Dear Colleagues,
The FINAL MERC (Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference) 2009 program is now available at our website. Conference website is
http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html
The website also will provide details of the directions and parking. Please park at the Mason Pond Parking Deck. You can get the details at
http://eagle.gmu.edu/map/buildings/mason_pond_parking_deck.php
Mason Hall is a just a few minutes from this parking garage. Mason Hall and the Parking are very close to the Mason Pond. If you wish to register, the registration is still open. We have arranged for a discounted hotel rate that is extremely competitive and valid for March 26th to March 28th. Please contact us for more details.
We look forward to your participation,
Nacef Mouri
Roger Stough
and
Mahesh Joshi
The MERC 2009 Organizing committee
Mahesh P. Joshi
Associate Professor
Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Management, George Mason University
mpjoshi@gmu.edu
703 993 1761
School of Management: Celebrating 30 Years of Regional Roots with Global Impact
http://som.gmu.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: Mahesh P Joshi <
mpjoshi@gmu.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:10 pm
Subject: MERC 2009: Registration open for Entrepreneurship and sustainability conference on March 27th, 2009
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We would like to remind you that the Mason Entrepreneurship
> Research Conference (MERC:
>
http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html) is being held next
> Friday, March 27th. We have a great set of papers as well as
> working papers for presentation on a variety of topics that deal
> with Entrepreneurship and innovation in general. Many are focused
> on the topic of sustainability and entrepreneurship, the theme of
> the conference for this year. In all we have 30 research papers
> being presented by academics all over the US and Mexico. In
> addition we have an opening remark by Alan Abramson of Aspen
> Institute who will talk to us about social entrepreneurship. The
> keynote speaker is Tim Berry, President and Founder of Palo Alto
> Software, Tim is also an academic and he is going to focus on
> entrepreneurship and sustainability. Finally, thanks to the support
> provided by the entrepreneur center at NVTC (Northern Virginia
> Technology Council) we have a panel of three entrepreneurs who also
> teach the subject of entrepreneurship as adjunct professors and who
> will share their experiences in connection with the
> entrepreneurship from theory to practice. In all we have a great
> set of 30 research papers and three panels to create a great one-
> day event for the 5th Mason Entrepreneurship Research conference
> (MERC).
>
> Those of you who are traveling to attend this event will be pleased
> to know that March 28th (the day after the conference) is the first
> official day of the world famous cherry blossom festival of
> Washington DC,
>
http://dc.about.com/cs/familyactivities/a/CherryBlossom.htm). To
> make your visit to the conference and the Cherry Blossom Festival
> convenient we have arranged for a discounted hotel rate that is
> extremely competitive and valid for March 26th to March 28th with
> the following hotel:
>
> Best Western Fairfax
> 3535 Chain Bridge Rd
> Fairfax City, VA 22030-2703
> (703) 591-5500
>
http://www.bestwesternvirginia.com/hotels/best-western-fairfax/
>
> Discount code: Available after registration for the conference
>
> Register for the conference
>
http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html as well as with the
> hotel as soon as possible. We only have a limited number of rooms
> at this low rate. We look forward to a great day of conversation
> and networking. Of course, breakfast, lunch and after conference
> reception are part of the conference registration fee.
>
> Warm regards,
> Mahesh Joshi
>
>
>
> Mahesh P. Joshi
> Associate Professor
> Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship
> School of Management, George Mason University
>
mpjoshi@gmu.edu
> 703 993 1761
> School of Management: Celebrating 30 Years of Regional Roots with
> Global Impact
>
http://som.gmu.edu
>