Journal of Business Research will publish two special issues from the conference papers at GIKA 2015

 

Call for papers for the Journal of Business Research. JBR will  publish two special issues from the conference papers at GIKA 2015.

(www.gika-academy.com)

Deadline: February 28^th, 2015

5^th GIKA Conference in 2015: GIKA Europe/Atlantic, and the Journal of Business Research. TWO SPECIAL ISSUES IN JBR.

CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN

The Conference of the Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA): "New Knowledge Impacts on Designing Implementable Innovative Realities" will be held in Valencia (Spain).  JBR will participate in this 5^th  GIKA Conference. The Conference will take place from July 13th

(Monday) to July 16th (Thursday), 2015.

The theme of GIKA 2015 is New Knowledge Impacts on Designing Implementable Innovative Realities, hosting special issues on:

1.       Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Crisp and Fuzzy Set, in Business and Management (exclusively on the research methods).

2.       New Knowledge Impacts on Designing Implementable Innovative Realities (open topic to provide a platform to discuss the challenges pertaining to contemporary issues in multidisciplinary research in the development of theoretical and practice knowledge of business, management and economy).

 

First edition of GIKA received papers by scholars from 15 countries, the second GIKA Conference boasted papers by researchers from more than 40 countries, third edition of GIKA received papers by scholars from 31 countries. We are announcing the fourth GIKA Conference. Feedback and Q&A sessions, including suggestions from editors of international journals attending the Conference, helped the authors publish their papers. Each edition of the GIKA Conference offers the chance to publish in the JBR with a special issue edition containing the best papers from the Conference. In GIKA 2015 we are honored to announce that there are TWO SPECIAL ISSUES of JBR to publish best papers in 2016. In addition to paper presentation sessions, paper symposiums, and plenary speech sessions by top international scholars, the Conference provides new programs, including a pre-conference research methodology workshop (by Professor Arch Woodside), a keynote speech and a meet-the-editor session on how to publish in the Journal of Business Research (JBR) (by the JBR editor, Arch Woodside). Meanwhile, the Conference also welcome teaching case studies and research case studies.

The 2015 GIKA Conference will be held in Valencia, Spain. Valencia is a beautiful city (please visit http://www.turisvalencia.es/en/plan-your-trip-to-valencia/general-info/tourist-info for more details) with many fascinating historical monuments, excellent cuisine and a lively Mediterranean atmosphere. March, July and August are the most popular months for residents to spend their Fallas Fiestas (in March), and summer break when often taking the chance to enjoy the city’s beaches.

The Conference welcomes researchers from all over the world. Some top important scholars will be prepared to share their advice for your development at GIKA 2015.

Domingo Ribeiro and Kun Huang Huarng

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EURAM Conference 2015 - Call for Papers

 

 

* * * APOLOGIES FOR CROSSPOSTING * * *   Dear EURAM members and friends, The next EURAM conference will take place in Warsaw (Poland) between the 17th and the 20th of June 2015. The theme of the conference, Uncertainty is a great opportunity, is aimed to open an interesting and fruitful dialogue about why contemporary management theory and practice do not adequately address the phenomenon of uncertainty, which has come to characterise our daily lives. The EURAM 2015 conference will explore this concept in an opportunity-seeking framework. Uncertainty can be both a threat and an opportunity for organisations. The positive response to the challenge of opportunity is the most constructive stand that we can take, and one that also may equip us best to deal with further challenges that the future may bring.   The dominant stream of thoughts tells us to safeguard against uncertainty, although on both theoretical and practical grounds we should ask if that is possible. Uncertainty is seen as an unpredictable force that can jeopardise our organising efforts. Uncertainty is supposed to leave us in the dark and not knowing what to expect and when. Moreover, the uncertainty that we are living in today is not limited to financial markets, economic and socio-political macro environments. In the age of hyper connectivity the uncertainty we are facing is evident in virtually all areas of the organisational life.   We will endeavour to respond to the following questions: How and in which ways do the drivers of uncertainty change? What resources do organisations need to develop in order to capture the changes that uncertainty may bring? Which organisational forms and configurations respond better to the challenges of uncertainty? What concept of leadership is most suited to steer organisations through the waves of unexpected and unpredictable storms? How can we better educate people to make them more competent individuals who are confident with uncertainty? How should organisations manage their boundaries in order to be able to absorb changes that uncertainty causes? Are the concepts that we already seem to know well such as innovation, knowledge, intellectual capital, leadership, responsibility, sustainability, diversity assuming new meanings at the time of uncertainty?   Warsaw is the ideal venue for such debates. It is located geographically, culturally and intellectually on the crossroads between East and West, North and South. The tormented history of Central and Eastern Europe, and Poland in particular, provides the most persuasive lessons of transition and of coping with uncertainty. These lessons are encrypted in people's minds, in management practices, and in the body of research. When confronted with Western management, such a "genius loci" is capable of producing synergistic effects that we, as our community of engaged scholars, are looking for.   Important Deadlines   Deadline for paper submission                    13 Jan 2015 2:00 pm GMT +1 Notification of acceptance                           as of 17 March 2015 Early bird                                                     09 April 2015 Authors late registration                              21 April 2015   Topics EURAM conferences provide an ideal opportunity for scholars and practitioners, as well as doctoral students to share and discuss their most recent high quality work with other experts in their research fields. We invite you to submit your paper to the EURAM's Strategic Interests Groups (SIGs) or to the Conference General Track. Please, pay attention to the submissions guidelines below. For further information please visit the EURAM 2015 website here. These are the topics that EURAM SIGs are sponsoring for the 2015 Conference: 01 Business for Society SIG chair: Rémi Jardat (ISTEC) r.jardat@istec.fr Programme chair: Corinne Vercher (Université Paris 13) corinne.vercher@wanadoo.fr   Business for Society SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information): General Track: Business for Society General Track Standing track: Accounting and control for sustainability Finance Economy and Society Topics: Developing leadership theories for not-for-profit sector Equality and Inclusion in Social Enterprises; Institutional resistance, war of positions and power maintenance Institutions and change Race discrimination and the management of ethnic diversity at the workplace Responsible innovation Sustainable Global Value Chains facing uncertainty   02 Corporate Governance SIG chair: Pascual Berrone (IESE Business School) pberrone@iese.edu Programme chair: Jonas Gabrielsson (Lund University) jonas.gabrielsson@circle.lu.se   Corporate Governance SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Corporate Governance – General Track   Standing track: Top Management Teams & Business Elites Women Directors on Corporate Boards Boards Effectiveness   03 Entrepreneurship SIG chair: Lucrezia Songini (Eastern Piedmont University, Italy) lucrezia.songini@eco.unipmn.it Programme chair: Massimiliano M. Pellegrini (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan) dr.massimiliano.pellegrini@gmail.com   Entrepreneurship SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Entrepreneurship General Track   Standing track: Entrepreneurship and societal change   Topics: The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education Academic Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial University Entrepreneurial Finance Entrepreneurship in family firms Entrepreneurial passion Visionary entrepreneurship in complex worlds: Computer modelling, business games and scenario analysis   04 Family Business Research SIG chair: Donata Mussolino (University of Naples Federico II) dmussoli@unina.it Programme chair: Alfredo De Massis (Centre for Family Business, IEED, Lancaster University Management School) a.demassis@lancaster.ac.uk   Family Business Research SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Family Business Research Standing track: Family Business Governance   Topics: Family Firms and Stakeholders: CSR, Branding, Image and Reputation Family Business in Emerging, Developing, and Transition Economies Family business goals, family dynamics, behavioural processes and innovation in family firms   05 Gender, Race & Diversity in Organisations SIG chairwoman: Beverly Dawn Metcalfe (Manchester Business School, UK) beverly.metcalfe@manchester.ac.uk Programme chair: Jawad Syed (University of Huddersfield, UK) j.syed@hud.ac.uk; Hamid Kazeroony (Minnesota State Colleges & Uni, USA) hkazero@inverhills.edu; Edwina Pio (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) edwina.pio@aut.ac.nz Gender, Race & Diversity in Organisations SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Gender, Race and Diversity in Organisations – GRDO SIG General Track   Topic: Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in the Workplace   06 Innovation SIG chair: Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus School) jdul@rsm.nl Programme chair: Vivek K. Velamuri (HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management) vivek.velamuri@hhl.de   Innovation SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Innovation – General Track   Standing track: Rethinking the Design Paradigm in Management: Theories, Activities, and Organisations Business Model Innovation (BMI) Standardisation and Innovation Open Innovation Organizing Creativity for Innovation: Multidisciplinary perspectives, theories, and practices Service Innovation and Servitization Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation Sustainable HRM and Human Factors for Innovation   Topics: Organizing mindfulness across organizations, networks, and clusters Innovation in Emerging Countries' Firms Cosmopolitanism, Innovation, and Society   07 International Management SIG chair: Markus G Kittler (University of Stirling, UK) mk33@stir.ac.uk Programme chair: Gjalt de Jong (University of Groningen, Netherlands) g.de.jong@rug.nl   International Management SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: International Management General Track   Standing track: Expatriate Management SME Internationalisation - Advances and future perspectives   Topics: Management, Strategy and Investment in Africa From Latin Europe to Latin America - What is new? EFQM model as a management, self-assessment, and benchmarking tool   08 Managing Sport SIG chair: Harald Dolles (Molde University College, Norway & University of Gothenburg, Sweden) harald.dolles@HiMolde.no Programme chair: Mathieu Winand (University of Stirling, UK) mathieu.winand@stir.ac.uk   Managing Sport SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Managing Sport   Topics: Sport Governance Event Management   09 Organisational Behaviour SIG chair: Alessandro Hinna (University of Rome Tor Vergata) alessandro.hinna@uniroma2.it Programme chair: Fabian Homberg (Bournemouth University) fhomberg@bournemouth.ac.uk Organisational Behaviour (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Organizational Behaviour General Track   Standing track: Work motivation in the public sector: Exchanges with the Organizational Behaviour field Topics: Uncertain times call for awkward responses from the academy: An opportunity to explore the dark side of organizational behaviour Employee Training, Development, and Evaluation Team Performance Management Human Resource Management Agent-Based Models and Computer Simulation in Organisational Behaviour The uncertainty as a challenge for managers – psychodynamic approach Critical Approaches to Control and Uncertainty   10 Project Organising SIG chair: Rodney Turner (SKEMA Business School, Lille) rodneyturner@europrojex.co.uk Programme chair: Brian Hobbs (Université de Quebec a Montreal) Hobbs.Brian@uqam.ca   Project Management SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Project Organizing   Standing track: Organisational Project Management: Adding rungs to the ladder of Novelty between Organizational Project Management and its link to Research Methodology   11 Public Management SIG chair: Denita Cepiku (University of Rome Tor Vergata) cepiku@economia.uniroma2.it Programme chair: Andrea Bonomi Savignon (University of Rome Tor Vergata) bonomi.savignon@economia.uniroma2.it   Public Management SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Public and Non-Profit Management   Standing tracks: Management Research in Healthcare Organizations Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organizations   Topics: Managing Culture, Creativity, and Heritage Accountability, Sustainability, and Ethics in Public and Non-Profit Organizations   12 Research Methods and Research Practice SIG chair: Bill Lee (University of Sheffield, UK) w.j.lee@sheffield.ac.uk Programme chair: Jacqueline Fendt (ESCP Europe, France) fendt@escpeurope.eu   Research Methods and Research Practice SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Uncertainty in Research and Researching Uncertainty – Advances in Research Methods and Practices   Standing track: Evolutionary and Darwinian Methodological Endeavours in Management Research   13 Strategic Management SIG chair: Tomi Laamanen (University of St.Gallen) Tomi.Laamanen@unisg.ch Programme Co-chairs: Anabel Fernández (University of Valencia) anabel.fernandez@uv.es & Patrick Reinmoeller (Cranfield University) patrickreinmoeller@gmail.com   Strategic Management SIG Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Strategic Management – General Track   Standing tracks: Corporate strategy: Dynamics and Micro-foundations of inter-organizational encounters (M&As, alliances, divestitures) Nurturing Business Ecosystems to Deal with Uncertainties: Theoretical roots' exploration and practical implication Strategic Processes and Practices Competitive Strategy: 3C Dynamics "Competition, collaboration, and coopetition strategies" Micro-foundations of Strategy, Dynamic Capabilities, Knowledge, and Ambidexterity Strategy and Business Model Innovation   Emerging tracks: Behavioural Strategy Strategies for Air and Maritime Transportation 14 Conference General Track Track chair: Dorota Dobija (Kozminski University) dorota.dobija@kozminski.edu.pl Programme chairs: Robert Rządca (Kozminski University) rządca@kozminski.edu.pl; Marta Strumińska (Kozminski University) martastr@kozminski.edu.pl Conference General Track Portfolio (click HERE for more information):   General Track: Conference General Track – Uncertainty is a great opportunity   Topics: Emergency management, Crisis, Recovery and Organisational Resilience Uncertainty, Poverty and Responsible Management Education Uncertainty, Leadership and Leadership Development in Dynamic Societies   SUBMISSION GUIDELINES – EURAM 2015   RULE OF 3 Note that you may be listed as an author or co-author on up to 3 submitted papers.   Each paper can only be submitted to ONE topic or track.   Submitted papers must NOT have been previously published and if under review, must NOT appear in print before EURAM 2015 Conference.   To facilitate the blind review process, remove ALL authors identifying information, including acknowledgements from the text, and document/file properties. (Any submissions with author information will be automatically DELETED).   The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, etc.) must be in ONE document created in PDF format.   The maximum length of the paper is 40 pages (including ALL tables, appendices and references). The paper format should follow the European Management Review Style Guide. Use Times New Roman 12-pitch font, double spaced, and 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin all around. Number all of the pages of the paper. No changes in the paper title, abstract, authorship, and actual paper can occur AFTER the submission deadline. Check that the PDF File of your paper prints correctly and ensure that the file is virus-free. Submissions will be done on-line on the EURAM 2015 website, from December 1st 2014 till January 13th 2015. Only submissions in English shall be accepted for review. In case of acceptance, the author or one of the co-authors should be available to present the paper at the conference. The author(s) needs to plan to attend the conference for its entire duration. Individual requests to have a presentation scheduled on a specific date or session will not be taken into account. Please, note that EURAM will do its best to compose a rational and feasible schedule for all the participants. However, EURAM will not arrange any personal participants' schedule because of potential overlapping of papers authored by the same person. In the case that you are submitting more than one paper, you should coordinate with your co-authors in order to make it possible that all the papers will be presented, even simultaneously.   For more information, please visit the conference website www.euram2015.org     We are looking very much forward to meeting you in Warsaw.   Best wishes,   On behalf of the Conference Programme Committee,   Dorota Dobija euram2015@kozminski.edu.pl Kozminski University Conference Chair EURAM 2015

 

September 24, 2014

EURAM PLACE DE BROUCKERE PLEIN 31 1000 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Tel: +32 2 226 66 64 | Fax: +32 2 512 19 29 Please check your personal profile in the EIASM online database: http://www.eiasm.org If you no longer wish to receive these e-mailings, reply to this message with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

 

6th Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference (ATMC), 8-10 September 2015, Joensuu, Finland

6th Advances in Tourism Marketing (ATMC) Conference

8-10 September 2015, Joensuu, Finland

Deadline for an extended abstract submission 31 January

http://uef.fi/en/atmc2015

Although the theme is introduced as the `tourism engagement: co-creating well-being", the conference organising committee also welcomes the submission of high calibre conceptual and research papers relating to various broader or deeper aspects of tourism, hospitality and travel marketing...

Our distinguished keynote speakers include

Prof. Christian Grönroos, Hanken School of Economics Finland

Prof. Bo Edvardsson, Karlstad University, Sweden

Dr Melanie Smith, BKF University of Applied Sciences, Hungary... 

We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues in this astonishing part of Finland in order to make new friendships...

 

WHAT IS ATMC? From Past to Future

As unique as its name in the field, the initiative of the Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference (ATMC) started in 2005. Its first meeting was held in Akyaka (Turkey), and attended by  more than 70 researchers and practitioners from more than 15 different countries. The second conference was held in Valencia, Spain, in 2007. It was coordinated by the University of Valencia (Spain) and MuglaUniversity (Turkey with the University of Otago (New Zealand) joining forces. That conference attracted over 200 attendees. This was followed by the induction of BournemouthUniversity (2009, UK, 230 attendees), University of Maribor (2011, Slovenia, 90 attendees), University of Algarve (2013, Portugal, 140 attendees) and University of Eastern Finland (2015, Finland) respectively.

As its mission, ATMC aims to bring together researchers, PhD candidates, policy makers and practitioners to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of themes related to marketing travel and tourism, and to critically evaluate how they may contribute to advancing knowledge and practices in the field. In addition to this general goal, each conference is charged with a topical theme and to provide both scholars and practitioners with an opportunity to engage and explore that theme in a series of focal discussions. While offering a general forum for issues in tourism marketing and behaviour research, the forum created around themes distinguishes the ATMC conferences from others.

Themes –

While focusing on updating and canvassing topical issues in international tourism marketing, it has become a tradition of ATMC to create a specific theme for every conference. Each theme is drawn from the conclusions of the preceding meeting, trends in the tourism industry, and priorities in tourism marketing research.

Hence, the 2007 ATMC aimed to analyze "Destination and Event Marketing: Managing Networks", a topic of high relevance to researchers, public institutions, the tourist industry and other stakeholders (tourists, local community, media, among others).

The 2009 Conference had a specific interest in "Marketing Innovations for Sustainable Tourism Destinations: Operations, Interactions, Experiences". This conference had a particularly strong industry-focus with many practitioners participating.

Under the conference theme of "Transforming Experiences: Tourism Marketing from both Sides of the Counter", the 2011 ATMC set out to build on the success of the three previous conferences. Participants benefited particularly from an integrated analysis of host-guest interactions.

The 2013 ATMC created another specific theme of "Marketing Spaces and Places" in order to highlight the differing ways that tourists learn about and engage with residents' places.

The 2015 ATMC has a clear focus on "Tourism engagement: co-creating well-being".  Again highlighting host-guest interactions, this conference focuses on creating well—being for all stakeholders.

Publications –

With the interest and support from internationally well-recognized publishers, ATMC has created an additional tradition and mission namely to publish an edited volume for each conference by selecting a number of high-calibre papers presented at the conference.

As a direct result of the first conference held in Turkey, Kozak and Andreu published the book Progress in Tourism Marketing (Elsevier, 2006). Kozak, Gnoth and Andreu then published the book Advances in Destination Marketing (Routledge, 2008) which was a direct response to papers presented at the Valencia Conference in 2007; Fyall, Kozak, Andreu, Gnoth and Lebe then published the book Marketing Innovations for Sustainable Destinations (Goodfellow Publishers, 2009) with papers presented at the Bournemouth Conference in 2009. With the inclusion of a selected list of papers out of the Maribor Conference in 2011, Kozak, Andreu, Gnoth and Lebe edited the book Tourism Marketing: Both Sides of the Counter (Cambridge Publishing Scholars, 2012). The editorial team (Gnoth, Correia, Kozak & Fyall) has now completed editing another book proposal entitled Marketing Spaces and Places including t papers presented at the Algarve Conference in 2013 (Emerald, 2015).

To summarise, the ATMC moves on the right track to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art in tourism marketing from an international perspective, and to bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners. The ATMC provides a forum for the discussion and dissemination of themes related to the tourism system under a marketing approach.

Therefore, the initiative of ATMC represents an important contribution for tourism marketing as a particular research field. The general outcome of the ATMC focuses on facilitating the analysis and interchange of sustainable approaches and international practices as a basis for knowledge and innovation management in tourism marketing. Having grown every other year in number, the conference advisory board still works towards its mission announced in its first series and conveys its responsibility to strengthen the field of tourism marketing by keeping its focus on updating and topical issues:

… We hope that the conference attendants will return to their academic institutions and home countries feeling intellectually enriched and will also continue to contribute to this growing field and meet every two year in a different destination…

To date, ATMC has attracted the presentation of papers with a diverse variety of research topics authored or co-authored by over 1,000 scholars and practitioners representing almost every single part of the world.  The conferences also hosted over 25 internationally well-respected scholars and practitioners who, invited as the keynote speakers contributed to the themed discussion. It is inspiring to see how the ATMC family has expanded both in quality and quantity, how it has created new friendships and networks and how it promises to continue to keep up its standards.

ATMC Advisory Board

 

 

Call For Papers: 18th SGF Conference - Swiss Society For Financial Market Research (SGF)

Call For Papers
18th SGF Conference - Swiss Society For Financial Market Research (SGF)

April 10, 2015, Zurich, SIX Swiss Exchange

http://www.fmpm.ch/conference

Submission Deadline: October 31, 2014, 24.00 CET

Swiss Society for Financial Market Research - Publishers of "Financial Markets and Portfolio Management"

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: We would like to invite both academics and practitioners to submit papers on all topic areas of financial market research until October 31, 2014, 24.00 CET.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Papers must be in English. For online paper submission please visit our website: http://www.fmpm.ch/conference

When submitting a paper to the conference, you may also choose to directly submit to the journal "Financial Markets and Portfolio Management (FMPM)". Papers accepted for presentation at the conference are eligible for the Best Paper Award sponsored by SIX Swiss Exchange which carries a cash prize of 4'000 CHF.

REGISTRATION FOR PARTICIPATION: There is no deadline for registration. The conference fee is 200 CHF. PhD students can be granted a reduced fee of 120 CHF (proof of enrollment required). In case you have not registered for conference participation by April 9, 2015, the walk-in rate amounts to 250 CHF. Furthermore, there will be a pre-conference dinner in Zurich on April 9, 2015. The fee for this dinner amounts to 120 CHF. For registration please refer to our website http://www.fmpm.ch/conference

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further questions please contact:

Michael Herold or Christian Putz
c/o University of Bamberg
Chair of Banking and Financial Control
Karntenstr. 7
96052 Bamberg, Germany
Tel: +49 - (0)951 - 863 2098
Fax: +49 - (0)951 - 863 2092
Email: sgf-conference@fmpm.ch
http://www.fmpm.ch

CONFERENCE BOARD:
Chairman of the Conference Board: Matthias Muck
Academic Conference Board: Nicole Branger, Andre Guettler, Karl Keiber, Olaf Korn, Holger Kraft, Antje Mahayni, Andreas Oehler, Stefan Ruenzi, Markus Schmid

Honorary Board Member: Markus Rudolf

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Call For Papers: Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMI) Special Issue on Financial Literacy

Call For Papers
Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMI) Special Issue on Financial Literacy

GUEST EDITORS:
Paola Bongini, University of Milan-Bicocca (IT), Luca Colombo (Universita Cattolica di Milano), Malgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska (Warsaw School of Economics)

In recent years, financial literacy has gained the attention of a wide range of organizations, both at the national level - policymakers and financial regulatory authorities - and at the international level (OECD, World Bank). Interested groups are concerned that consumers may lack the minimum knowledge of financial concepts to be able to make informed financial decisions in their day-by-day life, namely: budgeting; managing effectively their money, credit and debt; assessing needs for insurance and protection; evaluating the different risks and returns involved in savings and investment options; saving for long-term goals. Financial crises intensify the risks that less financially literate consumers face: lacking the sophistication required to absorb financial shocks, they are more vulnerable to financial market fluctuation. While financial literacy studies have not a long tradition, a rapidly growing body of research - both in economics and social sciences - has now been devoted to the assessment of financial literacy metrics and financial education programs.

Researchers in economics, public policy, consumer sciences, education, business, marketing, social work, sociology, psychology, communication and related fields are encouraged to submit papers focusing on financial literacy - a combination of awareness, knowledge, skill, attitude and behavior which are necessary to make sound financial decisions and ultimately achieve individual financial well-being. Proposals should be research oriented, and could include empirical research or rigorous case-study research.

TOPICS: Research topics for the special issue may include but are not limited to:
- Assessment of financial literacy: evaluations of metrics, survey questions, and methodologies to effectively measure financial literacy
- Financial information seeking behavior: optimal combinations of financial information, advice, regulation, disclosure, and delivery mechanisms, including default options, and their impact on starting and maintaining positive financial habits
- Financial literacy pre-requisites: types of knowledge that best motivate and facilitate financial action, and how such knowledge is acquired
- Financial literacy and potential gaps: the role of diversity (gender, ethnicity, age, education) in building financial awareness
- Financial literacy and barriers: the importance of financial literacy and financial education programs in reducing barriers to accessing credit and financial services
- Financial literacy in the work place: financial education programs for employees on retirement and investing
- School-based financial literacy: preparing youth and their families to plan for their futures, save for retirement and other long term goals, and/or successfully manage their credit and debt
- Financial education programs: evaluations of the delivery of financial education programs that identify effective approaches, delivery channels, and other resources that enhance effectiveness; exploring how games and simulations, on-line learning platforms, mobile applications, and other technology-based financial education and information tools can be used to deliver effective financial knowledge and skills

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Manuscripts must be submitted electronically from July 31, 2014 to December 5th, 2014 at the following web page address: http://jfmi.univpm.it/index.php/jfmi/user/register

 

CBTS2014: Call for papers - December 3rd-6th, 2014 Bruneck/Brunico, Italy

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium 2014 (CBTS 2014)

December 3rd-6th, 2014 Bruneck/Brunico, South Tyrol, Italy

http://www.unibz.it/en/economics/research/cbts2014/default.html

 

 

TOURISM MOBILITIES BEYOND PLACE: TIME, RESOURCES AND PERSPECTIVES

Abstracts must be uploaded to the online submission and reviewing platform https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cbts2014

(for submission details please see attached easychair tutorial and guidelines)

 

The seventh annual Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium - CBTS 2014 - will take place from December 3^rd to December 6^th  in Bruneck-Brunico, Italy, under the theme “Tourism Mobilities beyond Place: Time, Resources and Perspectives”. CBTS 2014 will provide an opportunity for tourism researchers and practitioners from all over the world to exchange scientific ideas and results and discuss new and emerging directions in research and practice in the field.

Theoretical or applied research contributions in the form of structured abstracts are welcome.

CBTS 2014 offers:

-        highly renowned international keynote speakers

a.    Scott Cohen, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

“Tourism mobilities from emerging world regions: Insights for consumer behaviour”

b.    Chris Cooper, Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom

Keynote speech title to be announced

c.    Ulrike Gretzel, University of Queensland, Australia

“Digital traces and data bodies: movements in touristic information space”

d.    Noam Shoval, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

“Understanding tourists activity and behavior using tracking technologies”

 

-        workshops on research methods and on special topics

a.    “Second homes mobilities: between affluent consumption and family legacies” chaired by Chris Paris

b.    “Access, ownership, sharing: acquisition practices and the search for value in tourism consumption” chaired by Daniele Dalli

c.    Special session dedicated to PhD students mentored by Fevzi Okumus

d.    Workshop on qualitative research method

e.    Panel session with the editors in chief of tourism and hospitality peer-reviewed journals chaired by Donna Quadri-Felitti

 

-        a best paper award offered by the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (chair of the selection committee Fevzi Okumus, Editor-in-Chief)

-        journal coverage for selected papers and possibility to publish with ISBN

-        high quality scientific sessions with internationally peer-reviewed paper presentations,

-        a unique South Tyrolean experience.

 

All abstracts will be subject to a double blind peer review process. Selected academic contributions addressing one or more of the sub-themes of the symposium will be presented during plenary and parallel sessions. Please refer to the ‘Submission guidelines’ document as a style guide for standards to follow in the preparation of your extended abstract.

 

Important Dates

Extended Abstract submission deadline:                    September 25^th, 2014 

Acceptance notification:                                             October 10^th, 2014

Registration deadline (early birds):                               October 24 ^th, 2014

 

Conference sub-themes

The scope of CBTS2014 encompasses:

a)  Place and Time Mobilities: Macro and micro tourism dimensions of place and time mobility. Contemporary tourism mobility. “Mobile lives” and tourism. E-tourism impact on virtual and actual mobility. Intergenerational mobility´s effects on tourism. Second homes mobilities: between affluent consumption and family legacies.

b)  Tourism Resources and Mobility: Tourism entrepreneurs´ mobility. Capitals´ mobility. Expertise and labor mobilities in tourism and hospitality. Mobility among destination layers (districts, clusters, networks, and systems). Resources, sustainability and mobilities.

c)  Future directions for tourism mobilities research: Theoretical and methodological advancements addressing the complexity of mobility, its “boundaries” and its measurements. Mobilities implications and practical challenges for tourism and hospitality marketers.

d)  Perspectives on Mobilities: The politics of mobility. Challenges for destinations´ governance. Issues for tourism stakeholders.

 

 

Papers addressing one of the “CBTS Classics” will also be highly welcomed:

 

      i.        Competitiveness, innovation and market research: Theoretical, methodological and practical developments

     ii.        Tourism and Quality of Life Research: Theories, Practices, Applications, and Challenges

    iii.        Future Tourism Demand: Demographic, Behavioral and Social Changes. Challenges for marketers and economists

    iv.        The changing face of tourism: Emerging issues for consumer behavior research and practice

     v.        Ensuring validity in tourism consumer behavior studies and in hospitality research: Issues of measurement and methodology

 

 

Serena Volo and Oswin Maurer

Chairs of the Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium 2014

 

CBTS2014 December 3-6, 2014 Bruneck-Brunico Italy cbts2014@unibz.it

Tourism Mobilities beyond Place: Time, Resources and Perspectives

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Competence Centre in Tourism Management and Tourism Economics (TOMTE)

School of Economics and Management - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Brunico (South Tyrol)

ITALY