2nd International Business Research Conference, Athens 2008
People, Knowledge, Ideas: A Platform (January 19-20, 2008)


You are invited to submit Research papers, abstract and case studies on topics related to European Commission, Accounting, Banking, Economics, Finance, International Trade, Management, Marketing and Business for "2nd International Business Research Conference" , Athens 2008 (January 19-20), Greece.

All submissions must be original and should not have been previously accepted or be under review at another conference. The use of e-mails is encouraged. All full papers will be blind reviewed by the members of the conference committee to ensure that an adequate standard is maintained as per submission guidelines.
The author (s) will be informed about the outcome along with the reviewers' comments within three weeks from the arrival date of the manuscript. The final version of the paper must be prepared on the basis of reviewers' comments and submitted on or before 9 November, 2008 along with the completed Registration Form.

Full papers must be written in English and should not exceed 20 pages (single spacing using Times New Roman with 12 point font) including tables, charts and references. Abstracts without full papers will not be accepted.

Full papers must be written in English and should not exceed 20 pages (single spacing using Times New Roman with 12 point font) including tables, charts and references. Abstracts without full papers will not be accepted.

Papers selected for presentation at the conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings only if at least one author registers and attends the conference. Selected papers will be eligible for publication in the Online Journal (Aryan Journal for Business and Research).
 

Conference Subjects:
 
Finance Fields:- Risk Financing and Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Personal Finance, Derivatives Market, Debt Securities and Quantitative Finance, Capital Markets, Micro-Finance and all other Finance areas, Financial Institutions.

Economics Fields:- International Economics, General Economics, Economic Development and Policy , Macroeconomics, International Trade , Public Finance, Monetary Economics, All other economics topics.

Management Fields:- International and Global Business, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Business Ethics and Cultures, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Development, Bank Management, Loan Default Management, Operations Management, Third World Debt Management and all other Management Areas.

Marketing and Sales Fields:- International Marketing, Marketing Research, New Product Development, Marketing Strategy, Customer Service and Customer Relations, and all other market related topics.

Banking Fields:- International Banking, Commercial Lending, Consumer Lending., Central Bank Policy, Lending Decisions and Lending Policy, Bank Management ,Financial Institutions Management, Net Banking and All other Banking Areas.
 
European Constitution: What are the economic and political reasons for rejection of Constitution at popular referenda? Does the proposed constitution provide for effective economic governance in the EU? Does it provide for effective political governance in the EU and solve the problem of democratic deficit? Or does it open the way for the EU to become an overly centralized and overregulated economy? What is now the best way forward in order to reconvene the public, make marginal improvements to the proposal, or restart the whole process and draft a completely new proposal? What would an ideal EU constitution consist of? Or can we do without it?

Financial development in the EU: What are the economic effects of barriers to labor mobility imposed by the "old" member states? Can domestic workplaces really be preserved with such measures? What would be the effects of free labor mobility on low income countries within the EU, especially regarding possible brain-drain? What would be the overall welfare effects from increased migration?

European Union and Greece.
Institutional Questions and the Future of the European Union.

Other Business Fields:- Hospitality Industry, Quantitative Methods relating to Business, Real Estate and Public Policy relating to Business. 

Suggested Guidelines for Paper Submission: All submissions must be original and should not have been previously accepted in another conference or be under review at another conference. They must be original and unpublished. Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word. The manuscript must be 1.5 font spaced, have 1-inch margins on all four sides and justify style, be in Times New Roman font at 12 points with the exception of the title, which must be at 16 points. As a guide, articles must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words in length. A title of not more than ten words should be provided.


A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including: 1.Full name 2.Affiliations (if any) 3.E-mail address 4.Web address (if any) 5.Achievements to share with the audience at conference/proceeding. 6.Full contact details.

Each delegate will be allowed to present one or more paper on one or more topics only. Authors should supply succinct captions.


References should be complete, and in Harvard style. They should contain full bibliographical details and journal titles should not be abbreviated. For multiple citations in the same year, use "a, b, c" immediately following the year of publication. References should be shown within the text by giving the author's last name followed by a comma and year of publication all in round brackets, e.g. (Smith, 2005). At the end of the paper, a reference list should be provided.


Once accepted for presentation, the final version of the manuscript must be provided on line. The author must ensure that it is complete, unbroken, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors.


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International Business Research Conference Athens 2005

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Key dates:

Conference Date - January 19-20, 2008
Deadline for Submission of Papers - September 23, 2008
Author Notification - October 5, 2008
Deadline for Final Version of Papers - November 16, 2008
Deadline for Registration - November 9, 2005