the ninth International Symposium on Multinational Business Management
China · Nanjing
2017-06-20 - 2017-06-21
Paper submission deadline: 2017-03-01
Facing the increased pressure of international financial crisis and economic downturns, entrepreneurship has been considered as one of the new engines of economic development nowadays. Governments are encouraging entrepreneurship with the hope that it can boost the domestic economy and guarantee employment stability. Effects have emerged that it has been a driving force for local governments to transform their development concepts and government functions. Besides, entrepreneurship also contributes to accelerate the integration of different social strata and to facilitate harmonious social interactions. In the long run, entrepreneurship has important spillover effects beyond the above areas. It could have a potential impact on such domains as the pressure for organizational change and reflections on the current employment relations management.
In order to adapt to the business environment change, it is essential for organizations to keep pace with the environmental demands. This adaptation requires organizations to obtain necessary information from the external environment, maintain and strengthen the effectiveness of organizational operations. In the meantime, the attitudes and behavioral patterns of organizational members, and the according human resource policies such as employment relations management, also require substantial adjustments. However, since organizational change could impose high uncertainty and tremendous impact on employees' working routines, most organizations are facing resistance forces which restrict organizational change. Some of the fierce confrontations are manifested as industrial disputes and labor unrest. Such situations could be a tougher problem for multinational companies, due to the national differences in employment policy, cultural background, union history, and legal system. How can companies foster sustainable development with entrepreneurship while successfully responding to the challenges of organizational change and employment relations management?
To explore solutions to these issues, and to meet the new challenges facing management scholars, Nanjing University Business School, will host the ninth International Symposium on Multinational Business Management on June 20-21, 2017. This symposium follows the earlier conferences held in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2014. The symposium aims to provide a forum for scholars, entrepreneurs, and CEOs from multinational firms to discuss how corporations can survive and thrive in the environment of entrepreneurship, organizational change and employment relations management. We have chosen "Multinational Business Management-- Entrepreneurship, Organizational Change and Employment Relations Management" as the theme of the ninth International Symposium on Multinational Business Management.
We cordially invite you to participate in this international symposium, to be held in Nanjing, People's Republic of China on June 20-21, 2017. It will be our privilege to welcome you to share your research results, management experience, and creative ideas with participants from diverse backgrounds. We call for academic papers from scholars, experts, and practitioners at home and abroad.
Conference Theme
Submissions may include theoretical issues, new ideas, methodological issues, empirical studies, or case studies in the field of enterprise management and developments of Chinese and/or multinational corporations in entrepreneurship, organizational change and employment management.
Research Topics
Research topics related to entrepreneurship, organizational change and employment relations management are welcome for consideration. The following are possible topics:
Business Policy and Strategy in Multinational Companies
Conflict Management
Corporate Finance and Accounting
Corporate Social Responsibility
Employment Relations Management
Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
Ethics in Business
Human Resource Management in a Global Economy
Innovation Management
Joint Venture Management under the China's Belt and Road Initiative
Labor Relations Management
Legal Issues in Industrial Relations
Logistics and E-commerce
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Organizational Development and Change
Psychological Counseling
Risk Management
Sustainable Development
Submission Requirements of Paper Presentations:
The proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Multinational Business Management and Selected Research Papers from the Symposium will be published. Failure to comply with the instructions provided below will preclude inclusion of the paper in the publication. Authors whose papers are accepted should submit a hard copy and an e-version of the paper, via e-mail, to the Secretariat: hrm2017@nju.edu.cn
Author(s) of a paper to be published in the proceedings must type his/her paper in a format suitable for direct photographic reproduction by the publisher. In order to ensure uniform style throughout the volume, all the papers should be prepared strictly according to the instructions set by the organizer. A laser printer should be used to print the text. The complete camera-ready copy will be reduced to 75% by the publisher and will be printed in black and white only.
Cover Page
All papers must include a cover sheet with the following information:
Contact Person's Affiliation, Professional Title, Address, Phone #, Fax #, Email address.
Paper Format
The first page should be the cover sheet described above. The body of the paper should be no less than 10 (A4) and no more than 25 (A4) pages including all tables, figures, notes, and references. Papers must be written in English and follow the current style sheet.
1. Microsoft Word for Office 2000XP is the word processor used. A word processor compatible with MS Word is acceptable.
2. Use 12-point courier font and traditional default margin settings. All papers, tables, footnotes, and equations should be numbered.
3. First letter of each word in the paper’s title should be capitalized, and the title should be centered and in bold type.
4. Centered two spaces below the title are the author’s name and institutional affiliation. Author’s addresses, and /or E-mail are footnoted, as are any comments by the author.
5. The word ABSTRACT in capital letters is centered and in bold-type two spaces below the last author’s entry. The short abstract follows two spaces below.
6. Following the ABSTRACT include the key words on a separate line.
7. Double space and start the text. Do not use a heading called INTRODUCTION.
8. No more than three levels of headings should be used. The first level headings are capitalized, left justified and bold. The second level headings have the first letters of each word capitalized, left justified and bold. The third level headings have the first letters of each word capitalized. All headings are on a single line.
9. Footnotes should be used sparingly. Do not use endnotes. Footnotes are not used for literature citations. Rather, the work should be cited by the author’s name and year of publication in the body of the text [e.g. (McCarty, 1995)].
10. Use double space between lines of text, but single space between lines of text and numbers in tables.
11. Tables and Figures are labeled as such, e.g., Table 1 or Figure 1, centered and bold. Double space should be between label and title. Center and bold the title of the table or figure. Double space and insert a line from the left side margin to the right side margin, forming the top border of the table or figure. Repeat the line at the bottom of the table or figure as the bottom border. Minimize the use of lines within the table and use no lines on the sides of tables and figures. Authors should insert tables and figures in the text after the first text reference, as close as possible to the reference.
12. References start on a new page with the title REFERENCES capitalized, centered and bold. Entries should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the last name of the first author. Double space should be between entries. For example: Shuming Zhao and Juan Du, “Thirty-two Years of Development of Human Resource Management in China: Review and Prospects,” Human Resource Management Review. No. 3, 2012: 179-188. This should be listed in reference as: Zhao, S.M. and Du, J. “Thirty-two Years of Development of Human Resource Management in China: Review and Prospects,” Human Resource Management Review, 2012, 3: 179-188.
Submission Deadline
The deadline for submitting the full-length paper is January 1, 2017.
All the papers will be double-blind reviewed. The Secretariat will inform the author(s) of acceptance or non-acceptance of papers by March 1, 2017.
Acknowledgement of receipt
We will acknowledge receipt of the submission by e-mail to the corresponding author.
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