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From: Carrie Baran <[log in to unmask]>Date: July 24, 2010 10:04:44 PM EDTSubject: 2010 Complexity in Business Conference - Call for Papers
Call for Papers
SPONSORED BY:
The Center for Complexity in Business,
Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, USA
► Confirmed Plenary Speakers
► Conference Committee
► About the Conference
► Current Topics
► Submit an Abstract
CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS
Rob Axtell
Department Chair,
Computational Social Science
George Mason University
Jacob Goldenberg
Professor of Marketing,
School of Business Administration
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Roland T. Rust
Distinguished University Professor,
David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing
Executive Director
Center for Complexity in Business
Center for Excellence in Service
University of Maryland
Wolfgang Jank
Associate Professor of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies
Director
Center for Complexity in Business
University of Maryland
William Rand
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Research Director
Center for Complexity in Business
University of Maryland
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Now in its second year, the Complexity in Business Conference endeavors to be the premier meeting for the intersection of Complex Systems and Business. The conference will be a one-day event and will include talks by thought leaders and an audience blend of academics and industry practitioners. We are very excited to announce that this year we will be having a concurrent track during the conference and will be accepting abstract submissions from the public. We are looking forward to a lively set of interactions among a very distinguished group of researchers and business leaders.
For up-to-date conference information, go to the conference’s official Web site at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ccb/cbconference.aspx
CURRENT TOPICS
Submissions are encouraged that apply complex systems method to any area of management science. Areas of focus include applications of complex system methods, such as agent-based modeling, network science (social network analysis), nonlinear optimization (machine learning), spatial modeling (geographic information systems) and other techniques to analyze and solve problems that arise when large numbers of entities (consumers, employees, traders, firms, etc.) interact in ways that are too complex to be understood by more traditional management research tools. Interesting submissions could be based in practically any area of modern management, including marketing, information systems, operations and logistics, finance, and organization science. Specific topics might include:
♦ Computational Consumer Behavior Modeling
♦ Advanced Data Mining and Agent-based Modeling
♦ Geography and Computational Modeling
♦ Understanding the Economic and Cultural Implications of Internet-enabled
Social Media
♦ Diffusion of Innovation
♦ Leverage Points and Scenario Analysis
♦ Network-based Organizational Learning
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACTPreference for academic abstracts will be given to more rigorous analytical, empirical and behavioral approaches. Presentations should be 25 minutes in length
Because there will be no published proceedings, we encourage authors to submit their best work, providing it will not have been published by the date of the conference.
Abstracts may be submitted online at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ccb/submissions.aspx
The closing date for abstracts is at 23:59, Eastern-Standard time on August 31, 2010. The conference committee will select abstracts on a competitive basis, and authors will be notified by September 13, 2010.