CGBC 2011 - Corporate Governance and Business Conference (CGBC)

CGBC ? Boston, USA 2011

Corporate Governance and Business Conference (CGBC)

Co-hosted by the

Academy of Business and Retail Management Research
and Journal of Business and Retail Management Research

Venue: to be decided, Boston. Dates: 6th, 7th & 8th July 2011


FACTS


Overview of the conference

Conference Objectives

Who should attend CGBC ? BOSTON 2011

Benefits of CGBC ? BOSTON 2011

Important Dates

FAQs

Venue: BOSTON, USA








Overview of the conference

The recent financial crisis has created an impression, rightly or wrongly, of a wholesale failure in corporate governance. Considerable debate has ensued and various practitioners, policy makers and theorists have endeavoured to discover whether this is symptomatic of broader problems or the result of inadequacies in the regulation structure of the financial system. All who wrestle with this issue are aware of the need to encourage high standards of corporate governance without endangering entrepreneurialism, innovation and wealth creation. This whole issue has thrown into sharp relief the dialogue (or lack of it) between boards and shareholders. There is clearly no room for complacency in the areas of strategy and value-creation. Companies worldwide are now suffering a whole raft of problems many of which stem from liquidity and solvency in the global banking system. Increasingly the issue of Corporate Governance is one that warrants attention. From the American Bar Association’s Model Business Corporation Act to the Turnbull Guidance (2005) considerable momentum has been building, a momentum added to considerably by the Enron debacle. The conference seeks to elucidate a wealth of issues related not just to Corporate Governance, but also business management and general business ethics. Contributions should therefore be of interest to scholars, practitioners and researchers in management in both developed and developing countries targeting a worldwide readership.

Subject Coverage Examples of topics appropriate to the conference include:
The linkage between international trade and overseas aid
Effective boardroom performance
Leadership education
Transparency in government procurement
Executive leadership
The interplay between the G4 and trade round implementation issues
Reporting structures in business
How trade facilitation is conceptualized and made operational in different emerging markets
The role of the Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
Trade conflict
Trade and Sustainable Development
The implementation of the "comply or explain" principle
The role of business in society
The incentives required to encourage more socially- and environmentally-responsible corporate action
The role and contribution of external (non-executive) directors
Corporate accountability in a media age
Trade protectionism
The role of the Trade Justice Movement
Redefinitions and reassessments of corporate governance models
Regulation and competition
The role and impact of local and international regulatory bodies and regimes on corporate behaviour.
The linkages between global trade and corporate social responsibility
The language and rhetoric of import sensitive products
Structural readjustment
Business ethics and legal issues
Business environment
Business policies, strategies, and performance
Business and retail research
Business security and privacy issues
Consumer behaviour
Emerging advances in business and its applications
Innovation and product development
Management and retail marketing
Risk Management
Relationship Managemen
Retail Management and communication
Please note that this list is not intended to be exhaustive.






Conference Objectives
To elucidate an issue that is becoming ever more important in the world of business.
To learn more of the key concepts and frameworks in Corporate Governance.
To consider the pedagogy for teaching the issue of Corporate Governance and Business, including recommendations about topics, syllabi and course materials.
To meet and network with colleagues in one of America’s most historic cities.






Who should attend BOSTON ? USA 2011
Faculty members or leaders who wish to develop or enhance programmes of study into international trade
Academics and policy makers seeking to gain a broader insight into the issue of Corporate Governance.
Academics wishing to elucidate their own academic papers and benefit from subsequent discussions into issued raised.
Faculty members who wish to forge fresh contacts in their field of study.
Policy makers keen to gain a deeper appreciation of the current dynamics of the Corporate Governance.
Company Presidents & Vice Presidents
Chief Executive Officers
Chief Operating Officers
Chief Financial Officers
Boards of Trustees
Boards of Directors
Business and Management Schools
Managing Directors
Executive Directors
Chairmen
Directors of Finance
Senior/Managing Partners
HR Directors
Company Secretaries
Education and training professionals






Benefits of CGBC ? BOSTON, USA 2011

A fabulous opportunity to interact with fellow academics.
Academics will be able to enhance their research skills.
A chance to present your paper and have it appraised and discussed by fellow academics.
Best Papers will be published in a special edition of the Journal of Business and Retail Management Research (listed EBSCO & Cabell's directory)
Conference attendee voting will determine recipients of the CGBC conference Best Paper awards.
Those who attend will automatically get go on to the priority booking for future conferences.
Attendees will be eligible for an automatic 10% reduction on our next conferenc
Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page (http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31).
















Important Date
Draft submission deadline:
Final paper submission deadline: Publication release:
30th April 2011
24th June 2011
6th July 2011


Editors and Notes
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to:Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editors.




















FAQs
Session timing: 15 minutes will be allowed for each presentation.
Presentation equipment: Presentation rooms will be equipped with a laptop and projector screen for PowerPoint presentations (Please note there will not be a transparency projector available.). Be sure to bring your presentation on a flash drive or USB drive.
Republishing A Presentation: Authors are free to publish their presentation elsewhere without fear of copyright problems and without permission from the ABRM. However, conference papers that are selected for and published in our journals are copyrighted by the Journal of Business and Retail Management Research with the copyright given back to the author. We do this because we need to protect ourselves in case the paper has been plagiarized. Papers are only published in one of our journals with the consent of the author.
Abstract-Only Publications: Authors often elect to publish only the abstract of their presentation in the conference proceedings. This effectively gives the author until the conference date to complete the paper. This also means that the author is free to submit the paper to another journal without copyright consequences. This is possible because the paper has never been published elsewhere since only the abstract was published in the proceedings. The ABRM does not copyright the proceedings, which means that authors are still free to do as they see fit with the paper. Consequently, authors can claim academic credit for a conference presentation, a refereed conference proceedings publication, and possibly a journal publication from one piece of research.
CPE Credit: Professionals seeking Continuing Professional Education Credit should contact the conference chair or indicate on the Registration Form that they must receive CPE credit for attending the conference. Necessary paperwork is required and will be available at the conference registration desk.
Dress Code:- Lounge suits or whatever you feel most comfortable in.