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Call for Papers 2015 Annual Conference
Entrepreneurship in a Diverse World of "Glocal" Initiatives
March 25 - 27, 2015 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus

Paper Submission Due Date: November 1, 2014

BALAS 2014 conference introduced the theme of “local responses to global challenges” exploring various angles of the challenges and potential benefits present to the LATAM and Caribbean Region. BALAS 2015 will pursue the discovery of other dimensions of “Glocalization” that may represent the key to economic prosperity in the region. 

It is argued that “glocalization” often involves a process of trial and error in which global companies assess the power and influence of their products on local consumers worldwide. The bids are high on connecting “glocalization’ and culture, in involving local people in playing key roles in supporting global business. Could it be that local actions actually dictate global policies? Should that assumption be true, cities and local authorities would exercise increased global influence, with the potential of benefiting the local economy.

BALAS 2015 is honored to have as keynote speaker, Professor Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology of Columbia University, and Co-Chair Committee on Global Thought and Columbia University. She has made compelling and controversial propositions on the impact of foreign investment in emigration, with the shocking and unexpected conclusion that foreign investment can actually aggravate emigration. She has proposed that globalization, far from being a phenomenon that is free from boundary demarcations, is actually nurtured by very specific territorial limits. 

Papers in all areas of business and economics are invited. We especially invite those that explore “glocal” initiatives and their role in economic prosperity. Click here for more information and to submit a paper (http://www.balas.org/annual.php).

 

 

Atentemente/Sincerely

Stephen.B. Salter

Stephen B. Salter Ph.D

Professor of Accounting & Endowed Chair of Western Hemispheric Trade/

Profesor de la Contabilidad y del Comercio Hemisférico Occidental

Department of Accounting

University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso TX 79968-0542

Phone : (915) 747-7755

Fax : (915) 747-8618