Business &
Economics Society International Conference
2007 Program
French
HOTEL AMBASSADEUR
50-52, Chemin des Sables BP 49
06161
Juan-les-Pins Cedex
Telephone: + 33 (0)4 92 93 30 99, Fax: + 33 (0)4 93 67 79 85
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DEADLINES & INSTRUCTIONS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Deadlines:
Abstract Submission: no later than March 15, 2007;
Paper Submission: no later than April 30, 2007;
Notification for date and time restrictions: no later than May
30, 2007;
Hotel block of rooms reserved, at special rate: no later than
June 15, 2007.
Session
Time Allocations: Most sessions are 120 minutes long (with four
presenters); many are 90 minutes long (with three presenters); a few are 140
minutes long (with five presenters.) Each Presenter should take no more than 20
minutes; each Discussant should take no more than 10 minutes; any remaining
time should be devoted to questions from the audience.
Session Chairs: Assume overall responsibility for your session. Make an effort to contact the session participants before the meeting. Inform them that each presentation room will be equipped with an overhead projector and flipchart. Ask them if they have any special needs relating to their presentation and/or discussion and, in collaboration with the registration desk, try to satisfy those needs. Arrive at the session room 10 minutes in advance and make sure that it is properly equipped. Welcome and introduce the participants. Start the session on time and adhere to the time schedule. Discussants should follow presenters. Moderate the open discussion to the best of your ability.
Presenters:
Stay within the allotted time of 20 minutes even though it may not be enough!
Be well prepared. Please do not just read your paper. Your presentation of main
points, methods, and conclusions should lead to a fruitful discussion during
and after the session. Bring with you and make available ten or more
copies of your manuscript. Every presentation rooms will be equipped with overhead
projectors, screens and flipcharts. For Power Point presentations, please feel
free to bring your own equipment and all necessary cables and transformers
required by French standards.
Discussants:
Be prepared to offer your "positive" remarks first. Then offer any
"negative" remarks in a constructive way. Stay within the allotted
time of 10 minutes. If you cannot meet your commitment, please make an effort
to find a substitute discussant, and contact the registration desk as well as the
session chair immediately. Please contribute as much as you can to the
discussion of all papers. If the session's chair is absent, the last
discussant listed should take on the role of the chair.
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2007 Business & Economics Society International Conference
French
SCHEDULE & DAILY ACTIVITIES
Sunday, July 15,
2007
Registration:
2 PM 6 PM, please follow signs. Orientation: 5 PM 5:30 PM, please
follow signs. Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota): Pre-Conference
Day-Long Excursion: Depart
at 9 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 6 PM. Book
with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com>. Price:
60 Euros per person without meals. Other Planned Activities: (a)
Reception: 6 PM
7 PM (please follow signs.) (b)
Lets go for a walk and dinner! 7
PM on (depart from hotel lobby, walk together for a while, split
up in groups to go to dinner, walk back on your own.) |
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Monday, July 16, 2007 Registration:
7:30 AM 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM 3:30 PM, 8:15 PM 9:00 PM, please follow
signs. Concurrent
Sessions: 8:00 AM 3:30 PM, please see forthcoming
program. Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota): Excursion: Saint Paul De Vence. Depart at 4 PM from hotel lobby,
by bus with English-speaking guide,
return 8 PM. Book
with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com>
(almost full.) Price:
30 Euros per person without meals. |
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Tuesday, July 17,
2007 Registration:
7:30 AM 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM 6:30 PM, please follow signs. Concurrent
Sessions:
8:00 AM 6:30 PM, please see forthcoming program. No Planned Activities: Recommended Activities: visit Villa Eilenroc or hike the Tire-Poil Path! |
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Wednesday, July 18,
2007 Editorial
Board Breakfast Meeting (GBER): 7:00 AM 7:45 AM, please follow signs. Registration:
7:30 AM 10:00 AM, 8:30 PM 9:30 PM, please follow signs. Concurrent
Sessions: 8:00 AM 10:00 AM, please
see forthcoming program. Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota): Day-Long
Excursion: Monaco, Eze & Villefranche. Depart at 10:30 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with
English-speaking guide, return 7:30 PM. Book
with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com>
(first bus already full.) Price:
50 Euros per person without meals. |
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Thursday, July 19,
2007 Registration:
7:30 AM 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM 5:30 PM, please follow signs. Concurrent
Sessions:
8:00 AM 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM 5:30 PM please see forthcoming program. Luncheon: 12:45 PM 3:00 PM, room to be
announced. No Planned Activities: Recommended Activities: visit the Portail de lOrme or the Popular
Art & Traditions Museum, Experience the Cote dAzur!. |
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Friday, July 20, 2007 Registration:
7:30 AM 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM 3:30 PM, please follow signs. Concurrent
Sessions:
8:00 AM 3:30 PM, please see forthcoming program. Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota): Excursion: Grasse & Cannes. Depart at 4 PM from hotel lobby,
by bus with English-speaking guide,
return 8 PM. Book
with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com>. Price: 30 Euros per person without meals. |
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Saturday, July 21,
2007 Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota): Post
- Conference Day-Long Excursion: Italy - Ventimiglia & San Remo. Depart
at 9 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 6 PM. Book
with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com>. Price:
60 Euros per person without meals. |
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SESSIONS, PANELS & ROUNDTABLES
Monday, July 16, 2007, 8:00
AM 10:00 AM, Monet Room
Session [1]: Management,
Ethics & Human Resources.
Chair:
Cedwyn Fernandes,
Titles & Authors:
Knowledge Management
And Innovation Strategy In Emerging Markets: The Challenge For Latecomers. 1
Jiatao
Li,
Business Ethics
Between Interest Base And Normative Approaches In The Light Of Requisite Holism. 2
Vojko
Potocan & Matjaz Mulej,
Determinants Of
Salary Differentials Of Graduates In The
Cedwyn
Fernandes,
Emotional Contagion And Team Performance. 4
Tom Cockburn, Waikato
Institute Of Technology (Wintec),
Fabrice Desmarais, Melanie Desmarais,
University Of Waikato, New Zealand.
Discussants:
1 Vojko Potocan, University
Of Maribor, Slovenia.
2 George Bragues,
3 Fabrice Desmarais,
4 Lynne Leveson, La Trobe University, Australia.
Monday, July 16, 2007, 8:00
AM 10:00 AM, Renoir Room
Session [2]: Finance &
Trade.
Chair:
Yutaka Kurihara,
Titles & Authors:
Monetary Policy
And Financial Stability. 1
Robert
Holman, Czech National
Bank
Klara Kaderabkova, Advisor To Czech National Bank
Optimal
Assignment Of Taxation Powers And Expenditure Responsibilities Between
Different Levels Of Government. 2
Ian A. Kerr,
A French Solution? Adaptation In The Globalising
Context. 3
Helen Berry, University Of Brighton, England.
Empirical
Investigation Of Integration In Asian Bond Markets. 4
Xuan
Vinh Vo,
Discussants:
1 Fumiko Takeda, University Of Tokyo.
2 Friedrich L. Sell, Universitaet
Der Bundeswehr Muenchen,
3 Yutaka Kurihara, Aichi University,
Japan.
4 Michael Thorpe,
Monday, July 16, 2007, 8:00
AM 10:00 AM, Van Gogh Room
Session [3]: Quantitative
Approaches: Trade, Accounting & Finance.
Chair:
Gerard O'Brien, Policy
Unit
Titles & Authors:
Is There A
Causal Relationship Between International Travel And Trade? Further Evidence
From
Laszlo Konya,
La Trobe
University, Australia.
A Comparison Of Technological
Innovation Among The BRICS Countries: Evidence Using Patent And Citation Data.2
Chun-Yao
Tseng, Tunghai University Taiwan.
Understanding
Dependence Structures Of Random Variables In Financial Modeling by Using
Copulas. 4
Natalia
Boliari &
Kudret Topyan,
Discussants:
1 Gerard O'Brien, Policy Unit Enterprise,
Ireland.
2 Sanja Franc,
3 Leonie Jooste, Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
4. Laszlo
Konya, La Trobe
University, Australia.
Monday, July 16, 2007,
10:30 AM 12:30 PM, Monet Room
Session [4]: Education,
Economic Experiments and Development.
Chair:
William P. Cordeiro,
Titles & Authors:
Taking Advantage
Of A Rare
William P. Cordeiro,
California State
University Channel Islands, USA.
Using Data In The Assessment Of School Performance. 2
Graeme C. Rose, Charles Sturt
University, Australia.
Leon J. Kildea,
Hume Region Victorian
Department of Education, Australia.
Artificiality In
The Laboratory: An Ontological Perspective. 3
Marc
Ohana, Groupe ESC
ASEAN Tourism Development: An Empirical Study On
Mohamad Yusoff Sanusi & Azhar Harun,
Discussants:
1 David Pickton,
De Montfort University, UK.
2 Sanjay Paul, Elizabethtown
College, USA.
3 Warren P. Hogan, University Of
Technology Sydney, Australia.
4
Monday, July 16, 2007,
10:30 AM 12:30 PM, Renoir Room
Session [5]: Investments,
the Macroeconomy & Trade.
Titles & Authors:
An
Approach For Determining Stock Prices: The Mixture Of Fundamental And Chartist
Model.1
Emerging
Economies At The Crossroads: Where to Does Their Exchange Rate and Reserves
Management Lead? 2
Friedrich L. Sell, Universitaet Der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany.
Efficient Market
Hypothesis And Concentration Of Investment (A CAPM Approach)
Nasir
Mahmood, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad
Shahbaz Shabbir, University Malaya, Malaysia.
Analysis Of Noise-Traders (A CAPM Approach)
Nasir Mahmood,
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahbaz
Shabbir, University
Ahmed
Kaleem, Lahore
School of Economics, Pakistan.
Discussants:
1 Vlatka Bilas, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
2 Thierry Cailleau,
G.E.A.P.E., University, of
3 Xuan Vinh Vo,
4. Robert Holman, Czech National Bank
Board Member,
.
Monday, July 16, 2007,
10:30 AM 12:30 PM, Van Gogh Room
Session [6]: Human
Resources & Marketing.
Chair:
Titles & Authors:
The Effectiveness of Traditional Leadership In
Therese
A Joiner, La
Steve
Bakalis, Victoria
University, Australia.
Managing Cultural Diversity In The Workplace: An Analysis Of Employee
Perceptions. 2
Lynne
Leveson & Terri Joiner, La Trobe University, Australia.
Branding: A Review.
Sandy De Mel, The University Of
New Product Introduction And Seasonality Effect In Food Products
Retailing. 4
Rajagopal,
Discussants:
1 Cedwyn Fernandes,
2 Florence Neymotin,
Kansas State University, USA.
3 Rajagopal, Institute Of Technology And Higher
Education, ITESM, Mexico.
4 Carmine
Monday, July 16, 2007, 1:30
PM 3:30 PM, Monet Room