Three types of papers are acceptable for consideration: refereed, work‑in‑progress, and special session/panel papers. There will be a doctoral research symposium in the afternoon of Thursday, July 5, 2012, for which we only require a five-page abstract. Doctoral research symposium proposals must be submitted to either to Dr. Ajay K. Manrai at manraia@udel.edu or Dr. Kip Becker at kbecker@bu.edu by June 1st, 2012. All other submissions must adhere to the following guidelines:
· If you wish to have your paper published in the refereed Congress proceedings, submit an electronic copy of your complete manuscript, not exceeding 25 pages, double spaced, to only one track co-chair on or before April 2, 2012, though earlier submissions are strongly encouraged. Please cc your submission to the other track co-chair as well as to Dr. Talha D. Harcar-Congress Administrative Director at tdh13@psu.edu. Papers will be reviewed and final decisions will be communicated no later than May 2, 2012. Revisions should be expected. Final manuscripts, in required format with changes consistent with requested revisions, must be received by Dr. Talha D. Harcar by May 18, 2012 at the latest. If submitted late or published guidelines are not followed, it will not be included in the congress proceedings. No objection will be entertained by the Congress organizers.
· Submit an electronic copy of an abstract of works-in-progress to the appropriate track co-chair by April 2, 2012. None of these documents will be published in the congress proceedings. They will, however, be included in the Congress program and are for presentation only. You may bring enough copies of your full paper for circulation at the Congress. Submit your appropriate congress registration fee and completed registration form along with the abstract.
· Receipt of all electronic submissions will be acknowledged as soon as received. If you do not hear from the track co-chair within one week of your paper submission, please contact the appropriate track co-chair and inform Dr. Talha D. Harcar at once via tdh13@psu.edu On a separate page, please provide the title of your paper, your full address, telephone, facsimile, and e‑mail numbers clearly written. If there are multiple authors, this information is to be provided by all authors. We will include this information in IMDA data bank and you will also receive complimentary copies one of the Association’s quarterly Journals.
· Complete the attached congress registration form and send it to the Executive Vice-President and Director in Pennsylvania, USA address as soon as possible and no later than May 2, 2012. If your paper is not accepted either for presentation or publication in the congress proceedings, your registration fee will be refunded to you immediately. At least one author must commit to attending before a manuscript will be reviewed. In the case of multiple author attendance, all authors must pre-register.
· Each registered delegate is entitled to have a maximum of two accepted manuscripts included in the Congress proceedings and/or program. In the case of more than two papers being accepted, the participant must inform Dr. Talha D Harcar of the titles of the two papers to be included in the proceedings or program. Otherwise, the selection decision will be made by the Congress organizers.
· Manuscript submissions should include a separate title page on each copy, listing all authors, their affiliations, addresses, telephone/fax numbers and e‑mail addresses, if available. For papers with multiple authors, indicate the author with whom we should correspond. List only the manuscript title in the main body of the paper, abstract, or proposal to allow for blind review.
· All papers will be subjected to a blind review process. They will be judged primarily on the basis of original contribution to scholarship, overall quality, and interest to the Association's membership. Reviewers' comments will be provided to authors when notified of the Program Committee’s decisions.
· The final copy of manuscripts to be published in the Congress proceedings may not exceed 8 pages, single-spaced, 10-point font, including tables, figures, and references. All of the references cited in the body of the paper must be presented under references at the end of the paper. There will be an extra page charge of US$50 per page which must be sent along with the final camera-ready version of the manuscript. There are no exceptions to this rule. Manuscripts that do not conform to the guidelines or do not include extra-page charges where applicable will not be published. In the counting of the number of pages, IMDA executives make use of 8 ˝ by 11 page size, not that of A4 size.
· Accepted manuscripts will be published in the Congress proceedings only if at least one author registers and attends the Congress. Registration fees are non‑refundable, though a substitute person is acceptable in emergencies, provided that the Association is informed prior to the start of the Congress in writing. In case of no attendance, the delegate forfeits her/his right for a refund. When payment of full postal charges and cost of the proceedings is received, a registered delegate is entitled to receive a copy of the published proceedings.
· Whether attending partially or in full, all congress attendees must pay the appropriate registration fees in full. At least one author must have paid appropriate registration fees or made appropriate arrangements by May 2, 2012. If a paper is accepted either for proceedings publication and/or Congress presentation, each author of the paper accepts equal responsibility of payment of the full late registration fees upon demand in case of no-show at the Congress. The Association’s Executive Director will bill such individuals after the congress. Receipts for the Congress registration fees and other charges will be provided at the start of the congress. Please do not request receipts in advance of the Congress as we do not have the facilities to meet such demands.
· International Management Development Association is a not-for-profit professional organization. As such, it does not provide any funding for travel, accommodation, and congress attendance. Such requests will not be responded. The Association can only provide visa support letters to those individuals whose papers are accepted and included in the Congress program and they should pay the appropriate congress registration fees in advance. All other requests are not acceptable.
· IMDA 2012 will offer an exclusive post conference trips to the cultural capital of Russia – St. Petersburg and a day-cruise to capital of Estonia – Tallinn. The trip to St. Petersburg will be organized individually based on a visa-free cruise for two to three days.