Please post this REMINDER for coming conference
Call for Papers
The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the
2nd Annual EuroMed Conference
October 26-28, 2009
University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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
Key Note Speakers
Prof. Oded Shenkar, and Prof. Michael R. Czinkota,
Ohio State University, USA Georgetown University, USA
Business Key Note Speaker
Mr. Shraga Brosh, President
Manufacurers Association of Israel
Mr. Manthos Mavromatis, President
Chambers of Commerce, Cyprus
Host: The University of Salerno, Italy
Conference Chairs
Prof. Gerardo Metallo, and Dr. Maria Teresa
Cuomo,
University of Salerno, Italy University of
Salerno, Italy
Conference Organising Committee
Prof. Elio Iannuzzi, University of Salerno, Italy
Prof.Carmen Gallucci, University of Salerno, Italy
Prof. Vittoria Marino, University of Salerno, Italy
Prof. Alfonso Siano, University of Salerno, Italy
Dr. Mario Testa, University of Salerno, Italy
Dr. Debora Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy
Dr Alex Giordano, Accademia del Marketing Meditarraneo, Italy
The 2nd 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 for young 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 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.
CONFERENCE PAPER AUTHOR GUIDELINES, SUBMISSION DEADLINE, REVIEW PROCESS, AND
BEST PAPER AWARDS
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2009
Please submit your paper or abstract to
EMRBI@ymail.com by strictly
following the author guidelines of the EuroMed Journal of Business found at
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm
Abstracts should be up to 750 words and based at the guidelines given at
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/authors/guides/abstracts.htm
Manuscripts (including abstracts) will be double blind reviewed. Please
indicate, on the first page of the manuscript, the track (only one) for
submission.
All accepted full papers and abstracts will be published in the esperienze
d’impresa journal (ISSN: 1971-5293).
A selection of the best conference papers will be published in the EuroMed
Journal of Business
www.emeraldinsight.com/emjb.htm (the official Journal of
EMRBI).
The best competitive and student papers will be awarded at the conference.
The maximum number of papers presented by each author (either leading author
or co-author) is three.
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.
Doctoral Consortium
The 2nd EuroMed Academy of Business Annual Doctoral Consortium 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. Papers
and abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.
Questions and inquiries about manuscripts, track chairs, review process,
guidelines etc. should be sent to either of the Vice Presidents, Dr Rudi
Kaufmann and Shlomo Tarba at
EMRBI@ymail.com
Other Important Deadlines
Notification to the authors: August 06, 2009
Early-bird registration: Till September 8, 2009
Late registration: After September 8, 2009
Bus Tours: details about organised bus tours, to the beautiful sites of
Salerno and nearby areas such as Amalphi beach, Capri, Naples, Pompei ruins
etc. will soon be published on the website(see pictures in the website).
Special Track in Italian
1. Complessità e Approccio sistemico vitale (ASV).
Gaetano M. Golinelli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy,
gemetall@unisa.it
Programme Tracks and Track Chairs
1. International and regional trade and economics in the Euromed zone.
Amir Shoham, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel,
amir1s@colman.ac.
il
2. Venture capital backed entrepreneurship - Aspects and trends.
56. Avi Messica, College of Management, Israel,
messica@netvision.net.il
3. M&A management and perspectives: Process and practice of M&A, global
expansion via M&A, post-merger integration, knowledge transfer, and
performance. Satu Teerikangas, Helsinki University of Technology,
satu.teerikangas@tkk.fi, Audrey Rouzies, University of Toulouse,
audrey.rouzies@iut-tlse3.fr, Emanuel Gomes, Coventry University,
e.gomes@coventry.ac.uk, and Daniel Dauber, Vienna University of Economics
and Business,
daniel.dauber@wu-wien.ac.at
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, Rishon
LeZion, Israel.
8. Strategic management: Competitive strategy, business unit strategy,
corporate strategy. Shlomo Tarba, College of Management, Rishon LeZion,
Israel,
tarba2003@gmail.com
9. Accounting and control: Comparative studies in accounting and
auditing, adoption of new international financial reporting standards
(IFRS), performance evaluation systems. Dan Elnatan, College of Management,
danel@colman.ac.il
10.Tourism marketing in Mediterranean Region: The influences of global
economic recession on tourism. Liljana Elmazi- Billa, University of Tirana,
Albania,
lilibilla@yahoo.com
11.Case study track. Yaakov Weber, College of Management, Israel
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. Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, City
University,
fkpanni@yahoo.com
13.New perspectives on the banking and finance market under times of duress.
Simona Mihai Yiannaki, European University, Cyprus,
S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy
14.Energy security – The global challenge. Olga Klaas, LUKOIL Overseas
Cyprus Ltd. and Russian State Oil & Gas University,
OKlaas@lukoil-overseas.com.cy
15.Sustainable development and retailing: Cleaner production and
environmental management systems, supply chain management, and education and
information of customers. Sanda Renko, University of Zagreb, Croatia
srenko@efzg.hr
16.Cause related marketing, Marlen Demetriou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus,
Demetriou.m@unic.ac.cy
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,
saroj@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.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,
saroj@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in and Supriyo
Patra, George College,
supriyo_patra@rediffmail.com.
19.The global financial crisis, waves in the high-tech industry, emergence
of the new markets, and acceleration of the globalization process. Yaron
Timmor, Raphael Recanati International School of Business, Arison School of
Business, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya,
timmor@idc.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, UK,
PStokes@uclan.ac.uk
21.Culture implications on performance. Orly Yeheskel, The Academic College
of Tel-Aviv Yaffo,
orlyyehe@mta.ac.il
22.Value based management: Value definition, measurement, and management of
value drivers. 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, Cyprus,
kogetsidis.h@unic.ac.cy
24.Collaboration, social and professional networking: Management through
global virtual collaboration teams. Charles Wankel, St. John’s University,
USA,
wankelc@stjohns.edu
25.Religious tourism in the Mediterranean countries. Vitor Ambrosio, Escola
Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal,
vitor.ambrosio@eshte.pt
26.Service marketing: Research modelling, service quality, web-marketing,
consumer behaviour. José Luís Abrantes, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu.
jlabrantes@estv.ipv.pt
27.Customer satisfaction management in the service industry. Olivera
Jurkovic-Majic, Maja Martinovic, and Ivana Busljeta Banks, Zagreb School of
Economics and Management, Croatia,
ibanks@zsem.hr
28.Ηow to succeed in cross-cultural environments: A managerial perspective
on ethnocentrism, cross-cultural communications, negotiations, and
leadership in multicultural contexts. Carmen Rodriguez Santos, University of
Leon, Spain.
carmen.santos@unileon.es and Evangelos Tsoukatos, Technological
Educational Institute of Crete, Greece,
tsoukat@sdo.teiher.gr
29.HR development: Workforce training, career development, job satisfaction,
organizational commitment, occupational health, and the influence of
different HR practices on firm performance. Grégor Bouville, Université de
Rennes 1,
gregor.bouville@wanadoo.fr
30.Risk management: The emerging management skill. Yossi Raanan, College of
Management, Rishon LeZion,
yraanan@colman.ac.il
31.The role of the manager in turbulent international environments:
Differences between informal and formal decision making, new market
penetration modes, and headquarter-subsidiary interrelationships. Christiane
Prange, EM Lyon Business School,
prange@em-lyon.com
32.Law and Economics: Defining reasons for disinvestment in Eastern and
South-Eastern Europe, exploring the inefficient judicial system and
complicated, non- responsive public administration accompanied by
corruption.
33.Identity and the creative industries: The interplay between identity and
engagement with the creative industries and consumption of cultural and
creative products. Hilary Collins, Euromed Toulon and Bernard Paranque,
Euromed Marseille, France,
Bernard.Paranque@euromed-management.com
34.Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Mehdi Majidi,
The American University of Paris,
mmajidi@aup.fr
35.Pricing strategies in times of recession: Discounts, rebates, price
sensitivity of customers, and their impact on firm performance. Andreas
Hinterhuber, Hinterhuber & Partners Strategy Pricing Leadership, Innsbruck,
Austria and Bocconi University, Milan, Italy,
andreas@hinterhuber.org
36.International financial markets during turmoil periods: Behavior of
various financial instruments such as bonds, stocks, mutual funds etc., and
their impact in Meditternean region. Hasan F. Baklaci, Izmir University of
Economics, Turkey,
hasan.baklaci@izmirekonomi.edu.tr
37.Mass Customization and personalization of content and services in the new
digital business environments: Internet and mobile computing in context of
e-business and global economy. Panagiotis Germanakos, University of Nicosia,
Cyprus,
germanakos.p@unic.ac.cy
38.Leadership and Leader-Member Exchange. Ismatilla Mardanov, Southeast
Missouri State University, USA,
imardanov@semo.edu
39.Crisis management in the tourism sector. Christos Vassiliadis, University
of Macedonia, and Zissis Maditinos, University of Macedonia, Greece,
mady@uom.gr
40.Strategic alliances in a turbulent economy: Network perspective, product
vs. service alliances, temporary vs. permanent alliances. Luca Petruzzellis
and Salvatore Romanazzi, University of Bari, Italy,
salvatore.romanazzi@gmail.com
41.Knowledge management: Capturing, codifying and transferring the
knowledge. Geoff Turner, University of Nicosia, Cyprus,
turner.g@unic.ac.cy
42.Entrepreneurship in context of complexity: Local versus global
entrepreneurship, types of entrepreneurial businesses. Massimiliano Berardi,
Universita' degli Studi di Foggia, Italy,
m.berardi@mail.unifg.it
43.The competitiveness of district firms in the era of global crisis. Elio
Iannuzzi, University of Salerno, Italy,
eiannuzz@unisa.it
44.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. Werner Gronau, University of Nicosia,
Cyprus,
gronau.w@unic.ac.cy
45.Supply chain management: Supplier-buyer and customer-seller
relationships, purchasing, logistics, and distribution. Abu Bakar A. Hamid,
University of Technology, Malaysia, m-abakar@utm,my and
bakarhamid@hotmail.com
46.Cultural Differences in Global Business: Overcoming barriers existing
across national borders, managing business negotiations abroad,
intercultural sensitivity. Tugba Kalafatoglu, Tugba Kalafatoglu Associates,
Turkey,
tugba@tugbakalafatoglu.com
47.Regional competitiveness and performance in the global context. Milena
Viassone, University of Turin, Italy,
viassone@econ.unito.it
48.Internationalisation and innovation of small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) in the Mediterranean region. Stefano Bresciani, University of Turin,
bresciani@econ.unito.it
49.Marketing across culture with specific focus on services marketing,
customer relationship management (CRM) aspects in marketing and E-Business.
Satya Dash, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India,
satya@iiml.ac.in
50.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. Ioannis Papadopoulos, Department of Wood & Furniture Technology
& Design, Karditsa, Greece,
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,
mtrigkas@cereteth.gr
51.Financial Disclosures in European and Mediterranean countries. D'alessio
Raffaele, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy,
radalessio@unisa.it
52.Wine marketing and branding in the global arena. Demetris Vrontis, School
of Business, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus,
vrontis.d@unic.ac.cy
and Maria Teresa Cuomo, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, mcuomo@unisa.
it
53.Globalization and internet applications. Aysar Philip Sussan, School of
Business, Bethune - Cookman University, Florida, USA,
sussana@cookman.edu
55. New Horizons in human resource management: including also
performance appraisal in cross cultural perspectives and training research.
Aharon Tziner, Netanya College, Israel,
atziner@netanya.ac.il
56. Quality in the Service Industry. Adrian Ioannou, Dept. of
Hospitality and Tourism and Management, Cyprus University of Technology
adrian.ioannou@cy.pwc.com, and Maria Krambia-Kapardis, Dept. of Hospitality
and Tourism and Management, Cyprus University of Technology
maria.kapardis@cut.ac.cy
57. Creative networks and international process. Clara Bassano,
University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy, <mailto:
bassano@uniparthenope.it>
bassano@uniparthenope.it
58. Decisional models for communication-mix, Angelo Di
Gregorio, University of Milan "Bicocca",
angelo.digregorio@unimib.it
59. Sustainable development in the Mediterranean basin.
Euromediterranean Cooperation, Processes of Regionalization and Governance
of Globalization, Francesco Citarella, University of Salerno, Italy, Centro
di Ateneo OPSAT (Observatory for Sustainable Development and Territory
Organisation Planning),
f.citarella@unisa.it
60. ICTs to enhance learning organizations: theoretical and
empirical contributions. Paola Adinolfi, University of Salerno,
padinolfi@unisa.it and Luca Tateo, University of Sassari,
ltateo@uniss.it
Prof. Yaakov Weber
President, EuroMed Research Business Institute
EMRBI (www.emrbi.com <http://www.emrbi.com/> )
Chair, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Business Administration
College of Management
Isreal