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Call for Papers-Annual Conference

The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the 5^th Annual Conference

Conference Dates: October 4^th-5^th, 2012, Swiss

Submission Deadline: April 28rd, 2012

Please submit your paper and/or abstract to EMRBI@unic.ac.cy and to tarba2003@gmail.com by strictly adhering to the attached author guidelines.

Notification to authors:                                                                June 4th, 2012

Early-bird registration:                                                                  Till August 08th, 2012

Deadline for inclusion in Book of Proceedings*                 September 7th

Late registration:                                                                             After August 08th, 2012

The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the EuroMed 2012 Annual Conference Doctoral Seminar on M & A that will be held October 2^nd and 3^rd, 2012 (the two days immediately preceding the conference) in Glion-Montreux, Switzerland.

Doctoral students, representing all areas of business, will 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, learn about the challenges of conducting M&A research and building a successful academic career in this field, and broaden their professional networks. The format of the Seminar will facilitate a constructive and supportive discussion among doctoral students and 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 Doctoral seminar are eligible for the EMAB Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal and will be exempted from the conference registration fees. The institute offers a limited number of scholarships up to 600 Euro each. For more details, please visit EMRBI website www.emrbi.com and/or email to Prof. Yaakov Weber yweber@bezeqint.net or Dr. Shlomo Tarba tarba2003@gmail.com

Programme Tracks and Track Chairs:

Marketing:

1. Services industries: Branding, marketing and crisis management. Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas, University of Macedonia, Greece, cpriporas@gmail.com

2. Innovative technology marketing strategies, CRM, RM, CKM and performance. Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, City University, fkpanni@yahoo.com  and Md. Shahriar Parvez, City University, Bangladesh, msparvez_educator@yahoo.co.uk

3. Dynamic Buyer Behaviour - Challenges and Prospects. Bhavani Prasad Goli Veera, Kakatiya University, Warangal,

bhavaniprasadgv@gmail.com

4. Non-profit and public marketing. Isabel Macedo, University of Minho, Braga, imacedo@eeg.uminho.pt

5. Global marketing issues including Eco-marketing orientation, governmental intervention, sustainable development. Githa Heggde, Welingkar Education, Bangalore, geetahegde@yahoo.co.uk 

6. Online purchasing attitude and intention- factors and effects. Houda Zarrad, Graduate School of Business of Tunis, Manouba State University Campus, houdazarrad@yahoo.fr and Mohsen Debabi,  Graduate School of Business of Tunis, Manouba State University Campus, debabi_mmg@yahoo.fr

7. Consumer behavior, relationship between quality and satisfaction. Cecilia Silvestri, Dipartimento di Economia e Impresa, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, c.silvestri@unitus.it

8. Strategic Branding: Designing, planning and managing Branding Strategies,  Social media and Emotional Branding.Vesna Damnjanovic,PhD and Branka Novcic, MSc, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgradedamvesna@yahoo.com, brankanovcic@gmail.com

9.      Digital marketing: Interactive media and multichannel marketing, on-line consumer behaviour, using social media and networks for marketing in B2C and B2B. Manoj K. Jha, Sinhgad Institute of Business Management, Mumbai, India, manojkjha40@yahoo.co.in

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management:

10. Motivation, job design, team work, leadership, organizational citizenship. Yitzhak Fried, Syracuse University, yfried@syr.edu

11. Re-assessing Theory, Analysis, Cases and Practice. Peter Stokes, University of Chester, UK, (p.stokes@chester.ac.uk), UK Country Director, EMBRI, Chair, Organizational Behaviour Group, EMBRI.  Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, and Max Visser, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, The Netherlands, M.Visser@fm.ru.nl

12. Leadership development, coaching and talent management. Matt Mardanov, Harrison College of Business, Southeast Missouri State University, imardanov@yahoo.com

13. Total Quality Management: Employee involvement, techniques, and customer satisfaction. Gurhan Uysal, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey, gurhanuysal@yahoo.com

14. Customers behaviour in financial services under conditions of macroeconomic and fiscal volatility. Evangelos Tsoukatos, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr and Ms. Maria Englezou, Cyprus College - School of Business and University of Gloucestershire, UK, maria.englezou@hotmail.com

Culture and Cross-Culture:

15. Culture and performance. Orly Yeheskel, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, orlyyehe@mta.ac.il             

16. Cross-cultural communications, negotiations, ethnocentrism and management, leadership in multicultural contexts. Carmen Rodriguez Santos, University of Leon, Spain. carmen.santos@unileon.es

17. CROSS-CULTURAL BRAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, Ivana First, University of Rijeka, Croatia, ifirst@efri.hr

Diversity and Gender:

18. Gender perspective in management: strategic policy, planning and social innovation. Helena De-Sivilya Syna, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel, desiv@yvc.ac.il

19. Labor market inequalities. Dahlia Moore, College of Management, Israel, dmoore@colman.ac.il

20. Diversity management in international organisations and labour markets. Lyn Glanz, Lyn.Glanz@glion.edu , Peter Juskiw, Peter.Juskiw@glion.edu , Mary Famer, Mary.Farmer@glion.edu , Glion Institution of Higher Education and Les Roches-Gruyère University of Applied Sciences, and Marvee Marr,City University of Seattle, Bratislava, Slovakia, marvee.marr@faculty.gliononline.com

21. Crossing continents: Gender, Geography and Business. Helen Rodgers,  Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, h.rodgers@leedsmet.ac.uk    

22. Women entrepreneurship: start-up and growth of women-owned firms. Katerina Sarri,  University of Western Macedonia, ksarri@uowm.gr

23. Ethnicity, Business and Entrepreneurship in changing world.  Leo Dana, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, leo.dana@canterbury.ac.nz  and  Carel Roessingh, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, c.h.roessingh@vu.nl

Corporate Governance

24. Corporate Governance: theories and concepts. 'Dr Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos', Brunel University, London, UK.

Finance and Accounting:

25. Technology application management in banking: Business process reengineering, customer satisfaction, payment system, risk management, financial integration and stability. Saroj Kumar Datta, Mody Institute of Technology and Science, dattasaroj@gmail.com  and Sukanya Kundu, Mody Institute of Technology and Science, sk54015@gmail.com

26. Derivatives and Financial Risk Management. Saroj Kumar Datta, Mody Institute of Technology and Science, dattasaroj@gmail.com   and Ruchika Gahlot, Mody Institute of Technology and Science, ruchikagahlot29@gmail.com

27. Risk management: The emerging management skill. Yossi Raanan, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, yraanan@colman.ac.il  

28. Accounting and control. Dan Elnathan, College of Management, danel@colman.ac.il 

29. Credit risk management during the crisis: Probability of default and pro-cyclicality, loss give default and the recovery process, exposure at default measuremnt and forecast, liquidity risk management procedures, portfolio risk management approaches. Gianluca Mattarocci, School of Economics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata",gianluca.mattarocci@uniroma2.it

Entrepreneurship:

30. Transnational and immigrant entrepreneurship. Israel Drori, College of Management- Academic Studies, israeld@colman.ac.il

31.  Entrepreneurial and small business marketing:  Theory, Concepts, Techniques and Definitions. Rosalind Jones, Bangor University, abs822@bangor.ac.uk and Zubin Sethna, University of Westminster, z.sethna@westminster.ac.uk 

32. Entrepreneurship in developing countries: Trends and practices. Anu Pandey, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, India, anupandey@hotmail.com

33.  Corporate entrepreneurship/ intrapreneurship, minority groups, indigenous entrepreneurs,  and developing countries. Leo Dana, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, leo.dana@canterbury.ac.nz and Vanessa Ratten, Deakin University, Australia, vanessa.ratten@deakin.edu.au

Innovation, Technology and Online Business

34. Global business innovation: strategy, systems, sectors, regional and national development. Marios Trigkas, Department of  Wood and Furniture Technology& Design, Karditsa, Greece, mtrigkas@cereteth.gr , Glykeria Karagkouni, Department of Wood & Furniture Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, karagg@teilar.gr, and Ioannis Papadopoulos, Department of  Wood & Furniture Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, papad@teilar.gr

35. IT in healthcare - improving quality of life: Balanced scorecard approach, economy of healthcare industry on different levels. Misak Vartanov, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, varmiog@gmail.com

36. Management of science, technology, innovation, quality, and conformity assessment business. K.M.Mostafa Anwar, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh, mostafa_anwar@yahoo.com

37. Innovation and Pricing: costs, competition, and customer value-based pricing. Andreas Hinterhuber, partner, HINTERHUBER & PARTNERS, andreas@hinterhuber.com and Stephan Liozu, PhD candidate and CEO, Ardex Americas, sliozu@case.edu

38. Technology, growth, and development: Relationships between technological change, productivity, economic growth and socio-economic development at the macro level. Suhail Sultan, Palestine Polytechnic University, sultan@ppu.edu

39. Online social networks: Users community, marketing and advertisement, strategic and financial aspects, and trust management. Oren Gil-Or, oren@gil-or.com

Strategic Management:

40. Competitive strategy and corporate strategy. Shlomo Tarba, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, tarba2003@gmail.com

41.  Strategic alliances: Product vs. service alliances, network, portfolios, knowledge sharing and creation through alliances.  Ian Kwan, ikwan@alumni.unav.es

42.  M&A management:  post-merger integration, knowledge transfer, global expansion. Ahammad Faisal Mohammad, Nottingham University, UK, mohammad.ahammad@ntu.ac.uk  and Athina Vasilaki, IESEG, a.vasilaki@ieseg.fr

43. Dynamic capabilities and dynamic flexibility. Alvaro Lopes Dias, Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa, adias@ual.pt and Renato Pereira, Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa, rpereira@ual.pt

44. Developing successful and value added strategic educational alliances. Kip Becker, Boston University, kbecker@bu.edu

45. Value-driven business: process and methods for performance improvement. Ahmad Alibabaei, babaei@gmail.com

46. Value based management: Definitions, measurement, and management of value drivers. Bernd Britzelmaier, Pforzheim University, bernd@britzelmaier.de and Valentin Beck, Leeds Metropolitan University, V_Beck@web.de , and Patrick Kraus, Pforzheim University, patrick.kraus@hs-pforzheim.de

Ethics and Social Responsibility

47. Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Economies: Callenges, potentials, risks.Johanna Telieps, Alanus University, johanna.telieps@alanus.edu

International Management/Business:

48. New perspectives on managing multinational corporations. Dorra Yahiaoui, Normandy Business School, d.yahiaoui@em-normandie.fr, Hela Chebbi, EDC – Paris, hela.chebbi@edcparis.edu, and Adel Golli, Euromed Management, adel.golli@euromed-management.com

49. 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

50. Globalization and mindset - Challenges and opportunities: Diversification, outsourcing, and human resource management as companies continue to expand into industrialized, emerging, and third world economies.  Aysar Philip Sussan, School of Business, Bethune - Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL, sussana@cookman.edu

51. International business and international management: Yaakov Weber, College of Management-Academic Studies, yaakovw@colman.ac.il

Tourism Management:

52. 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

53. Wine business and globalization. Ruth Rios-Morales, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, ruth.riosmorales@glion.edu   and Mr. Claudio Zucco, Les Roches-Gruyère, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, claudio.zucco@glion.edu

54.  Entrepreneurship and tourism, behaviour and culture in tourism destinations, tourism planning and development models and experiences. Vitor Ambrósio, Portugal, vitor.ambrosio@eshte.pt

55.  Heritage of European river and sea coasts tourism: An asset for tourism diversification. Gabriela Cecilia Stanciulescu, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania, gabriela_stanciulescu@yahoo.com

56.  World heritage sites as cultural tourism destinations. Laurentina Vareiro, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal, laurentina_vareiro@iol.pt  and Paula Remoaldo,  University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, cris.remoaldo@gmail.com

General and Theories:

57. E-Learning in Life Long Learning: Experiences, Trends, LMS, eLearning Social Media. Enric Lopez, Director Master Oficial en Gestió Estratègica de les Empreses, Barcelona, enric.lopez@cett.es

58. Case study track. Yaakov Weber, College of Management - Academic Studies, yaakovw@colman.ac.il

59. Examination of different theories for extension of bargaining solution analyses (e.g. behavioural theory, game theory, processes theory, integrative theory, narrative theory, automated bargaining theory and anchor pricing theory. Leonidas Papakonstantinidis, Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata,  papakon@gmail.com

60. Green Economy: businesses, management, market and other related issues. Prof. Lalit Wankhade, SGGS Institute of Engg. & Technology, lalitwankhade@rediffmail.com

61. Modern management techniques from Taylor to Today: Practitioners and Their Theories. . Gurhan Uysal, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey, gurhanuysal@yahoo.com

Prof. Yaakov Weber

1. Chair, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

School of Business Administration

College of Management

Rabin Blvd. 7

Rishon Lezion, Israel.

2. President, EMRBI

EuroMed Research Business Institute

www.emrbi.com