TCU Neeley School of Business hosts world conference on entrepreneurship in emerging markets

Fort Worth, TX

3/19/2007

The Neeley School of Business at TCU will host a first-ever, two-day conference on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets, March 29-30, 2007. More than 65 of the world’s top entrepreneurial scholars, experts and researchers are scheduled to attend.

The featured speaker on March 29 will be Shaker Zahra, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Center for Integrative Leadership. Zahra, also the Robert E. Buuck Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota and foremost management researcher, will present the first major paper on entrepreneurship in primarily Muslim areas of the world. The conference will feature several sessions throughout the day on Friday focusing on specific entrepreneurial challenges in various emerging markets.

The featured luncheon speaker on Friday will be Mike Hitt, the Joe Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership and Carroll and Dorothy Conn Chair in New Venture Leadership at Texas A&M University. Hitt is editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, former editor of the Academy of Management Journal, past president of the Academy of Management, and past president of the Strategic Management Society.

“Entrepreneurial experts from around the world will come to TCU to share groundbreaking research and insights on entrepreneurship in nations such as China, East and Central Europe, India, Indonesia, South America, Vietnam and more,” said Garry Bruton, management professor and academic director for the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, who is coordinating the conference.

The conference is sponsored by Pegasus Solutions and Hall Financial Group. For more information on the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, visit www.nep.tcu.edu.