CALL FOR PAPERS

XVII International Business and Economics Conference
San Francisco, California, USA
January 4-7, 2018
http://www.ibec-info.org/2018/
Hosting Institution: San Francisco State University

 

DATES:  Early Decision: July 15, 2017

        Regular Submission:  August 30, 2017  

Refereed Submissions –Guidelines

 You are invited to submit either an Extended Abstract or a Completed Manuscript of research papers or teaching case studies for presentation at the conference.

Extended abstracts: A submission should explicitly contain: 1. Background & Problem Statement; 2. Objectives; 3. Methods / Procedures; 4. [Expected or Preliminary] Results; and 5. References.  Extended abstracts between 3 to 5 pages are preferred.

Complete papers: No specific structure is required for complete papers. We strongly recommend complete papers not to exceed 12 pages. Quantitative Papers should include full data analysis. 

Formatting guidelines: for either extended abstracts or complete papers are provided on the conference website. Follow the PROCEEDINGS GUIDELINES document.

Proposals should be written in English. Submissions will be peer reviewed, acceptance being based on quality and relevance.

Plagiarism: is unacceptable.  All authors must fully cite the work of others using one of the standard citation systems (APA/MLA)

Decision notifications will be sent to authors by October 30^{th .}    Those opting for the July early acceptance will be notified by August 30.

Authors of accepted proposals will have up to 30 minutes (Q&A included) to present their topic in the conference.

Submissions should be submitted to the IBEC website. To submit, you also need to “Register for IBEC 2018” on the website:  ibec-info.org/2018/.  In case you have problems registering, email your proposal to IBEC@tnstate.edu. Within two days of submission you will be contacted to acknowledge your submission. If you do not hear from IBEC after two days, contact the editor-in-chief or the conference chair.

Accepted papers and cases presented in the conference will be published online, at the discretion of authors, in the Social Science Research Network [Conference proceedings with the U.S. Library of Congress, ISSN 1537-2316].  Proceedings will be published after the conference. Authors retain copyright of their works. Papers presented in Bangkok (2015), Germany (2016) and Chile (2017) are posted in www.ssrn.com [Research network: Management / Conference and Meetings]. When submitting your proposal for the conference, closely follow the PROCEEDINGS GUIDELINES document available on the conference website.

Executive Committee for IBEC 2018

IBEC Permanent Organizers:

Sharon V. Thach (Conference Chair), Business Administration, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA [ibec@tnstate.edu]

Carlos Trejo-Pech (Conference Chair Emeritus), Agricultural & Resource Economics Department, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN, USA and Adjust Professor, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara, Mexico [ctrejope@utk.edu]

John Manley (Chair Emeritus and Treasurer), Iona College, New York, USA [jmanley@iona.edu]

Tomás Kincl (Chair of Proceedings and Webmaster), University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic [kincl.tomas@gmail.com]

Jay Kang (Senior Executive Emeritus), San Francisco State University, USA [jkang@sfsu.edu]

Host Institution Organizers:

Jai S Kang, Chair San Francisco State University [jkang@sfsu.edu]

Bruce A Heiman, San Francisco State University [bheiman@sfsu.edu]

Mahmood Hussain, San Francisco State University [Hussain@sfsu.edu]

IBEC Directors (in alphabetic order according to last names):

Fang, Jianing, Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Management at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA [jianing.fang@marist.edu]

Heiman, Bruce, Associate Professor of International Business, College of Business, San Francisco State University, CA, USA [bheiman@sfsu.edu]

Manley, Robert, Professor. Retired. NY, USA [rjmanley@optonline.net]

Shetty, Anand, Professor and Chair of Finance, Business Economics and Legal Studies, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA [ashetty@iona.edu]

Strach, Pavel, Professor, SKODA AUTO University, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic [pavel.strach@savs.cz ]

Thach, Sharon V., Professor of International Marketing, College of Business Administration, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA [sthach@tnstate.edu]

Editor: Tomás Kincl, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic [kincl.tomas@gmail.com] 

Associate Editor: Carlos Trejo-Pech, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN, USA, and Adjunct Professor, Universidad Panamericana at Guadalajara, Mexico [ctrejope@utk.edu]

Editorial Review Board (alphabetic -last names):

Lorenz Braun, Professor, Nürtingen-Geislingen University, Nürtingen, Germany [lorenz.braun@hfwu.de]  

Erskin Blunck, Associate Dean, Nürtingen-Geislingen University, Nürtingen, Germany [erskin.blunck@hfwu.de]

Ernst, Dietmar, Professor of International Finance, Nürtingen-Geislingen University, Nürtingen, Germany [dietmar.ernst@hfwu.de]

Fang, Jianing, Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Management at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA [jianing.fang@marist.edu]

García-Santillán, Arturo, Professor of Business and Economics, Universidad Cristobal Colón, Veracruz, México [agarcias@ucc.mx]

Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V., Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University in New York City, USA [gevorkya@stjohns.edu]

Ghosh, Jayati, Dean and Professor of International Business, School of Business Administration, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA [jghosh@widener.edu]

Gillpatrick, Tom, The Juan Yong Professor of Marketing and Food Management, School of Business Administration, Portland State University, USA [tomg@pdx.edu]

Gutiérrez-Rentería, María E., Professor of Media Economics and Media Management, Universidad Panamericana at Guadalajara, México [egutierr@up.edu.mx]

Heiman, Bruce, Associate Professor of International Business, College of Business, San Francisco State University, CA, USA [bheiman@sfsu.edu]

Hussain, Mahmood, Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business, San Francisco State University, CA, USA [hussain@sfsu.edu]

Jaiswal-Dale, Ameeta, Associate Professor of Finance, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA [a9jaiswal@stthomas.edu]

Kyaw, NyoNyo, Associate Professor of Finance, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA [nkyaw@iona.edu]

Manley, Robert, Professor. Retired. NY, USA [rjmanley@optonline.net]

Morote, Elsa-Sofia, Professor. NY, USA [sofiamoroteE@gmail.com]

Ngienthi, Wanida, Professor of Economics, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand [wngienthi@au.edu]

Noguera, Magdy, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Idaho, USA [mnoguera@uidaho.edu]

Pitta, Carlos, Business School, Austral University of Chile at Puerto Montt, Chile [cpitta@ufl.edu]

Strach, Pavel, Professor, SKODA AUTO University, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic [pavel.strach@savs.cz ]

Tangjitprom, Nopphon, Assistant Professor, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand [nopphontng@au.edu]

Theingi, Hla, Assistant Professor, International Business Management, Martin De Tours School of Management, Assumption University, Thailand [hlatheingi@au.edu]

Theingi, Assistant Professor, Dep. Of Marketing, Martin De Tours School of Management, Assumption University, Thailand [theingi@au.edu]

Yang, Chunmei, Professor, School of Economics, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China [jane_ycm@126.com]

 

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