Prof. Yaakov Weber
Chair, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Busin
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Call for Papers
The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the
3rd Annual EuroMed Conference
November 4-5, 2010
Hosted by: University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Conference Venue: Hilton Park Nicosia
EMRBI Presidents
Prof. Demetris Vrontis, Dean Prof. Yaakov
Weber, Chair
Dean, School of Business,
Dept. of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
University of Nicosia,
School of Business
Nicosia, Cyprus
College of Management, Israel
Academic Key Note Speaker
Prof. Michael R. Czinkota
Georgetown University, USA and
University of Birmingham, UK
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Czinkota>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Czinkota
Business Key Note Speakers
Peter M. Kash,
Hanna Siniora,
President and Partner,
Chairman, European Palestinian
Two River Group Holdings Chamber of
Commerce
http://www.emrbi.com/photos/uploads/peter%20kash[1].pdf
<http://www.emrbi.com/photos/uploads/peter%20kash%5b1%5d.pdf>
<http://www.ipcri.org/files/hannacv.html>
www.ipcri.org/files/hannacv.html
Conference Chairs
Dr. Ioanna Papasolomou, Dr. Alkis Thrassou, and Dr. Yioula Melanthiou,
School of Business, Department of Marketing, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
The conference is under the auspices of the Mayor of Nicosia and the Cyprus
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
All accepted full papers and abstracts will be published in the book of
proceedings with an ISBN number.
A selection of the best conference papers will be considered for publication
in the following Emerald journals:
* EuroMed Journal of Business - EMRBI's official Journal
* Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
* International Journal of Organizational Analysis
* European Journal of Innovation Management (SI on Innovation)
* International Journal of Bank Marketing (SI on Financial Services
Marketing)
* Qualitative Marketing Research
* Journal of Global Responsibility (SI on Global Responsibility and
Business Education)
The 3rd EuroMed Academy of Business Annual Conference has two goals. The
first is to provide a global platform for different academic and
professional approaches (i.e. empirical, conceptual, practical, as well as
multidisciplinary approach, case studies, etc) and discussions on recent
managerial and entrepreneurial developments in this turbulent region and the
world. The second goal is to provide the opportunity to scholars,
practitioners and PhD students to have their work reviewed, encouraged and
commented on within a supportive academic and professional community of
colleagues from different international contexts.
The EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI)
www.emrbi.com
<http://www.emrbi.com/> is an international research institute, with
country directors in all the main countries of the region who are supported
by an advisory board of scholars from the leading universities.
AUTHOR GUIDELINES, SUBMISSION DEADLINE, REVIEW PROCESS, AND BEST PAPER
AWARDS
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010
Please submit your paper or abstract to
EMRBI@unic.ac.cy by strictly
following the attached author guidelines.
All manuscripts (including abstracts) will be double blind reviewed. Please
indicate, on the first page of the manuscript, the track (only one) for
submission.
The best competitive and student papers will be awarded at the conference.
The maximum number of papers accepted by each author (either leading author
or co-author) is three.
Academic Business Consulting (ABC) Nexus:
The conference will include activities aim to develop Academic Business
Consulting Nexus as suggested by EMRBI members in the Leaders Meeting in
last conference and accepted by the Executive Board of EMRBI. Examples of
such activities include:
1. Symposium and Professional Development Workshops (PDW)
The EuroMed Symposiums and Professional Development Workshops (PDW) (for
example, professional to scholars) are platforms for colleagues to share
knowledge and expertise and foster the professional development of workshop
participants. It is also an opportunity to develop innovative and creative
symposium with the view of enriching participants and generate a high
standard scholarly gathering. Our goal is to have sessions that encourage
new thoughts and innovative research directions. The submission should not
exceed three pages and should be submitted by at least three scholars whose
participation in the conference would be necessary.
Please refer to
http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=145
<http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=145&sel_nav2=90&cat=site>
&sel_nav2=90&cat=site
2. Ongoing academic/business activities related to International Virtual
Fair on various subjects.
Please refer to the Euro-Mediterranean Trade & Investment Fair at:
http://www.unic.ac.cy/media/business_school/bg__euromed.pdf
3. Executive Workshop on M&A
The EuroMed 2010 Annual Conference Executive Workshop on Mergers &
Acquisitions provides an overview of state-of-the-art on success and failure
factors in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions from buyer
and seller points of view (including managerial practical guide for planning
mergers and acquisitions, synergy analysis, evaluation and pricing,
negotiation, implementing post-merger integration process, dealing with
cultural differences, human resource challenges, and capturing synergy
potential).
For full description of the objectives of the 2010 Executive Workshop please
see the details at our website
<http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=93&cat=site>
http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=93&cat=site
4. Executive Workshop on Marketing
The EuroMed 2010 Annual Conference Executive Workshop on Marketing provides
a state-of-the-art overview of the most up-to-date trends, best practice
cases and tools of Marketing to be successful in the national and
international arena.
This highly practical workshop illuminates all domains of marketing which
can be applied to attract valuable resources to the companies.
- Marketing Planning
- Strategic trends and developments (i.e. Competitive Advantage,
Branding and Customer Relationship Marketing)
- Operational Marketing (i.e. integrated and creative Marketing Mix)
- Internal Marketing (i.e. employees potential: a still unutilized
resource)
- International Marketing (especially, the influences of Culture on
Marketing and the various Market Entry Methods
- Consumer behavior and services marketing
This workshop is designed by practitioners (companies, consultancies,
agencies) for practitioners. In addition, Prof. Michael Czinkota, one of the
most prolific publishers and internationally renowned experts in the field,
will contribute and participate to this workshop.
For full description of the objectives of the 2010 Executive Workshop please
see the details at our website.
5. Keynote speakers that are academic AND business experts.
6. Suggestions for more activities
Ideas and suggestions for more activities are invited. Please send 1-3
pages description of such proposed activities to Dr. Shlomo Tarba
tarba2003@gmail.com
Research Fellowship Award
Participation in various activities of the conference and other EMRBI
activities are taken in account in consideration for awarding Research
Fellowship Award.
Please refer to
http://www.emrbi.com/photos/uploads/research%20fellowship.pdf
Doctoral Seminar
The EuroMed 2010 Annual Conference Doctoral Seminar provides an opportunity
for doctoral students representing all areas of business to explore their
research interests in a unique interdisciplinary and interactive workshop
with a panel of distinguished research faculty. Abstracts will be published
in the conference proceedings.
The seminar will provide a unique opportunity for doctoral students to
further develop their research ideas, to learn about the challenges of
conducting M&A research and building a successful academic career in this
field, and to broaden their professional networks. The format of the
Consortium will facilitate a constructive and supportive discussion among
the doctoral students and the participating faculty on topics of broad
interest such as new trends in conducting high-impact M&A research, managing
the dissertation stage and the job search process, and successful entry into
the academic career. In addition, students will receive concrete feedback on
their individual current research projects as well as ideas and guidance for
their future research agenda.
All participants in the PhD seminar are eligible for the EMAB Award for the
Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal.
Participants of the PhD seminar that precedes the conference (Nicosia,
November, 2-3) will be exempted from the conference registration fees. The
institute offers a limited number of scholarships up to 600 Euro each.
For full description of the objectives of the 2010 PhD Seminar and selection
criteria please see the details at our website
<http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=92&cat=site>
http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=92&cat=site
For more information please contact Prof. Yaakov Weber
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
Other Important Deadlines
Notification to the authors: June 30, 2010
Early-bird registration: September, 6, 2010
Late registration: After September, 6, 2010
Only papers or abstracts of registered participants until October 4th will
be included in the Book of Proceedings to be distributed at the conference.
All other papers or abstracts will be included in the final book proceedings
to be distributed after the conference.
Bus Tours: a full day excursion is organized for Saturday 6th of November
for a tour around the main attractions of the island. Full details will be
provided shortly.
Program Tracks and Track Chairs:
1. International and regional trade and economics in the EuroMed zone.
Amir Shoham, College of Management, Rishon LeZion,
amir1s@colman.ac.il
2. Born - global firms: High-tech vs. traditional industries, modes of
international expansion. Tugba Karabulut, Istanbul Commerce University,
tkarabulut@iticu.edu.tr
3. M&A management and perspectives: Process and practice of M&A, global
expansion via M&A, post-merger integration, knowledge transfer, and
performance. Amiryani Nima, VU University Amsterdam,
namiryany@feweb.vu.nl,
Bouville Grégor, IAE de Rennes,
gregor.bouville@wanadoo.fr, Dauber Daniel,
WU Vienna University of Economics & Business,
Daniel.dauber@wu.ac.at,
Vasilaki Athina, IESEG,
a.vasilaki@ieseg.fr
4. Organizational behavior: Leadership, motivation, job design, team work,
organizational citizenship. Yitzhak Fried, Syracuse University,
yfried@syr.edu
5. Agriculture trade and businesses: customer behaviour, labour management,
marketing, real estate. Sara Edom, Ashkelon Academic College,
edomdr@hotmail.com
6. Transnational and immigrant entrepreneurship (this track focuses on
papers regarding how transnational and immigrant entrepreneurs examine the
process of seeking and exploiting business opportunities). Israel Drori,
College of Management
israeld@colman.ac.il
7. International business and management: Multinational enterprises,
comparative business-government relations, reasons for direct foreign
investment, internationalization theory, joint ventures and strategic
partnerships. Erika Vaiginiene, Vilnius University,
erika.vaiginiene@ef.vu.lt and Yaakov Weber, College of Management,
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
8. Strategic management: Competitive strategy, business unit strategy,
corporate strategy. Shlomo Tarba, College of Management, Rishon LeZion,
tarba2003@gmail.com
9. Ecological imperative and the role of marketing:Eco-marketing
orientation, mechanisms of governmental intervention, marketing's role in
sustainable development. Githa Heggde, Welingkar Education, Bangalore,
githa.heggde@welingkar.org
10. Green economy and technology (this track focuses on papers regarding how
to manage and deal with the ambiguities, the risk, and the uncertainty
aspects of the green economy within industrial ecosystems and cleantech
clusters). Israel Drori, College of Management
israeld@colman.ac.il
11. Case study track. Yaakov Weber, College of Management,
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
12. The influence of branding from the consumer behavioral perspective in
both product and service industry: Branding implications on customer
retention and customer loyalty, factors affecting cosumer behavior in online
marketing/shopping. Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, City University,
fkpanni@yahoo.com
13. New perspectives on the banking and finance market under times of
duress: Rethinking bank efficiency after the credit crunch-strategic,
financial and HRM perspectives. Simona Mihai Yiannaki, European University,
Cyprus,
S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy
14. Indulging creativity in business and finance in higher education:
Methods, techniques and strategies to sustain life-long-learning. Simona
Mihai Yiannaki, European University, Cyprus,
S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy
15. Innovation management: Survival and effectiveness of an enterprise.
Dimitris Mavridis, Kingston University of London,
dmavridi@gmail.com
16. Environmental aspects in business decision-making: Water management,
natural resources management, agriculture and environment. Nava Haruvy,
Netanya Academic College,
navaharu@netvision.net.il .
17. Technology application management in banking: Business process
reengineering, customer satisfaction, payment system, risk management,
financial integration, financial stability. Saroj Datta, Indian Institute of
Technology,
dean.fms@mitsuniversity.ac.in and Sukanya Kundu, Institute of
Management Technology - Centre for Distance Learning,
sk54015@gmail.com
18. Celebritiy advertisement and business performance: Use of celebrity in
breaking media clutter; celebrity-target audience connectivity; risk
analysis,principle of congruity and brand image management. Saroj Datta,
Indian Institute of Technology,
dean.fms@mitsuniversity.ac.in and Supriyo
Patra, George College,
supriyo_patra@rediffmail.com.
19. Women entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean regional context. Sibylle
Heilbrunn, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel,
sibylleh@ruppin.ac.il
20. Organizational behavior and organization theory in the Mediterranean
regional context: Cross-cultural interactions and transformations in
learning, training and development, and their implications for practice.
Peter Stokes, University of Central Lancashire,
PStokes@uclan.ac.uk
21. Culture implications on performance. Orly Yeheskel, The Academic College
of Tel-Aviv Yaffo,
orlyyehe@mta.ac.il
22. Small and medium enterprises: Economic environment, finance, R&D,
valuation, controlling, and business succession. Bernd Britzelmaier,
Pforzheim University,
bernd@britzelmaier.de
23. Systems thinking: Identifying and solving real-world problems, the
interactions between the different parts of the system, and their practical
implications for improving organizational performance. Harry Kogetsidis,
University of Nicosia,
kogetsidis.h@unic.ac.cy
24. Knowledge triangle: Education, research, and innovation. Widening the
scope for entrepreneurial universities - national and international policy,
regulation, and funding. Nino Inasaridze, Tbilisi State University,
ninasaridze@yahoo.com
25. Institutional support and services for SMEs: Effectiveness of SME
support and service institutions. Gurhan Uysal, Ondokuz Mayıs University,
uysal_g@omu.edu.tr and
gurhanuysal@yahoo.com
26. Service marketing: Research modelling, service quality, web-marketing,
consumer behaviour. José Luís Abrantes, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu.
jlabrantes@estv.ipv.pt
27. Climate change and shareholder value: corporate valuation and
sustainable investments. Costanza Consolandi, University of Siena, Italy,
consolandi@unisi.it
28. Cross-Cultural perspectives of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial
development. Evangelos Tsoukatos, Technological Educational Institute of
Crete,
tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
29. Risk management: The emerging management skill. Yossi Raanan, College of
Management, Rishon LeZion,
yraanan@colman.ac.il
30.The degree of internationalisation in the European-Mediterranean region:
Internationalisation theories, main drivers affecting the level of
internationalisation, and internationalisation measurement. Milena Viassone,
University of Turin, Italy,
viassone@econ.unito.it
31. European and global business innovation system policy, analysis and
management techniques: Economics and business strategy viewpoints on
innovation, innovation systems in several sectors and regions-business
clustering, social policy-strategic and tactical viewpoints for sectoral,
regional and national development. Ioannis Papadopoulos, Department of Wood
& Furniture Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, <mailto:
papad@teilar.gr>
papad@teilar.gr, Glykeria Karagkouni, Department of Wood & Furniture
Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, and
karagg@teilar.gr and Marios
Trigkas, Department of Wood and Furniture Technology& Design, Karditsa,
Greece, <mailto:
mtrigkas@cereteth.gr>
mtrigkas@cereteth.gr
32. Restructuring of institutional infrastructure in the post-socialism
countries in the European Mediterranean. Typology of corruption. Present
forms of corruption in the Mediterranean. The Influence of corruption on the
competitiveness of the countries. Sinisa Zaric, University of Belgrade,
sinisa@ekof.bg.ac.rs
33. Cross-enterprise collaboration: Emerging organizational models,
methodologies and technological tools. Konstadinos Kutsikos, University of
the Aegean, Greece,
kutsikos@aegean.gr
34. Supply chain management: Supplier-buyer and customer-seller
relationships, purchasing, logistics, and distribution. George Malindretos,
Harokopion University of Athens, Greece,
gmal@hua.gr
35. Cultural heritage in the context of tourism industry: Branding and
promoting destinations, and the role of festivals, traditional food and
beverages on the firm competiveness. Amos Raviv, Israeli Center of
Management Studies,
amos@rvc.co.il
36. Ubiquitious marketing: Beyond pervasive advertising. Health marketing -
new challenges and paradigms. Ana Maria Soares, Universidade do Minho,
Braga,
amsoares@eeg.uminho.pt , Camilo Cunha, Universidade do Minho, Braga,
camilo@iec.uminho.pt , Raul Fangueiro, Universidade do Minho, Braga,
rfang@det.uminho.pt , Rui Jose, Universidade do Minho, Braga,
rui@dsi.uminho.pt , and Carlos Alberto Silva Menezes, Universidade do Minho,
Braga,
menezes@eeg.uminho.pt
37. Accounting and control: Comparative studies in accounting and auditing,
adoption of new international financial reporting standards (IFRS),
performance evaluation systems. Dan Elnathan, College of Management,
danel@colman.ac.il
38. Corporate governance: Ownership structure, dynamics inside and outside
the boardroom, board behaviour and effectiveness. Dimitrios Koufopoulos,
Brunel University, UK,
koufopoulosdn@yahoo.com
39. Customer satisfaction management in the service industry: Consumer
behavior and communication strategies, destination Image and branding.
Elenica Pjero, Vlora University, Albania,
elapjero@yahoo.com
40. Region-based strategies of SME's from EuroMed countries: Entering new
markets with products embedded in a region (such as wine, cheese, olive
oil), and SME's from traditional industries. J. Freitas Santos, Polytechnic
of Porto,
jfsantos@iscap.ipp.pt and J. Cadima Ribeiro, Minho University,
jcadima@eeg.uminho.pt
41. Competence management in Europe: Competence-based training and
development, competence-based remuneration and the development and retention
of core competence. Jonathan Winterton, Toulouse Business School,
j.winterton@esc-toulouse.fr
42. International retailing: Challenges and opportunities in the European
Union in the new decade. Role and place of small and medium retailers in
Europe. Miguel Martins, University of Wolverhampton Business School, UK,
MMartins@wlv.ac.uk
43. Knowledge management: Capturing, codifying and transferring the
knowledge between business entities - subsidiaries, strategic alliances,
joint ventures, M&A. Dolores Sanchez Bengoa, Intercollege, Larnaca, Cyprus,
sanchez.l@adm.lar.intercol.edu or
sanchezl@cytanet.com.cy
44. Non-profit and public marketing: Business/non-profit sector
interactions, marketing of healthcare organisations, donor behaviour,
fundraising, advertising, and promotion of non-profit and public
organisations. Isabel Macedo, University of Minho, Braga,
imacedo@eeg.uminho.pt
45. Best Practices for international online courses. Carol M. Carnevale,
Empire State College, New York,
ccarnevale89@gmail.com and Craig Tunwall,
Empire State College, New York,
ctunwall@gmail.com
46. Cross-cultural brand management and consumer behaviour. Ivana First,
University of Rijeka, Croatia,
ifirst@efri.hr
47. HR development: Workforce training, career development, job
satisfaction, organizational commitment, and the influence of different HR
practices on firm performance. Andrew Michael, Intercollege Larnaca, Cyprus,
mandy@cytanet.com.cy and Grégor Bouville, Université de Rennes 1,
gregor.bouville@wanadoo.fr
48. Quality and productivity in agriculture. Gad Vitner, Ruppin Academic
Center, Israel,
GadiV@ruppin.ac.il
49. The humanization of business: Paradigm shift in the Meditteranean way to
service marketing. Luca Petruzzellis, University of Bari, Italy,
lu.petruzzellis@disag.uniba.it and Salvatore Romanazzi, University of Bari,
Italy
50. e-Business innovative strategies in the creation and management of SMEs:
Business portals, customer relations management, electronic payments
systems. Bhavni Prasad Goli Veera, Kakatiya University, India,
bhavaniprasadgv@gmail.com
51. Management control in health care: The importance of behavioral routines
and communication.Tjandra Börner, Open University of the Netherlands,
Tjandra.Borner@ou.nl
52. Wine business and globalization. Ruth Rios-Morales, University of
Applied Sciences, Switzerland,
ruth.riosmorales@glion.edu and Lorenzo
Zanni, University of Sienna, Italy,
zanni@unisi.it
53.Company restructuring and reorganization: Institutionalization and social
acceptability of downsizing, discourse and ideology on organizational
change. Marina Bourgain, Clermont Graduate School of Management, France,
marina.bourgain@esc-clermont.fr and Anne Goujon, Université Bordeaux IV,
France
54. The economic crisis and the future of higher education institutions.
Niki Kyriakidou, Leeds Metropolitan University,
N.Kyriakidou@leedsmet.ac.uk
55. Global responsibility and business education. Jones Grant, Macquarie
School of Management, Australia,
Grant.Jones@mgsm.edu.au
56. Financial metrics in promotion: Linking promotion actions to
product-market performance, methodological approaches. George Filis,
University of Portsmouth, UK,
George.Filis@port.ac.uk and George S.Spais,
Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece,
gspais@aueb.gr
57. Seizing entrepreneurial opportunities: New frontiers in entrepreneurial
studies. Diego Matricano, Second University of Naples, Italy,
diego.matricano@unina2.it and Mario Sorrentino, Second University of
Naples, Italy
58. Proximity networks on healthcare and social enterprises in the
Mediterranean basin: Territorial governance, innovative networks,
regionalization of politic policy, EuroMediterranean cooperation. Maria
Zafiropoulou, Institut of Management of Enterprises, Lille, France,
maria.zafiropoulou@iae.univ-lille1.fr
59. Research and consultation center for work family and community. Aharon
Tziner, Netanya Academic College,
atziner@netanya.ac.il
60. Internationalisation and open innovation of small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) in the Mediterranean region. Hakikur Rahman, University of Minho,
Portugal and BSMRAU, Bangladesh,
hakik@sdnbd.org
61. The role of the manager in turbulent international environments:
Differences between informal and formal decision making, new market
penetration modes, and headquarter-subsidiary interrelationships. Shlomo
Tarba, College of Management,
tarba2003@gmail.com
62. Marketing management in services industries: Health care marketing,
telecommunications-mobile marketing, bank marketing, educational
marketing, restaurant marketing, and crisis management in service industry.
Amos Raviv, Israeli Center of Management Studies,
amos@rvc.co.il
63. Managing the changing tourist behavior arising from the use of
electronic communication channels. Haris Machlouzarides,
machlouzarides@gmail.com
64. Strategic branding in practice through a case study: Marketing decisions
for effective brand management across global markets. Vesna Damnjanovic,
University of Belgrade,
damvesna@fon.bg.ac.rs
65. International B2B pricing strategies: Antecedents of B2B pricing
strategies, contextual influences on B2B pricing strategies, TMT/upper
echelon views and pricing strategies, and consequences (sales, profits,
market share) of alternative pricing strategies. Andreas Hinterhuber,
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt,
Andreas.Hinterhuber@ku-eichstaett.de
67. Identity and Marketing: Psychological and sociological concept of
identity. The role of relations, values and emotions in the satisfaction of
customer desires, wants and needs. Hans Rudiger Kaufmann, University of
Nicosia,
kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy
68. The innovation system and the university-industry relations: Knowledge
exchange and entrepreneurship, national strategic framework and innovation
infrastructure. Matteo Rossi, Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento
mrossi@unisannio.it
69. Health care marketing, destination branding: Cross-cultural marketing
research with special reference to e-business. Satyabhusan Dash, Indian
Institute of Management, Lucknow, India,
satya@iiml.ac.in
Call for Track Chairs
The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the
3nd Annual EuroMed Conference
November 11-12, 2010
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
EMRBI Presidents
Prof. Demetris Vrontis, Dean Prof. Yaakov Weber,
Chair
School of Business, Dept.
of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
University of Nicosia, School
of Business
Nicosia, Cyprus
College of Management, Israel
Conference Chairs
Dr Ioanna Papasolomou, Dr Alkis Thrassou, and Dr Yioula Melanthiou,
School of Business, Department of Marketing, University of Nicosia
CALL FOR TRACK CHAIRS
The EuroMed Research Business Institute solicits proposals for hosting
specific tracks at the 3rd Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of
Business.
Prospective track chairs should submit a short description of subjects that
will be included in their track. The proposed track should not be too
general, but also not overly specialized, thus being able to attract a wide
audience of people sharing similar interests. Proposals from industry are
also welcomed.
All track proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Organizing Committee
with respect to the above criteria. The committee reserves the right to: (1)
accept the proposal as it is, (2) recommend merging of similar proposals
with a considerable overlap, (3 reject the proposal.
Upon acceptance of a proposal, the track chairs will be notified of the
timetable and related responsibilities. The deadline for track proposal
submission is January 11, 2010.
The acceptance of track proposals will be announced before the end of
January, 2010.
We expect all Track Chairs to start the review process at the end of April
and complete it by mid June 2010. Upon receiving all reviews, the track
chairs are responsible to send them timely to the Conference Organizing
Committee together with their recommendation on whether the paper should be
accepted or rejected.
Track chairs will get a specific schedule for accomplishment of the review
process.
They will be responsible, among other things, for:
- preparing the list of reviewers
- distributing papers/abstracts to reviewers with guidelines and evaluation
forms (these will be provided by the EuroMed Academy of Business)
- make sure that the review forms are returned back to them on time
- Following the reviews, the track chairs are required to provide for each
paper/abstract their own accept/reject recommendation
- submitting all recommendations by Mid June, 2010 (the specific date will
be announced)
All proposals should be submitted electronically and in a Word.doc format
only to
Dr. Shlomo Tarba
tarba2003@gmail.com
Prof. Yaakov Weber
Chair, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Business Administration
College of Management
Rishon Lezion, Israel
President, EMRBI
EuroMed Research Business Institute
www.emrbi.com