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CALL FOR PAPERS

 

THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ROLLINS COLLEGE

 

INNOVATION IN GLOBAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN EMERGING AND
DEVELOPING MARKETS:

 

PEDAGOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

 

February 11 and morning of 12, 2012:

 

Symposium presentation in Atlanta, Georgia

 

(dinner/reception, 7:00 p.m.  Friday 10, 2011)

 

 

A global race to develop world-class universities is under way in most
emerging countries. The dominant management education models emanating from
Europe and North America are in a phase of adaptation as they compete for
global intellectual capital, essential to achieve "knowledge economy" status
and attract and retain foreign direct investment. New and more established
emerging market economies account for eighty percent of the world's
population, some 75% of its trade growth in the foreseeable future,
following U.S. Department of Commerce data. These markets are located in
North, South, and Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, the African
continent, the Russian Federation and new member states of the European
Union.

 

Global business education represents both a challenge and an opportunity for
higher education actors to respond to the international and local talent
pool requirements of emerging and developing economies.. Often in catch-up
mode with decision makers heretofore trained overseas, the potential for
domestically-trained leaders in Emerging Markets and local innovation is
palpable.. Fast changing demographics and market dynamics more than justify
a scholarly review and analysis of a policy area identified as critical by
scholars, public policy makers, and business executives. This conference
builds on the established scholarship of the organizing institutions, and
will result in a published volume of high quality submissions. Previous
conferences on the topic have led

to the following edited volumes:

 

Alon, Ilan and John R. McIntyre, eds. (2005), Business and Management
Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training, Singapore: World
Scientific.

 

McIntyre, John R. and Ilan Alon, eds. (2005), Business and Management
Education in Transitioning and Developing Countries: A Handbook, Armonk, NY:
ME Sharpe.

 

Alon, Ilan and John R. McIntyre, eds. (2004), Business Education and
Emerging Market Economies: Perspectives and Best Practices, Boston: Kluwer
Academic Publishers.

 

The following topics are of special interest to the symposium organizers:

 

*The rise of emerging markets' business schools and its impact on global
management education 

*New course development and curricular approaches to business in emerging
markets 

*Needs analysis in light of changing economic and educational environment in
the developing world;

*Successful and transferable organizational models of the business education
enterprise; 

*Training and executive education modalities and relevance to emerging
markets' needs; 

*Teaching and learning cross-cultural competence in a globalized environment
*Course content and curricular innovation in cross-cultural and business
silos learning; 

*Sourcing faculty for delivery of an international curriculum;

*Internationalization of faculty, students and curriculum to reflect the
rise of emerging markets 

*Exchange programs for both students and teaching staff; *Use of
international consulting and experiential projects in preparing students for
global competition;

*Learning from the Erasmus and Bologna models and experiences; 

*Lessons from overseas campus operations of leading US and European business
schools; 

*Training of future generations of business educators: are new models
needed? *The role of research in the business education enterprise in
emerging markets; *Relationship of professional schools to economic
development agencies and industry: recruitment 

*Brand name, quality, rankings and recognition of emerging countries'
business schools 

*Competitive impacts on globalizing Western business schools and feedback
effects 

*Teaching languages, area studies and other non-business courses in training
global managers for engagement in the developing world\

 

Papers will be refereed and presented at a Symposium sponsored by Georgia
Tech and Rollins College. The following deadlines apply for submitted
papers:

 

January 11, 2012: papers due 

Feb 11-12, 2012: Symposium presentation in Atlanta, Georgia

 

Special Issue and edited volume in leading press will result from the
conference.

 

Conference attendance fee is $295.00. This fee includes all the day's
events, a complimentary book.

 

Paper presenters will be considered for a fee waiver. Registered
participants of accepted papers will receive a waiver of registration fee.
Best paper awards will receive a cash stipend and will appear in special
issue or edited volume.

 

Manuscript Preparation

 

1. Articles should be typed using font size 12 on A4 paper.

 

2. Apart from diagrams and other illustrations, authors are encouraged to
use one continuous document.

 

3. Each page should be numbered and line spacing should be double-spaced.

 

4. Each article must have a cover page which clearly indicates the title,
author/s, 

and each author's institutional affiliation and an abstract which does not
exceed 150 words. Authors should bear in mind that abstracts will be used to
publicize the content of their article and should therefore emphasize the
value of the article's contribution to learning.

Authors should also attempt to make the abstract understandable to both
academics and laypersons alike. Case studies must be accompanied by a
teaching note which outlines relevant analytical insights, learning points
and teaching strategies. Both the case study and teaching note will be peer
reviewed.

 

5. Authors should use footnotes instead of endnotes.

 

6. Any diagrams, graphs or other illustrations should be clearly numbered
and supplied at the end of the document. Diagrams, graphs and illustrations
should be provided in a form suitable for immediate reproduction for
publication. The location of the diagrams in the main text of the article
should be indicated by an insertion of the type: {table 1.2 near here} etc.
In cases where diagrams, graphs and illustrations are based on basic
statistics which are not in the public domain, the data should be submitted
along with the article.

The data will not be published.

 

7. Where mathematical symbols are used, authors should attempt to use
conventional form of notation. Roman alphabet is preferred to Greek. In
cases where fractions are used, authors should use x/y as opposed to x y

 

8. Tables should clearly labeled, titled and as far as possible be
self-explanatory. Units of measure must be clearly defined.

 

Submit questions and material to either

 

Dr. John R. McIntyre, 

Professor of Management and International Affairs 

Executive Director, 

Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research College
of Management 

Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1149 

Email: [log in to unmask] 

http://www.ciber.gatech.edu <http://www.ciber.gatech.edu/>  

Ph: 404 894 1463

 

And/or

 

Dr. Ilan Alon 

Cornell Chair of International Business 

Director of Rollins China Center 

Rollins College 1000 

Holt Avenue-2722 

Winter Park, Florida USA 

Email:  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 

Ph: 407 646-1512

 


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