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CARMA 2016: Call for Papers 1st International Conference on Advanced
Research Methods and Analytics

July 6-7, 2016 - Valencia, Spain
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Scope

Research methods in economics and business are evolving with the increasing
availability of comprehensive sources of data. As these methods become more
interdisciplinary, the *1st International Conference on Advanced Research
Methods and Analytics (CARMA)* aims to become a forum for researchers and
practitioners to exchange ideas and advances on how emerging research
methods are applied to different fields of social sciences as well as to
discuss current and future challenges.

The CARMA 2016 conference will be held on July 6th and 7th, 2016 at the
Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat
Politècnica de València (UPV).
Topics of interest

The program committee encourages the submission of articles discussing
challenges related to contemporary issues in qualitative and quantitative
research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following
topic areas:

*Track 1: Qualitative and Comparative Methods*

*Track chair:*
Norat Roig-Tierno, ESIC Business & Marketing School

   - State of the art of QCA
   - Innovation and QCA
   - Knowledge sharing and QCA
   - Business models and QCA
   - Networks and ecosystems and QCA
   - Clusters and QCA
   - Management and QCA
   - Internationalization and QCA


*Track 2: Advanced Regression Methods **Track chair:*
Alicia Mas-Tur, Universitat de València

   - Regression analysis
   - Partial least squares
   - Factor analysis
   - Structural equation methods
   - Applications to marketing and customer relationship
   - Applications to management and industry
   - Variable selection in advanced research methods
   - Multigroup analysis


*Track 3: Web & Big Data in Social Sciences**Track chairs:*
Josep Domenech, Universitat Politècnica de Valècnia
María Rosalía Vicente, Universidad de Oviedo

   - Big data in official statistics
   - Public opinion mining
   - Internet econometrics
   - Business analytics with social media
   - Big data sources & web scraping
   - Privacy and legal aspects
   - Geospatial and mobile phone data
   - Information quality and assessment

Accepted full papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published
by UPV Press in open access, and will be provided with a DOI number and
indexed in major international bibliographic databases.

If you are interested in organizing a special session as part of CARMA
2016, please contact the organization at [log in to unmask]
Important Dates

Submission deadline: February 19, 2016
Acceptance notification: April 4, 2016
Camera ready due: April 25, 2016
Conference: July 6-7, 2016
Submission guidelines

Authors from all over the world are invited to submit original and
unpublished papers or extended abstracts, which are not under review in any
other conference or journal. All submissions will be peer reviewed by the
program committee based on their originality, significance, methodological
soundness, and clarity of exposition.

Submissions (extended abstracts or full papers) must be written in English
and should be in PDF format. They must follow the instructions in the
template file, available in Microsoft Word format at:

http://www.carmaconf.org/template.docx

Full-paper length must be between 4 and 8 pages (A4 size), incorporating
all text, references, figures and tables. Extended abstracts (which will
not receive a DOI) should not exceed 3 pages. Submissions imply the
willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and
present the paper.

CARMA 2016 is using the OCS platform of UPV Press to manage the
submissions. In order to submit your paper, you must first create an OCS
account. OCS will provide you with a submissions homepage where you can
register your paper submission and make appropriate changes. The submission
website is:

http://www.carmaconf.org/submissions/
<http://www.carmaconf.org/submissions/?utm_source=mailgun_carma15&utm_campaign=2CFP2016-01-14&utm_medium=email>
About the venue

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and is located on the shore of
the Mediterranean Sea. It embraces culture and tradition from the past
combined with singular architecture, exciting gastronomy, nightlife, and
beautiful white sand beaches. Valencia is the capital city of the Comunitat
Valenciana region, which is major tourist destination in summer. More info
at:

http://www.carmaconf.org/venue/about-valencia/
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The organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you all to a fruitful
conference with open discussions and important networking to promote
advanced qualitative and quantitative research across all disciplines.

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