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<BODY><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US><PRE><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=宋体 size=3>Invitation letter for WLICSMB 2009; <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:City></st1:place>, P.R.China, October 24-26, 2009.</FONT></SPAN></PRE>
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Dear </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">Colleague</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">:</SPAN></STRONG></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">On behalf of the
Organizing Committee of the 1</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">1</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">th West Lake
International Conference on Small & Medium Business (WLICSMB</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">200</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">9</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">), </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">we are pleased to take this opportunity to
warmly </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">invite you to the
conference. The WLICSMB 200</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">9</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> will be held
from October 2</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">4</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> to
2</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">6</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">,
200</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">9</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, in <st1:City
w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:State>
Province, People’s Republic of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The conference is jointly
organized by Hangzhou Municipal Government, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:State></st1:place> University of Technology, Zhejiang
Small & Medium Enterprises Bureau, and World Association of Industrial &
Technological Research organizations. Many organizations and universities such
as <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Marquette</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Akron</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Texas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">are
among the institutional sponsors of the conference. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">One of the
conference’s unique features is its aim to provide an international forum for
professionals both from academia and industry as well as from developing and
developed countries to share their research, ideas, and perspectives. <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:place></st1:City> is an ancient
lake city with profound Chinese culture and character. Located some
<st1:chmetcnv w:st="on" UnitName="km" SourceValue="130" HasSpace="True"
Negative="False" NumberType="1" TCSC="0">130 KM</st1:chmetcnv> southwest of
<st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:City>
is the capital of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Province</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <st1:State
w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:State> is not only the richest province in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> but it is also the home of the
fastest growing small & medium businesses in the
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">The theme of
WLICSMB 200</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">9</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> is: <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">SMB </B></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">Crisis
Management</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">. Please refer to one of
the WLICSMB Websites: <A
href="http://www.wlicsmb.org">http://www.wlicsmb.org</A> for detailed
information including the conference’s research tracks, call for papers,
accommodation information, and registration (both in Chinese and in
English).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Enclosed please
find a pamphlet of the Conference announcement and its preliminary schedule.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who may be
interested in the theme and topics of this conference.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We look forward to meeting you and welcoming
you to the 1</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">1</SPAN><SUP><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">th</SPAN></SUP><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> West Lake
International Conference on Small and Mid-sized Business in October
200</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">9</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Yours truly,<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Renyong Chi,
Ph.D.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Program
Co-Chair</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><BR>Professor of
Management<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Business
Administration</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Zhejiang</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> of Technology<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Hangzhou</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, People’s
Republic of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Jamshid Hosseini,
Ph.D.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">Program
Co-Chair</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Director – International
Business Studies </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Associate Professor of
Management</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Marquette</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Milwaukee</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, <st1:State
w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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