Subject: Invitation letter from WLICSMB2009

From: "WLICSMB 2009" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:44:22 +0800

Invitation letter for WLICSMB 2009; Hangzhou, P.R.China, October 24-26, 2009.

Dear  Colleague:

On behalf of the
Organizing Committee of the 11th West Lake
International Conference on Small & Medium Business (WLICSMB 2009), we are pleased to take this opportunity to
warmly invite you to the
conference. The WLICSMB 2009 will be held
from October 24 to
26,
2009, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Province, People’s Republic of China. The conference is jointly
organized by Hangzhou Municipal Government, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang
Small & Medium Enterprises Bureau, and World Association of Industrial &
Technological Research organizations. Many organizations and universities such
as Marquette University, University of Akron and Texas Tech
University
are
among the institutional sponsors of the conference.

One of the
conference’s unique features is its aim to provide an international forum for
professionals both from academia and industry as well as from developing and
developed countries to share their research, ideas, and perspectives. Hangzhou is an ancient
lake city with profound Chinese culture and character. Located some
130 KM southwest of
Shanghai, Hangzhou
is the capital of Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang is not only the richest province in
China but it is also the home of the
fastest growing small & medium businesses in the
world.

The theme of
WLICSMB 2009 is: SMB Crisis
Management. Please refer to one of
the WLICSMB Websites: http://www.wlicsmb.org for detailed
information including the conference’s research tracks, call for papers,
accommodation information, and registration (both in Chinese and in
English).

Enclosed please
find a pamphlet of the Conference announcement and its preliminary schedule.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who may be
interested in the theme and topics of this conference. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming
you to the 11th West Lake
International Conference on Small and Mid-sized Business in October
2009.

Yours truly,

Renyong Chi,
Ph.D.

Program
Co-Chair

Professor of
Management

College
of Business
Administration

Zhejiang University of Technology

Hangzhou, People’s
Republic of China

Jamshid Hosseini,
Ph.D.

Program
Co-Chair

Director – International
Business Studies

Associate Professor of
Management

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA