CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS

CASE METHOD

Research, Application, Case Writing, Interactive Methods

31th International Conference

Istanbul, Turkey

July 5 (arrival) – 10 (departure), 2014

 

Conference theme: “Joining Continents – Cultures – Ideas”

 

The case method can play an important role in solving problems and in teaching problem-solving in academia and in industry, as well as in initiating and managing change. This conference provides opportunities for participants to learn more about teaching using the case method and related instructional approaches in a variety of educational settings. Participants will have ample opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world with whom they can forge research partnerships. The conference solicits papers, cases and other contributions on teaching and research using cases, papers presenting  methods for using, writing and collecting information for  cases and papers discussing the underlying pedagogical and scientific bases. Papers and cases that address the following challenges of the conference theme are especially welcome

·    Bridge theory and practice.

·    Foster responsible, professional attitudes, values and personalities.

·    Develop authentic leaders for sustainable change in organizations and societies.

·    Promote ethical behavior to change organizational structures.

·    The story-telling aspect of cases as it relates to understanding and implementing successful change management,

·    Analysis innovation as basis for changes and environmental adaptation.

WACRA® conferences are interdisciplinary multinational forums for scholars in the disciplines and professional fields (such as business, communication, education, engineering, history, law, medicine, psychology, public policy, social work) and practitioners in business and industry, education and government.

Papers are solicited that analyze theory and practice using cases, simulations, videos and related instructional methods for problem solving, managing change and innovation. Priority will be given to papers that are interdisciplinary, international, and/or comparative. Papers reporting the application of cases in university and professional training programs in diverse settings and papers on the evaluation of the case method and its related forms for teaching and learning are encouraged. Contributions investigating challenges (and suggesting solutions) faced by business are also solicited.  Proposals for case writing & development and actual cases placed in diverse settings are invited, e.g. joint-cross-cultural cases. While a main focus of the WACRA conferences is on using cases for teaching and problem-solving, scholarly papers that report research using the case method are welcome.  WACRA is particularly interested in scholarly papers that enhance the understanding and collaboration between and among disciplines and international partners. The best paper/case are recognized.

Submissions should include  (1) a cover page including: title, name, affiliation, address, tel. & fax numbers and e-mail address of the author(s), (2) a proposal summary (not exceeding 4 pages), or the completed paper (not exceeding 12 pages). Download the manuscript guidelines from the WACRA web site below. The summary should state clearly the objectives, the frame­work, and the nature of the proposal and be responsive to the criteria used for review.  The name of the author(s) should not appear on the summary page to facilitate the blind peer review.

Receipt of all proposals/papers will be acknowledged and the results of the review will be send by e-mail. All proposals and papers are due on or before January 15, 2014.  Completed papers received prior to March 31, 2014 will be considered for publication in the refereed International Journal of Case Method Research & Application - IJCRA. Conference language is English with tracks in Spanish and French. Each registered delegate is invited to present up to 2 papers where s/he is a (co-) author, subject to space availability.

 

W A C R A®

WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CASE METHOD RESEARCH & APPLI­CA­TION

23 Mackintosh Ave NEEDHAM (BOSTON) MA 02492-1218 U.S.A.

Tel. +781-444-8982 hans.klein@wacra.org Fax: +781-444-1548

website   www.wacra.org

Conference Office: 3817 Tonsley Place High Point, NC 27265-9278 U.S.A.

Tel. +336-404-6256 Email denise.smith@wacra.org  Fax+336-307-3185

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS

 

First Call for Papers

Fifth Aalborg Conference

 

Finding Solutions to the New Challenges of Internationalization

DATES: 4 – 6 June 2014

 

VENUE: Comwell Rebild Bakke, Skørping near Aalborg, Denmark

 

Submission deadline: 31 March 2014

Registration Deadline: 15 May 2014

 

Full-length papers, work-in-progress papers, case studies, abstracts and suggestions for panel sessions relating to the international areas of Organization, Management, Marketing, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Banking, Business Ethics, Business Law, E-Business, Economics, Finance, Investment, Innovation, and all other areas pertaining to International Business are invited.

Submission, Review Process and Announcement of Acceptance

Please make all submissions by 31 March 2014. Please make your submissions before this deadline. The Conference website will accept submissions from 15 January 2014. All submissions will be double blind reviewed. The notice of acceptance will be provided by 30 April 2014.

Written Feedback and Publications Opportunity

Quality submissions will be considered for publication in internationally recognised peer reviewed journals, which will be announced at the conference website.

Awards and Conference Proceedings

Best paper award will be announced for both general submissions and those made by doctoral students. All submissions will be published in the refereed conference proceedings. Conference participants are encouraged to serve as session chairs. All participants will be issued participation certificates.

Further Information

For further information, please visit the webpage after 1 December 2013.  

 

Conference Contact Person:

Michael K. Simonsen

Department of Business and Management, International Business Centre at Aalborg University

Fibigerstræde 10, 9220 Aalborg Ø, DK

Room: 4-17

Phone:   +45 99 40 8432

E-mail:  mks@business.aau.dk

 

Conference Chairs: Professor Marin A. Marinov and Professor Olav Jull Sørensen

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.

                                             
Corporate Social Responsibility in African Nations
Deadline for Abstracts: 1st January, 2014
Editors:
Samuel O Idowu, London Metropolitan University, UK
Stephen Vertigans, Robert Gordon University, UK
Matthias S. Fifka, University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
Description
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a topic of increasing importance in recent years – in business, politics, and academia alike. Issues relating to CSR are discussed, researched and propagated in all economies around the globe. In the context of this global development, Europe has taken a leading position when it comes to the promotion and implementation of CSR. Several stakeholder groups, non-governmental organisations, governments and international organisations have given credence to the importance of CSR globally.The communication issued by the European Union in October, 2011, for instance, clearly reflects the importance attributed to CSR on the political level: “Through CSR, enterprises can significantly contribute to the European Union’s treaty objectives of sustainable development and a highly competitive social market economy. CSR underpins the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth […].” Despite the initiative taken, there are strong indications that CSR differs considerably across the countries and continents of the world, as several studies have shown (KPMG, 2011; Fifka, 2013). Political and socio-economic factors clearly influence the development, understanding, and implementation of CSR. In Africa, especially political and economic conditions have not been beneficial for a rapid evolution of CSR, but some countries display an increasing interest for the topic, and several early studies have been conducted (Dawkins and Ngunjiri, 2008; Mitchell and Hill, 2009; Whaba, 2010). Thus, it is important to understand how African countries are faring in their perception, integration and practice of CSR. This is the motivation for us to consolidate in a single book how CSR is evolving and being practiced in African countries. We seek original contributions that describe and explain the facets of CSR in each country in Africa. The book will increase our knowledge and shed conceptual, theoretical and practical lights on CSR across Africa.
The submission should address the following issues for the respective country:
- historical development of CSR
- political handling and initiatives that promote CSR
- socio-economic factors that influence CSR (e.g., market structures, strength of civil society or unions, role of the government, media pressure, etc.)
- the practice of CSR by businesses, e.g.,
o understanding/focus areas
o strategic integration
o difference between SME and large businesses
o motives for pursuing CSR
o perceived barriers
o adherence to standards
- future prospective
Contributions
Contributors should be broadly familiar with various aspects of CSR in the country where they reside or come from. Each of the Chapters should be about 7,000 words.
Schedule
Main deadlines:
• 1st January 2014: Deadline for abstracts (max. 300 words)
• 31st January 2014: Notification of acceptance of contributions
• 1st June 2014: D e a d l i n e for full paper (max. 7,000 words)
• 1st August. 2014: Reviewers feedback
• 1st November 2014 Final revised contribution
All papers shall be peer-reviewed by contributors. The submission deadline for initial expressions of interest in the form of abstracts of approximately 300 words is Wednesday 1st January 2014. Abstracts should be sent as e-mail attachments to any of the three Editors: Samuel O Idowu, s.idowu@londonmet.ac.uk; Matthias S.Fifka, mail@matthias-fifka.de; Rene Schmidpeter, rene.schmidpeter@gmx.at; and
Stephen Vertigans s.vertigans@rgu.ac.uk
                          The book will be published by a major European publishing company.

                            

                                     

This article appeared in a book entittled Effective Human Resources Management in Small and Medium
Enterprises:Global Perspectives edited by Prof Carolina Machado and Pedro Melo, Published by IGI Global, Pennsylvania.

How SMEs in Car Maintenance Services Industry Recruit Employees from the Dense Forest of Hopeless Unemployed Youths: Case Study of Two Selected Cities in Tanzania

 Felix Adamu Nandonde

Aalborg University, Denmark
and

Pamela John Liana

Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania

Abstract

There is a general consensus among scholars that the HR practices by corporate companies cannot be imitated by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Though it is a neglected sector, SMEs in Tanzania is considered to be a major contributor to the national economy in terms of tax payment and job creation. Using a case study, this chapter investigates human resource practices in the recruitment process among the SMEs in a car maintenance sub sector.

The nature of doing business is more informal whereby a customer can bring a car at the garage and the technicians work on the car without bargaining for the cot of the work. Accordingly, there have usually been complaints from customers regarding over charging for the services offered and lack of trust among technicians, especially on matters relating to falsification on spare parts. In addressing this problem, garage owners have to make sure that they employ people with good character and trustworthy; those who cannot temper with customers’ property and tarnish the image and reputation of the company.

http://www.igi-global.com/book/effective-human-resources-management-small/78248

Analysis of Women Small Scale Entrepreneurs Practices during Business Negotiations in Tanzania Agribusiness

 

Felix Adamu Nandonde¹ and Pamela John Liana²

¹Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

 

²Faculty of Business Management, the Open University of Tanzania, Morogoro  Region Centre

 

 

 

Abstract

There is a growing interest in the women participation in business ventures the Africa. The move has seen huge endorsements of capital from donors, governments and private sector to entrepreneurial development among women. Despite these efforts business growth among women entrepreneurs   seems to be slower than is the case with their male counter parts. Studies that have so far been conducted in Africa have been focusing much on emancipating women from various social cultural and economic barriers. Therefore few such studies for instance Kibanja and Munene (2009) focused in business negotiations. Negotiation is very important in business success. This chapter explores women entrepreneurs’ business negotiations practices in Tanzania agribusiness. Study used descriptive analysis and data were analysed by using the Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS).

This paper was presented at the 3rd African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) in conjuction with the 18th Makerere University Business School's Annual International Management COnference (AIMC) in Kampala from 4th-6th September, 2013 at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre Munyonyo.

 

 

 

 

Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility as Implemented by SMEs in Tanzania: The Case of the Hotel Industry

FA Nandonde

Abstract

Since Tanzania embarked on private sector reforms that started in mid 1990s, the country experienced a growth of entrepreneurs in the hotel and hospitality industry. While entrepreneurs in the hotel industry form a major part of the booming tourism industry and contribute significantly to economic growth, their potential is being undermined by an unorthodox business practices such as overpricing and provision of substandard services. However, this does not mean they are not participating in corporate social responsibility such as providing food to the needy and supporting people faced with natural calamities such as floods. Despite the growing interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and initiatives of entrepreneurs, little attention has been paid to these small scale entrepreneurs in developing countries such as Tanzania. The purpose of this paper is to understand corporate social responsibility (CSR) implemented by entrepreneurs in the hotel industry in Tanzania. This paper is intended to fill the gaps in the literature of the CSR implemented by entrepreneurs in developing countries. The data were collected in Morogoro and Dar-es-Salaam from October 2011 to January 2012. Samples of 156 respondents were recruited for the study and included managers, owners and managing directors of these hotels. Quantitative approach was employed and a questionnaire was used for data collection. A 37-item, five point Likert scaled questionnaire was administered to 156 respondents. SPSS window 16.0 was employed for data analysis. Cronbach α was used to measure scale reliability and communality to test the suitability of the elements used. The findings reveal six strong factors:, supporting sport, supporting community, environmental concern, cultural events, supporting elder people, and fund raising. The study shows that entrepreneurs in hotel industry in Tanzania paid attention to CSR as capital assets to win the confidence of communities in their business operations.

Key words: Corporate Social Responsibility, entrepreneurs

 

This article published by JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH

follow this link: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jbr/article/view/94072



Article in a journal

Nandonde, F., A. (2012). Consumers’ attitude towards Fairtrade coffee in the UK. DBA Africa Management Review, 2(2)
follow the link:  http://journals.uonbi.ac.ke/damr/issue/view/139

Some Journal Article:

Nandonde, F. A. (2012). Consumer's reaction towards involvement of large retailers on selling fair trade coffee: case of the UK. Ethiopian Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 2, No.2, pp.66-93

UJASIRIAMALI

washiriki wa semina ya wiki mbili ya ujasiriamali, iliyoandaliwa na AICAD na kufanyika katika CHUO KIKUU CHA KILIMO CHA SOKOINE (SUA) mkoani MOROGORO, ICE. Mafunzo yalianza tarehe 7/01/-19/01/2013