishing Ltd. Relevant authors’ rights are protected.
Editor: Dr Gerard McElwee, Lincoln Business School, University of
Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK. E-mail:
gmcelwee@lincoln.ac.uk
Editorial Assistant: Kirk Frith, Lincoln Business School, University
of Lincoln, UK. E-mail:
kfrith@lincoln.ac.uk
Internet Review Editor: Clifford Conway, Small Business Research
Unit, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, Mithras House,
Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4AT, UK. E-mail:
c.conway@brighton.ac.uk
Editorial Advisory Board
- Dr Tamym Abdessemed,
HEC Paris, France
- Professor Alistair R. Anderson
The Robert Gordon University, UK
- Professor Andrew Atherton
University of Lincoln, UK
- Professor D. Jane Bower
University of Dundee, UK
- Professor Sara Carter
University of Stirling, UK
- Professor Jens Frøslev Christensen
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Professor Leo Paul Dana
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Professor Davide Dell'Anno
Second University of Naples, Italy
- Dr Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd
Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, Greece, and The Robert
Gordon University, UK
- Professor Alain Fayolle
EM Lyon, France
- Dr Rainer Harms
Klagenfurt University, Austria
- Professor Bill Keogh
Heriot-Watt University, UK
- Professor Jill Kickul
NYU Stern School of Business, USA
- Dr Patricia Lewis
Brunel University, UK
- Lorimer D.M. Mackenzie
Edinburgh, UK
- Professor Harry Matlay
Birmingham City University Business School, UK
- Dr E. McMullan
University of Calgary, Canada
- Professor Jay Mitra
University of Essex, UK
- Dr Kevin Mole
University of Warwick, UK
- Professor Michael H. Morris
Syracuse University, USA
- Professor Wai-sum Siu
Hong Kong Baptist University
- Professor George T. Solomon
Geroge Washington University, USA
- Professor Harriet B. Stephenson
Seattle University, USA
- Professor Rhodri Thomas
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
- Dr Peter van der Sijde
University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Professor Kari M. Vesala
University of Helsinki, Finland
- Dr Lorraine Warren
University of Southampton, UK
- Professor Paul Westhead
Durham University Business School, UK
- Dr David Wilemon
Syracuse University, USA
Publishers should send review copies of relevant titles to:
Dr Gerard McElwee
Lincoln Business School
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool, Lincoln
LN6 7TS
UK
IP Publishing Ltd
