Dear Colleagues
Following on from the enormous success of the inaugural International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences in 2011, Middlesex University Dubai is delighted to announce that it will hold its Second International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS) from Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th November 2013 in the Address Hotel, Dubai Mall, UAE http://www.theaddress.com/en/hotel/the-address-dubai-mall
The objective of the conference is to provide an opportunity for academics to discuss new concepts, progressive methodologies, embryonic approaches and innovative practices within the world of business and the wider social environment. Given that social enquiry is still a maturing field of study within this region, it is crucial that business systems, processes and structures are considered in conjunction with contributions from such contemporary fields of discourse as media studies, psychology, sociology, tourism and education. This is indeed pertinent for understanding service sector economies and societies, as well as comprehending the future role of education as a strategy and contributor to a sustainable learning culture and environment. Finally, the 2013 conference will include two additional tracks (Economics and Global Social Science), extend existing tracks, and introduce more emergent themes.
Full details can be found at the conference website: http://www.mdx.ac/conference/
Our Keynote Speaker in Business is Mark Saunders FCIPD, Professor in Business Research Methods at the University of Surrey and our Keynote Speaker in Social Science is Louise Morley AcSS, Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research at the University of Sussex.
Track 1: Business and Management
This track focuses on current issues and debates within the field of business and management. Evolving societies create new challenges as well as providing new twists to old challenges. Business and management are particularly susceptible to such challenges. A significant major change in the last few years has been the world-wide recession, which has forced organisations to adapt and has asked important questions to academics working in this field. This track aims to address such questions.
Although we are open to any submission that is aligned with the goals of the conference and this track, we encourage submissions relating to the following themes:
•Product innovation, positioning and brand management
•Customer relationship management and marketing: future challenges and initiatives
•Social media in business
•Services marketing and the shifting dynamics of service encounters
•Social and not-for-profit marketing
•Marketing education
•Social issues and operational concerns in organisations
•Strategic talent acquisition and retention
•Social scientific approaches to business and management studies
•Leadership and management science
•Key trends and developments in the world of accounting and finance
•Islamic banking and finance
•Business and management histories
•Performance management, change management and cross-cultural management
•Emerging strategies in human resource management
•Methodological approaches to business
The next step to joining us in Dubai is to submit your abstract to Easy Chair on the following link
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=erpbss2013
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries about the conference, and we look forwards to welcoming you to Dubai in November 2013.
Professor Ajit Karnik Dr. Alun Epps
Conference Chair Research Committee Chair
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