Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2013 (2013), No. 180, pp. 1-8. Title: Existence of positive solutions for Kirchhoff type equations Authors: Ghasem A. Afrouzi (Univ. of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran) Nguyen Thanh Chung (Quang Binh Univ., Vietnam) Saleh Shakeri (Univ. of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran) Abstract: In this article, we are interested in the existence of positive solutions for the Kirchhoff type problems $$\displaylines{ -M\Big(\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p\,dx\Big)\Delta_pu = \lambda f(u) \quad \hbox{in } \Omega,\cr u > 0 \quad \hbox{in } \Omega, \quad u =0 \quad \hbox{on } \partial\Omega, }$$ where $ 1