4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMALL

AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES:

Management - Marketing - Economic Aspects

6-9 August 2007

Athens, Greece

PROGRAM

Organized by

THE ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AT.IN.E.R.)

Conference Venue: National Bank of Greece, 30 Omirou Street (Close to Syntagma and Panepistimiou Metro Station)

  Organizing and Scientific Committee

  1. Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
  2. Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
  3. Dr. John Roufagalas, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Radford University, USA.
  4. Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Secretary, ATINER & Associate Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore.
  5. Dr. Vasilios Filios, Head, Accounting & Finance Research Unit, ATINER  & Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece.
  6. Dr. Peter Koveos, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Syracuse University, USA.
  7. Peter Yannopoulos, Academic Member, ATINER & Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada.
  8. Dr. Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER & Lecturer & Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel University, U.K.
  9. Dr. Panagiotis Petratos, Head, Computer Research Unit, ATINER & Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, California State University, Stanislaus, USA.
  10. Dr. David A. Frenkel, Head, Law Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  11. Dr. Niki Kyriakidou, Academic Member, ATINER & Lecturer of Human Resources Management, Leeds Business School, U.K.

 

 

Administration

Fani Balaska, Natasa Filiou, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka.

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

(The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

Monday, August 6th, 2007

07:30-08:15 Registration

08:15-08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER, Greece

08:30-10:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

 

08:30-10:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session I: Strategy I

Chair: Veloutsou, C., Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

  1. Arbogast, G., Associate Dean/Professor, Jacksonville University, USA & Arbogast, V., Executive MBA Student, Johns Hopkins University, USA. The Evolution of Business Strategies of the Modern Firm.
  2. Belt, P., Researcher, University of Oulu, Finland. How the Unpredictability of the Common Agricultural Policy Affects the Strategy of an SME? A Case Study.
  3. Rybicki, J., Associate Professor, University of Gdansk, Poland & Nogalski, B., Full Professor, University of Gdansk, Poland. Competitive and Cooperative Strategies of Polish Small and Medium Enterprises.
  4. Lincoln, J., Professor, University of California, USA & Guillot, D., Assistant Professor, University of California, USA. Innovation and the Changing Process of Strategic Alliance Formation in the Japanese Electronics Industry.

 

10:00-11:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

10:00-11:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session II: Accounting & Finance I

Chair:  Arbogast, G., Associate Dean/Professor, Jacksonville University, USA

  1. Baker, M., Lecturer, Leeds University Business School, UK & Collins, M., Professor, Leeds University Business School, UK. Commercial Banks and Organisational Inertia: The Financing of SMEs, 1944-1960.
  2. Comite, U., Professor, University of Calabria, Italy. Balance-Sheet Analysis and Forecast of Insolvency in Small and Medium-Sized Companies. (Monday, 6th August 2007, morning)
  3. Cunha, J., Professor, University of Minho, Portugal & Paisena, A., Associate Professor, University of Minho, Portugal. Do Finance Constraints Affect Inventory Investment Decisions of Firms? Evidence For The Portuguese Manufacturing Sector.
  4. Plastiras, A., Professor, Groupe ESCEM, France & Hikmi, A., Professor, Groupe ESCEM, France. A Study in the Degree pf Readiness of French Small and Medium Size Companies in Adopting the New European Accounting Standards.
  5. Abuizam, R., Assistant Professor, Purdue University Calumet, USA & Obi, P., Professor, Purdue University Calumet, USA. Using Nonlinear Programming Tool on Excel Spreadsheet to Construct the Efficient Frontier.

 

 

11:30-13:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

11:30-13:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session III: Survival Development and Growth

Chair:  Lincoln, J., Professor, University of California, USA

  1. Saridakis, G., Research Fellow in Applied Economics, University of Warwick, UK. New Small Firm Survival in England. (Monday, 6th August 2007, morning)
  2. Ruiz Garcia, L., Ph.D. Student, University of Essex, UK. Globalization and the Internationalization of Mexican SMEs in European Markets.
  3. Crawley, A., Researcher, University of Glamorgan, UK. Artificial Clustering Using Micro-Regulatory Networking to Encourage Economic Growth.
  4. Mishimagi, T., Ph.D. Student, University of London, UK. Small and Medium Manufacturers in the Japanese Economy.    

 

13:00-14:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

13:00-14:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session IV: Technology

Chair:  Saridakis, G., Research Fellow in Applied Economics, University of Warwick, UK

  1. Carayannis, E., Professor, George Washington University, USA. Entrepreneurship Triggers. (Monday, 6th August 2007, noon)
  2. Kassicieh, S., Professor, University of New Mexico, USA. High Tech Spin-offs. Barriers and Catalysts to Tech Transfer and Commercialization: Lessons Learned from Sandia and Los Alamos Labs and the University of New Mexico. (Monday, 6th August 2007, evening)
  3. Armoutis, N., Researcher, University of Warwick, UK. E-Business Issues for Engineering Regions and their SMEs.
  4. McLeod, R., Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Austin, USA. Frameworks: A Key to the Success of Undergraduate Client Projects for Small Businesses.

 

 

 

14:30-15:30 LUNCH

15:30-17:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

15:30-17:00 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session V: Accounting & Finance II

Chair:  Armoutis, N., Researcher, University of Warwick, UK.

  1. Scales, T., Director Entrepreneurship Center, Indiana University East, USA. “In Your Business” Risk, Reward and Reality.
  2. Pagas, P., Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK, Andrikopoulos, P., Lecturer, De Montfort University, UK & Daynes, A., Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK. Corporate Name Changes and Stock Market Performance.
  3. Wu, S-W., Ph.D. Student, University of Southampton, UK & Johnson, J., Professor, University of Southampton, UK. Individual Investors’ Behaviour: Empirical and Experimental Approach.
  4. Lawson, D., Ph.D. Student, Florida State University, USA & Ang, J., Professor, Florida State University, USA. Sole Proprietorship and Risk Aversion.

 

 

17:00-18:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

17:00-18:30 Monday, August 6th, 2007

Session VI: Strategy II

Chair:  Plastiras, A., Associate Professor, Groupe ESCEM, France

  1. O’Mullane, M., Head, School of Business and Information Technology, Charles Sturt University, Australia. Navigating the Future in Small and Medium Enterprises through Organizational Leadership Processes.

2.       Kipley D., Assistant Professor, Azusa PacificUniversity. Ansoff’s Strategic Success Paradigm: Empirical evidence supports its                 success with firms competing in a turbulent environment. Why then is it absent from academic strategic management textbooks?

 

 

20:30 - 22:30 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER  

 

08:30-10:00 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

 

08:30-10:00 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Session VII: Marketing

Chair:  Kipley D., Assistant Professor, Azusa PacificUniversity.

  1. Hart, S., Professor, Texas Wesleyan University, USA. Self-Regulation of Legal Advertising in Texas: Similarities and Implications for the European Union. (Tuesday, 7th August 2007)
  2. Gesiou, S., Ph.D. Student, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria & Mileva, S., Assistant Professor, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria. Mending Tourism Policy: Human Directed Advertising and Marketing.
  3. Koufopoulos, D., Lecturer & Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel University, U.K, Zoumbos, V., Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, UK, Oikonomou, A., Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, UK & Gerouki, E., Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, UK. Exploring the Chairman, Board Composition and Performance Relationship.

 

 

10:00-11:30 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

10:00-11:30 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Session VIII: Organisational Behaviour and HRM

Chair:  Hart, S., Professor, Texas Wesleyan University, USA.

  1. Hunter, W., Lecturer, Sunderland University, UK. In Place of Formality? Line Management and Personnel in a Non-Profit Making Organization.
  2. Koskina, E., Lecturer, University of Sunderland, UK & Keithley, D., Lecturer, University of Sunderland, UK. Emotional Labour in a Greek SME.

3.       Yilmaz, C., Lecturer, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey, Yoruk Karakilic, N., Assistant Professor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey, Kaynar, B., Assistant Professor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey & Ozgoz, A., Assistant Professor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey. The Employee Resistance During Organizational Change within the SME’s: A Case Study in the Marble Sector.

  1. Zaim, S., Associate Professor, Fatih University, Turkey & Zaim, H., Assistant Professor, Fatih University, Turkey. Measuring Employee Satisfaction in SME’s.

 

 

11:30-13:00 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

11:30-13:00 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Session IX: Entrepreneurship

Chair:  Keithley, D., Lecturer, University of Sunderland, UK 

  1. Arogyaswamy, B., Professor, LeMoyne College, USA. Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship: A Convergent Perspective.
  2. Breslin, D., Lecturer, University of Lincoln, UK. An Evolutionary Approach to the Study of Entrepreneurship.
  3. Liaghatdar, M.J., Academic Member, University of Isfahan, Iran. A Survey of Entrepreneurship Capabilities of Isfahan University Students.

 

13:00-14:30 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

13:00-14:30 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Session X: Various Stakeholders and Owners

Chair: Pagas, P., Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK

  1. Kasabov, E., Lecturer, Coventry University, UK. Incompatible Logics of Competing Stakeholders in Biotechnology Clusters.
  2. Geneste, L., Lecturer, Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Knowledge Transfer in Non-Collaborative Client Relationships – A Preliminary Investigation of Small Entrepreneurial Firms.
  3. Schwartz, D., Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel & Kaufmann, D., Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. The Jerusalem Development Authority, Israel. The Process of Network Development in Biotechnology Firms: Identifying the Factors Involved in the Networking Process and Assessing their Influence.
  4. Galiy, K., Ph.D. Student, University of London, UK. Problems of Concentrated Ownership Structure in the Russian Companies: The Paradox of Management Systems.
  5. Conn, J., Associate Professor, Southern Polytechnic State University, USA & Moore, C., Associate Professor, Life University, USA. Lean Accounting: A Return Path to World Prominence for American Manufacturing, or an American Illusion? (Tuesday, 7th August 2007)

 

 

14:30-15:30 LUNCH

 

15:30-17:00 Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Session XI: Education and Knowledge

Chair:  O’ Mullane, M., Head, School of Business and Information Technology, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

  1. Overby, C., Assistant Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, USA. Challenges in the Education of Design Entrepreneurs to Financial and Management Skills: Accommodating Learning Styles in Three Settings.
  2. Thombs, M., Associate Professor, Salve Regina University, USA & Thombs, D., Ph.D. Student, Salve Regina University, USA. The Exodus of Knowledge.
  3. Nahid Hatam Ph.D., Assistant Professor of  Health Services Administration, Vice Dean for  Education  School of  Management  & Information, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(SUMS), Shiraz – Iran. Implication of Quality Improvement Technique to Increase Income of a Public Hospital in Shiraz - Iran

4.       Keshtkar Vahid, Academic Staff of Social Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Organizational Culture in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

 

20:00 - 21:30 DINNER

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

CRUISE: Departure at 7:00 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Marathon Tour: Departure at 8:00 a.m. Return at 3:30 p.m.