MUBS 23rd Annual International Management Conference (AIMC) Call For Papers
Date: September 11-14, 2018
Hosted by:
Makerere University Business School, Kampala - Uganda
VENUE: MBARARA,UGANDA
Deadline for submission of papers: June 20, 2018
The 23rd Annual International Management
Conference provides an important forum for interaction of different ideas in
business and management between the academician, researchers, government and
practitioners. It enhances the understanding of all functional areas of
business and management. This conference offers an outlet for high quality
refereed research on all aspects of business and management.
The theme of the conference is: THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Track 1: Finance, Insurance & Banking in Emerging
Markets
Behavioural Finance
§ Capital
Market Pricing and Microstructure
§ Risk
management and Asset financing
§ Debt
and Credit Rating
§ Cost
of Capital and financing
§ Financial
Distress and Crisis
§ Bank
Efficiency and Stress Tests
§ Islamic
Banking
§ Infrastructure
and Project Finance
§ Microfinance
§ Insurance
and innovations
§ Development
finance
§ Real
estate finance and management
Track 2: Accounting, Taxation and Auditing
Accounting Challenges – Strategic
Accounting
§ Creative
Accounting and Earnings Management
§ Financial
Reporting
§ Auditing
§ Taxation
§ Corporate
Governance
§ Behavioural
Accounting
§ Public
Sector Accounting
§ Accounting
Information System
§ Accounting
Standards and Regulation
§ Globalization
and Accounting Practices
§ New
and Emerging Roles for Accountants
§ International
Accounting Research, Education, and Practice
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| Conference activities will include Doctoral Symposium, Academic Conference and a Business Forum |
Track 3: Information Management
§ Business
Information Management
§ Information
Forensic for Business
§ Knowledge
Management and Business Intelligence
§ Human
Information Processing
§ IS
Management and Governance
§ Social
Media Research
§ E-
Business & E- Government Issues, Trends and Case Studies
§ Innovation
and Competitive Advantage in IS
§ Contemporary
Issues in developing countries
Track 4: Governance, Leadership & Public
Administration
Leadership Traits in a Dynamic World
§ Business
Negotiations
§ Leadership
Performance and Management Development
§ Social
Governance
§ Regulatory
and Business Change
§ Public
– Private Partnerships
§ New
Public Management and Economic Transformation
§ Performance
management
Track 5: Marketing and Tourism
§ Consumer
Behaviour
§ Technology
& marketing
§ Public
sector Marketing
§ Ethics
in Marketing
§ Services
Marketing
§ Management
of R&D and Products
§ Environmental
marketing
§ Tourism
management
§ Hospitality
management ( demand & supply issues)
§ Corporate
Social Responsibility
Track 6: Energy & Economics
Creating Optional Incentives for an
Economy
 |
| There will be an excursion to Queen Elizabeth National Park |
§ International
Trade and Economic Development
§ Health
Economics
§ Economics
Sustainability of SMEs
§ The
Role of Cloud Economy in Developing Countries
§ Energy
Production in The Innovation Economy
§ Renewable
Energy
§ Sustainability
and Economic Policy
Track 7: Operation Research, Procurement,
Logistics and Supply Chain
§ Operations
Research/Optimization Models (Transportation, assignment, queuing, networks,
linear programming etc.)
§ Operations
Management
§ Public
and private procurement
§ Innovations
in procurement
§ Public
private partnerships
§ Transportation
and logistics management
§ New
Producer Development
§ Supply
Chain Integration
§ Modern
Operations Practices
§ Behavioural
Operations Management
§ Managing
Innovations
§ Supply
Chain Management and Logistic
§ Technology
and Operational Management
§ Total
Quality Management emerging Issues
§ Strategies
for Managing Supply Chains
Track 8: Management -
• Work,
Culture & Organizations
• Managing
Diversity in Business
• Intellectual
Property Strategy & Management
• Project
Management
• Human
Resource Management emerging Issues
• Contemporary
Workforce
• Management
in a Global Context
• Culture
and Creative Industries
• Power
& Politics in academic institutions
• Strategic
Management Contemporary Issues
• Business
sustainability
• Crisis
and conflict management
• Organizational
Transformation
• HR
Models
Track 9: Legal Issues in Business in Emerging
Markets
• Money
laundering
• Corporate
governance Business Associations
• Employment
and Labour regulations
• Taxation,
banking and insurance regulations
• Regulatory
issues in banking, finance, microfinance and investment Track 10:
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and New firm development
• Theorizing
in entrepreneurship research
• Entrepreneurship
Research and context
• Small
and new firm growth
• Entrepreneurship
and poverty
• The
Dark side of entrepreneurship, informality and rent seeking
• Entrepreneurial
Pasion
• Individual
opportunity nexus
• Entrepreneurial
Innovation and inclusivity
• Social
and sustainable entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial
teams and Incubation
• Returnee,
Transnational, Diaspora and Immigrant entrepreneurship
Panel
Discussions at the Conference
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| Prof. Yunus Mohammed, Grameen Bank will be one of the Chief Panelists |
Topic 2: Current Issues in the Accountability Sector
in Africa
Topic 3: Public Private Partnership and Development
Impact
Scientific Committee
Dr. Rachel. Mindra. K.
Dr. Twaaha Kawaase
Prof. Waswa Balunywa
Prof. Peter Rosa
Ms.Rebecca Namatovu
Ms. Waliya Gwokyalya
Dr. Anthony Kakooza
Assoc. Prof. Laura Orobia
Dr. Joseph Kizito Bada
Assoc. Prof. Muhammed Ngoma
Assoc. Prof. Vincent Bagire
Assoc. Prof. Moses Muhwezi
Dr. Rogers Matama
Dr. N. Rudaherwana
Prof. Pascal Ngoboka
Dr. Annet Nabatanzi
Dr. Timothy Esemu
Dr. Isaac Magoola
Dr. Ernest Abaho
Paper submission
The expected paper submissions should be related to the sub-themes under a specific track and authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work at the conference in September 11-14, 2018Welcome to the 23rd Annual International Management Conference in Mbarara, Uganda.
Conference Contacts
For correspondence and inquiry, pleaase contact the Conference Chair or Coordinator via:
Makerere University Business School, Plot 21A, Portbell Road P.O. Box, 1337, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256-414-338112: Fax +256-414-505921 Email: 23aimc@mubs.ac.ug; aserina@mubs.ac.ug Website: www.23aimc.mubs.ac.ug
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