Calls for Conferences: FW: 8th Annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference, September 16th-18th, 2015, Verona, Italy

Call for Papers

The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the

8^th Annual Conference

Verona, Italy

September 16^th-18^th, 2015

INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAIN IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT

The full table of all the conference tracks can be found at the end of the Call for Papers

http://www.euromed2015.com

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EMRBI Presidents

Prof. Demetris Vrontis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus) and Prof. Yaakov Weber (College of Management, Israel)

Conference Chair and Organizing Committee:

Diego Begalli (Chair), Antonio Borghesi, Federico Brunetti, Bettina Campedelli, Emanuele Carluccio, Stefano Pozzoli, Matteo Rossi, Salvatore Russo

Organized and Hosted by: Department of Business Administration, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Conference Goals

The EuroMed Academy of Business annual conference has established itself as one of the major Business Management conferences of its kind in the EuroMed region (European and Mediterranean), in terms of size, quality of content, and standing reputation of attendees. Many of the papers presented contribute significantly to the business knowledge base. Its Book of Proceedings is highly recognized and accepted to be under citation. Many papers are published in Special Issues in leading journals, and are driving international research and teaching programs.

Our goal is to create a friendly and approachable academy and environment, a strong network, whereby its members (including senior worldwide scholars, faculty members, doctorate students, researchers and business practitioners) are guiding and mentoring each other. We differentiate as we assist participants to network and publish their valuable work (see below: a. Publication Opportunities, b. Authors' Network and Collaboration Workshop and c. Meet the Editors Session). Our participants also form specialised teams applying and getting involved in EU project funding. You can visit our Research Project Workshop (see below) that will take place during the conference.

Author Guidelines

* Submission Deadline: March 23^rd, 2015

Please submit your paper or abstract to admin@emrbi.org and to submissions@emrbi.org by strictly adhering to the Author Guidelines and by using the Manuscript Template found on the conference website (www.euromed2015.com).

All manuscripts (including abstracts) will be double blind reviewed.

Please indicate, on the first page of the manuscript, the track number for submission. All conference tracks are included at the end of this call (brief track descriptions can be found at the conference website). Should you feel that your submission does not exactly fit in any of the tracks please indicate General Track. Alternatively, you may indicate the general area that you would like to have your manuscript reviewed under (eg Marketing, HRM, Strategic Management, Finance etc).

Important Dates

* Notification to authors (for early submissions by February 27^h)	by April 20^th, 2015
* Notification to authors (for submissions after February 27^th)	by May 8^st, 2015
Early-bird registration	Until July 18^th, 2015
Late registration	After July 18^th, 2015
Deadline for inclusion in Book of Proceedings **	August 31^st, 2015
**Only papers or abstracts of participants registered until August 31^st, 2015 will be included in the Book of Proceedings that will be distributed at the conference. Papers and/or abstracts of participants who will register after the above date will be included in the final book of proceedings that will be distributed after the conference.

Publication Opportunities

All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the Book of Proceedings (with an ISBN number) which is approved for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index — an integrated index within Web of Science. This distinction is given only to the most significant papers, in terms of academic excellence, conferences-conventions worldwide.

A selection of the best conference papers will also be considered for publication in the following journals (presented in alphabetic order), most of which are internationally ranked or/and ISI/Scopus approved. Some of these journals will devote and publish a special issue based on conference papers.

1. EuroMed Journal of Business - EMRBI's official Journal

2. British Food Journal

3. Global Business and Economics Review

4. Human Resource Management Review

5. Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy

6. International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism

7. International Journal of Economic Behavior

8. International Journal of Financial Markets and Derivatives

9. International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

10. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting

11. International Journal of Markets and Business Systems

12. International Journal of Organizational Analysis

13. International Journal of Technology Marketing

14. International Studies of Management and Organization

15. Journal of Customer Behaviour

16. Journal for Global Business Advancement

17. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development

18. Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting

19. Journal of Promotion Management

20. Journal of Transnational Management

21. Journal of the Knowledge Economy

22. Piccola Impresa / Small Business

23. Sinergie

24. Social Business

25. The Marketing Review

26. Thunderbird International Business Review

27. Transnational Marketing Journal

28. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management & Sustainable Development

DDITIONAL PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

For more information please see publication opportunities on the conference website.

AWARDS

· Conference Best and Highly Commended Paper Awards

· Conference Best and Highly Commended Student Paper Awards

· Conference Best Track Chair and Commended Track Chair Awards

· Conference Best Reviewer Awards

· EuroMed Journal of Business Best and Highly Commended Paper Awards

· Emerald/EMRBI Award for Emerging Researchers The Award-winning entry will receive a cash prize of €1,500, a certificate, a winner's logo to attach to correspondence.

OTHER CONFERENCE AND PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Research Project Workshop

The workshop will take place on the 16^th of September. The exact Time and Location of the workshop will be announced in due course at the conference website. Please, register for the workshop, sending an email to Prof Hans Ruediger Kaufmann Kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy

Authors' Networking and Collaboration Workshop

Meet the Editors Session

In order to enhance our conference participants' network, every year we hold a Meet the Editors session. At this session, taking place during the conference, all Journal Editors, Associate Editors or Guest Editors who participate at the Conference present their journals to the Conference Participants. This also gives the opportunity to participants to network and meet with the editors and benefit from any publishing opportunities. For more information please contact Dr Yioula Melantiou melanthiou.y@unic.ac.cy

Doctoral Seminars

Doctoral Seminar on Mergers &Acquisitions

For more details, please visit conference website or email Prof. Yaakov Weber yweber@bezeqint.net or Dr. Shlomo Tarba tarba2003@gmail.com

Doctoral Seminar on Management

For more details, please visit the conference website or email Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr

Doctoral Seminar on Marketing

For more details, please, visit the conference website or email Prof. Demetris Vrontis (vrontis.d@unic.ac.cy) or Prof. Hans Ruediger Kaufmann (kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy).

Conference Venue – University of Verona, Verona, Italy

The 8^th EuroMed Conference will take place on the 16^th to 18^th of September 2015, at the University of Verona in Verona, Italy.

The present city of Verona derives from the roman city founded in the 1st century B.C. The roman origin of the city is testified by its architecture, urban planning, and by many historical buildings. Verona offers also many interesting places date back to Middle Ages. Verona was named in 2000 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Verona is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy. It has two main emblems: the Arena and the William Shakespeare's story of Romeo and Juliet. The Arena is an ancient roman amphitheater built in AD 30. It is the 3rd roman amphitheater in Italy with respect to the size. During summer, inside the Arena the famous festival of opera and many concerts are given. Verona is also the location chosen by William

Shakespeare for his story about the love between Romeo and Juliet.

The city and its province offer many interesting activities and places to tourists: churches, museums, amazing natural sites, famous wine regions, and attractive night life. It is also very near to attractive destinations like Venice, Dolomites, Milano (Expo 2015), and famous lakes.

For more information you can visit the following websites:

http://www.turismoverona.eu/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=35298&lang=en

http://www.tourism.verona.it/en

Conference Hotels

Attractive hotel rates for conference participants have been secured in some of the nicest hotels in Verona.

Details on accommodation options, pricing and booking instructions are available at http://www.euromed2015.com

Organized Excursions

A selection of attractive tours has been arranged for conference participants.

Day tours - Saturday 19^th of September 2015:

Garda lake tour
Historical Verona guided tour
Valpolicella tour with wine tasting experience

Please note that all tours have limited capacity are expected to be filled fast, hence, it is recommended to book your tour as soon as possible.

More details on tours will be available at http://www.euromed2015.com

Programme Tracks and Track Chairs:

Please indicate, on the first page of your manuscript, the track number for submission. Should you feel that your submission does not exactly fit in any of the tracks below please indicate General Track. For a more detailed description of the conference tracks please visit the conference website http://www.euromed2015.com.

1. Corporate Social Responsibility
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
1.	Managing and measuring CSR and sustainability	Dr Silvia Cantele, University of Verona silvia.cantele@univr.it
2.	Corporate Disclosure and Innovations	Prof. John Dumay, Macquarie University, Australia john.dumay@mq.edu.au Prof. Rosa Lombardi, University of Rome "Link Campus" r.lombardi@unilink.it

2. Cross – Cultural Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
3.	Cross-Cultural Management	Prof. Yaakov Weber, College of Management, Israel and EMRBI President yweber@bezeqint.net and Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos, TEI of Crete and EMRBI Vice President tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
4.	Intercultural Competence	Prof. Hans Ruediger Kaufmann, University of Nicosia and EMRBI Vice President kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy Dr Dolores Sanchez Bengoa, International Business School at Vilnius University, Lithuania sanchezl@cytanet.com.cy and Ms Englezou Maria, University of Gloucestershire maria.englezou@hotmail.com

3. Diversity and Conflict
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
5.	Managing Diversity and Promoting Collaboration in the Context of Conflict	Prof. Helena Desivilya Syna, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (YVC), ISRAEL desiv@yvc.ac.il
6.	Women's Voices at Top Management in the Era of Complexity	Prof. Helena Desivilya Syna, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (YVC), Israel desiv@yvc.ac.il and Prof. Michal Palgi, University of Haifa, Israel palgi@research.haifa.ac.il

4. Entrepreneurship
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
7.	Evaluating and Quantifying Entrepreneurship	Dr. Prabha Bhola, Rajendra Indian Institute of Technology prabha@see.iitkgp.ernet.in
8.	International entrepreneurship: Challenges in the 21st century	Dr Luísa Carvalho, Open University, Lisbon, Portugal luisam.carvalho@uab.pt
9.	Strategic Entrepreneurship	Prof. Renato Pereira, UAL and ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal pereiren@hotmail.com and Prof. Álvaro Lopes Dias, ISG, Lisbon, Portugal alvarodias@isg.pt

5. Finance
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
10.	Accounting, management accounting and auditing in ERP environments	Prof. Constantinos J. Stefanou, stefanou@acc.teithe.gr Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Prof. Charalambos Spathis, hspathis@econ.auth.gr Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
11.	Business Economics and Finance after the 2008 crash	Dr John Sorros sorros@unipi.gr University of Piraeus, Greece Dr Stavros E. Arvanitis starvan@staff.teicrete.gr Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece and Dr Theodoros V. Stamatopoulos stamth@staff.teicrete.gr Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
12.	New Fiscal and Monetary Policy trends in view of economic and currency reap	Dr Simona Mihai-Yiannaki, European University, Cyprus S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy
13.	Drivers of investors' risk tolerance under the behavioural finance perspective	Ms Georgia Mouzoura, University of Gloucestershire, UK georgiamouzoura@connect.glos.ac.uk and Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos, TEI of Crete, Greece and EMRBI tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
14.	Sustainable Growth and Development (environment, society and economy).	Dr Ruth Rios-Morales, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland ruthriosmorales@bluewin.ch
15.	Economy and Finance Reconsidered, Social and Solidarity Economy and common pool resources management	Prof. Bernard PARANQUE, Kedge Business School bernard.paranque@kedgebs.com

6. Innovation
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
16.	Creativity, innovation and global entrepreneurship	Dr Marios Trigkas, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, Greece mtrigkas@for.auth.gr Ms Karagouni Glykeria, karagg@teilar.gr and Prof. Ioannis Papadopoulos, papad@teilar.gr TEI of Larissa, Greece
17.	Creativity and Innovation in Teaching in Universities versus employability in the Euro-Mediterranean region	Dr Simona Mihai-Yiannaki, European University, Cyprus S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy
18.	Innovation and Start-ups	Prof. Manlio Del Giudice, University of Rome "Link Campus" m.delgiudice@unilink.it Prof. Stefano Fontana, University of Rome "La Sapienza" stefano.fontana@uniroma1.it Prof. Rosa Lombardi, University of Rome "Link Cam-pus" r.lombardi@unilink.it
19.	Innovation Strategy in the Family Business Phenomenon	Prof. Elisa Giacosa elisa.giacosa@unito.it Dr Stefano Bresciani stefano.bresciani@unito.it and Prof. Francesca Culasso francesca.culasso@unito.it University of Turin
20.	Innovation in corporate finance	Prof. Giusy Chesini University of Verona, Italy giusy.chesini@univr.it and Dr. Elisa Giaretta University of Verona, Italy elisa.giaretta@univr.it

7. International Business and Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
21.	International Business and Management	Dr Ziva Rozen-Bachar The Western Galilee College, Israel zivarozenb@gmail.com
22.	Supply Chain Management and Resilience	Prof. Martin Christopher, Cranfield University, UK m.g.christopher@cranfield.ac.uk and Dr Barbara Gaudenzi, University of Verona, Italy barbara.gaudenzi@univr.it
23.	Chinese Direct Investments in Europe	Prof. Bernd Britzelmaier, Pforzheim University bernd@britzelmaier.de
24.	Different organizations; different business process management methodologies for business values	Dr Ahmad Alibabaei Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences A.Alibabaei@sbmu.ac.ir
25.	Technology application management in banking	Prof. Saroj Kumar Datta VIT Business School, VIT University dattasaroj@gmail.com and Ms Sukanya Kundu Alliance Business School, Alliance University, Bangalore, India sk54015@gmail.com

8. Marketing
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
26.	Marketing: Theory and Practice	Prof. Demetris Vrontis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus and EMRBI President vrontis.d@unic.ac.cy
27.	International, Cross-cultural and Transnational Marketing	Dr Yioula Melanthiou melanthiou.y@unic.ac.cy University of Nicosia, Cyprus
28.	Consumer Brand Relationships	Prof. Hans Ruediger Kaufmann, University of Nicosia and EMRBI Kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy
29.	Consumer behaviour	Dr Ioanna Papasolomou papasolomou.i@unic.ac.cy and Dr Yioula Melanthiou melanthiou.y@unic.ac.cy University of Nicosia, Cyprus
30.	Modern marketing paradigm: A Combination of High-tech & Sustainable Marketing Strategy	Md. Shahriar Parvez, City University, Bangladesh msparvez_educator@yahoo.co.uk and Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, City University, Bangladesh fkpanni@yahoo.com
31.	Advertising Reinvented	Prof. Patrícia Dias* Catholic University of Portugal, pdias@fch.lisboa.ucp.pt and Dr. Inês Teixeira-Botelho Lusófona University, Portugal inesbotelho@hotmail.com *Corresponding track chair
32.	Innovative Practices in Services Marketing	Dr.Bhavesh Vanparia, Tolani Institute of Management Studies, Adipur-INDIA. bhavindh@gmail.com and Dr. Evangelos Tsoukatos, TEI of Crete - EuroMed Research Business Institute. tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
33.	Neuromarketing	Dr.Bhavesh Vanparia, Tolani Institute of Management Studies, Adipur-INDIA. bhavindh@gmail.com and Dr. Evangelos Tsoukatos, TEI of Crete - EuroMed Research Business Institute. tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
34.	The study of brand equity as a relationship between brand personality and consumer personality	Ms Irma Shyle, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania irmitash@yahoo.com
35.	Consumption culture	Dr Carmen Rodríguez Santos, University of León, Spain carmen.santos@unileon.es and Prof. Ruediger Kaufmann Hans, University of Nicosia and EMRBI Vice President kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy
36.	Brands and their stakeholders: loving and hating relationships in a dynamic environment	Prof. Sandra Loureiro, ISCTE-IUL-business school sandramloureiro@netcabo.pt

9. Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
37.	Organizational Behaviour: Theory, Cases and Practice	Prof. Peter Stokes* p.stokes@chester.ac.uk Dr Neil Moore, n.moore@chester.ac.uk Prof. Caroline Rowland c.rowland@chester.ac.uk, University of Chester, UK. and Mr. Peter Scott, Liverpool John Moores University, UK p.scott123@btinternet.com * corresponding track chair
38.	Human Resource Management	Dr Niki Kyriakidou Leeds Beckett University n.kyriakidou@leedsbeckett.ac.uk and Dr Crystal Zhang Coventry University c.zhang@coventry.ac.uk
39.	Challenges on sustainable employability and innovative HRD practices	Dr Niki Kyriakidou Leeds Beckett University n.kyriakidou@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
40.	Early Labour Market Careers and Competencies: Apprenticeships and Work-based Learning	Ms Teresa Torres-Coronas teresa.torres@urv.cat Dr Maria-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco mariaarantzazu.vidal@urv.cat Prof. Mario Arias-Oliva mario.arias@urv.cat Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

10. Public Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
41.	Public and Non-profit Management	Prof. Stephen Osborne, University of Edinburgh Stephen.Osborne@ed.ac.uk Dr. Salvatore Russo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice salvus@unive.it
42.	Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in administrative contracts. Regulations and managerial implications for New Public Management	Dr Antonios Maniatis, Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands, Greece maniatis@dikaio.gr

11. Strategic Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
43.	Strategic Management: Theory and Practice	Dr Shlomo Tarba, tarba2003@gmail.com The University of Sheffield, UK
44.	Dynamic Capabilities, Intellectual Capital and Intellectual Property Rights: past, present and future insights	Prof. Raffaele Trequattrini, trekraf@tiscali.it Dr Giuseppe Russo, giuseppe.russo@unicas.it Dr Rosa Lombardi, r.lombardi@unilink.it University of Rome and Dr Fabio Nappo, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio f.nappo@unicas.it
45.	Strategic options in a dynamic environment	Prof. Andrea Beretta Zanoni, University of Verona, andrea.berettazanoni@univr.it
46.	Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions	Dr Emanuel Gomes, E.Gomes@bham.ac.uk University of Birmingham, UK Dr Mohammad Faisal Ahammad Nottingham Business School mohammad.ahammad@ntu.ac.uk
47.	Cooperatives as an alternative economic model in the 21st century	Dr Sara Edom, Ashkelon Academic College Sara.edom@gmail.com
48.	Business Competitiveness Drivers in the Post Crisis Era	Prof. Fotini Psimarni-Voulgari, TEI of Crete, Greece fvoulgari@staff.teicrete.gr Dr Christos Lemonakis, Pancretan Bank, Greece Culemon2004@yahoo.gr

12. Tourism
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
49.	Tourism	Prof. Vitor Ambrósio, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal vitor.ambrosio@eshte.pt
50.	Web marketing in tourism destinations	Prof. Amedeo Maizza, University of Salento, Italy amedeo.maizza@unisalento.it
51.	The future of tourist destination competitiveness in a sustainable view	Dr Milena Viassone, University of Turin, Italy milena.viassone@unito.it
52.	Place Branding	Prof. Eugene D. Jaffe, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel eugenej@ruppin.ac.il

13. Wine, Food and Agribusiness Management
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
53.	Wine and Agribusiness	Prof. Stephen Charters Burgundy Business School, France, steve.charters@escdijon.eu Prof. Roberta Capitello University of Verona, Italy roberta.capitello@univr.it and Dr. Antonino Galati University of Palermo, Italy antonino.galati@unipa.it
54.	Agribusiness Economics & Management: Policy, Financing and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture	Dr Stamatis Aggelopoulos, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece stamagg@farm.teithe.gr
55.	Agribusiness in Rural Development	Dr Abu Zafar Mahmudul Haq, City University, Dhaka, Bangladesh zafarhaq34@gmail.com lamisa67@yahoo.com
56.	Food marketing and sustainability	Dr Riccardo Vecchio University of Naples Federico II Riccardo.vecchio@unina.it and Ms Azzurra Annunziata University of Naples Parthenope Azzurra.annunziata@uniparthenope.it
57.	Food and agriculture: shifting to a consumer-led model	Prof. Philippos Karipidis, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece philika@farm.teithe.gr and Dr Stamatis Aggelopoulos, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece stamagg@farm.teithe.gr
58.	Sustainable and Socially Responsible Food Supply Chains	Prof. Philippos Karipidis, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece philika@farm.teithe.gr and Dr Efthimia Tsakiridou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece efitsaki@auth.gr

14. General Tracks
	Track Title	Track Chair/Chairs
59.	Business Analytics	Prof. Saroj Kumar Datta VIT Business School, VIT University dattasaroj@gmail.com and Ms Sukanya Kundu Alliance Business School, Alliance University, Bangalore, India sk54015@gmail.com
60.	General Track	Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos, TEI of Crete, Greece and EMRBI VP of Operations and Development tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr