*ACADEMY FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS ADVANCEMENT (AGBA)* *www.agba.us* <http://www.agba.us/> *AGBA's 12th World Congress * *On August 5 --- 7, 2015* *in Malaysia* *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Conference Theme* *"**Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized Era and the Rise of Malaysia**".* *Conference Chair* *Kip Becker* *Boston University Boston, Massachusetts, * *USA* *Conference Co-Chair* *Mary Teagarden* *Thunderbird School of * *Global Management* *Arizona State University* *USA* *Conference Co-Chair* *Wolfgank Hinck* *Dean* *College of Business Administration* *Prince Mohammad * *Bin Fahad University* *Saudi Arabia* *Conference Co-Chair* *Sushil* *Department of Management Studies* *Indian Institute of Technology Delhi* *India* *AGBA Chair* *Klaus-Peter Wiedmann* *Chair Professor * *and Director* *Institute of Marketing and Management* *Leibniz University * *at Hannover* *Germany* *Keynote Speaker* *Norman Wright* *Dean* *Woodbury School * *of Business* *Utah Valley University* *Orem, Utah, * *USA* *Conference Patron* *Daing Nasir Ibrahim* *Vice Chancellor/ President* *University of Malaysia Pahang* *Malaysia* *Program Chair and Conference Director* *Jan C. L. König* *Institute of Marketing and Management* *Leibniz University at Hannover* *Germany* *Registration and Submission Deadline: June 15, 2015* *About the Conference:* *The main theme of the conference is "Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized Era and the Rise of Malaysia". This conference will feature competitive papers, plenary sessions, case studies, poster presentations, student papers, and panel sessions. Submissions will be subjected to a double-blind review process and will be published in the refereed American conference proceedings (Advances in Global Business Research, ISS# 1549-9332).* *Conference Goal:* *The primary goal of the conference is to provide a unique global platform to facilitate the exchange of leading edge ideas for effective advancement of knowledge in the field of business administration and entrepreneurship. This will be achieved through multi-disciplinary presentations and discussions of current business and development issues in developing and developed countries.* *Conference Highlights:* *Major highlights of the conference would be (1) entrepreneurship development seminars, (2) faculty development workshops, (3) networking with distinguished Malaysian entrepreneurs, traders and merchants, (4) Doing Business in Malaysia presentations by businesspersons, and (5) one-to-one mentoring of se*l*ected doctoral students by globally renowned scholars.* *Manuscript Submissions:* *We welcome the submission of manuscripts that address the conference theme as well as all functional areas of business administration and entrepreneurship. If you are uncertain whether your paper fits the conference theme or not, please contact our Program Chair and Conference Director: Dr. Jan C. L. König via his email: * *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> *GIFT --- Our Conference Partner --- (http://glogift.net <http://glogift.net>)* *Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management (GIFT), an initiative of the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), INDIA, is a duly registered professional society that seeks to enhance flexibility in business and management. **With more than thousand members spread across the globe, it is AGBA's partner in organizing its global conferences. **GIFT as a professional body has been established to meet challenges of new business environment with the active participation of individual and corporate members. * *Publication Opportunities:* *Best papers presented at the conference would be published in the special issues of the following world-class journals:* ˇ *Journal of Management History* ˇ *Journal for Global Business Advancement* ˇ *Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development* ˇ *Journal of Technology Management in China* ˇ *Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship* ˇ *Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology* ˇ *Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management* *Thank you very much.* *Cheers.* *Zafar* -- *Prof. Dr. Zafar U. Ahmed* *BBA (New York), MBA (Texas), Ph.D., (Utah), D.Litt., (India)* *Professor of Marketing and International Business* *President/CEO: Academy for Global Business Advancement (www.agba.us <http://www.agba.us/>)* *Director: AGBA's Institute for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship * *Chair: AGBA's Center for International Business Education and Research * *Editor-in-Chief: Journal for Global Business Advancement * *Honorary Chief Editor: Journal for International Business & Entrepreneurship * *Fort Worth, Texas, USA* *Skype ID: zafaruahmed* *Email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.