INSPIRE in Dubai, February 2014
by Lorraine Warren
An enjoyable and productive time at the INSPIRE Research Conference in Dubai this week. As well as papers from IMSciences scholars, papers were presented by participants from IBA-Sukkur, COMSATS IIT-Attock, Bahuddin Zakariya-Multan, Kinnaird College for Women -Lahore, University of Peshawar, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women’s University -Peshawar, University of Lahore and Khushal Khan Khattak University-Karak. Plenary presentations were given by the UK Project Investigators, Lorraine Warren and Mine Karatas-Ozkan, as well as Mr Ismail Badat from the British Council, Mr Javed Iqbal, Regional Head of KPK SMEDA, Dr Nasser Ali Khan, VC of the University of Haripur, Mrs Nabeela Farman of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce, KPK and Dr Muhammad Ali Joint Director of IMSciences and Co-ordinator of ORIC at IMSciences. A Keynote address on How to Publish in Quality Journals was given by Professor Alistair Anderson of The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and Editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.
The Best Paper prize was awarded jointly to Mr Attaullah Shah of IMSciences (Importance of Judicial Efficiency in Capital structure Decisions of Small Firms: Evidence from Judicial districts of Pakistan) and Dr Zia Obaid of the University of Peshawar (Social Entrepreneurs in the post 9/11 World: Realigning Networks for Better Trust).
The Upcoming Researcher award went ro Mr Adnan Javed (Power Dynamics of the institutional change process and organisational response)
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