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The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) invites papers and
panel session proposals for its 8th (2012) annual
conference. The
8th APMAA Annual Conference, themed “Management Accounting: The Optimization of
Management Control System,” is co-organized by the Asia-Pacific Management
Accounting Association and Xiamen University, China. A PhD Colloquium (on 14 Nov. 2012) will also be held in conjunction with the APMAA 2012 Conference. The
events are hosted by the Center for Accounting Studies, Department of
Accounting, and Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies, Xiamen
University, China. We cordially invite you to attend the conference and Ph.D.
Colloquium which will be held on the main campus of Xiamen University from 14 to
17 Nov. 2012.
The 8th annual conference (15-17 Nov. 2012) will address a broad range of topics in management accounting. We encourage papers in the areas listed below; however papers in related fields are also acceptable (See paper submission guidelines in the next section for details). Papers can be qualitative or quantitative in nature.
1. Design and implementation of management
accounting systems
2. Theory of management control
3. Optimization of management control
4. Optimization of management
accounting report systems
5. Optimization of overall budgeting
management
6. Risk management and managerial
control
7. Internal report system and incentive
institutionalization
8. Performance management and
managerial control
9. Strategic management
control
10
Management accounting research methods
11 Teaching management
and cost accounting
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPER: July 15,
2012.
Full papers must be submitted via email attachment by July 15, 2012. Please email all submissions to the Secretariat
at [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]. You will receive a confirmation mail from the Secretariat for your
submission within a week after your submission. Deadline for Final papers for the Proceedings is September 15, 2012.
See the APMAA Web-page: for updates on the online submission process.
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• Although submissions relating to the major theme
of the conference are encouraged, papers can also deal with other issues that
relate to the topic of Asian management accounting systems and strategies of
Asian firms. The papers may be grounded in any major disciplines including
management, economics, sociology, etc. Conceptual, theory-building, or empirical
papers from the above disciplines are welcome.
• All submissions must be original and should not
have been previously accepted for publication in a journal, presented in another
conference or be under review at another conference.
• All papers will be blind reviewed.
• Papers presented at the conference will be
published in the CD proceedings of the conference.
• Papers should be prepared and presented in
English. There is no page limit, but contributors are encouraged to limit their
paper to less than or equal to 20 pages (A4 paper, font 12, one and a half lines
spacing with margins of 1 inch) inclusive of the cover page, abstract of about
100-150 words, text, references, table and figures. The format follows the APA
style (American Psychological Association style).
• As least one of the authors must register for the
conference before the deadline of conference registration, and attend and
present the paper in the conference. Otherwise, the paper will not be included
in the conference program and proceedings. If absence from a scheduled meeting
is unavoidable, participants must contact the Secretariat at [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] as early as possible and pursue suitable alternative
arrangements.
• Full
papers prepared in Microsoft Word should be submitted via email attachment
to the Secretariat at [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] by July 15, 2012.
CONFERECE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AT XIAMEN
UNIVERSITY:
(Co-chairs)
Yuan Lue Fu ([log in to unmask]), University of Xiamen
Xiaohui Qu ([log in to unmask]),
University of Xiamen
INQUIRIES:
More information and links to templates can be found from the APMAA
2012 Conference web page (i.e. http://www.apmaa.asia/). Any questions regarding this call for papers should be addressed to
the Program Chairs below.
Program Commission for the 8th
Conference
(Co-chairs)
Yuan Lue Fu ([log in to unmask]), University of Xiamen
Xiaohui Qu
([log in to unmask]h),
University of Xiamen
Normah Omar ([log in to unmask]),
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Paul Scarbrough [log in to unmask]">([log in to unmask]), Brock University, Canada
Yang Tzong Tsay
([log in to unmask]),
National Taiwan University
Susumu Ueno ([log in to unmask]), Konan University, Japan
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(Commission members) Ibrahim Kamal Abdul Rahman (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Roger Willett (University of Tasmania, Australia); Taesik Ahn (Seoul National
University, Korea); Masaaki
Aoki (Tohoku University, Japan); Takayuki Asada (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) ; Grahita Chandrarin (University
of Merdeka Malang, Indonesia); Yuan Lue Fu (University of Xiamen, China); Yiming Hu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); Supapon Lurkitikul
(Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand) |
A PhD Colloquium (on 14 Nov. 2012) will be held in conjunction with the APMAA 2012 Conference. PhD students and
candidates are hereby invited to present and discuss their preliminary results
or work-in-progress. The discussants comprise of a group of international
Professors.
The main objective of the APMAA 2012 PhD colloquium is to offer an
opportunity to PhD students to receive high-quality feedback from external
reviewers and to directly interact with peers, exchange ideas, discuss concepts,
and establish (in) formal cooperation with various research groups. PhD
students and candidates at all stages are welcome to submit a thesis-position
paper, but preference will be given to students in the earlier stages of their
PhD work. Participants will be expected to give short and informal presentations
of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a panel-like discussion.
The submitted paper should clearly state:
The original key idea/hypothesis
of the thesis
The problem domain and the specific problem
addressed
An overview of related work in the area of the PhD
work
Methodological approach
Research carried
out
The expected contributions (in line with the field of
study)
SUBMISSION AND REVIEW
PROLCESS:
Submissions should be at most 10 pages long and follow the format
used for the main APMAA 2012
conference papers. More information and links to templates can be found from the
APMAA 2012 Conference web page (i.e. http://www.apmaa.asia/). All submission should be made in a Word document via email
attachment. Please submit your papers to all PhD Colloquium
co-chairs:
Normah Omar ([log in to unmask]),
Yang Tzong Tsay
([log in to unmask]) ,
Yiming Hu
([log in to unmask]) and
Paul Scarbrough
([log in to unmask]).
Since this is expected to be a work conducted by the PhD students, we
request that:
The first author is a PhD student who is mainly responsible for
conducting the research on the respective topic.
Names of the authors are
preceded by: Student: and, where applicable, Supervisor.
The
colloquium chairs will arrange the selection of the accepted papers using a peer
review process. The accepted papers will be published in the PhD colloquium
proceedings, and at least one of the main authors is expected to register for
the conference by 20 October 2012, and presents the work at the corresponding session. The colloquium
participants will pay the normal student registration fee (Student Registration
Fee USD 160).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 15,
2012
Submission of full paper: July 15, 2012
Acceptance notification: August 15,
2012
Any questions regarding this call for papers should be addressed
to the PhD Colloquium
Chairs listed above.