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CALL FOR
PAPERS
35TH EAMSA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE 2018
The era of new industrial revolution and its
impact on international business: Implications for Euro-Asia business relations
Hankuk
University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
7-10
November, 2018
Surrounded
by technologies that are effacing techno-human boundaries such as artificial
intelligence (AI), big data, robotics, virtual/augmented reality (AR/VR),
drones, 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous vehicles; we
are witnessing an unprecedented surge of technical, industrial, and social
innovations. This surge is neatly named in some countries as the Fourth
Industrial Revolution (4IR) or Industry 4.0. With threats to human identity,
social stability, and economic security, these 4IR technologies and various
changes induced by them cast doubt on the adaptive capacity of individuals and
institutions and challenge the current business models. When machines replace
not only repetitive labor but advanced intellectual work, what is left for
humans? Nevertheless, the new technologies may present possibilities for many
firms and industries with unprecedented new business opportunities. The
question becomes: How can European and Asian entrepreneurs, companies, and
scholars take advantage of and prepare for this new era?
This year’s
conference invites academic communities to rethink the roles of firms,
industries, and universities in the era of the 4IR within the context of
Euro-Asia business relations. We welcome papers addressing—but not limited to— the
following topics:
· Current technological advancements
in Europe and Asia and how firms in each region adopt them to capture business
opportunities and to cope with challenges,
· Policies and programs for 4IR
technology development and management and the reactions of businesses
· Modes of solutions or alternative
approaches to innovation in the face of blurring techno-human interfaces (such
as design thinking)
· The impacts of the new technologies
on functional level management practices in Europe and Asia such as manufacturing,
supply chain, HRM etc.
· The impacts of 4IR on current
economic and business relationships between Europe and Asia with particular
reference to trade and investment flows
· Practices and measurement of
4IR-driven entrepreneurship
· How this dramatic industrial
transition may affect the future Euro-Asian business relations
· Theoretical perspectives: how 4IR
challenges affect existing theories in international and comparative business,
· Spatial perspectives: Regional
growth models and cross-regional cooperative relations in Europe and Asia
attempting to capture the potential of 4IR and the future of job and the industrial
structure in developing countries.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
AND DEADLINES
There are three tracks
for individual paper submissions. Please select the most appropriate type of
session format from the following:
· Competitive Papers: The most polished and complete papers should be submitted for inclusion in competitive sessions (max. 8,000 words inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references).
· Workshop/Interactive Papers: Papers in progress should be submitted for workshop sessions (max. 6,000 words inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references).
· PhD Track: PhD candidates and other young scholars are invited to present their work, at various stages of progress (from the proposal stage to post-fieldwork analysis, but max. 6,000 words in length).
For all submissions
the evaluation will be based on analytical rigor, methods applied, originality,
and significance of conclusions.
Full papers—not just
abstracts—for all three tracks (competitive, workshop/interactive, and PhD) are due by 21 July 2018 Friday. This
deadline will not be extended.
Address any questions
regarding this call for papers to the organizers directly by e-mail at [log in to unmask]