About the Conference

This international conference will be the first of its type to be held in North Cyprus, and will consist of presentations of interest to academics, business practitioners and policy makers alike. It is anticipated that this conference will be the first of a series focusing upon contemporary issues, developments and policies relating to SMEs. There will be both an academic and a business practitioners component. (Submission Guidelines)

Proposals should be sent (or emailed) to the Program Chair of the conference, Dr. Mustafa TUMER.

The program for the academic component will include both invited and contributed papers. Contributed sessions will include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Financial crisis and its impact on SMEs

• Competitivenes of SMEs

• Financing issues

• Social and business networks

• Entrepreneurship

• Electronic commerce

• Franchising

• Business ethics

• Technology transfer

• Human resource management

• Government policy

• The role of SMEs in economic development and growth

• Case studies of SME developments in the regional economies

Hosts and Sponsors

The conference is being hosted and supported by the following organisations:

Eastern Mediterranean University
Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Commerce, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry, TRNC Superonline, Sekerbank, Cyprus Turkish Cooperative Bank