ABEM invites papers, abstracts, cases studies, and proposals for special sessions and doctoral students on the theme Barriers to Inclusive Growth in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets for the following three tracks:
Business
Marketing
Education
Operations
Human Resources
Finance/Accounting
Marketing Analytics
Cross-cultural Issues
Social Media Marketing
Organizational Behaviour
Strategy/Entrepreneurship
Government
Fundraising
Public Policy
E-Government
International Business
International Relations
Genetically Modified Food
Foreign Direct Investment
Environment Management
Public Sector Management
Law, Patents and Inventions
Community
Agriculture
Eco-tourism
Sustainability
Micro-finance
Rural Marketing
Non Profit/Co-op
Healthcare/Medical
Bottom of the Pyramid
Informal Sector Economy
Nutrition and Community
Sponsors
University of Winnipeg, Canada
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Inderscience Publishers, UK
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: Mar 30, 2018
Result Notification: April 30, 2018
Revised paper deadline: June 30, 2018
Early Registration Deadline: May 30, 2018
Regular Registration Deadline: June 30, 2018
Draft Conference Program Schedule: July 20, 2018
Conference Date: August 1-3, 2018
4th ABEM 2018 Conference Brochure pdficon_small
Endorsed by: Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Office of the President, Republic of Philippines pdficon_small
Submissions
Submissions can be made in English as (1) Abstracts (2) Papers (3) Case Studies (4) Work-in-progress and (5) Doctoral colloquium papers. Controversial and/or debatable topics relating to developing countries or emerging markets or comparisons between east and west ways of conducting businesses are particularly invited.
All submissions will be double blind peer reviewed.
Proposals can also be submitted for organizing a round table, doctoral or panel discussion. These proposals should include (1) Title (2) Objectives (3) Discussion format and (4) list of contributors with their affiliations and full contact details.
Submissions should be sent to submissions@abem.ca
Initial submissions should be in Word document using Times New Roman Font Size 12, 1″ margin and double-spaced, and must include: (1) Cover page with title of the study, five keywords, author name(s), title, affiliation, full address, tel nos and e-mail; and, (2) First page with the title, an abstract between 200-250 words, followed by body of the paper between 5000 and 6000 words including Tables, Figures and References. Please avoid footnotes and appendices.
Authors must format their revised papers according to the guidelines/template for inclusion in ABEM Conference Proceedings. All revised submissions will also go through the routine editorial editing to conform consistency/house style. Here is the template. pdficon_small
Authors must submit the Copyright Transfer Form along with their revised papers. Failure to submit the signed and filled Form along with formatted paper between 5000-6000 words will result in abstract only being published in ABEM Conference Proceedings. Here is the Form. pdficon_small
Submission of the paper signifies that at least one author will register and present the accepted paper physically. There is no virtual presentation option. If multiple authors wish to present the same paper, each author must register. To bring diversity at the conference, different author should present/register different paper.
Publication Opportunities
Authors will have the option to publish their studies as abstracts (by default) or articles in the 4th 2018 ABEM Conference Proceedings with a Canadian ISBN: 978-0-9937342-3-6.
ABEM Conference proceedings are submitted for legal deposit to Library and Archives Canada.
ABEM Conference proceedings editors and reviewers follow the Code of Conduct guidelines established by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) while reviewing submissions.
Selected competitive papers will be considered for publication in the following peer-reviewed journals subject to their own online submission and normal review process:
International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets (IJBEM)
The Sankalpa: International Journal of Management Decisions
Awards
Based on the recommendations of reviewers, a Best Paper Award — sponsored by Inderscience Publishers — will be presented at the Conference dinner.
