*The 2019 International Conference of Management and Operations Research & Management Science* * (ICMORMS)* And *Special Issue of* *Management Decision **(SSCI)* The Chongqing Technology and Business University (CTBU) is delighted to host the 2019 International Conference of Management and Operations Research & Management Science. This conference includes the *Management Decision* Special Issue Paper Development Workshop. The *Management Decision* is one of prestigious SSCI journals. The conference particularly encourages submissions from the Asia-Pacific area, although manuscripts from different regions of the world are also invited to provide submissions. The editors also welcome studies that include data from both frontier/emerging and developed economies. The conference will be held on July 25-26, 2019 in Chongqing, China. The conference registration will open starting Wednesday evening on July 24, 2019. *Keynote speakers* *Jeoung Yul Lee, Hongik University (South Korea) / Leeds University Business School (UK)* *Conference Theme: “The survival of the fittest in the global markets: Organizations’ evolution versus decline”* Topics include (but are not limited to): • Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise • Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability • Business Policy and Strategic Management • International Management and Organizations • Organizational Behavior and HRM • Operations Management and Logistics Research • Controversial Issues in Management and Organizations • Turnaround, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Innovation • Legal Issues, Business Ethics, and Firm Governance • Managerial Accounting and Firm Financial Affairs • Non-traditional Research and Creative Methodologies • Design Science • Empirical Research Methods in Operations Management • Innovation and Project Management • Operations Interfaces Department • Operational Systems • Public Policy • Technology Management *Guest Editors:* Jeoung Yul Lee (Hongik U., South Korea / Leeds U. Business School, UK), *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* Byung Il Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea), *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* *Submission* The deadline for submission of abstracts, extended abstracts, or papers is *June 28, 2019*. Please submit your work via email: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>. An abstract should be more than 150-200 words, and an extended abstract should be more than 1,000 words. The submission document should be MS Word or pdf format. Font should be Times New Roman, and font size should be 12 with single spaced. There is no fee for submission. As a part of this international conference, *Management Decision* (MD) Special Issue Paper Development Workshop will be held in the same venue of the conference on July 26, 2019. The title of the Special Issue is “The survival of the fittest in the global markets: MNCs’ evolution versus decline.” Special Issue call for papers from MD: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=7824 Founded in 1967, *Management Decision* is the oldest and longest-running scholarly SSCI journals focused explicitly on the area of management. MD’s 2017 Impact Factor was 1.525, and 5-year Impact Factor (2017) was 2.340. MD is also ranked on the ABS 2* list. Please visit the *Management Decision* website at http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=md to learn more about the journal. During the conference, guest editors for the MD Special Issue and the MD editorial board members will provide constructive feedback to abstracts or paper presentations to improve the quality of their abstracts or papers to enlarge the effect of the learning how to improve their research. Expected acceptance notification date for the Special Issue Conference: *July 5, 2019* *Conference Information* *Conference organization sponsoring institution:* Chongqing Technology and Business University *Conference registration fee:* 1,050 RMB or 150 USD *Organization committee:* Qun Bai Qingjun Zeng Yu Shen Jiafu Su Ka Leung Lok Ying Song Charles Chen *Conference Venue* Hua Shang Hotel No.33 Xuefu Ave. Nan'an District Chongqing,PRC *Contact Email* For further information regarding the Special Issue Workshop, please contact the Leading Guest Editor Jeoung Yul Lee (*[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*). For any other information, you may contact the organization committee chair or Dr. Jiafu Su (*[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*). *Information about Keynote Speakers* [image: image.png] *Prof. Jeoung Yul Lee *is Associate Professor at Hongik University School of Business Management (Sejong, South Korea), Distinguished Professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University (Chongqing, China), and Visiting Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School (Leeds, UK). At present, he serves as Associate Editor of *Asian Business & Management*, on the Editorial Advisory Board of the* International Business Review*, and the Editorial Review Boards of the *Management International Review*, *Asia Pacific Journal of Management*, and *Management and Organization Review*, as well as on the Editorial Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing (England, UK). He holds as a Handling Guest Editor of Special Issue on Success- vs. Failure-Based Learning of SMEs at the *Management International Review*, as well as the Lead Guest Editor of Special Issue on MNCs’ Evolution versus Decline at the *Management Decision*. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center of the Wharton School, and he published two papers with Professor Ian C. MacMillan (Founding Editor-in-Chief of the *Journal of Business Venturing*) there as well as other 23 more papers in SSCI journals, such as the *Journal of International Business Studies* (2015, 2019-forthcoming)*, Human Resource Management, Long Range Planning, Management International Review, International Business Review, Journal of International Management*, *Journal of Business Research*, and *International Journal of Human Resource Management*. Among them a majority of papers are on the ABS 3* or 4* list. -- Jeoung Yul Lee, PhD Associate Professor, Hongik U. 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