• This symposium aims to address the core manufacturing, operational, economic, innovation, technological and marketing related issues contextual to the micro, small, and medium enterprises.
• Discussions in the symposium would critically analyze the convergence of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and consumer values for improving the global-local business paradigm to support regional development.
• This symposium would also enrich knowledge and skills on contemporary entrepreneurship models, convergence business strategies towards entrepreneurial and industrial alliance with manufacturing, services, and marketing organizations.
• Symposium would contemplate on developing new business models and hybrid entrepreneurial perspectives to match with the changing techno-economic priorities.

We invite authors to contribute conceptual, research-based, pedagogical research papers on the tracks of the symposium. Case studies on entrepreneurship with focus on innovation, technology, marketing, business modeling, strategy, finance, and operations management are also appreciated. Full papers between 6000-8000 words can be submitted following the references in the APA (7^th Edition) style. Selected full papers will be subjected to the double-blind review and upon satisfactory revision, published in an Edited book in the book series “Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies” published by Springer, Cham: Switzerland as a Palgrave Macmillan Imprint.

This is a hybrid symposium. Accepted papers can be presented in both virtual and on-campus mode. There will be no fee for this event.

Symposium Tracks

Track 1 Entrepreneurial Development

• Emerging enterprise development policies
• Corporate alliances and entrepreneurial thrust 
• Political ideologies on developing micro enterprises.
• Public diplomacies and young entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurial business models
• Leadership and skills
• Women entrepreneurs