4th Annual International Conference on Business Strategy and Organizational Behaviour

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4th Annual International Conference on Business Strategy and Organizational Behaviour 28-29 April 2014 | Phuket, Thailand

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BizStrategy 2014 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-PROGRAM CHAIRS Prof. Ian Alexander Eddie PhD FCPA Director, DBA Program, Southern Cross Business School Southern Cross University Professor of Accounting, Southern Cross University, Australia Dr. Sorin A. Tuluca Professor of Finance Dept of Economics, Finance& International Business Fairleigh Dickinson University EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Tanuja Agarwala Associate Professor Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dr. Michael Benoliel Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University  Prof. Ganesh N Prabhu Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore (IIMB), India Prof. Patrick Leoni Euromed Management (Marseille, France) Assoc. Prof. Kavita Singh University of Delhi, India Dr. Angela M Benson University of Brighton, UK Dr. Sam Wamuziri Edinburgh Napier University, UK Dr. Robby Soetanto Coventry University, UK Dr. Andrew Agapiou Strathclyde University, UK Dr. Shu-Ling Lu University of Reading, UK Dr. Wei Pan University of Plymouth, UK Dr. Chika Udeaja Northumbria University, UK Dr. Zulnaidi Yaacob Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Dr. Manthan D Janodia MCOPS, Manipal University India Dr. Mrinalini Shah Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India Prof. Dr. Brajaraj Mohanty Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India Dr. Biagio Ciao University of Milan-Bicocca Italy Dr. Svetlana Serdukov Reims Management School, France Dr. Tomasz Norek University of Szczecin, Poland Dr. Gary F. Keller Eastern Oregon University, USA For a complete list of Committee, please visit http://www.biz-strategy.org/ Committee.html ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Keynote Address "How World-Class Master Negotiators Negotiate and How to Build Organizational Negotiation Capabilities" will be delivered by: Dr. Michael Benoliel Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Practice Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University [Brief Profile]  The Conference Proceedings (Print ISSN: 2251-1970, E-Periodical ISSN: 2251-1989) will be indexed by EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Ulrichsweb, PsycEXTRA and will be submitted to Scopus, ScienceDirect and Cabell's Directories amongst others, where applicable. - BizStrategy 2013 Conference Proceedings - BizStrategy 2012 Conference Proceedings - BizStrategy 2011 Conference Proceedings  Books: Selected authors will be invited to contribute book chapters in "Business Review: Advanced Applications" to be published by GSTF. The book will be edited by Dr Anton Ravindran, President of GSTF and Dr.. Farid Shirazi, Assistant Professor & ITM Learning Edge Faculty Advisor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.  Journal: Depending on their importance, originality, quality, relevance and other editorial considerations, eligible research articles will be invited for publication in the GSTF Journal on Business Review (GBR) (Print ISSN: 2010-4804, E-periodical: 2251-2888) which is indexed by EconBiz, EBSCO, CrossRef, Proquest, Ulrichsweb and Cabell's Directories.  Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference (in order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the conference).  BizStrategy 2014 will also constitute a Special Panel Session.  Panel Proposals are invited for submission to the BizStrategy 2014. A minimum of three papers centering on a specific topic will be accepted for submission under Panel Category. IMPORTANT DATES Full Paper Submission Deadline: 25th October 2013 Final Paper (Camera-Ready) Submission Deadline: 20th December 2013 Early Bird Registration Deadline: 14th February 2014 Late Registration Deadline: 14th March 2014 Conference Dates: 28th – 29th April 2014  Prospective Authors are invited to submit original papers not being considered for publication elsewhere.  Submissions are subjected to independent and professional “blind peer review”.  Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, correctness and presentation. PUBLICATIONS (additional opportunities) 1) Business Review: Advanced Applications Selected authors will be invited to contribute book chapters in "Business Review: Advanced Applications" to be published by GSTF. The book will be edited by Dr Anton Ravindran. President of GSTF and Prof. Farid Shirazi, Assistant Professor & ITM Learning Edge Faculty Advisor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. 2) GSTF Journal on Business Review (GBR) Depending on their importance, originality, quality, relevance and other editorial considerations, eligible research articles will be invited for publication in the GSTF Journal on Business Review (GBR) (Print ISSN: 2010-4804, E-periodical: 2251-2888) which is indexed by EconBiz, EBSCO, CrossRef, Proquest, Ulrichsweb and Cabell's Directories. For a list of GSTF Partner Universities, please visit: http://www.globalstf.org/partner-universities.php

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Disruptive Technology
  
• Technology in MSMEs
  
• Technology adoptions by Indian companies
  
• Technology in Emerging Economies
  
• Bottom of the Pyramid
  
• Blue Ocean Strategy
  
• Corporate restructuring and Change
  
• E-Business practice, management and strategy
  
• E-business policy, standards, regulations, and legal issues
  
• E-business economics and development trend
  
• Global e-business operations and supply chain management
  
• Green e-business, organization, technology and practices
  
• Strategic management in e-commerce enterprise
  
• Approaches and Models of Strategic Management
  
• Challenges to Strategic Management
  
• The Strategic Audit: Aid to Strategic Decision Making
  
• Ethical Issues and Social Responsibilities
  
• Different Approaches and Models of Industry Analysis
  
• Approaches of International Risk Assessment
  
• Strategic Issues in Managing Stakeholder Relationships
  
• Global Branding Issues in Strategic Management
  
• Approaches to Evaluating Competitive Intelligence
  
• Competitive Analysis Techniques-how to use
  
• Research on Core and Distinctive Competencies
  
• Strategic Marketing & Financial Issues
  
• Strategic Information Technology Issues
  
• Corporate Strategy Formulation Approaches
  
• SWOT Analysis and Carrying Out Business Strategy
  
• Types of Business Competitive Strategy
  
• Types of Cooperative Strategy
  
• Portfolio Analysis Approaches and Techniques
  
• Approaches of Corporate Parenting Strategy
  
• Unrelated Strategy: Criteria of Holding Type Strategy (Multipoint Composition)
  
• Advanced Types of Organizational Structures
  
• Situational Analysis for Strategic Planning
  
• Leadership and Strategic Management
  
• Constructing Corporate Scenarios for Generating Strategic Alternatives
  
• Problems of Global Strategy
  
• Advanced Types of Organizational Structures for Effective Strategy Implementation
  
• Structure and Staffing Relations with Strategy
  
• Problems in Implementing Growth and Retrenchment Strategies
  
• Relationship of Management by Objectives and Strategic Management
  
• Relationship of Total Quality Management and Strategic Issues
  
• Leadership and Leading Types for Effective Strategy Formulation and Implementation
  
• International Strategic Performance Measurement
  
• Strategic Issues in Managing Technology and Innovation
  
• Categories of Innovation for Proper Strategy Formulation
  
• Role of the Entrepreneur as Strategist
  
• What is an "effective" or a "valuable" relationship at work, what underlies relational efficacy and upon what contextual factors does it depend?
  
• How do organization members build effective relationships at work?
  
• How does the process of relationship emergence differ when the targets are internal (versus external) to the organization? What is the nature of this process in virtual relationships?
  
• How might peer relations in organizations serve as mechanisms of control and what are the means that managers use to gain control over such relations?
  
• What is the role of social categorization and other interpersonal processes, such as perspective-taking, on the emergence of relationships within and across teams and organizations?
  
• How do employees use their relationships with others in the workplace to influence their self-identity and the meaning of their jobs?
  
• How do relational networks within and between organizations change over time, and what are the key drivers of such change.