THE ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE BUSINESS STUDIES (AJBS)
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS
JUNE 25-26, 2009 – SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
AJBS will hold its 22nd Annual Meeting in cooperation with the Academy of International Business (AIB) in San Diego. The combined conference will run from June 25 to June 30 (the AJBS conference is June 25-26 and the AIB conference is June 27- 30, 2009). The Program Chairs for this year's conference are Gary Knight, Florida State University, USA, and Elizabeth Rose, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
About AJBS: From its genesis as an informal network in 1982, AJBS was officially organized and held its first conference at the Wharton Business School in January, 1987. AJBS holds annual conferences at venues throughout the world, providing an opportunity for discussion of current developments and research on a range of business, public policy and teaching issues related to Japan. Papers for AJBS conference presentation are peer reviewed. Accepted papers are considered for publication in the journal, Asian Business & Management (ABM). AJBS welcomes scholars, students and practitioners from all disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in Japanese business issues.
Why should you participate in both (AJBS and AIB) conferences? With one trip, you can attend both the most prestigious professional meeting in international business and an intimate conference that focuses specifically on Japanese business issues. The AJBS conference provides additional opportunities for journal publication and best paper awards as detailed below.
Submission: Authors may submit papers to either or both conferences. AJBS will consider submissions that have already been presented elsewhere, but not published in a journal or book. Authors are encouraged to consider submitting a paper tailored to the specialized audience at the AJBS conference as well as a modified version appropriate for the wider audience at AIB. As done in past years, we also plan to have one session run by AJBS at the AIB conference.
AJBS Submission Deadline: Monday, February 16, 2009. Please submit papers as an email attachment in MS-Word format to: Gary Knight (gknight@fsu.edu) (if MS-Word format is not available, please use a basic text format that can be easily converted to MS-Word. Please do not submit papers in PDF format.). Paper submission guidelines can be found at http://www.ajbs.org. Papers will be double-blind reviewed, with the conference papers selected and authors notified by early April, 2009.
Conference Registration: Registration for the conference will include a specially-discounted combined (AJBS plus AIB) conference fee, a one-year membership to AJBS (if not already a member) and a one-year subscription to Asian Business & Management.
Asian Business & Management: In 2003 AJBS established a partnership with the journal Asian Business & Management (ABM), published by Palgrave Macmillan in the U.K. As in recent years, the editor of ABM, together with the AJBS conference committee, will select approximately 5 to 7 papers from this year's conference program to be considered for publication in a special volume of ABM. At the time of submission, please indicate whether you wish your paper to be considered for publication in ABM.
Palgrave Macmillan – AJBS Best Paper Award: Palgrave Macmillan has sponsored a 'Best Paper' prize at the annual AJBS meetings. The Best Paper Committee will review the finalist papers and select the winning paper.
For further information: Information on the San Diego meeting venue and AIB conference is available at http://aib.msu.edu/events/2009/. For questions regarding conference papers and submissions, please contact Gary Knight (gknight@fsu.edu). For questions or comments regarding AJBS or conference registration, please contact ajbs@ajbs.org or the AJBS President, Shige Makino (makino@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk).