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Announcement and Call for Papers: National Small Business Consulting Conference February 10-13, 1999 San Francisco, CA will play host to the 23" Annual SBIDA conference, and help us emphasize becoming a true "gateway" to the workt We'e picked an excellent city to showcase our theme, "globalizing the Small Business Insutute™Program," as San Fransisco's international focus is evident in almost everything in the city. We will celebrate the success of our individual programs, the success we offer small business clients, and most importantly, the success of our students as they complete our program and move into their careers. We will emphasize how these successes can be transferred to thc global arena Conference tracks include accounung and finance; entrepreneurship and SBP'ducation; franchising and home-based issues; global issues; marketing issues; professional development; small business strategy; management issues; and information systems/internet issues. Track chairs are listed in Momentum and on our World Wide Web site (www.cbauc.edu/cbainfo/sbida). Competitive papers, symposia. panels, and workshop proposals are now being solidted on topics related to the conference tracks. Submission date for papers and proposals is September 15, 1998. 'Ihe best papers in each of four tracks (empirical, theoredcal, applied. small business case) will be reviewed as candidates for the Distinguished Paper Award and for possible publication in the Journal of Small Business Strategy. I'or program information, contact: Joseph J. Geiger, SBIDA Pmgram Chair University of Idaho College of Business and Economics Box 3178 Moscow, ID 83844-3178 Voice: (208) 885-7154 Fax: (208) 885-8939 E-mail: joegceuidaho.edu Small Business Institute Directors'ssociation