Conference Tracks included but not limited to:
- HRM and Cross Cultural Study: Strategic HRM/ Strategic International HRM/ Cross- Cultural Management of HR/ Human Resource Development/ HRM-Performance Linkage/ Talent Management/ Quality of Work Life/ Labour Productivity/ Labour Relations/ Unionism/ Reward and Performance/ Multi Cultural Work Teams/ Careers/ Cross-national Diversity/ Employment system/; Expatriates/ Foreign assignment/; Global mindsets/ Global leader competencies/ HRM strategies and practices across countries/ Intra-national Diversity/ Multicultural work teams/ War for talent.
- MNCs and International Business: Adaptation to local contexts/ Entry strategy/ Global networks of operations/ Institutional perspectives on FDI/ Interactions between foreign-owned and indigenous firms/ Internalization theory/ Internationalization processes/ Local linkages; FDI; strategy/ MNE theory/ MNEs and local economic development/ Global-Multi-domestic- International-Transnational Strategies/ International joint ventures and alliances/ Social capital/ Parent-subsidiary relationships/Transnational-Meta-national-Geographic Location/ Regional- Local embeddedness/Power- Influence/ Competitive advantage- disadvantages of MNCs/ Competition and Performance management.
- Organizational Leadership and Change: Public Relation Management/ Organizational Change and Development/ Challenges of Organizations/ Organizational and Individual Behaviour/ Logistics management/ Tourism Management/ Leadership/ Changing Business Environments/ Organization and Information Technology/ Corporate Performance/ Group and work Teams/ Virtual Organizations/ Decision Making/ Competitiveness/ Organization-Configuratio-Structure Systems/ Culture/ Network/; Teams/ Autonomy- Control/ Coordination/ R&D- Innovation/ Learning/ Capability/ Evolution/ Communication/ Strategic Management/ Global Strategy/ Competitiveness of Firms/ Competitive Advantages/ Proactive and Risk Bearing Behaviour/
- SMEs, and Entrepreneurship: National-International SME/new ventures-incubation/ Global start-ups/International entrepreneurship/Early internationalization/ Rapid internationalization; strategy for SMEs; Exporting-Importing by SMEs/ SMEs versus large MNEs/ Globalization and SMEs/ Advanced technologies and SMEs/ Economic geography and location for SMEs/ value chain organization and configuration/ Offshoring- Outsourcing/ National and regional innovation systems. Young and Women Entrepreneurship/ Family Business.
- Innovation and Knowledge Management: Innovation/ Organizational Learning/ Exploration vs. Exploitation/ Knowledge Strategies/ Global and Local Knowledge/ Knowledge Seeking- Search- Access- Creation- Acquisition- Sharing- Exchange-, Transfer/ Governance Mechanism/ Knowledge Productivity and Spillovers/ Intra-firm and inter-firm networks for innovation/ MNCs and global innovation- regional innovation systems/ Internationalization of R&D/ Learning across borders/ Learning alliances/ Reverse knowledge transfer.
- Economics, Finance and Accounts: Bailout/ Capital market developmen/ Capital structure/ Comparative accounting systems and practice/ Cost of capital/ Ownership structure/ Corporate performance/ Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)/ Cross-border M&As/ Institutional investors/ Current account adjustment/ Econometrics/ Economic theor/; Exchange rate exposure/ Exporting-Importing/ International macroeconomics/ Financial risk management/ Fiscal policy/ Foreign portfolio investment/ Game theory/ Government intervention/ International accounting-asset pricing-cross-listin/ International economics-finance and taxation/ financial integration-reporting/ Economic development/ International investment-migration-trade flows/ Mergers and acquisitions/ Monetary policy/Policy coordination/ Quantitative research methods/ Short-term capital movements/Trade environment/ Transfer pricing/ WTO.
- Marketing Management:Market orientation/ Branding/ Advertisement/ New product development/ Global logistics/ Cross-border marketing activities/ Multinational marketing operations/ Operations management/ Buyer behavior/ Buyer-Supplier relations/ distribution and supply chain management/ service marketing/ pricing strategies/ integrated marketing communication/ national-international retailing/ green marketing/ quality and ethical sourcing/ customer relation management.
- Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Partnership/ Business and Legislations/ Accountability and Transparency/ Corporate Governance/ Business and environment/ Business-government interaction/ Corporate political strategy/ Civil society/ International legal domain/ Triple bottom line/ Environment and strategy/ Green management/ White collar-crime/ Corporate corruption/ Corporate values/ Bottom of the pyramid/ Ethics and codes of conduct.
- Doing Business in Hydro-power
- Doing Business in Tourism and Hospitality
- Doing Business in Higher Education
- Business in Computer and Information Technology
- Doing Business in Herbs and Natural Resources