Small Business Economics - Call for Papers: Rural Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
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This special issue of Small Business Economics is open to contributions that address important and understudied issues related to the rural entrepreneurship. Rigorous theoretical and empirical research that draws on insights from land and regional studies, entrepreneurship, tourism and hospitality, family business and public interest theories and/or new institutional economics perspective are particularly encouraged (Wyrwich et al., 2016; Fritsch & Wyrwich, 2021; Audretsch et al., 2019). This special issue aims to engage entrepreneurship scholars, business professionals, and social scientists. Aligning with SBE’s commitment to publish innovative papers on entrepreneurship, we welcome papers that explore current trends and shifts in rural vis-à-vis urban entrepreneurship and rural vis-à-vis urban development. We look forward to seeing interdisciplinary perspectives and empirical studies from diverse contexts.
KEY DATES
Submission of full papers: October 31, 2024
See page 5 for a complete timeline.
See page 6 submission instructions.
EDITORIAL TEAM
MAKSIM BELITSKI, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS, USA & UNIVERSITY OF READING, UK (mbelitsk@loyno.edu)
ERIK MONSEN, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, USA (erik.monsen@uvm.edu)
WHITNEY PEAKE, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, USA (whitney.peake@wku.edu)
SIMONA ZOLLET, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN (szollet@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
RELEVANCE AND NOVELTY
The idea of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship as key drivers of economic progress is already apparent in the writings of Joseph Schumpeter. However, it is not until relatively recently that policymakers and scholars around the world have begun to recognize the critical role of entrepreneurs for innovation, job creation, and economic development, and as a force shaping communities and rural regions (Fitz-Koch et al., 2018; Korsgaard et al., 2015) that remains persistent over time (Fritsch & Wyrwich, 2017, 2018).
This recognition has led to the crafting of policies aimed at fostering the emergence and growth of innovative new ventures in rural areas, which build on the knowledge spillover within the region and beyond (Chrisman et al., 2022; Audretsch and Belitski, 2022), both in developing and developed country contexts (Audretsch et al., 2015; Fiora et al., 2015). Such policies are justified on the assumption that in rural areas there exist market failures hindering individuals from starting and growing businesses (Chrisman et al., 2016; Hülsbeck et al., 2019;).
Beyond challenges to social mobility and occupational choice created by one’s economic or social class (Monsen et al., 2012), researchers further contend that the hurdles of rural entrepreneurship have resulted in a suboptimal number of entrepreneurs and a lack of potential spillover-generating innovations (Nelson & Monsen, 2014; Block et al., 2018; Dvouletý et al., 2021).
COMPLETE TIMELINE
• April 1, 2024: Extended abstracts due for USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium
• April 15, 2024: Decision on abstracts for USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium
• June 19-21, 2024: USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium at University of Vermont Conference Website: https://www.usasbelaunch.org/2024rural (this opens in a new tab)
• October 31, 2024: Deadline to submit papers for special issue and for Hybrid PDW
• 15 November 30, 2024: Decisions for Hybrid Paper Development Workshop
• December 2024: Hybrid Paper Development Workshop at Loyola University New Orleans
• March 31, 2025: First round decisions
• June, 2025: R&R Papers are invited to participate in USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium 2025 at Iowa State University
• October 31, 2025: Paper Revisions Due
• December 30, 2025: Second Round Decisions
• February 28, 2026: Final Papers Due
• April 30, 2026: Final Decisions
• June, 2026: Celebrations of the SI publication at USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium 2026 at Colorado Mesa University