Call for papers

9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS (ICBMEM)

THEME: DIGITAL ECONOMY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS AND HUMANISM.

VENUE: ENGC, TANGIER-MOROCCO

DATES: 15TH – 16TH NOVEMBER – 2024

Themes/Scope

In their diverse forms, new technologies are revolutionizing the world of work, how organizations function, change and evolve, and the nature of leadership, managerial roles and professional careers. Whether it is the economy, supply chain, marketing, entrepreneurship, financial structures and systems, organizational management, or humanism, there is no doubt the dynamics of innovation, which is often associated with Industry 4.0, is affecting these fields at a much higher pace than anticipated. Recent developments in AI have made technological leaps unprecedented in decades. Development in human-machine interphases has implications in all spheres of life.

These and other technological developments are creating formidable new challenges for all organizations, and are precursors to even more powerful and radical technologies whose potential impact few business leaders or academics clearly understand. As new technologies emerge, so does new knowledge accumulate, which translates to the fact that human technical know-how must change along with new methods of doing things. The specialized skills required to work in the new digital era are changing. Some skills dropped to create room for the new ones to emerge. All these dynamics are pushing the limits to how individuals and organizations should adapt and prepare to continue doing so. It is not technology, but the art of humane management that matter most in the new digital-economy era.

The International Conference of Business and Management in Emerging Markets 2024 seeks to explore broad areas of research interest but with special attention on how the digital economy and emerging technologies are shifting the scope of various fields of research around business, economics and management. We invite authors to submit empirical, conceptual papers, case studies and structured abstracts in fields related but not limited to, the ones presented below. The following are the indicative topics, but not limited to the following areas: 

• Marketing Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Economics
• Supply chain management
• Finance and investment Mmanagement
• Alternative financing (Microfinance, Crowdfunding, Blockchain)
• Franchising
• Governance and policy
• Corporate social responsibility
• Humanistic management and the protecting and enhancement of human dignity
• Sustainability and contemporary management
• Happiness and wellbeing

PHD COLLOQUIUM SESSION

The conference will host a PhD colloquium session on the first day of the conference. Thus, we welcome the abstracts/paper submissions from PhD candidates.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit structured abstracts, competitive papers or special session proposals electronically using the electronic easy chair application following the following link:

Competitive research papers (both conceptual and empirical) and case studies may be submitted either as a full paper or as a structured abstract. You can also choose to submit a special session proposal. Authors (or at least one author) of accepted papers are required to register for the conference AND to present the accepted research at the time designated in the conference program.

Any paper accepted for presentation but not presented at the conference will NOT appear in the official conference proceedings. In addition, if authors have not registered by the early bird deadline, the paper is subject to be deleted from the program. Thus, prior to submission, please consider the submission issue of the paper seriously and take into account any uncertainties about the author(s) NOT being able to attend.

Full paper submissions should not exceed 15 single-spaced pages (Times New Roman or Calibri 12 pt. font) in total length including all exhibits and references. Total words for full papers should be between 2500-6000

Be sure to include the title information with each submission, but do not include a title page in the submitted document file itself. Full papers may also be published as one-page abstracts.

Structured abstract submissions should not exceed 4 single-spaced pages following the same style guidelines as above. The word count should be between 300 and  1200

Important dates

Submission Deadline: 15^th July 2024

HUMANISTIC MANAGEMENT CASE WRITING COMPEITION

Our conference partner, The Humanistic Management Network, sponsors a teaching case competition. The first price is USD 2000, the second price is USD 1000 USD, and the third price is USD 500. Submissions should focus on conducive ways to convey humanistic management aspiring to protect and enhance human dignity in business and as an outcome of doing business. The submission should be accompanied by a short and concise teaching note. Submissions must be original and cannot have been published before. Best submissions are invited for publication in our forthcoming book on case studies on humanistic management. The winners are expected to attend the conference for the award ceremony. We welcome case studies from a variety of industry and country backgrounds. For further information, please contact Wolfgang.Amann@hec.edu.

REGISTRATION FEE

Note:

1.All the payment should be made directly through the conference registration link

2. Participation fee includes conference kit, lunch, refreshments, attendance to all conference sessions and conference dinner
3. Optional: Registration for accompanying spouses/ friends would cost USD 100 (excluding conference kit)

For further information or clarification, contact the organizing committee

Dr Emmanuel Chao: ejchao@mzumbe.ac.tz / info@icbmem.org

Dr Walid Bernaki: walid.bernaki@etu.uae.ac.ma