Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance, USA

and

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Present

International Conference on Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance- 19^th and 20^th Oct 2006.

Event Schedule:

Date: 19-20 October 2006

Venue: IIM Lucknow

Prabandh Nagar

Off Sitapur Road

IIM Lucknow -226013

UP, India

Day 1: 19^th October 2006, Thursday

Time	Programme
10.30 - 11.00 AM	Inauguration and Registration
11.00 - 12.00 PM	Inaugural Address by Prof. Devi Singh
12.00 - 12.45 PM	Model for Measuring Small Firm Success - A Regression Analysis - Prof. Thilagam Nagaraj
12.45 - 01.30 PM	Intra-Industry Variations of Capital Structure in Pharmaceutical Industry - Lt.Cdr G. Shanmugasundaram
01.30 - 02.30 PM	Lunch
02.30 - 03.30 PM	Keynote Address Prof. M Akbar
03.35 - 04.15 PM	Applicability of Accounting Standards for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises - Prof. Gautam
04.15 - 05.00 PM	Small Business Finance - Implication of Delay in Loan Sanctions - Prof. Debabrata Datta
05.00 - 05.30 PM	Snacks
05.30 - 06.15 PM	Ownership Pattern and Debt Equity Choice of Corporate India - Prof. Saravanan
06.15 - 07.00 PM	Distress Prediction Model/Model for Predicting Bankruptcy in SME - Prof Omvir and Ms Renu

Day 2: 20^th October 2006, Friday

Time	Programme
09.00 - 09.45 AM	A Study on Performance of Indian IPO's with Special Reference to Mid Cap Stock Under Pricing - Prof. Trupti Mishra and Mr. Suhita Chatterjee
09.45 - 10.30 AM	Dynamics Of Emerging India’s Banking Sector Assets : A Simple Model For This One Too- Prof. Soumitra Mallick
10.30 - 11.15 AM	Invited Talk: Executive Compensation and Investor Clientele - Prof. A. Subrahmanyam UCLA
11.15 - 12.00 PM	Women in Business: An Exploratory Study of Barriers to Growth of Female-Owned Small Enterprises in Gaborone and Surrounding Areas - Prof Ernest G Kitindi
12.00 - 01.30 PM	Lunch
01.30 - 02.15 PM	Applicability of Contrarian Strategy in BSE: Effect of Small Firm – Dr Stuart Locke & Mr. Karthick Gupta,
02.15 - 03.00 PM	Small Business Financing - Pre and Post Liberalization - Mr. Sujit
03.00 – 03.45 PM	Small Scale Industry and Institutional Finance in India – Prof. Prabal Sen
03.45 - 04.00 PM	Snacks
4.00-4.45	The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility and SME Growth- Prof. Prakash Singh and Ms. Neeru Maheshwari

IIM Lucknow:

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is one of the leading business schools in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the last two decades of its existence it has come to realize its vision of being a global, socially conscious integrated school of management. IIML undertakes a diverse range of academic activities and interventions like the Post Graduate Programme, the Fellow Programme, the Management Development Programme, the General Management Programme , Research and Consulting Programmes, aimed at dissemination and application of management knowledge and practices.

For more Information and Queries contact

Prof. A Vinay Kumar (vinay@iiml.ac.in ) Ph(0522 2736645)

Organizing Committee

Prof .A.Vinay Kumar Prof. M Akbar

Prof. Rassoul Yezdipour (President AOEF) Prof. S C Bansal

Prof. M Janakiraman Prof. K G Sahadevan