Background
APEF (Asia-Pacific Economic Forum) is an international economics group established in May 2001 at the Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea. APEF’s objectives are to research, discuss and disseminate substantive findings and information on development, growth, trade, regional integration and international economic relations in Asia-Pacific countries.
APEF membership currently includes academics from high-level universities in Australia, US, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, and some other countries in Asia.
This is the tenth in the APEF conference series. Previous conferences were hosted by Kangwon National University, Korea (2001), University of Wollongong, Australia (2002), Keio University, Japan (2003), Renmin University of China (2004), Kangwon National University, Korea (2006), University of Wollongong, Australia (2007), University of Isfahan and University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran (2008), Keio University, Japan (2009), and Renmin University of China (2010). Several Conference Proceedings have been published in book form by high-level international publishers.
The 10th APEF International Conference in 2011 is being organised by the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran. The theme of the conference is of considerable contemporary regional and international interest – International Trade and Entrepreneurship: Issues for Post-crisis Sustainable Development in Asia. The Conference’s purpose is to get together well-known international economists and experts in a pleasant and congenial location to present their research work on:
Ø Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development in East and West Asia
Ø East and West Asia Co-operation and Sustainable Development
Ø Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Asia
Ø Trade Integration and Entrepreneurship toward Sustainable Development in Asia
Ø Oil Trade, Global Crises and Regional Growth
Ø SMEs and Sustainable Development
Ø International Business and Entrepreneurship
Ø Regional Integration and the Global Crises
All papers submitted to the 10th APEF conference will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers for presentation will be considered for publication in the Conference Proceedings and the International Economics Studies Journal and the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research.
