Call for Chapters: Resilient Mindsets and Institutional Factors in Youth Entrepreneurship

Editors

Shajib Ullah, Global Banking School (GBS), United Kingdom
Abneer Samuel, Global Banking School (GBS), United Kingdom

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: July 26, 2026
 Full Chapters Due: November 8, 2026
 Submission Date: November 8, 2026

Introduction

The growing importance of youth entrepreneurship as a key enabler for socio-economic growth is well appreciated in today's world. However, the determinants of entrepreneurial mindset of youth in terms of its formation and maintenance are not well understood, especially from an international perspective. This edited volume offers an interdisciplinary insight into how formal and informal institutions influence the entrepreneurial mindsets and resilience of youth in different nations. The focus here is more on cross-national comparisons rather than Western-centric approaches.

Objective

The purpose of this book is to enhance the knowledge concerning institutional, cultural, and personal factors influencing youth entrepreneurial mindset and resilience. The book endeavors to achieve this by doing the following: investigating how formal institutions influence entrepreneurship, including regulatory structures, the policy environment, and educational systems; analyzing the psychological and behavioral aspects of entrepreneurial mindset within different cultures; using resilience as an intermediary linking the individual entrepreneurial mind to institutional analysis at the macro level; and producing cross-country empirical comparisons from different bodies of research.

Target Audience

This book is aimed at academics researching the field of entrepreneurship, international business, management and allied social sciences, educators involved in the design or redesign of entrepreneurship programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, policy makers, and development organizations focusing on youth entrepreneurship and institutional change, and practitioners involved in international entrepreneurship networks, especially those emerging or transitional economies.

Recommended Topics

Institutional frameworks and entrepreneurial ecosystems Formal and informal institutions and entrepreneurial intent Educational institutions as incubators of entrepreneurial mindset Locus of control, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial behaviour Risk perception, innovativeness, and need for achievement across cultures Gender, identity, and institutional constraints on entrepreneurship Digital entrepreneurship and the post-pandemic youth entrepreneur Entrepreneurial resilience as an institutional product Youth entrepreneurship in fragile and post-conflict states Diaspora entrepreneurship and transnational resilience Access to finance and structural barriers to youth entrepreneurship Policy responses to youth entrepreneurial resilience Cross-national comparative models of entrepreneurial mindset

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 26, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by August 9, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by November 8, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Resilient Mindsets and Institutional Factors in Youth Entrepreneurship. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

IGI Global Scientific Publishing meets the criteria for inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus; however, it is important to note that all indexing decisions are made independently by these services. IGI Global Scientific Publishing books are selectively indexed by the indexing organization after publication. Indexing cannot be guaranteed for any book prior to publication, and the indexing organization has complete control over the final selection and timeline.

Important Dates

July 26, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
August 9, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
November 8, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
January 10, 2027: Review Results Returned
February 21, 2027: Final Acceptance Notification
March 7, 2027: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Shajib Ullah Global Banking School (GBS) SUllah1@globalbanking.ac.uk Abneer Samuel Global Banking School (GBS) asamuel@globalbanking.ac.uk
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