1st ABEM 2015 CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS


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ABEM invites papers, abstracts, cases studies, and proposals for special sessions and doctoral students on the theme Innovation, Competition and Solution in the following three broad areas, but not limited to:

Business

  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Online Education
  • Human Resources
  • Finance/Accounting
  • Marketing Analytics
  • Cross-cultural Issues
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Strategy/Entrepreneurship

Government

  • Public Policy
  • Fundraising
  • E-Government
  • International Business
  • International Relations
  • Genetically Modified Food
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Environment Management
  • Public Sector Management
  • Law, Patents and Inventions

Community

  • Agriculture
  • Eco-tourism
  • Micro-finance
  • Sustainability
  • Rural Marketing
  • Non Profit/Co-op
  • Healthcare/Medical
  • Bottom of the Pyramid
  • Informal Sector Economy
  • Nutrition and Community


Sponsors

  • University of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Inderscience Publishers, UK
  • International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, Canada

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: April 15, 2015
  • Result Notification: May 15, 2015
  • Revised paper submission: June 15, 2015
  • Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 15, 2015
  • Regular Registration Deadline: June 30, 2015
  • ABEM Conference Program Schedule 2015 pdficon_small
  • Conference Date: August 4-6, 2015


Submissions

  • Submissions can be made in English as (1) Abstracts (2) Papers (3) Case Studies (4) Work-in-progress and (5) Doctoral colloquium papers. Topics relating to developing countries or emerging markets or comparisons between east and west ways of conducting businesses are particularly invited.

  • All submissions will be double blind peer reviewed.

  • Proposals can also be submitted for organizing a round table, doctoral or panel discussion. These proposals should include (1) title (2) Objectives (3) Discussion format and (4) list of contributors with their affiliations.

  • Submissions should be sent to submissions@abem.ca

    • Submissions should be in Word document using Times New Roman Font Size 12, 1″ margin and double-spaced, and should include: (1) Cover page with title of the study, five keywords, names with affiliations, tel nos and e-mails; and, (2) First page with the title, an abstract between 100-150 words, followed by body of the paper within 7000 words excluding Tables, Figures and References.

    • ABEM Proceedings use APA style of referencing; for example, Journal: Last name, Intial., & Last name, Initial. (Year). Title of the paper. Name of the Journal , Vol, xxx-xxx. Book: Last name, Intial., & Last name, Initial. (Year). Title of the book. Place: Publisher. Edited Book/Proceedings: Author last name, Initial., & Author last name, Initial. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor Initial Last name & Editor Initial Last name (Eds). Name of the book/proceedings (pp. xxx-xxx). Place, State: Publisher/Association. Place: Publisher. Other: Last name, Intial., & Last name, Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Retrieved date from http://www.url. In text: References should be cited as (Last name A & last name B year)

  • Submission of the paper signifies that at least one author will present the accepted paper.

  • Authors will have the option to publish their studies as abstracts or articles in the ABEM 2015 Conference proceedings with Canadian ISBN: 978-0-9937342-0-5.


Publication Opportunities


Awards

  • Based on the recommendations of reviewers, Best Paper Award and Best PhD Student Award will be given at the Conference dinner. There will be also a Best Reviewer Award.


Keynote Speakers

Dr. DanaDr. Léo-Paul Dana
Professor, Marketing
Montpellier Business School
Montpellier, FRANCE
Dr. Dana earned BA and MBA degrees at McGill University, and a PhD from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales HEC-Montreal. He is Professor at Montpellier Business School, and he holds the titles of Visiting Professor at Open Universiteit Nederland, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Regina, in Canada. He formerly served at the University of Canterbury and prior to that as Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD and Deputy Director of the International Business MBA Programme at Nanyang Business School, in Singapore. He has published extensively in a variety of leading journals including: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, the Journal of World Business, and Small Business Economics. Among his recent books are: the World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship; and When Economies Change Hands: A Survey of Entrepreneurship.

Dr. LewaDr. Peter M. Lewa
Professor, Management and Strategy
United States International University
Nairobi, KENYA
Dr. Lewa, a Professor of Management at the United States International University (USIU- Kenya), is a highly respected consultant in Africa and has conducted numerous projects in Kenya, Somalia and South Africa. Dr. Lewa recently authored the National NGO Policy of Kenya that has been adopted by the Kenyan government. Dr. Lewa has also authored several books including Developing Agricultural Trade in Poor Countries. Dr. Lewa serves on several CBO and FBO Boards in Kenya.

Track Chairs

  • Consumer Behaviour: Dr. Krishanu Rakshit, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management (IIMC), India
  • Culture and Leadership: Dr. Vipin Gupta, Professor, California State University – San Bernardino, USA
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Dr. Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano, Professor, University of Valencia, Spain
  • Governments and International Business: Dr. Satyendra Singh, Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
  • International Marketing: Dr. Nnamdi Madichie, Associate Professor, Canadian University in Dubai, UAE
  • Management and Strategy: Dr. Peter M. Lewa, Professor, United States International University, Kenya
  • Marketing: Dr. Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Professor, University of Johannesburg, S. Africa
  • Nonprofit Management: Dr. Susan M. Prattis, Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Online Education: Dr. Jayant Sonwalkar, Professor, University of Indore, India
  • Public Sector and Natural Resource Management: Dr. Taposh Ghosal, Dean, Central University of Jharkhand, India
  • Research Methods: Dr. Sonjaya S. Gaur, Professor, Sunway University, Malaysia
  • Social Responsibility and Community: Mr. Humayun Kabir, Lecturer, Tshwane University of Technology, S. Africa


Committees

Conference Chair
Dr. Satyendra Singh, Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Conference Co-chairs
Dr. Sanjaya Gaur, Professor, Sunway University, Malaysia
Dr. Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Organizing Committee
Dr. Tapas Ranjan Dash, Professor, Build Bright University, Cambodia
Dr. Kamel Fantazy, Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Dr. Nnamdi Madichie, Associate Professor, Canadian University in Dubai, UAE
Mr. Ravi Prakash, CEO, Kahn Garments Manufacturing, Namibia
Dr. Domingo Ribeiro, Professor, University of Valencia, Spain

Program and Awards Committee
Dr. Nichloas Grigoriou, Lecturer, Monash University, Malaysia
Dr. Ravinder Rena, Adjunct Professor, UGSM-Monarch Business School, Switzerland
Dr. Irina Vashko, Associate Professor, Academy of Public and Business Administration, Belarus
Dr. Junwook Yoo, Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Proceedings Editors
Dr. Vipin Gupta, Professor and Associate Dean, California State University – San Bernardino, USA
Dr. Satyendra Singh, Professor and Ex-director, University of Winnipeg, Canada


Conference Venue

ABEM Conference will take place at

Kalahari Sands Hotel
129 Independent Avenue
Gustav Voigts
Windhoek, NAMIBIA
Tel: +264 61 280 0000

To get a discount on your accommodation booking, please contact Ms. Lizelle Cloete at lizelle.cloete@na.suninternational.com (Tel: +264 61 280-0334) and mention ABEM Conference 2015.

About Windhoek City

Widhoek is a German-influenced capital of Namibia with a diverse ethnic population manifested in shops, restaurants and museums. Namibia a beautiful, peaceful, and clean country with its awesome red dunes of the Sossusvlei, the verdant Fish River Canyon, and the eerie moonscape-formations of the Skeleton Coast. It is a perfect place to travel and spend some quality time while capturing rare sneak glimpses of stately Oryx, shy giant desert elephant found in Brandberg and surreal abstract terrain that seems to belong to another world.

Here is a 3-minute clip on Windhoek city.