CONGRESS CO-CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF HAAGA-HELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Dr. Ritva Laakso-Manninen, President, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Ratapihantie 13 FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, Tel. + 358 50 364 7839, E-Mail: ritva.laakso-manninen@haaga-helia.fi
Ritva Laakso-Manninen will attend to all local details, including keynote speakers, local business panels, handles special awards, recruitment of local participation from Helsinki, and the surrounding regions, social activities, receptions, and fundraising activities in Finland.
CONGRESS CO-CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF IMDA
Dr. Ajay K. Manrai, Department of Business Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA, Tel: (302) 831-1770, Fax: (302) 831-4196, E-mail: manraia@udel.edu
CONGRESS PROGRAM CO-CHAIR, PROCEEDINGS CO-EDITOR AND IMDA EXECUTIVE V.P AND DIRECTOR
Dr. Erdener Kaynak, School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, USA, Tel: (717) 566-3054, Fax: (717) 566-1191, E-mail: ek9@comcast.net
Erdener co-edits the congress proceedings, including assuring that authors have registered for the congress, verifying that reviewer feedback has been incorporated into final version of the papers, checking to see that the guidelines have been followed, and coordinating the arrangement of the manuscripts with the program of the congress. He is responsible for congress registration, publicity, and preparing awards, and assists with the development of the congress program. He also assists in the publication of the congress proceedings and subsequent book and special journal issue publication efforts.
CONGRESS PROGRAM CO-CHAIR AND IMDA VICE-PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS AND PRESIDENT ELECT
Dr. Kip Becker, Chair, Department of Administrative Sciences, Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA, Tel: (617) 353-3016, Fax: (617) 353-6840, E-mail: kbecker@bu.edu
Kip Becker assists in the development of the Congress program, presides over the plenary sessions, and handles special awards and presentations. Together with Dr. Ajay Manrai he will co-chair Doctoral Research Symposium. They will also develop special panels and sessions with participation of Congress Track Co-chairs. Contact Kip directly for information concerning IMDA Global Network or learning more about the IMDA World Business Congresses and how an institution can co-sponsor it at a future date.
Submit your papers to one of the most appropriate track co-chairs. If in doubt, please submit it to the last track.
1. Global Human Resources Management and Organizational Development: Dr. John A. Pearce II, VSB Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, School of Business, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA, Tel: (610) 519-4332, Fax: (610) 519-6566, E-mail: john.pearce@villanova.edu and Dr. John E. Spillan, School of Business, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University Blvd, Pembroke, NC 28372, USA, Tel: (910) 775-4357, Fax: (910) 420-2486, E-mail: john.spillan@uncp.edu
2. Global Information and Technology Management: Dr. Kip Becker, Chair, Department of Administrative Sciences, Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA, Tel: (617) 353-3016, Fax: (617) 353- 840, E-mail: kbecker@bu.edu, and Dr. Fahri Unsal, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850, Tel: 607-257-2117, Fax: 607-274-1152, E-mail: unsal@ithaca.edu
3. Global Business Education: Dr. Berrin Guner, Department of Marketing, William G. Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA, Tel: (856) 256-4029, Fax: (856) 256-4439, E-mail: guner@rowan.edu and Dr. Agnieszka Skuza, Department of Product Marketing, Poznan University of Economics, Al. Niepodleglosci 10, 61-875 Poznan, Poland, Tel: +48-61-8569452, Fax: +48-61-8569434, E-mail: agnieszka.skuza@ue.poznan.pl
4. Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Strategies: Dr. Abbas Ali, School of Management, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705-1071, USA, Tel: (724) 357-5759, Fax: (724) 357-5743, E-mail: aaali@iup.edu and Dr. Makarand Gulawani, Grant MacEwan University, School of Business, City Center Campus, Rm 5-252F, 10700 – 104 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5J 4S2, Tel: +780-633-3635, +780-497-4666, E-mail: gulawanim@macewan.ca
5. Global Marketing Management and Business Strategies: Dr. Ian Phau, School of Marketing, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, Tel: +61-8-92664014, Fax: +61-8-92663937, E-mail: ian.phau@cbs.curtin.edu.au and Dr. Rajagopal, EGADE Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ITESM, 222 calle del Puente, Col. Ejidos de Huipulco, Tlalpan 14380 DF, Mexico, Tel: +52 55 5483 2020 ext. 2221, Fax: +52 55 5483 1763, E-mail: rajagopal@itesm.mx
6. Global Tourism Development and Hospitality Management: Dr. Luiz Moutinho, Foundation Chair, Department of Management, University of Glasgow, West Quadrangle, Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom, Tel: +44-141-3306696, Fax: +44-141-3305669, E-mail: moutinho@lbss.gla.ac.uk and Dr. Mihaela S. Dinu, School of Domestic and International Tourism, Romanian American University, Bucharest,Romania, Tel: +40-744—480176, Fax: +40-21-2235930, E-mail: mihaeladinu2003@yahoo.com
7. Cross-Cultural Marketing Communications: Dr. Jari Luomakoski, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki, FI – 00520 Finland, Tel: +358 40 488 7537, E-mail: jari.luomakoski@haaga-helia.fi and Dr. Noel Murray, Director, Schmid Center for International Business, Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University,1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USA, Tel: (714) 997-6835, Fax: (714) 628-7253, E-mail: nmurray@chapman.edu
8. Global Business in the Middle and Near East: Dr. A. Ben Oumlil, Ancell School of Business, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810, USA, Tel: (203) 837-8777, E-mail: oumlila@wcsu.edu and Dr. Mehmet Haluk Koksal, Suliman Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: +961-1-352700, Ext.3733,
Fax: +961-1-750214, E-mail: haluk.koksal@gmail.com
9. Global Business in South East Asia, Australia, and Pacific Region: Dr. Jung-Wan Lee, Department of Administrative Sciences, Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA, Tel: (617) 353-6000, Fax: (617) 353-6840, E-mail: jwlee1119@yahoo.com and Dr. My-Van Tran, School of International Studies, University of South Australia, St. Bernards Road,
Magill, South Australia 5072, Australia, Tel: +61-8-83024321, Fax: +61-8-83024396, E-mail: my-van.tran@unisa.edu.au
10. Business in Transitional Economies: Dr. Jan Napoleon Saykiewicz, Palumbo School of Business, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, Tel: (412) 396-6234, Fax: (412) 396-4764, E-mail: saykiewicz@duq.edu and Dr. Jan Nowak, Graduate School of Business, Central European University, Frankel Leo ut 30-34, 1023 Budapest, Hungary, Tel: +36-1-8875058, Fax: +36-1-8875005, E-mail: Nowakj@ceubusiness.org
11. Global Business in Europe: Dr. John Hill, Management/Marketing Department, Box 870225, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0225, USA, Tel: (205) 348-6103, Fax: (205) 348-6695, E-mail: jhill@cba.ua.edu and Dr. Leon Zurawicki, College of Management, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA 02110, USA, Tel: (617) 287-7735, E-mail: leon.zurawicki@umb.edu
12. Global Production, Operations Management, and Services: Dr. Michael Etgar, Center for Academic Studies, 11 Beit Tzury Road, Tel Aviv 69122, Israel, Tel: +972-3-6411129, Fax: +972-3-6427219, E-mail: etgar5@bezeqint.net and Dr. Sahavet Gurdal, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Marmara University, Ressam Namik Ismail Sokak, No.1, Bahcelievler, 34590 Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90-212-5079925, Fax: +90-212-5539561, E-mail: sgurdal@marmara.edu.tr
13. Global Competition Policy and Corporate Strategy: Dr. Piotr Bula, Director, Cracow School of Business, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka Street 27, 31-510 Krakow, Poland, tel: +48-12-2935568, Fax: +48-12-2935525, E-mail:piotr.bula@uek.krakow.pl and Dr. Nikolai Wasilewski, The Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University, 6100 Center Drive, Suite 458, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA, Tel: (310) 568-5743, Fax: (310) 320-4205, E-mail: nikolai.wasilewski@pepperdine.edu
14. Value Creation and Customer Relationship Management: Dr. Shaukat Ali, University of Wolverhampton Business School, MN Building, Nursery Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1AD United Kingdom, Tel: +44-1902-323940, Fax: +44-1902-323955, E-mail: shaukat@wlv.ac.uk and Dr. Mario Passos Ascencao, Principal Lecturer, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki, FI – 00520 Finland, Tel: +358 40 488 7203, E-mail: Mariopassos.Ascencao@haaga-helia.fi
15. Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior and Comparative Marketing Systems: Dr. Ajay K. Manrai, Faculty Director Professional MBA Programs, Department of Business Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA, Tel: (302) 831-1770, Fax: (302) 831-4196, E-mail: manraia@udel.edu and Dr. Dana Lascu, Department of Marketing, The Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173, USA, Tel: (804)289-8586, Fax: (804)289-8878, E-mail: dlascu@richmond.edu
16. Global Management Development and Corporate Governance: Dr. Johanna Vuori, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki, FI – 00520 Finland, Tel: +358 50 310 4011, E-mail: johanna.vuori@haaga-helia.fi and Tugba Kalafatoglu, ESADE Business School, Av. De la Torre Blanca, 59 E-08172 Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain, Tel: +34-678-873874,
E-mail: tugba@tugbakalafatoglu.com
17. Enterprise Development Strategies in the Global Economy: Dr. Joanne S.H. Chan, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Av. Padre Tomas Pereira S.J. Taipa, Macau, Tel: +853-83974749, Fax: +853-28838320, E-mail: joannec@umac.mo and Dr. Sanullah Ansari, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: +92-51-4863363, Fax: +92-51-4863367, E-mail: sanaullah@szabist-isb.edu.pk
18. Accounting, Risk Management and Finance in Global Context: Dr. Simon K. M. Mak, Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Che Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Tel: +852-27887957, Fax: +852-27887220, E-mail: mgsimak@cityu.edu.hk and Dr. Gyongyi Bugar, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pecs, H-7622, Pecs, Rakoczi ut 80, Hungary, Tel: +36-72-5599, Ext.3289, Fax: +36-72-501533, E-mail: Bugar@ktk.pte.hu
19. Global Business in Russian Federation, Eastern /Central Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States: Dr. Andrey G. Medvedev, Graduate School of Management, Volkhovsky Pereulok, 3, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia, E-mail: amedvedev@gsom.pu.ru and Dr. Anatoly Zhuplev, Hilton Center for Business, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, MS 8385, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA, Tel: (310) 338-7414, Fax: (310) 338-3000, E-mail: azhuplev@lmu.edu
20. Global Business Case Studies: Dr. Claude Cellich, Vice-President for External Relations, International University in Geneva, 20 Rte de Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland, Tel: +41-22-7107117, Fax: +41-22-7107111, E-mail: ccellich@iun.ch and Dr. Murat Akpinar, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jayakatu 35, 40200 Jyvaskyla, Finland, Tel: +358-400924664, Fax: +358-144499694,
E-mail: murat.akpinar@jamk.fi
21. Innovation and Technology Management: Dr. Barry Unger, Department of Administrative Scincee, Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA, Tel: (617) 353-0940, Fax: (617) 353-6840, E-mail: unger@bu.edu and Dr. Svetla Marinova, Aalborg University, Fibigerstræde 2, 78, 9220, Aalborg Ø Denmark, Tel:+9940 8227, E-mail: svetla@business.aau.dk
22. Global Economics, Capital Markets and Finance: Dr. Erdal Atukeren, ETH Zurich, KOF – Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research, Weinbergstrasse 35, WEH C12, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland, Tel: +41-44-6324683, Fax: +41-44-6321218, E-mail: atukeren@kof.ethz.ch and Dr. Anand Krishnamoorthy, Department of Management, Troy University, Atlantic Region, P.O. Box 1032, Ft. Myer, VA 22211, USA, Tel: (703) 769-7810, Fax: (703) 525-5844, E-mail: akrishnamoorthy@troy.edu
23. Multinational Enterprises and Entry Strategies: Dr. Emin Akcaoglu, Department of International Trade and Investment, Izmir University of Economics, Sakarya Caddesi 156. 35330 Balcova, Turkey, Tel: +90-232-4889862, Fax: +90-232-2792626, E-mail: emin.akcaoglu@ieu.edu.tr and Dr. Hong Liu, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Booth Street West, Manchester M15 6PB, United Kingdom, Tel: +44-161-2756351, E-mail: hong.liu@mbs.ac.uk
24. Business Strategies in Emerging Markets: Dr. Ali M. Shah, The Business School, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar 190006, India, Tel: +91-194-2420570, Fax: +91-194-2423081, E-mail: shahali55@gmail.com and Dr. Marina Dabic, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, J.F. Kennedy Square 6, Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: +385-1-2383-333, Fax: +385-1-2332-618, E-mail: mdabic@efzg.hr
25. Global Business in Africa: Dr. Frederic Jallat, European Business School, 79, avenue de la Republique, 75543 Paris Cedex 11, France, Tel: +33-1-49232251, Fax: +39-1-49232248, E-mail: jallat@escpeurope.eu and Dr.Rotimi W. Olatunji, Department of Public Relations & Advertising, School of Communication, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria, Tel: +234-803-34716840,
E-mail: rotimiolatunji@yahoo.com
26. Marketing Channels, Distribution Systems, and Supply Chain Management: Dr. Bert Rosenbloom, Rauth Chair Professor of Marketing Management, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, 32nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Tel: (215) 895-6992, Fax: (215) 895-6975, E-mail: rosenblb@drexel.edu and Dr. A.N.M. Waheeduzzaman, College of Business, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, Texas 78412, USA, Tel: (361) 825-6014, Fax: ((361) 825-5609, E-mail: waheed@tamucc.edu
27. Nordic Business: Dr. Anu Moisio, Program Manager, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki, FI-00520, Finland, Tel: +358-40-544-7424, E-mail: anu.moisio@haaga-helia.fi and Dr. Zsuzsanna Vincze, Umea School of Business, Umea University, Se-901 87 Umea, Sweden, Tel: +46-90-7866680, Fax: +46-90-7869995, E-mail: Zsuzsanna.vincze@usbe.umu.se
28. Global Business (Misc.): If your paper does not fit any of the above tracks, send your paper to either Dr. Erdener Kaynak, School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, 777 W Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, USA, Tel: (717) 948-6343, Fax: (717) 948-6456, E-mail: k9x@psu.edu or Dr. Talha D. Harcar, Department of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at Beaver, 100 University Dr, Monaca, PA 15061,USA, Tel:(724) 773-3892, Fax: (724) 773-3557,E-mail tdh13@psu.edu
CONGRESS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR IN FINLAND
Dr. Gerard Danford, Business and Information Systems, Haaga-Helia, Ratapihantie 13, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, Tel:+358-9-148901, Fax: +358-9-22965310, E-mail: Gerard.Danford@haaga-helia.fi
Gerard Danford will be responsible for all of the on-site details in preparation for the congress. During the congress, he will assist in making all program and local arrangements decisions and provide supervision to the Local Arrangements Committee. He will also oversee the smooth handling of the congresss arrangements. Visa related queries must also be made to him.
CONGRESS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR IN THE USA
Dr. Talha D. Harcar, Department of Business Administration, Penn State University at Beaver, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, USA, Tel: (724) 773-3892, Cellular: (724) 561-8787, Fax: (724) 773-3557, E-mail: tdh13@psu.edu
Talha Harcar co-edits the Congress proceedings and will be responsible for finalizing both the congress program and the proceedings. He will contact contributors to make it sure that their papers comply with the proceedings style guidelines and the papers are scheduled for presentation at appropriate times. He will also form relationships with Finnish Local Arrangements Chair and Congress and Program Co-chairs.