Call for Papers

OBJECTIVES

The 7th World Business Congress of The International Management Development Association (IMDA) will be held at the Melia Santo Domingo Hotel and Casino from June 3 through 7, 1998 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Congress will be co-hosted by the Technologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) as well as a number of prominent local and regional businesses.

Papers and panel/special session proposals for presentation and subsequent publication in the refereed congress proceedings are invited from scholars, researchers, consultants, and public policy makers at all levels, and managers of private and public firms. The congress is designed to offer an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world to share and discuss ideas and issues related to changes and developments taking place in global business theory and practice, and update and increase the understanding of business practices among the triad nations of Europe, Americas, and Asia-Pacific, as well as their trading relationship with others. In this congress, a special emphasis will be placed on global business challenges and resultant competitive strategies of the companies regionally and globally.

The congress location is the beautiful tree filled and sophisticated city of Santo Domingo which offers congress participants an opportunity to experience old world charm in a thriving modern city with a population of over 2.2 million covering 144 square miles. Christopher Columbus once stated 'this is the most beautiful land that human eyes has ever seen.' Presentations from the Dominican Republic's modern business community will provide congress participants with insights in Latin American growth, change and internationalization. Strolling along the modern streets and business districts at the heart of the modern city, Congress participants will find the Zona Colonia. Here the reconstructed buildings and cobble stone streets lined with shops and restaurants reflect the feelings and times of the 15th century.

The Dominican Republic now hosts many former Cuban businesses and is home to an important world class cigar industry as well as being an important film making location. It has been the set for the God Father, Robert Redford's Havana, and the Serpent and the Rainbow. The Dominican Republic is known worldwide for its combination of charm, business talents and extra ordinary historical attractions.

PROGRAM

The program of the congress is developed in such a way to have an optimal integration of business communities, public policy makers and academicians. A balanced mix of academic and practitioner issues ranging from educational training to policy making aspects of the dynamic global business will be addressed and presented in the congress sessions so that a stimulating forum for all participants will be maintained. The congress will include the keynote addresses, formal paper sessions, special sessions, meet-the-editors session, and specialized panels on various global business development issues in cooperation with local business persons and public policy makers. A number of company visits and local tours will also be arranged for congress participants. The Congress attendees will have the opportunity to travel to one of the world's prime cigar companies, Leon Jimenez. The firm's management will discuss the industry's movement from Cuba, problems related to developing distribution and establishing a global brand name. This management overview will be followed by a product tasting.

TOPICS

Paper presentations and special session discussions on the impact of information technology, innovation and environment on global business development and competitiveness are most desirable. .Both theoretical/conceptual and empirical papers on functional areas of international business namely marketing, management, accounting and finance, production and operations management, information systems, business logistics are solicited. Every paper submitted for consideration must have an international orientation and focus.

INSTRUCTIONS

Three types of papers, namely competitive, work-in-progress and special session/panel are accepted for consideration. All submissions must adhere to the following instructions:

• Prospective contributors are required to submit three copies of abstracts, panel proposals or full papers. If you want a receipt of your manuscript, please provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope with title of your paper, your full address, telephone, facsimile and E-mail numbers clearly written on a small sized card. All accepted papers will appear in the Congress proceedings.
• Please complete the 'Early Intention to Attend' form and send it to the Congress Secretariat as soon as possible. If your paper is not accepted either for presentation or publication, your registration fee will be refunded to you immediately.
• Submit three copies of completed manuscripts not exceeding 25 pages double-spaced to the appropriate track co-chair on or before March 31, 1998, though earlier submissions are strongly encouraged. Papers will be reviewed and final decisions will be made as they submitted.
• Manuscript submissions should include a separate title page on each copy, listing all authors, their affiliations, addresses, telephone/fax numbers and E-Mail numbers, if available. The main body of the paper, abstract, or panel discussion proposal should have a title only.
• All papers will be subjected to a blind review process. They will be judged primarily on the basis of original contribution, overall quality, and interest to the Association's members. Reviewers' comments will be provided to authors when notified of the Program Committee decisions.
• Notification about the decision will be made by April 24, 1998. The deadline for receipt of final camera-ready copy is May 8, 1998. The final copy of the manuscript should not exceed 8 pages single spaced, including tables, figures and references. There will be an extra page charge of $25 per page which must be sent along with the final version of the manuscript.
• 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 accepted.
• Whether attending partially or in full, all congress attendees must pay the appropriate registration fee and there is no exception to this rule.

Proposals for special sessions and/or panels are invited and must include the following information: a) rationale for inclusion of topic in a special session/panel, b) short summary of issues to be discussed, c) names, addresses, qualifications of participants, d) a letter indicating that session/panel participants' approval is obtained. Only those special session/panel papers which go through a blind review process will be published in the congress proceedings. Please submit your special session/panel proposal to Dr. Gopal Iyer, Department of Marketing, Baruch College, The City University of New York, 17 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Tel: (212) 802-6514, Fax: (212) 802-6483, E-mail: gkibb@cunyvm.cuny.edu

DEANS' AND CHAIRPERSONS' PANEL DIRECTORS

A special session on academic planning and administration is planned for college deans, chairpersons and other academic administrators. Some of the issues discussed will be business school accreditation, fund raising efforts, faculty and student exchange programs, business curriculum development, faculty research and scholarship, program internationalization efforts, minority student retention and outreach activities. Directors are responsible for ensuring the representation of different regions of the world in the panel, selecting recipients of International Business Dean and International Business Chairperson Awards. Please submit papers, proposals and nominations for Deans' Panel to either Dr. George Petrello, Dean, College of Business Administration, Long Island University, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y 11201, Tel: (718) 488-1126, Fax: (718) 488-1125, E-mail: petrell@eagle.lyunet.edu or usedean@aol.com or Dr. William Pendergast, Dean, Fisher Graduate School of International Management, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940, Tel: (408) 647-4148, Fax: (408) 647-6506, E-mail: wpendergast@miis.edu . For Chairpersons' Panel, contact Dr. Victor V. Cordell, Graduate School of International Management, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940, Tel: (408) 647-6406, Fax: (408) 647--4199, E-mail: vcordell@miis.edu.

CONGRESS CO-CHAIRS

Dr. Erdener Kaynak, School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057, Tel: (717) 948-6343, Fax: (717) 566-1191, E-mail: k9x@psu.edu

Responsible for overall congress organization, planning and implementation. As a trouble shooter, he will form an effective liaison between congress track co-chairs and paper presenters. As a chief executive officer of the Association, he oversees the development and publication of the congress proceedings and subsequent book and special journal issue publication efforts. He will also be involved in the selection of The International Businessman of the Year Award recipient in consultation with the Local Committee members and Congress and Program co- chairs.

CONGRESS CO-CHAIR

Dr. Kip Becker, Chairman, Administrative Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University, 755 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, Tel: (617) 353-3016, Fax: (617) 353-6840, E-mail: kbecker@bu.edu serves as a liaison person between the local arrangements committee and IMDA executives. He arranges papers, special sessions, panel proposals, invited sessions, keynote speakers from Dominican Republic and filters the paper sessions related to Dominican Republic and Latin America and the Carribean regions. He makes the necessary arrangements for local company visits during the congress as well as planning pre and post congress stays and social functions in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He will lead efforts for industry, government, and institution fund raising efforts.

CONGRESS PROGRAM CO-CHAIR

Dr. Orsay Kucukemiroglu, College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at York, 1103 Edgecomb Avenue, York, PA 17403, Tel: (717) 771-4163, Fax: (717) 771-8404, E-mail: ojk@psu.edu.  Responsible for finalizing papers for proceedings publication as well as the development of the congress program. Furthermore, he is responsible for filtering the paper sessions related to Asia and Australia.

CONGRESS PROGRAM CO-CHAIR

Dr. Gary McLean, Human Resource Development, University of Minnesota, 1954 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, Tel: (612) 624-4901, Fax: (612) 646-2391, E-mail: mclea002@maroon.tc.umn.edu

Responsible for the arrangement of discounted airfares to Dominican Republic. He will oversee the arrangements of publisher book displays during the Congress. As well, he will develop special sessions, panel proposals, invited sessions, keynote speakers, and filters the paper sessions related to North and South America, Europe, and Africa.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS DIRECTOR

Dr. Jeffery Lizardo, Executive Director, Office for Development and Alumni Affairs, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Ave. Los Proceres, Gala, Apdos, 342-9 y 249-2, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: (809) 567-9271 ext. 248, Fax: (809) 566-3200, E-mail: desarrollo@mail.intec.edu.do or mailto:desarrollo@mail.intec.edu.do, http://www.intec.edu.do. He is responsible for pre-planning of the congress and overseeing the day to day running of the congress in Santo Domingo and serves as a liaison between the local arrangements committees and IMDA executives. He also encourages participation from Dominican Republic as well as other Latin American countries and the Caribbean nations.

CONGRESS TRACKS

1. MARKETING AND TOTAL QUALITY IN WORLD MARKETS: Dr. H. Lee Meadow, Chairman, Department of Management and Marketing, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, Tel: (217) 581-7262, Fax: (217) 581-7265, E-mail: cfhlm@eiu.edu and Dr. Mehmet Diriker, Project Management Group, Perdue School of Business, Salisbury State University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801, Tel: (410) 548-5353, Fax: (410) 548-5389, E-mail: mfdiriker@ssu.edu
2. GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS: Dr. Abbas J. Ali, Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business Administration, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705. Tel: (412) 357-5759, Fax: (412) 357-5743, E-mail: aaali@grove.iup.edu and Dr. Kip Becker, Chairman, Administrative Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University, 755 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, Tel: (617) 353-3016, Fax: (617) 353-6840, E-mail: kbecker@bu.edu
3. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE: Dr. Samir M. El-Gazzar, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, Pace Plaza, New York, New York 10038, Tel: (212) 346-1801, Fax: (212) 346-1573, E-mail: elgazzar@pacevm.dac.pace.edu and Dr. Donald Ross, Faculty of Management, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, Locked Bag No.1, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia, Tel: +61-2-98524197, Fax: +61-2-98524185, E-mail: d.ross@uws.edu.au
4. GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL POLICY: Dr. Khosrow Fatemi, Dean, Graduate School of International Trade, Texas A&M International University, One West End Washington Street, Laredo, TX 78040, Tel: (210) 326-2480, Fax: (210) 326-2479, E-mail: fatemi@tamiu.edu and Dr. Douglas M. McCabe, School of Business, Georgetown University, Old North, Suite 315, 37th and O Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20057, Tel: (202) 687-3778, Fax: (202) 687-4031, E-mail: mccabed@gunet.georgetown.edu
5. GLOBAL EXECUTIVE TRAINING, BUSINESS CONSULTING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Dr. P.A. Grobler, Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria 0001, South Africa, Tel: +27-12-429-4031, Fax: + 27-12-429-3373, E-mail: groblpa@risc6.unisa.ac.za and Dr. Jacobus F. de Roos, Senior Consultant, Hobeon Management Consult, Scheveningseweg 46, P.O. Box 10665, NL-2501 HR, The Hague, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-70-3066800, Fax: +31-70-3066870.
6. COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING SYSTEMS: Dr. Josef S. Poeschl, WIIW- Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies, Oppolzergasse 6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Tel: +43-1-533661037, Fax: +43-1-533661050, E-mail: poeschl@wsr.ac.at and Dr. Jan Napolean Saykiewicz, School of Business Administration, Duquesne University, Rockwell Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282-0104, Tel: (412) 396-6234 Fax: (412) 396-4764. E-mail: saykiewicz@duq3.duq.edu
7. GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Dr. Victor V. Cordell, Fisher Graduate School of International Management, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940, Tel: (408) 647-6406, Fax: (408) 647--4199, E-mail: vcordell@miis.edu and Dr. Syeda Masooda Mukhtar, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Booth Street West, Manchester M15 6PB, United Kingdom, Tel +44-161-2756540, Fax: +44-161-9051598, E-mail: s.m.mukhtar@fs2.mbs.ac.uk
8. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN GREATER CHINA: Dr. T.S. Chan, Dean, Faculty of Business, Lingnan College, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, Tel: +852-2616-8302, Fax: +852-2575-5185, E-mail: chants@ln.edu.hk and Dr. Oliver H.M. Yau, Associate Dean, Department of Business and management, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Tel: +852-27887888, Fax: +852-27887182, E-mail:mkyau@cityu.edu.hk
9. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN SMALL ISLAND NATIONS: Dr. Syed Aziz Anwar, Department of Management Studies, University of Brunei Darussalam, Gadong 3186, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, Tel: +966-2-7574407, Fax: +966-2-6378927, E-mail: anwar@ubd.edu.bn and Dr. Albert Caruana, Department of Marketing, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, Tel: +356-32902711, Fax: +356-317782, E-mail: acar@cct.um.edu.mt
10. EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN BUSINESS: Dr. Jarmo Nieminen, Department of Marketing, University of Vaasa, P.O. Box 700, 65101 Vaasa, Finland, Tel: +358-6-3248512, Fax: +358-6-324825, E-mail: jniemine@uwasa.fi and Dr. Stanley Paliwoda, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 Canada, Tel: (403) 220-7581, Fax: (403) , E-mail: paliwoda@mgmt.ucalgary.ca
11. ASIA-PACIFIC BUSINESS: Dr. Mark Speece, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok 10501, Thailand, Tel: +66-2-5245658, Fax: +66-2-5245667, E-mail: speece@ait.ac.th and Dr. Violeta A. Lianes, Department of Marketing, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, tel: +64-3-4798162, fax: +64-3-4798172, E-mail: v11anes@commerce.otago.ac.nz
12. GLOBAL CORPORATE STRATEGIC BUSINESS ALLIANCES: Dr. B. Nino Kumar, Center for International Management, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Postfach 3931, 90020 Nurnberg, Germany, Tel: +49-911-5302452, Fax: +49-911-5302470 and Dr. Thomas I. Kindel, Department of Business Administration, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. 29409-0215, Tel: (803) 953-5162, Fax: (803) 953-7084, E-mail: kindelt@citadel.edu
13. GLOBAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIES: Dr. Brian Mihalik, College of Human Environmental Sciences, School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, 210 Human Environmental Sciences West, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-6173, Tel: (405) 744-6711, Fax: (405) 744-6299, E-mail: bjmhrad@okway.okstate.edu and Dr. Muzaffer S. Uysal, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 355 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0429, Tel: (540) 231-8426, Fax: (540) 231-8313, E-mail:samil@vt.edu
14. TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITALITY ISSUES: Dr. Daniel R. Fesenmaier, Director of Tourism Research Laboratories, Department of Leisure Studies, University of Illinois, 104 Huff Hall, 1206 S. Fourth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, Tel: (217) 244-3891, Fax: (217) 244-1935, E-mail: drfez@uiuc.edu and Dr. Sung-Soo Pyo, Department of Tourism Management, Kyonggi University, Sam-Hwan A, 1102 Dong, 302 Ho, I-mae-dong, Poon-dang-goo, Sung-nam-city,463-060 Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-331-407426, Fax: +82-342-7041575, E-mail: pyos@chollian.net
15. GLOBAL SERVICES MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING: Dr. Mohamed M. Ahmed, Chair of Business Economics, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland, Tel: +358-13-251-4547, Fax: +358-13--251-4893, E-mail: ahmed@shh.fi and Dr. Marius Leibold, Department of Business Management, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa, Tel: +27-21-8082216, Fax: +27-21-8082226, E-mail: evdw@maties.sun.ac.za
16. GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES: Dr. Gary McLean, Human Resource Development, University of Minnesota, 1954 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, Tel: (612) 624-4901, Fax: (612) 646-2391, E-mail: mclea002@maroon.tc.umn.edu and Dr. Aahad M. Osman-Gani, Coordinator and Director, IHRM, OMP, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639708, Tel: +65-799-4982, Fax: +65-791-3697, E-mail: aahad@ntu.edu.sg
17. GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: Dr. Ata Nahouraii, Management Information Systems Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15706-1087, Tel: (412) 357-4740, Fax: (412) 35705743, E-mail: mfbb@grove.iup.edu and Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Associate Dean, Faculty of Business, Lahor University of Management Sciences, Sector U, LCCHS, Lahor Cantt, Pakistan, Tel: +92-5722593, Fax: +92-5722591, E-mail: zahoor@chenab.lums.edu.pa
18. GLOBAL MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING: Dr. Gillian Rice, Department of World Business, American Graduate School of International Business, Glendale, AZ 85306, Tel: (602) 978-7150, Fax: (602) 843-6143, E-mail: riceg@mhs.t-bird.edu and Dr. Burhan F. Yavas, Chairman, Department of FIN/QMS, California State University at Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747, Tel: (310) 243-3556, Fax: (310) 243-3664, E-mail: byavas@soma.csudh.edu
19. GLOBAL BUSINESS EDUCATION IN THE INFORMATION AGE: Dr. George V. Priovolos, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801, Tel: (914) 633-2258, Fax: (914) 633-2012, E-mail: gpriovolos@iona.edu and Dr. Fahri Karakaya, College of Business and Industry, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, Tel: (508) 999-8745, Fax: (508) 999-8776, E-mail: f1karakaya@umassd.edu
20. REGIONAL MARKET ARRANGEMENTS AND NAFTA: Dr. John Hill, Management and Marketing Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0225, Tel: (205) 348-6183, Fax: (205) 348-6695, E-mail: jhill@cba.ua.edu and Dr. Zahir A. Quraeshi, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3812, Tel: (616) 387-6093, Fax: (616) 387-5710, E-mail: quraeshi@wmich.edu
21. CROSS CULTURAL/NATIONAL CONSUMER BEHAVIOR RESEARCH: Dr. Nejdet Delener, College of Business Administration, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, Tel: (718) 990-6764, Fax: (718) 380-3803, E-mail: delenern@stjohns.edu and Dr. Ajay K. Manrai, College of Business and Economics, Department of Marketing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716-2710, Tel: (302) 831-1770, Fax: (302) 831-4196, E-mail: manraia@be.udel.edu
22. GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE ACTIVITIES:Dr. Riad Ajami, Charles Heyes Distinguished Professor of Business, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412-5001, Tel: (910) 334-4548, Fax: (910) 334-4550, E-mail: raajami@iago.uncg.edu and Dr. Ken Bernard, Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde, Stenhouse Building, 173 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 ORQ, United Kingdom, Tel: +44-141-5483145, Fax: +44-141-5522802, E-mail: k.bernard@strath.ac.uk
23. THIRD WORLD BUSINESS: Dr. Shahid N Bhuian, School of Business, Northern State University, NSU 715, 1200 S. Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD 57401, Tel: (605) 626-2639, Fax: (605) 626-2572, E-mail: bhuians@wolf.northern.edu and Dr. Donald W. Hendon, Director of MBA Program, Malaysian Graduate School of Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Tel + 60-3-9486101, ext.1685, Fax: +60-3-9486188, E-mail: donald@econ.upm.edu.my
24. TRANSITION MANAGEMENT: Dr. Raghbir S. Basi, Alaska Pacific University, 4101 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, Tel: (907) 564-8234, Fax: (907) 562-4276, E-mail: nomad@arctic.net and Dr. Jan Nowak, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick, P.O.Box 5050, Tucker Park Road, St. John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada, Tel: (506) 648-5738, Fax: (506) 648-5574, E-mail: nowak@admin1.csd.unbsj.ca
25. GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS: Dr. Akmal S. Hyder, Department of Business Administration, Gavle-Sandviken University College, Kungsbacksvagen, S-801 76 Gavle, Sweden, Tel: +46-26-648500, Fax: +46-26-648704, E-mail: ahr@hgs.se and Dr.Oswin Maurer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia, Tel: +61-67-733000, Fax: +61-67-733205, E-mail: omaurer@metz.une.edu.au
26. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND BUSINESS POLICY IN AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING: Dr. Alma Whiteley, Graduate School of Business, Building Q.V.1, 250 St. George's Terrace, Perth 6000, Western Australia, Australia, Tel: +61-9-3513460, Fax: +61-9-3513368, E-mail: a.whiteley@info.curtin.edu.au and Dr. Marie Lousie Anderson, Department of Management, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801, Tel: (914) 633-2588, Fax: (914) 633-2012, E-mail: manderson@iona.edu
27. MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Dr. Michael F. Duffy, Institute for International Business, College of Business, Minot State University, Minot, ND 58707, Tel: (701) 858-3826, Fax: (701) 858-3111, duffy@warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu and Dr. A Coskun Samli, Department of Management and Marketing, University of North Florida, 4567 St. John's Bluff Road S., Jacksonville, FL 32216, Tel: (904) 646-2780, Fax: (904) 646-2594, E-mail: jsamli@gw.unf.edu.
28. CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTION: Dr. Dana-Nicoleta Lascu, Department of Marketing, E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173, Tel: (804) 289-8586, Fax: (804) 289-8878, E-mail: lascu@urvax.urich.edu and Ms. A. M. Ripmeester, Managing Director, Expertise in Labor Mobility, Overtoom 49, NL-1054, HB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tel/Fax: +31-20-6836964, E-mail: nrexpert@euronet.nl
29. BUSINESS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES: Dr. Val Samonis, CREES, University of Toronto, 130 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5, Canada, Tel: (416) 978-2304, Fax: (416) 978-3817, E-mail: vsamonis@chass.utoronto.ca and Dr. John Crawford, Department of Marketing, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 13677, Denton, TX 76203-3677, Tel: (940) 565-3138, Fax: (940) 565-3837, E-mail: crawford@cobaf.unt.edu
30. CROSS-CULTURAL AND ETHNIC CONSUMER BUYING PATTERNS: Dr. Sang T. Choe, Department of Marketing, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47712, Tel: (812) 464-1822, Fax: (812) 464-1960, E-mail: schoe.ucs@smtp.usi.edu and Dr. Lalita Manrai, Department of Marketing, College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2710, Tel: (302) 831-1775, Fax: (302) 831-4196, E-mail: manrail@be.udel.edu
31. MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT: Dr. Kurt Pedersen, Aarhus School of Business, Fuglesangsalle 4, 8210 Denmark, Tel: +45-89486688, Fax: +45-86150188 and Dr. Aminu Mamman, Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Business, Northern Territory University, Casuarina Campus, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia, Tel: +61-8-89466091, Fax: +61-8-89466513, E-mail: aminu@business.ntu.edu.au
32. GLOBAL BUSINESS USING THE INTERNET AND WORLDWIDE WEB: Dr. Colin Jevons, School of Management, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus, John Street, Hawthorn, P.O. Box 218, Victoria 3122, Australia, Tel: +61-3-92148536, Fax: +61-3-98192117, E-mail: cjevons@swin.edu.au and Dr. Patricia Sanders, Dean, School of Business, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12204, Tel: (518) 783-2321, Fax: (518) 786-5040, E-mail: sanders@siena.edu
33. LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS: Dr. Rolando M. Guzman, Department of Economics, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Ave. Los Proceres, Gala, Apdos. 342-9 y 249-2, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: (809) 567-9271, ext 226 or 242, Fax: (809) 566-3200, E-mail: pesca.lizardo@codetel.net.do and Dr. Oscar W. DeShields, Department of Marketing, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8245, Tel: (818) 677-4651, Fax: (818) 677-4903, E-mail: oscar.deshields@csun.edu
34. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: Dr. Ali Al Shamali, Editor-in-Chief, Middle East Business Review, P.O. Box 2799 Safat, 13028 Kuwait, Tel: +965-2427717 or 2421255, Fax: +965-2421355, E-mail: memc@ncc.moc.kw and Dr. Awad El-Haddad, Faculty of commerce, Suez Canal University, Ismaelia, Egypt, Tel: +20-2-2716626, Fax: +20-2-2706287

The congress proceedings will be co-edited by Drs. Erdener Kaynak of The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg and Kip Becker of Boston University and will be made available during conference registration. It is intended that selected papers from the Congress proceedings will be published in a hardbound book form by The International Business Press (IBP)- an imprint of The Haworth Press Inc. of New York, London and Norwood (Australia). In addition, some outstanding papers will be included in special issues of the Association's Journal of Transnational Management Development published by The Haworth Press Inc. Best paper awards will be presented by The International Management Development Association (IMDA). A number of additional awards will also be presented for outstanding papers presented at the Congress.

VENUE

The congress site Santo Domingo, the first capital city in the New World, combines extraordinary historical attractions with all of the conveniences of the 20th century. The city thrives as an international city of business and commerce as well as the centerpiece of the New World's historic and colonial treasures. It is also the site of the first cathedral, fort, monastery, hospital, university, and city hall in the New World. The average temperature is 77 degree F (25 C), with August being the warmest month and January being and the coolest. Summer temperatures range from 80 to 95 F. The residents are known for being gentle, polite and kind natured. The congress venue is the five star Melia Santo Domingo Hotel and Casino.

TRAVEL

Santo Domingo, the largest city in Dominican Republic, is a principal destination of most international flights. Daily direct flights from New York City, Miami, and San Juan, make Santo Domingo a favorite and exciting site, offering easy access to other points of interest on the island. Special round trip airfares from major US destinations to Santo Domingo are negotiated with major US Airlines and the delegates will be advised at a later stage about the respective discounted airfares.

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