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4th International Conference of Business and Management in Emerging Markets
Conference Theme: Looking Ahead: Managing Business and Dynamics in Emerging Markets
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
18 and 19 of October 2019
CONFERENCE TIMETABLE (Changes can occur) 4th International Conference of Business and Management in Emerging Markets
Conference Theme: Looking Ahead; Managing Business and Dynamics in Emerging
Markets Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
Friday, 18th of October, 2019
09:00 - 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.30 Opening ceremony (Room A2-030)
Inge Jan Henjesand, BI President Caroline D Ditlev-Simonsen, BI Center for Corporate Responsibility
Emmanuel Chao, Chair, ICBMEM 10.30 – 11.00 Keynote: Eivind Fjeldstad (Room A2-030) Topic: Sharing experience from Norwegian African Business Association
11.00 – 12.30 Parallel sessions (Rooms A2-020, A2-015) 12.30-13:30 Lunch (D6) 13.30 – 14.30 Keynote: Ilan Alon (Room A2-030)
Topic: Globalization of China: Review and Future Research
14.30 – 16.00 Parallel sessions (Rooms A2-020, A2-015) 16.00-16.30 Coffee break 16.30-1730 Keynote/special session: Kora Tushune (Room A2-030)
Topic: University-Community Education based Model: Case of Sustain/Jimma University
1730-1830 Reception at 7th floor-BI building 19.00 Dinner (Radisson Blu Hotel, Nydalen, Oslo (Across the street from BI))
Saturday, 19th of October, 2019
09.00 – 10.30 Parallel sessions (Rooms A2-020, A2-015) 10.30 – 11.30 Keynote: Trond Randoy (Room A2-030)
Topic: For-profit Firms as Social Enterprise: Can Professors take a Role?
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break 11.45 – 13.15 Crowdfunding Pannel session (Room A2-030) 13.15 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.00 Keynote: Honest Ngowi (Room A2-030)
Topic: Use of Whatsapp social Media as a Platform for crowdfunding: Selected observations in Tanzania
15.00 – 15.30 Special session: Caroline Ditlev Simonsen (Room A2-030) Topic: Can happiness and well-being be sustainable?
1530-16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 16.30 Special Session: Emmanuel Chao (Room A2-030)
Topic: Exploring Value creation ecosystems: Emerging Markets Perspectives
16.30 Closing ceremony
Inge Jan Henjesand, President of BI Norwegian Business School, is doctorate in economics from NHH in 1996 with professional background in marketing, strategy and management. Henjesand had key leadership positions at BI in the period 1998 - 2007, as head of the Department of Marketing, Executive Vice President of Research and Academic Resources and as Provost and Acting President. Henjesand comes from a position as Vice Chairman and Director of research, innovation and industrial policy in Abelia, a position he has held since 2008. Henjesand can point to a number of boards, committees and committee work, and most of these are related to the education, college, university - and the research sector.
Trond Randøy is Professor of International Business and Finance at University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. Professor Randøy has a PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He has authored more than 50 articles in journals such as; Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Banking and Finance.
Mr. Eivind Fjeldstad is the CEO of the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) since 2011. He has an MA in African Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, focusing on governance and politics in Africa, and a BA in African Studies with a specialization in Human Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In 2016/17 Mr. Fjeldstad served as President of the European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM) – an Brussels-based umbrella organisation with ten like minded associations across Europe, together gathering 4000 European investors/companies working in and with Africa.
Prior to establishing NABA, Mr. Fjeldstad worked for 15 months as an advisor on Pemba/Zanzibar, Tanzania, observing the political development on the isles. He spent six months interning at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa, mainly working with the embassy’s election portfolio and business promotion.
Rotem Shneor is an associate professor at the University of Agder (UiA) School of Business and Law in Norway, and serves as the academic director of the university’s Center of Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in International Management from UiA and a Master's of International Business from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).In recent years, he has been leading the Nordic Crowdfunding Alliance of platforms since 2014, as well as serving as an associate researcher at the Cambridge University Center for Alternative Finance. He is a popular speaker and media commentator on issues related to crowdfunding in the Nordic countries, and has been holding talks and seminars in more than a dozen countries.
Ilan Alon is Professor of Strategy and International Marketing at the School of Business and Law at the University of Agder. He holds a Ph.D. from Kent State University (USA). Alon is a researcher in the field of international business with a focus on internationalization, modes of entry, political risk, cultural intelligence and emerging markets. His publications have appeared in journals, such as Harvard Business Review, Management International Review, International Business Review, Journal of International Marketing, and International Marketing Review. His books are published by Palgrave, Routledge, McGraw-Hill and others.
Honest Prosper Ngowi is Associate Professor of Economics, researcher and consultant in Economics and Business at Mzumbe University, Tanzania. He has researched, consulted, written (over 50 major works), published and lectured widely on various areas of economics and business including macro-and micro- economics; international trade; managerial economics; Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs); The New/knowledge Economy; Entrepreneurship; Informal Sector; Privatization; Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); Executive Agencies in Service Delivery; Project Management; Unlocking Economic Growth Potentials; Shared Economic Growth; University-Industry Linkages; Funding Civil Societies; Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Curricula and Workplaces; East African Common Market; Economic Impacts of HIV/AIDS; Public Expenditure Review Systems (PETS); Poverty; the Current Global Financial and Economic Crisis (over 8 papers and 50 newspaper/magazine articles) and many others. He has been in the academic, research and consultancy industry for over fourteen (15) years.
Friday, 18th of October, 2019
11:00-1230 Parallel Sessions
Room A2-015
Chair: Michelle Greene
No Authors Title of the paper
1 Prince Baah-Peprah A typology for crowdfunding campaign promotion
2 Tami Janga An Entrepreneurship Dilemma on Statutory Retirees: A Behavioral Context
3 Nsubili Isaga, Pascal Daudi
Sustainable entrepreneurship
4 Emmanuel Chao, Hawa Tundui, Mushumbusi Kato
Role of incubation centres in supporting youth employment
Room A2-020
Chair: Ritam Garg
No Authors Title of the paper
1 Ambika Prasad Pati
Transformation And Mission Drift In Indian Microfinance
2 Dengjun Zhang Financial Constraints and Capacity Utilization: The Case of Latin American Countries
3 Abhay Josh, Megumi Nishimura
Competitive Loan-groups and Economic Achievements of Microcredit Loan Users in a Group-Lending Program
Friday 18th October, 2019
1430-1600 Parallel Session
Room A2-015
Chair: Ambika Prasad Pati No Authors Title of the paper
1 Judith Iddy Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Social Franchising: The Case of Jibu Co. Ltd
2 Michelle Greene The origin and nature of barriers to adoption of innovation in bottom of the pyramid markets
3 Kenenisa Debela Business Development and Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges
Room A2-020
Chair: Abhay Josh
No Authors Title of the paper
1 Daniel Berliner, Kalanit Efrat, Shaked Giboa
The Israeli crowdfunding – A Reflection of its Entrepreneurial Culture
2 Jahre, Marianne, Emmanuel Chao, Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen, Kenenisa Debela
Sustainable development of supply chains ‐ Identifying business opportunities in emerging markets
3 Payaro Andrea, Papa Anna Rita
Supply Chain Management implementations in Italian SMEs. A proposed taxonomy
Saturday 19th October, 2019
0900-‐1030 |Paralles Session
Room A2-015
Chair: Honest Ngowi
No Authors Title of the paper
1 Ritam Garg
The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Enhancing the Performance of Internationalizing Firms
2 Faisal Ahmed Drivers of India’s Ocean Diplomacy in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Indo-Pacific: A Fuzzy AHP Modeling Approach
3 Elizabeth Landa Does Councillors’ Governance Enhance Health Service Delivery In Tanzania
4 Tabassum Riaz Terrorism and performance of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)
Room A2-020
Chair: Nsubili Isaga
No Authors Title of the paper
1 Sue Claire Berning How Chinese multinational enterprises’ contributions to sustainable development in Africa pay off ‐ The case of Huawei
2 Moshi James Investments by Faith-Based Organizations: Are they value adding?
3 Priscilla Serwaah
Gender dynamics in entrepreneurial finance: a systematic review of theoretical underpinnings
4 Samuel Anokye Nyarko
Inequality and Lending to Women: The Moderating Effect of Internationalization
5 Felicia Naatu, Ilan Alon, ehema Uwamahoro
Social franchising: Achieving a mission-driven shared identity in the BOP Market