Dear Colleague,
Following our previous call for papers for a track session at the IFKAD conference in Bari, Italy, we are sending you the invitation letter for the related Special Issue arranged with the Editorial Team of the journal European Planning Studies. Please have in mind that the deadline for abstract submissions to the track session is 25 January 2015 (see the Call for papers attached).
Author invitation letter
Dear Author:
We are compiling a Special Issue of European Planning Studies on the topic of “Culture and innovation in SMEs and Micro Firms”. The goal of this issue will be to present state-of-the art articles including theoretical approaches, empirical research and case studies related to the role of cultural elements (values, rules, norms and cognitive frameworks) in the innovation dynamics of small firms and micro firms.
We would like to invite you to submit an article to this issue, and we are particularly interested in your work on the innovation dynamics of SMEs.
All the articles submitted to this special issue will be reviewed by the guest editors, and two external referees. Submission to the Special Issue does not automatically guarantee acceptance, all articles will be reviewed in respect to the standards, aims and scope of this Special Issue and the Journal. Copies of the reviewers’ comments will be sent to you in a decision letter, along with any requests they may make for revisions.
Publication of the issue is planned for March 2016, and we need to receive your manuscript for review by 30 June 2015. If revisions are required, the final, accepted version of the article must be received by us by 30 November 2015. Please, let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in submitting to this issue.
Please, see the “Instructions for Authors” tab on the journal’s website (www.tandfonline/ceps) for details on how the manuscript should be presented. Manuscripts should be submitted to European Planning Studies through the ScholarOne manuscript online submission site at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ceps.
European Planning Studies is published by Routledge a member of the Taylor and Francis group. Each issue is distributed to the journal subscribers and will be available to a broad readership. The publishers require all contributions to the issue will be accompanied by a signed Author Publishing Agreement.
We hope that you will be interested in submitting an article to this issue, as your interests in this area are well-know, and your submission would make a significant contribution to what we intend to be and exciting and high-quality focused publication.
Previous versions of the papers will be discussed at the 10th International Forum of Knowledge Asset Dynamics IFKAD 2015, in Bari, Italy, 10-12 June 2015 (Special track: “Why bother about culture in SMEs and micro firms? Innovation, culture and entrepreneurial dynamics in regional development”). If you want to participate in this track session, please see the call for papers attached and the conference site (http://www.ifkad.org/).
Authors can receive valuable feedback for their work at this conference, but participation is not a requirement for inclusion in the special issue.
Yours sincerely, the guest editors:
Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spain
Madelon van Oostrom, Tenerife Science and Technology Park, Spain
Hugo Pinto, University of Coimbra, Portugal