Call for Papers

• Topics & Tracks

  As the focus of the Conference is intended to foster interdisciplinary work, we seek research from various academic disciplines and approaches of contemporary political, economic, social and technological environment for international business practice(s) and their target market(s) with special emphasis on culture, management, retailing, hospitality, tourism and events. Empirical and theoretical papers are equally welcome. The subject range is broad. We invite papers, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Marketing
  • Quality Assurance, Management and Economics Issues
  • Retailing Strategy
  • Tourism, Hospitality and Events
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Culture and Consumption Innovation
  • Fashion
  • Technology and innovation

   

  Track Conveners*

  Fashion, Marketing & Retailing Strategy

   Claudio Vignali, Circle International and Vitez University

  Tourism, Hospitality, Events & Leisure

   Razaq Raj, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, CIRCLE member

  Consumer Behaviour

   Vitor Ambrosio, ESHTE, Portugal, CIRCLE member

  Quality Assurance, Management and Economics Issues

   Tahir Rashid, University of Salford, UK, CIRCLE member

  Accounting and Finance

   Bernd Britzelmaier, Hochschule CIRCLE member

  Culture and Consumption Innovation

   Antonio Feraco, Nanyang University, Singapore, CIRCLE member

  Technology and Innovation

   Gianpaolo Vignali, Manchester  University, UK, CIRCLE member

  *Other tracks will open if abstracts received warrant it.

  Submission

  Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words by 15th December 2012 to gianpaolo.vignali@manchester.ac.uk

  All abstracts and final papers should be submitted in English, checked for correct grammar and spelling and e-mailed to gianpaolo.vignali@manchester.ac.uk in Microsoft Word  format.

  Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. Key words (3-5) should be enclosed to abstract. Please, provide full names, affiliations and up-to-date contact details (postal address, university/business address, e-mail, and telephone and fax numbers).

  Abstracts and final papers should be in Arial font, size 12. All images need to be provided as 300dpi.

  For a detailed style guide please refer to: http://www.ijmc.org/IJMC/Notes_to_Contributors.html

  Both abstracts and final papers will be double blind reviewed. Authors will receive abstract acceptance notice by 15th January 2013 – at the latest. Full papers should be submitted by 15th February 2013. Author registration is due to 1st of March 2013.

  All accepted papers will be published in Access Press Journals (details to be given at the conference.)

  Presentation Instructions

  English is the official language of the 10th International Circle Conference.
  Presentation should last approximately 15-20 minutes. After the last presentation of each workshop, the remaining time will be used for questions/discussion. Presentations will need to be in PowerPoint format, and can be forwarded in advance to the organizing team at 10thcircleconference@ipvc.pt.
  Please remember to bring your presentation with you on a memory stick when you arrive.