29th January to 2nd February 2018 Tignes, France Contact person: Filip Vrhovnik This conference aims at understanding the key issues of questioning the widely-held dogmas in global and local businesses. We will provide participants with coffee breaks, welcome drink, conference dinner and ski-pass for Espace Killy ski area. Organized by: Innovation Institute Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 24th October 2017 It is my great pleasure, on behalf of Program and Organizing Committee and in my own name, to invite you to the 6th Annual Winter Global Business Conference 2018 which will be held in one of the world’s largest ski resorts, listed as “snow-sure resort” – Tignes in France (January 29th – February 2nd, 2018). This conference is intended for academics and practitioners to meet and exchange ideas on managing scarce resources for value creation in turbulent globalized environment. We welcome a diverse set of contributions: from those which are in an idea stage to those that are fully developed manuscripts. We also welcome different formats for publication in the proceedings: from abstracts, which indicate the direction, to full papers. Proceedings (with ISSN) will be published by Innovation Institute. Based on our previous conferences, I am sure that this conference will be a great success providing a wide array of contributions with diverse interests. 2018 Winter Global Business Conference is situated in one of the world’s top skiing resorts which will provide fresh air for the intellectual endeavors and ample free-time activities. We will do our best to make your stay at the conference as pleasant as possible so you can focus on your work and experience the mesmerizing Espace Killy ski area in Tignes. We are looking forward to welcoming you for the 6th Annual Winter Global Business Conference 2018. October 24th, 2017 – Submission deadline Letter of acceptance/rejection will be e-mailed within one week from submission November 20th, 2017 – Early registration deadline December 11th, 2017 – Regular registration deadline January 8th, 2018 – Late registration deadline January 29th – February 2nd, 2018 – Conference Important dates November 20th, 2017 – Early registration deadline December 11th, 2017 – Regular registration deadline January 8th, 2018 – Late registration deadline Conference fees Conference early registration fee is 525 EUR (regular registration fee is 610 EUR; late registration fee is 690 EUR). Innovation Institute and conference partners will provide all conference participants with: Conference proceedings. Admittance to all academic sessions. Certificate of attendance. Networking coffee and refreshments. Welcome drink. Official Conference dinner and party with French specialties. Networking activities and ski-pass for Espace Killy ski area. Please note that participants should cover transaction charges for all payments regarding Winter Global Business Conference. This implies that (a) for payments via bank transfer (SWIFT), participants should select OUR code for transfer charges, and (b) for payments via PayPal, a transfer charge in the amount of 4,25% will be added to all transactions. Regarding cancellations, there is a 95 EUR processing fee for cancellations done until November 27th, 2017. On and after November 27th, 2017 there will be no refunds for cancellations.