Fourth IABRC 2011- Behavioral, Economic and Management Science

We are delighted to announce the fourth “International Applied Business Research Conference on Behavioral, Economic and Management Sciences” organized and hosted by Faculty of Management Sciences, Research & Development Forum, IIUI,

Pakistan.

Venue: It will be held at Quaid e Azam Auditorium, International Islamic University, Faisal Mosque Campus, Islamabad ( add here Google mapia for Faisal Mosque campus guidance)

Conference Days: 28th & 29th November 2011. Aim of the Conference: It seeks to provide opportunities for researcher,

practitioners and academicians to share their insights on the development and challenges in all areas related to the field of Business Management.

Structure of the Conference: The conference welcomes academics (business students, professors and administrators), as well as corporate / government executives to share their work-in-progress research or completed research papers. IABRC-2011 will comprise of various sessions to make it the most comprehensive experience for its attendees. The Participants may o Organize discussion panels Present papers, o Participate in round-table discussions, poster sessions and chair sessions, or

simply observe.

Note: To organize panels please e-mail your proposal to conference chair. To participate

as a presenter please submit abstracts and/or paper

Scope and Size: This conference will be a gathering platform for academicians &

business communities from different Countries/Universities to discuss and share

their work-in-progress on current issues relating to the business management

efforts in the Pakistani context. Through stimulations of cross-disciplinary and cross

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academic-practitioner discussions and networking, participants can further enhance

and enrich their knowledge on the dynamism of business management

environment.

4th IABRC Conference Partner

4th IABRC 2011 is proud to announce IJCRB, UK as Conference Partner

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Included in URMC, Edward G Miner Library , Rochester, NY USA

Included in Wittenberg University Thomas Library, Ohio, USA

CALL FOR PAPERS

IABRC 2011 is a premiere gathering place for the insights,

expertise and knowledge of academicians business

communities about Behavioral, Economic and

Management Sciences. The conference welcomes

academics (business students, professors and

administrators), as well as corporate / government

executives to share their working-progress research or

completed research papers

Topics

We encourage submissions of papers from practitioners

and academics describing original works in all aspects of

business management as well as related disciplines. The

five major schemes of interest include but are not

limited to:

Management o Leadership and Change Management o Organizational Politics o Human Resource Management o Public Management o Public Health Management o Psychology o Sociology o Strategic Issues o Enterprise Resource Management o Ethics and Social Responsibility

o Organizational Behavior o Diversity Management o Crises Management

Marketing o Customer Relationship Management o Advertising / Marketing Communication Issues o Buyer Behavior o Financial Management o Supply Chain Management / Pricing o Market Orientation and Relationship Marketing o Personal Selling and Sales Management o Marketing and Information Management o Entrepreneurship/Innovation and Creativity/New Product Development

Technology Management o Information and Communication Technologies o Data Base Management System

o Mobile learning o Electronic Learning o Human Interaction Technology o Information and communication technology o Management Information System o Enterprise Resource Planning o Technology Innovation o E-Project Management o E-Business

o E-Marketing o E-Commerce

Finance/Economics o Financial Management o Economics o Econometrics

o Corporate Governance o Risk Management o Financial Analysis o Portfolio Management o Financial Reporting o Capital Asset Management o Strategic Audit o Behavioral Finance o Entrepreneurial Finance

Islamic Economics, Finance and Banking

o Internalization of Islamic banks o Performance Islamic bank and conventional bank in a selected country o Cross border mergers and acquisition of Islamic banks o Do mergers or acquisition will affect the efficiency of Islamic banks o Risk management in Islamic banks o Islamic bank and corporate social responsibility o Islamic banks entry – from a country perspective o Investigating the Customer Relationship Management in Islamic banks – (case

can be taken from any bank or country perspective) o Investigating the customer loyalty in Islamic banks o Developing a model for customer loyalty in Islamic banks o Islamic banking and poverty alleviation o Measuring the productivity of Islamic banking o Development or establishment of issues of Islamic banking – in particular

country or region o Islamic banking and knowledge management o Islamic finance system and economical growth o Customer loyalty for Islamic banks o Islamic Banks performance in industrial lending o Islamic mortgage system as a solution for current credit crises o Investigating the CRM activities in Islamic Banks o Switching behavior of Conventional banks to Islamic Banks – An international

perspective o Brand management of Islamic Financial institutions

All papers and abstracts will be reviewed by appropriate scholars, program chair and

conference chair. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Paper/ Abstract Submission

To submit a proposal, provide an Abstract or Complete

Research Paper with the title, Authors name(s),

addresses, and telephone numbers and email all these

details to the Conference Chair at

conchair@iiu.edu.pk, zaheerabbas@iiu.edu.pk,

noreen.saher@iiu.edu.pk

Please follow the below mentioned schedule in order

to ensure your participation in IABRC 2011.

IMPORTANT DATES 4th IABRC 2011

Final submission of Abstract/Full Paper October 7, 2011

Conference Registration Deadline October 21, 2011

Conference days 28th & 29th November 2011

Registration Fee Deadline October 21st, 2011.

Registration Fees

Registration Fees Authors of accepted papers or

abstracts will be required to register by October 21st,

2011.

Fee Details:

Participants Presenters Students(IIU/other)

Pakistani Local

Rs. 1000 per person

Via Bank Draft in Favour

of Faculty of Management

Sciences, IIUI

Pakistani Local

Rs. 2000 per person

Via Bank Draft in Favour of

Faculty of Management

Sciences, IIUI

Rs. 1000

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Foreigners

US $35 per person

(payable on conference

day)

Foreigners

US $70 per person

(payable on conference day)

The registration fee includes the Conference Program, abstract publication, admission to all conference sessions and activities, refreshment breaks (two lunches, four tea servings etc.), and a conference package.

Conference Package

Each participant would be given an official IABRC-2011 conference participation certificate for attendance affirmation/ authentication.

All registered participants will be given a conference package containing IABRC-2011 research material.

The “Best Paper” of the Conference will be recognized in the Conference Proceedings.

Publication Opportunity

Quality work offers an opportunity for publication in International journals

and Journal of Business and Management Sciences (JBMS), Faculty of

Management, International Islamic University. For details please visit

http://www.iiu.edu.pk/index.php?page_id=7536 as well. Quality work offers

an opportunity for publication in IJCRB JOURNAL, UK (Interdisciplinary

Journal of Contemporary Research in Business (ISSN 2073 7122)

http://ijcrb.webs.com/ and Journal of Business and Management Sciences

(JBMS), Faculty of Management, International Islamic University. For details

please visit http://www.iiu.edu.pk/index.php?page_id=7536 as well

Accommodation

Transportation, boarding and lodging facility will be

free of charge for foreign delegates with in Pakistan.

For out of station Pakistani participants limited

accommodations are available on a first come first

serve basis.

Guidelines for Authors- Manuscript Submission

All submissions must adhere to the following

guidelines:

If you wish to have your Abstract published in the conference program, submit an electronic copy on or before October 7th, 2011.

If you wish to have your paper published in the refereed conference proceedings, submit an electronic copy, Double-spaced, on or before October 7th, 2011,

though earlier submissions are strongly encouraged. Receipt of all electronic submissions will be acknowledged as soon as received. Papers will be reviewed and final decisions will be made and communicated within 7

days after the manuscript is received. Revisions should be expected. Final manuscripts should be in required format.

Manuscript submissions should include a separate title page on each copy, listing all authors, their affiliations, addresses, telephone/fax numbers and e-mail addresses, if available. For papers with multiple authors, indicate the author with whom we should correspond. List only the manuscript title in the main body of the paper, abstract, or proposal to allow for blind review.

All papers will be subject to a blind review process. They will be judged primarily on the basis of original contribution to scholarship, overall quality, and interest to the Association’s members. Reviewers’ comments will be provided to authors when notified of the Program Committee decisions.

Accepted manuscripts will be published in the conference proceedings after review by selected experts.

For Registration and Conference Information

International Applied Business Research Conference 2011, Research & Development Forum, Faculty of Management Sciences, Dr. Zaheer Abbas, Block-2, H-10, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: +92-51-9258056 Fax: +92-51-9257944

E-mail: conchair@iiu.edu.pk

Website: http://www.iiu.edu.pk/IABRC2011/

Conference Proceedings -Manuscripts Format Requirements for IABRC-2011

The following guidelines are required only for complete

paper publication in conference proceedings. For those

who wish to publish abstracts only in the conference

program booklet may ignore these requirements.

Manuscript Requirements are:

1. As a guide, articles should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. 2. A title of not more than eight words should be provided. 3. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including:

Full name Affiliation E-mail address Full international contact details Brief professional biography.

4. Authors must supply a structured abstract set out under 4-6 sub-headings : Purpose (mandatory) Design/methodology/approach (mandatory) Findings (mandatory) Research limitations/implications (if applicable) Practical implications (if applicable) Originality/value (mandatory). Maximum is 250 words in total.

5. Headings must be short, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for headings to be presented in bold format, with consecutive

6. Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.

7. All Figures (charts, diagrams and line drawings) and Plates (photographic images) should be submitted in both electronic form and as hard copy originals. They should be of clear quality, in black and white and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator and Freehand should be saved in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into a MS Word document by choosing “Insert” from the menu bar, “Picture” from the drop-down menu and selecting “From File…” to select the graphic to be imported.

For figures which cannot be supplied in MS Word, acceptable standard image formats are: .pdf, .ai, .wmf and .eps. If you are unable to supply graphics in these formats then please ensure they are .tif, .jpeg (.jpg) , or .bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. To prepare screenshots, simultaneously press the “Alt” and “Print screen” keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press “Ctrl” and “V” to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing “Ctrl” and “Print screen”.) Plates (photographic images) should be saved as .tif or .jpeg (.jpg) files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest possible resolution/quality. In the text of the paper the preferred position of all tables, figures and plates should be indicated by typing on a separate line the words “Take in Figure (No.)” or “Take in Plate (No.)”.

8. Tables should be typed and included as part of the manuscript. They should not be submitted as graphic elements. Supply succinct and clear captions for all tables, figures and plates. Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate.

9. References to other publications must be in Emerald style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef. You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author’s name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:

For books: Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication. e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.

For book chapters: Surname, Initials (year), “Chapter title”, Editor’s Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), “The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum”, in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.

For journals: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, Journal Name, volume, number, pages. e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), “Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century”, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.

For working papers: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date. e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), “How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments”, working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.

For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of Encyclopedia (year) “Title of entry”, volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) “Psychology of culture contact”, Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71. (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above.)

For newspaper articles (authored): Surname, Initials (year), “Article title”, Newspaper, date, pages. e.g. Smith, A. (2008), “Money for old rope”, Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.

PUBLICATION RULES FOR IABRC-2011

The copyrights of all papers published in Conference Proceedings will be held by International Islamic University Islamabad.

After print version publication a downloadable version of the conference proceedings will also be available at the official website of IIUI.

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