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CALL FOR PAPERS
3rd Vietnam – Japan International Business Conference
BUSINESS ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES
Time: March 17th, 2023
Venue: VJCC Building, Foreign Trade University, 91 Chua Lang str, Hanoi, Vietnam
CONFERENCE GOALS
▪ Offer a forum for scholars, academicians, researchers, policy makers and entrepreneurs to exchange and harness knowledge and experiences in reacting and adapting to the global uncertainties.
▪ Offer paper development opportunities for possible publication.
▪ Provide opportunities for networking and further research collaboration.
CONFERENCE THEME
Globalization, the process by which economies, societies and cultures across the world have integrated into a vast interconnected and interdependent global system, has led to tremendous growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and global trade. As a result, global trade and GDP have grown dramatically in recent times, both surging by 26 percent during the period from 2008 to 2018 (WTO, 2019).
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in major vulnerabilities in the operations of companies and supply chains. Apparently, the Covid-19 has been an unprecedentedly fatal disease, which hit the world community (Barua, 2020). Business closures, significant reduction in income, rise in unemployment, and disruptions in transportation, service and manufacturing industries are among the consequences of the disease mitigation measures that have been implemented in many countries. Meanwhile, “consumers’ feelings for self-control'' has also resulted from the pandemic, which has been demonstrated through customers’ changing shopping behavior, types of shopping and consumption preferences (Gordon-Wilson, 2021). Consequently, organizations have been forced to make changes in their technology plans and shift to digital transformation (Haider, 2020). Digitalization and innovation, accordingly, have been adopted by firms for their post-Covid-19 survival (Das et al., 2022).
In addition, global uncertainties and shocks resulting from political conflicts and geopolitical instability have amplified concerns about the highly interconnected and vulnerable economies on the globe. The last decade has witnessed the beginning of a backlash against global trade integration. The emergence of China as a new superpower against an incumbent U.S might lead to strategic competition between these countries (Wyne, 2020; Wei, 2019). Rising support for populist and isolationist parties in many Western countries moves in the same direction (Calantone et al., 2018). Additionally, the 2022 War in Ukraine and the ensuing fierce retaliation of the European Union, the United States, and their allies against Russia suggest that the international economic order based on open markets and expanded globalization could be replaced by a more fragmented international economic system. As a result, businesses are now required to have better adaptation capacity to bolster business resilience and the whole economy; thereby protecting economic prosperity and accelerating sustainability transitions, amid such a fragile context.
Under such a gloomy environment filled with so many uncertainties, it is important to learn how to avoid and manage such a dire situation in the future. Going forward, we would need to look at how businesses prepare themselves to be more resilient to overcome uncertainties and more agile, flexible and innovative to cope with new challenges.
In such a context, to build strong and resilient businesses, Vietnam – Japan Institute for Human Resource Development (VJCC), Foreign Trade University, in collaboration with JICA and Japanese partner universities hold the Third International Conference (VJIBC#3 – 2023) on “Business Adaptation to Global Uncertainties”. The international conference provides an open platform for scholars and practitioners to meet and share their recent research, exchange ideas and information on building strong and resilient businesses through greater adaptability to emerging challenges and shifting paradigms.
We welcome papers that are either theoretical or empirical, which are related to Vietnam, Japan, and other economies.
Possible topics may include, but not limited to, the followings:
1. Management
▪ E-commerce and digital business
▪ Managing organizations in the digital era
▪ Managing changes and uncertainties
▪ CSR
▪ Management for sustainable businesses
2. Supply chain and operation management:
▪ Sustainable supply chain management
▪ Digitalization in supply chain management
3. Finance and banking:
▪ Corporate finance, corporate governance
▪ Digital currency and cryptocurrency
▪ International investment flows and financial markets
▪ Green banking - Sustainable finance
4. Innovation management:
▪ Strategic management
▪ Innovation and emerging technologies in new business world
▪ Innovation for sustainable development
5. Accounting and auditing:
▪ Sustainable accounting
▪ Public sector accounting
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES:
In concertation with the conference organizers, high-quality papers will be considered for publication in:
▪ Journal of Economics and Development (National Economics University)
▪ Journal of International Economics and Management (Foreign Trade University)
▪ Other journals (to be announced)
The invitation for submission will be sent to authors after the conference.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINE:
Abstracts and Full papers must be submitted in English in WORD files, containing no more than 10,000 words including references with a title, authors’ names, email addresses and affiliations. Submission will be made through the website of the conference (vjibc.vjcc.org.vn) or conference email ([log in to unmask])
Detailed instructions for paper formatting are available in Submission Guidelines on vjibc.vjcc.org.vn
COST: There will be no fee to participate in the conference. However, participants are responsible for the cost of travel to Foreign Trade University to attend in person.
Venue: The conference is scheduled to be in a hybrid format (in-person at Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam and online via Zoom).
IMPORTANT DATES:
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December 24th, 2022 |
Abstract Submission |
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February 16th, 2023 |
Full paper Submission |
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February 23rd, 2023 |
Review and revision |
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March 4th, 2023 |
Announcement of full paper acceptance |
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March 17th, 2023 |
Conference Date |
CONTACT INFORMATION
Information of the 3rd VJIBC 2023 could be found at vjibc.vjcc.org.vn or https://qlkh.ftu.edu.vn/
For questions, please send an email to [log in to unmask]
Tel: 024 3775 1278 (ext: 103)
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HEAD OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PRESIDENT OF FOREIGN TRADE UNIVESITY
Assoc.Prof.Dr. BUI ANH TUAN
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Barua, S. (2020). Understanding Coronanomics: The economic implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Available at SSRN 3566477.
Colantone, I., & Stanig, P. (2018). The trade origins of economic nationalism: Import competition and voting behavior in Western Europe. American Journal of Political Science, 62(4), 936-953.
Das, D., Sarkar, A., & Debroy, A. (2022). Impact of COVID‐19 on changing consumer behaviour: Lessons from an emerging economy. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 46(3), 692-715.
Gordon‐Wilson, S. (2022). Consumption practices during the COVID‐19 crisis. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 46(2), 575-588.
Torsello, M., & Winkler, M. M. (2020). Coronavirus-infected international business transactions: A preliminary diagnosis. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 11(2), 396-401.
Wei, L. (2019). Towards economic decoupling? Mapping Chinese discourse on the China–US trade war. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 12(4), 519-556..
Wyne, A. (2020). How to think about potentially decoupling from China. The Washington Quarterly, 43(1), 41-64.[1]