Critical Dates
• Paper Abstracts or workshop proposal submissions due: August 6th, 2021
• Early bird conference registration ends: September 17th 2021
• Full paper or final abstract due: September 10th 2021
• Conference Date: October 20-22nd
Unpublished working papers welcomed. Proposal submissions should be no more than two pages, Times New Roman 12pt in Microsoft Word format: the first page will include a title, names, status and contact details of author(s); the second page will present contents and 5 keywords, according to the following categories:
August 6th, 2021
Deadline for submission of proposals for full papers, final workshop and panel discussion proposals in English or French. Each submission should be no more than two pages, Times New Roman 12pt in Microsoft Word format: the first page will include a title, names, status and contact details of author(s); the second page will present contents in 250 words or less and 5 keywords, according to the following categories:
| Proposal Submission | Format | Requirements |
| Academic Papers | Abstract | Abstracts should clearly state purpose, method and expected findings of study in 250 words or less |
| Professional workshop sessions | Summary | Summaries should describe the format and content of the workshop and be not more than 250 words in length. |
| Panel discussions | Summary | Summaries (not more than 250 words) should describe the theme and its interests; identify the panel speakers and their sub-topic areas. |
September 10th, 2021
Deadline for submission of full paper or final version of abstract in English or French. The text should be submitted in Microsoft Word format and final papers should not be more than 20 pages including the cover page, diagrams, tables and references. The format will be single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pts (attribute normal for text, bold for titles and subtitles), margin top, bottom, right and left 2.5 cm (1 inch), headings numbered as 1., 1.1.,1.1.1, etc. All references should be at the end of the document. In the text, the authors’ names should be referenced in brackets followed by the year of publication, for example: (Tremblay, 2009).
Abstract and Workshop Proposal Submission – Please submit all abstracts and workshop or panel discussion proposals on the conference website: https://www.ccsbe.org/ccsbe2017/ccsbe-2021-conference/submit-your-paper/
Best Papers Awards – Selected papers will be awarded as the best papers of the conference.
Publication Outlet Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (JSBE) https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsbe20