Invitation to WLICSMB 2007

Dear Madam/Sir :

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Ninth West Lake International Conference on Small & Medium Business (or WLICSMB 2007),

I am pleased to take this unique opportunity to warmly invite you to the conference. The WLICSMB 2007 will be held on Oct.21 Oct.23, 2007, in Hangzhou, China.

It is jointly organized by Hangzhou Municipal Government, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang Small & Medium Enterprises Bureau, and Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Many world renowned organizations and universities such as the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO), Marquette University, University of Akron and Texas Tech University are among the institutional sponsors.

One of the conference’s unique features is that it provides an international forum for professionals both from academia and industries as well as from developing and developed countries to share their views and works in Hangzhou, an ancient lake city with profound Chinese culture.

Located some 130 KM southwest of Shanghai, Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang. Zhejiang is not only the richest province in China but also where the fastest growing small & medium businesses in the world are located.

The theme of the WLICSMB 2007 is : SMB Entrepreneurship and Family Business.

Please refer to the WLICSMB website : http://www.wlicsmb.org or http://www.wlicsmb.sunbo.net for detailed information including the Conference’s research tracks, call for papers, accommodations and registration, etc.

Enclosed please find a pamphlet of the Conference announcement and preliminary schedule. Please feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues for their possible interests.

I look forward to meeting with you at the conference.

Yours truly,

Renyong Chi, Ph.D., 
Program Co-Chairs, WLICSMB2007
Professor of Management
College of Business Administration
Zhejiang University of Technology

College of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology
Hangzhou 310023, P.R. China
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