Hi folks,

Is there a technological perspective on the current financial crisis? If you think so, then, the following call for papers may be of interest ......



Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol 5, issue 1

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/cpoib/cpoib.jsp

Call for Position Papers - Reflections on a Global Financial Crisis

Critical Perspectives on International Business (CPoIB) is about to enter its fifth year of publication. During its first four years, the journal has established a reputation for publishing academically rigorous papers and intellectually stimulating review articles that have engaged with a broad range of issues in the field of international business (IB), from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives and across global geographic contexts. At the start of this fifth year, we find ourselves faced with a situation which is considered by some as the major crisis of the 21st century, global financial melt down. The possible consequences of this crisis currently overshadow concerns about climate change, AIDS and terrorism in the media - or, at least, in the Anglo-American media. As we write this call for contributions, the US Congress has just refused to sanction a multi-billion dollar rescue package for major US financial institutions and share prices are in free fall across the world's markets.  Last week, UK academic Stefano Harney of Queen Mary, University of London wrote in the Times Higher Education (Corbyn, 2008) blaming business academics for contributing to the origins of this crisis through ignoring social and political questions in their teaching - the very issues that CPoIB has sought to address.
        Always willing to challenge the norms of academic publication, whilst necessarily complying with them, in terms of presenting both peer reviewed articles and polemical position papers, CPoIB now seeks to address the origins, impacts and possible aftermath of the current crisis by publishing a range of short, critically reflective commentaries by leading academics from across the globe. The aim is to get these commentaries to press and publication as quickly as possible, so that they might both stimulate further academic debate and contribute to constructive reappraisal of global financial structures in further response papers.
        We invite contributions that approach the issue of global financial crisis from multiple critical perspectives. Here, the term 'critical' is not confined to signifying opposition to the 'mainstream', capitalist, free-market economics that many blame for the current situation. It also signifies a willingness to engage in critical reflection by those who have promoted and supported this approach and who believe that it is not fundamentally flawed in principle, only in its execution. Beyond such critiques and critical reflections from - on the basis of sheer numbers of academics and media focus on the aftermath of the problem - a largely Anglo-American constituency, we also seek commentaries from those whose countries and citizenries are affected, but largely excluded from the discourse; those in Africa, South America, and large parts of Eastern Europe and Asia.
        We ask you to submit position papers that contribute to a global debate on the above issues. We present no constraints on word count, and ask only that you avoid any assertions that might be construed as libelous and that you accept that we may not be in a position to publish all submissions, or may have to come back to you with suggested limitations on word count for inclusion in this unique special issue.
        We hope that you will contribute to this debate on a subject of global concern and significance.

        George Cairns/Joanne Roberts
        Editors - Critical Perspectives on International Business
        30 September 2008

Reference
Corbyn, Z. (2008) "Did poor teaching lead to crash?", Times Higher Education, 25 September, available at http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=403696, accessed 29 September 2008.

Submissions
Please send submissions as MS Word files, with full affiliation details, by 31 October 2008 to:
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Newcastle University Business School
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