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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I
am delighted to introduce and welcome you to the <i>first</i> </span></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>International
Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>
(ICIE-2013)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
being held at The Hashemite University in cooperation with The Arab
Administrative Development Organization, Amman, Jordan on 4-5 March 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>This is a <b>FIRST CALL</b> for papers</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>,</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> which will
be open until <b>13<sup>th</sup> August 2012</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This
conference aims to <b>explore policies, measures and mechanisms for promoting
innovation and entrepreneurship in various areas</b>. Economic and
organizational value creation is currently strongly embodied and embedded in
innovation and entrepreneurship strategies and capabilities. Discovering and
learning about those approaches can reflect the companies and nations adaptive
capacity, both internally and externally. Thus, <b>we invite researchers,
practitioners and academics to present their research and to share their own
experiences in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>For more information please go to: </span><a
href="http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2013/icie13-call-papers.htm"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2013/icie13-call-papers.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both
academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of
scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing
qualitative, quantitative and critical methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Academic
research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches.
PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions or knowledge cafés,
non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes
are also invited.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:red'>Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or
contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Papers presented at the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings subject to author registration and payment.</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Selected papers
will also be considered for a special issue of the </span></i><a
href="http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=234"
target="_blank" title="Visit the website"><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>International Journal of Innovation and
Regional Development</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>, journals published by Inderscience.</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><b><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Proceedings
have an ISSN, ISBN and will be indexed in the Thompson Web of Science. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Elaine Hayne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Academic Conferences Limited<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Tel +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>http://www.academic-conferences.org/</span></a><span
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