July 10-13, 2006
PARIS , FRANCE
Hosted by
Pole Universitaire
Leonard de Vinci Paris La Defense Cedex,
Department of Admissions and Institutional
Relations, Paris, France
Executive Conference Director
and Program Chair
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, University
of Southern Queensland , Australia
Associate Program Chair
Professor
Philippe Coffre, Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci Paris La Defense Cedex, France
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To be efficient, effective and competitive in this era of globalization, managers need to acquire and utilize multi-dimensional skills that are essential for managing and marketing business across borders. The Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development (AWBMAMD) aims to share research knowledge that exists in the world in various functional areas of business through double blind review conference papers and publications. Manuscripts for the 2nd Biennial 2006 AWBMAMD conference are invited in terms of competitive papers, case studies, research in progress, special sessions and doctoral research papers in any of the 42 track areas which include marketing, management, finance, accounting, human resource management, organizational behaviour, information technology and systems, foreign direct investment, e-business, e-commerce, e-marketing, economics, tourism and hospitality, transportations, health care, entrepreneurship, business law, international law, leadership style, computer engineering, privatisation, etc.
Track 1: Agribusiness Management/Agrimarketing
Les Brown, Department of Marketing and Tourism, Faculty of Business, University
of Southern Queensland , Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350 .
Email: brownl@usq.edu.au
Dr H S Kehal, 20 Bricketwood Drive , NSW, Australia 2767;
Email: hskehal@bigpond.net.au
Geon Shim-Prydon, Trade & Investment Officer, Trade, Markets & Investment,
Industry & Investment, Industry Development, Department of Primary Industries
and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia.
Email: Geon.ShimPrydon@dpi.qld.gov.au
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of
Research, University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department
of Marketing and Tourism, Toowoomba , Queensland 4350, Australia .
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Track 2: Business & Management Development in Transitional Economies
Dr. Abel 'Femi Adekola, Professor of International Management & Director,
Office of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 422 Bowman
Hall Menomonie, WI 54751 U.S.A.
Email: adekolaa@uwstout.edu
Dr Tracy M. Stewart, Alaska Pacific University , 4101 University Drive , Anchorage
, Alaska .
Email: tstewart@alaskapacific.edu
Track 3: Commercial Law/Business Law
Dr James Mayanja , Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business, University
of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 4350 .
Email: Mayanja@usq.edu.au
Prof
Riana van der Bank, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark
1900 SA
Email: riana@vut.ac.za
Dr. Hume Winzar, School of Marketing , Faculty of Business, Griffith University
(Nathan campus), Brisbane , Queensland , Australia 4111.
Email: h.winzar@mailbox.gu.edu.au
Profesor Victoria Elena Montes Torres, Tecnológico
de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México
Email: emontes@itesm.mx
Track 5: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Africa
Professor Joseph Aiyeku, School of Business and Economics, Salem State University
College , 352 Lafayette Street , Salem , Massachusetts 01970 -5353.
Email: joseph.aiyeku@salemstate.edu
Associate Professor Louis Nzegwu, Executive Director, International Business
Resource Center, 519 Pioneer Tower, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818.
Email: nzegwu@uwplatt.edu
Will Grimes, Tshwane University of Technology. SA.
Email: grimesws@tut.ac.za
Professor Osaru, Chair, Intercultural Management,
Euro-African Management Research Centre, E-AMARC Brussels Outreach, Rue de
L'Intendant 125, 1080 Brussels, Belgium
Email: e-amac@cuci.nl
Track 6: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Australia & New Zealand
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au ;
Associate Professor Rony Gabbay, UWA Business School (Economics), The University
of Western Australia , 35 Stirling Highway , CRAWLEY WA 6009.
Email: Rony.Gabbay@uwa.edu.au
Track 7: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Asia
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au ;
Dr. Li Ling-yee Esther, Department of Marketing and International Business,
Lingnan University of Hong Kong, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Email: estherli@ln.edu.hk
Track 8: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in the North Africa
Professor Mohand-Said Oukil, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
College of Industrial Management, Dept. of Management and Marketing.
Email: oukil@kfupm.edu.sa
Dr. M. Sadiq Sohail, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, College
of Industrial Management, Department of Management & Marketing, P.O. Box
210, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia.
Email: ssohail@kfupm.edu.sa ; sadiqsohail@hotmail.com ; ssohail002@yahoo.com
Track 9: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Europe
Professor Sonny Nwankwo, East London Business School , University of East
London , Longbridge Road , Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS.
Email: s.nwankwo@uel.ac.uk
Professor Philippe Coffre, Universitaire Leonard de Vinci Paris La Defense
Cedex, France
Email: philippe.coffre@devinci.fr
Dr T C Melewar, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England. Email: tc.melewar@wbs.ac.uk
Track 10: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Latin America
Professor Dr. Hyun-Sook Lee, Department of Marketing, Tec de Monterrey Mexico
City Campus, Calle del Puente No. 222,Col. Ejidos de Huipulco, Tlalpan, 14380
México, D.F.
Email: hlee@itesm.mx
Professor
Juan B Garcia Sordo, Tec de Monterrey, México.
Email: juanbruno@itesm.mx
Professor Claudia Rosa Acevedo, Department: Business Administration, Address: Av. Francisco Matarazzo 612 cep 05001-100, São Paulo - SP Brasi. Email: claudiaraac@uol.com.br
Prof Victoria Montes Torres, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Metropolitana
del Estado de México.
Email: emontes@itesm.mx
Track 11: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in the Middle East
Dr. M. Sadiq Sohail, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, College
of Industrial Management, Department of Management & Marketing, P.O. Box
210, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia.
Email: ssohail@kfupm.edu.sa ; sadiqsohail@hotmail.com ; ssohail002@yahoo.com
Prof.Ali Sanayei, University of Isfahan , Iran & Director of Middle East
Export & Marketing Research Institute & Advisor of Isfahan Chamber
of Commerce , Iran .
Email: sanayei110@yahoo.com
Associate Professor Mustapha M. Achoui, King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Menirals, KFUPM - P.O Box 2018 , Dhahran 21361 ( Saudi Arabia ).
Email: mustafai@kfupm.edu.sa ; achoui52@yahoo.com
Track 12: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in North America
Professor Joseph Aiyeku, School of Business and Economics, Salem State University
College , 352 Lafayette Street , Salem , Massachusetts 01970 -5353.
Email: joseph.aiyeku@salemstate.edu
Dr. Abel 'Femi Adekola, Professor of International Management & Director,
Office of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 422 Bowman
Hall Menomonie, WI 54751 U.S.A.
Email: adekolaa@uwstout.edu
Associate Professor Louis Nzegwu, Executive Director, International Business
Resource Center, 519 Pioneer Tower, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818.
Email: nzegwu@uwplatt.edu
Track 13: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in the South Pacific
Dr David.Kavanamur, School of Business Administration , University of Papua
New Guinea Papua New Guinea .
Email: David.Kavanamur@upng.ac.pg
Dr. Craig Julian, Senior Lecturer in Marketing,School
of Commerce,University of Adelaide, 233 North Terrace,Adelaide,South Australia
5005.
Email: Craig.Julian@adelaide.edu.au
Track 14: Economic Development Policies
Associate Professor Rod St Hill, Dean, Faculty of Business, University of
Southern Queensland , Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350 .
Email: sthill@usq.edu.au
Dr. Vasanthi Peter, Coordinator for Research & Finance
Program, School of Business and Information Technology, Whitireia International
Community Polytechnic, Wineera Drive Private Bag 50910 Porirua City , New Zealand
.
Email: V.Peter@whitireia.ac.nz ; vasanthipeter2004@hotmail.com
Track 15: Ethics and Social Responsibility
Richard Temple-Smith, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland,
Department of Economics and Resources Management, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
4350.
Email : temple@usq.edu.au
Professor Claudia Rosa Acevedo, Department: Business Administration, Address: Av. Francisco Matarazzo 612 cep 05001-100, São Paulo - SP Brasi. Email: claudiaraac@uol.com.br
Prof Rachel Barker, University of South Africa (Unisa), Department of Communication
Science, Unisa, P O Box 392, Pretoria, 0001 Republic of South Africa.
Email: barker@unisa.ac.za
Hoda McClymont University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department
of Marketing and Tourism, Toowoomba , Queensland .
Email : hoda@usq.edu.au
Dr Ali M Quazi , Newcastle Business School , University of Newcastle , University Drive
Callaghan, NSW 2308 , Australia.
Email: ali.quazi@newcastle.edu.au
Track 16: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
Professor Joseph Aiyeku, School of Business and Economics, Salem State University
College , 352 Lafayette Street , Salem , Massachusetts 01970 -5353.
Email: joseph.aiyeku@salemstate.edu
S. Malar, Head of School and Research, School of Entrepreneurial Development
(SEED), Binary University College of Management and Entrepreneurship, No.1,
IOI Business Park , Persiaran Puchong Jaya Selatan, 47100 Selangor, West Malaysia
.
Email: malar@binary.edu.my
Professor Mohand-Said Oukil, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
College of Industrial Management, Dept. of Management and Marketing.
Email: oukil@kfupm.edu.sa
Professor Nawal Kishor, Indira Gandhi National open University, New Delhi
, India .
Email: nawalkishor35@hotmail.com
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email : ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Louis Nzegwu, Associate Professor/ Executive Director, International Business
Resource Center, 519 Pioneer Tower, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818.
Email: nzegwu@uwplatt.edu
Track 17: Environmental Management/Environmental Marketing Issues
Dr Maktoba Omar, Napier University , Napier University Business School Craiglockhart,
Edinburgh , Scotland :
Email: m.omar@napier.ac.uk
Professor Claudia Rosa Acevedo, D epartment of Master in
business administration Organization: Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE,
Av. Franciso Matarazzo, 612 Agua Branca cep 05001-100 São Paulo SP Brasil
Email: claudia.acevedo@uol.com.br
Dr Ali M Quazi , Newcastle Business School , University
of Newcastle , University Drive
Callaghan, NSW 2308 , Australia.
Email: ali.quazi@newcastle.edu.au
Track 18: Management Education and Training
Dr. Abel 'Femi Adekola, Professor of International Management & Director,
Office of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 422 Bowman
Hall Menomonie, WI 54751 U.S.A.
Email: adekolaa@uwstout.edu
Dom Pensiero, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Business, University of Southern
Queensland , Australia
Email: pensiero@usq.edu.au
Professor Osaru, Chair, Intercultural Management, Euro-African
Management Research Centre, E-AMARC Brussels Outreach, Rue de L'Intendant 125,
1080 Brussels, Belgium
Email: e-amac@cuci.nl
Dr Mehryar Nooriafshar, Faculty of Business, University
of Southern Queensland , Australia
Email: mehryar@usq.edu.au
Dawn Birch, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland , Australia
Email: mehryar@usq.edu.au
Track 19: Foreign Direct Investments
Professor Mohand-Said Oukil, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
College of Industrial Management, Dept. of Management and Marketing.
Email: oukil@kfupm.edu.sa
Dr Maktoba Omar, Napier University , Napier University Business
School Craiglockhart, Edinburgh , Scotland :
Email: m.omar@napier.ac.uk
Dr H S Kehal, 20 Bricketwood Drive , NSW, Australia
2767;
Email: hskehal@bigpond.net.au
Dr. Vasanthi Peter, Coordinator for Research & Finance
Program, School of Business and Information Technology, Whitireia International
Community Polytechnic, Wineera Drive Private Bag 50910 Porirua City , New Zealand
.
Email: V.Peter@whitireia.ac.nz ; vasanthipeter2004@hotmail.com
Track 20: Finance, Accounting, International Finance and Banking
Hilwani Hariri,Accounting Faculty , Tingkat 11, Menara SAAS, Universiti Teknologi
Mara , 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Email: hilwanihariri@salam.uitm.edu.my
Mete Feridun,Eastern Mediterranean University ,Gazi
Magosa, Mersin 10 Turkey .
Email: mete.feridun@lycos.com
Dr. Vasanthi Peter, Coordinator for Research & Finance Program, School
of Business and Information Technology, Whitireia International Community Polytechnic,
Wineera Drive Private Bag 50910 Porirua City , New Zealand .
Email: V.Peter@whitireia.ac.nz ; vasanthipeter2004@hotmail.com
Track 21: Globalization and International Management
Dr. Abel 'Femi Adekola, Professor of International Management & Director,
Office of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 422 Bowman
Hall Menomonie, WI 54751 U.S.A.
Email: adekolaa@uwstout.edu
Professor P.Bucha Reddy, Director for Post Graduate Management Programs A.V.Post
Graduate Center , Gaganmahal, Hyderabad - 500 029, A.P. , INDIA
Email: bponakan@rediffmail.com ; bponakan@yahoo.com
Dr Joo-Gim Heaney , Griffith University , Gold Coast campus ,
Gold Coast , Australia
Email: j.heaney@griffith.edu.au
Dr Rudolph Brown, Victoria Graduate School of Business, Victoria University,
Melbourne , Australia .
Email: Rudi.Brown@vu.edu.au
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email : ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Track 22: Health Care Marketing and Management
Dr. Robyn Ouschan, School of Marketing , Curtin University of Technology,
GPO Box U1987 , Perth , Western Australia 6845 ,
Email: OuschanR@cbs.curtin.edu.au
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland 4350, Australia .
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Dr Hoda McClymont University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business,
Department of Marketing and Tourism, Toowoomba , Queensland .
Email : hoda@usq.edu.au
Professor Mohd. Masood Ahmed, Deccan School of Management Dar us salam,
Nampally,
Hyderabad – 500 001. A.P India.
Email: masood4u@sify.com
Track 23: Human Resource Management
Professor Ronel Erwee , Director, Australian Graduate School of Business,
Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia 4350.
Email : erwee@usq.edu.au
Prof Peter Cunningham, Deputy Director: School of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth 6000 South Africa
Email: Peter.Cunningham@upe.ac.za
Track 24: Industrial Marketing/Business-to-Business Marketing
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland Australia 4350.
Email : ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Dr. Craig Julian,Senior Lecturer in Marketing,School of
Commerce,University of Adelaide, 233 North Terrace,Adelaide,South Australia
5005.
Email: Craig.Julian@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Igal Karin, Head of Technological Marketing Department
Sapir Academic College - D.N. Hof Ashkelon 79165, ISRAEL
Email: ikarin@sapir.ac.il
Dr Russel Philip John Kingshott, PhD (Uni of West Aust) Senior Lecturer, Massey
University, Department of Commerce, Private Bag 102 904, North Shore Mail Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Email: R.Kingshott@massey.ac.nz
Dr. Craig Julian,Senior Lecturer in Marketing,School of Commerce,University
of Adelaide, 233 North Terrace,Adelaide,South Australia 5005.
Email: Craig.Julian@adelaide.edu.au
Track 26: Information Systems, E-Commerce and E-Marketing
Dr Latif Al-Hakim, University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business,
Toowoomba.
Email: hakim@usq.edu.au
Will Grimes,Tshwane University of Technology , SA.
Email: grimesws@tut.ac.za
Prof Peter Cunningham, Deputy Director: School of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth 6000 South Africa.
Email: Peter.Cunningham@upe.ac.za
Prof.Ali Sanayei, University of Isfahan , Iran & Director of Middle East
Export & Marketing Research Institute & Advisor of Isfahan Chamber
of Commerce , Iran.
Email: sanayei110@yahoo.com
Dr. Igal Karin, Head of Technological Marketing Department
Sapir Academic College - D.N. Hof Ashkelon 79165, ISRAEL
Email: ikarin@sapir.ac.il
Dr. Hume Winzar, School of Marketing , Faculty of Business, Griffith University
(Nathan campus), Brisbane , Queensland , Australia 4111.
Email: h.winzar@mailbox.gu.edu.au
Track 27: International Marketing and Exporting
Dr. Li Ling-yee Esther, Department of Marketing and International Business,
Lingnan University of Hong Kong, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong .
Email: estherli@ln.edu.hk
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350 .
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Louis Nzegwu, Associate Professor/ Executive Director, International Business
Resource Center, 519 Pioneer Tower, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818.
Email: nzegwu@uwplatt.edu
Track 28: Marketing Management
Dr Maktoba Omar, Napier University , Napier University Business School Craiglockhart,
Edinburgh , Scotland :
Email: m.omar@napier.ac.uk
Will Grimes,Tshwane University of Technology , SA.
Email: grimesws@tut.ac.za
Dr. Scott Weaven , Department of Marketing , Griffith Business
School , Gold Coast campus, Griffith University, Queensland 9726, Australia .
Email: s.weaven@griffith.edu.au
Dr Raja Peter, College of Business , Massey University , Wellington , New
Zealand
Email: R.M.Peter@massey.ac.nz
Professor S.Ramesh Kumar, Chairperson and Professor -Marketing Area Indian
Institute of Management, Bangalore , INDIA .
Email: rkumar@iimb.ernet.in
Track 29: Promotion Strategy and Marketing Education
Nick Grigoriou, RMIT University , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia .
Email: nick.grigoriou@rmit.edu.au
Dr Joo-Gim Heaney, Griffith University , Gold Coast campus, Gold Coast
, Australia
Email: j.heaney@griffith.edu.au
Associate Professor Kim-shyan Fam, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105,
Hamilton , New Zealand .
Email: kimfam@waikato.ac.nz
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Track 30: Not-for-Profit Research
Dr Joo-Gim Heaney, Griffith University , Gold Coast campus, Gold Coast
, Australia
Email: j.heaney@griffith.edu.au
Dr. Robyn Ouschan, School of Marketing , Curtin University of Technology ,
GPO Box U1987 , Perth , Western Australia 6845.
Email: OuschanR@cbs.curtin.edu.au
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland 4350, Australia .
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Track 31: Organizational Behaviour
Dr Bruce Millett, Associate Dean (Teaching & Scholarship), University
of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Business, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
4350.
Email: millett@usq.edu.au
Prof Rachel Barker, University of South Africa (Unisa), Department of Communication
Science, Unisa, P O Box 392, Pretoria, 0001, Republic of South Africa.
Email: barker@unisa.ac.za
Associate Professor Hassan Ali, Faculty of Business
management, Universiti Utara Malaysia , Kedah , Malaysia .
Email: hassan@webmail.uum.edu.my
Associate Professor Noormala Amir-Ishak, Faculty of Business
Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA ( MARA University of Technology), Malaysia
.
Email: azizmala@streamyx.com
Track 32: Occupational Health and Safety
Ian Eddington, Senior Lecturer, Australian Graduate School of Business, Faculty
of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
4350.
Email : Eddington@usq.edu.au
Track 33: Political, Legal and Social Environment
Prof Riana van der Bank, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark
1900 SA
Email: riana@vut.ac.za
Track 34: Strategic Management, Planning and Strategy
Dr. Abel 'Femi Adekola, Professor of International Management & Director,
Office of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 422 Bowman
Hall Menomonie, WI 54751 U.S.A.
Email: adekolaa@uwstout.edu
Dr Werner Soontiens, Curtin University of Technology , Perth , Western Australia
.
Email: Werner.Soontiens@cbs.curtin.edu.au
Dr Raja Peter, College of Business , Massey University , Wellington , New
Zealand
Email: R.M.Peter@massey.ac.nz
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Dr David.Kavanamur, School of Business Administration
, University of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea .
Email: David.Kavanamur@upng.ac.pg
Track 35: Strategic Marketing and Planning
Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, Director of Research, University of
Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business, Department of Marketing and Tourism,
Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia 4350.
Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au
Associate Professor Felix T. Mavondo, Director of Research, Higher Degrees
by Research Monash University , Wellington Road , Clayton , Victoria , 3800.
Australia
Email: Felix.Mavondo@buseco.monash.edu.au
Dr Hassan Ali, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti
Utara Malaysia , 06010 Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.
Email: hassan@webmail.uum.edu.my
Track 36: Services Marketing and Relationship Marketing
Janelle Rose, School of Business , James Cook University , PO Box 6811 , CAIRNS
Qld 4870, Australia .
Email: janelle.rose@jcu.edu.au
Professor P.Bucha Reddy, Director for Post Graduate Management Programs, A.V.Post
Graduate Center , Gaganmahal, Hyderabad - 500 029, A.P. , INDIA
Email: bponakan@rediffmail.com ; bponakan@yahoo.com
Dr. Robyn Ouschan, School of Marketing , Curtin University
of Technology , GPO Box U1987 , Perth , Western Australia 6845.
Email: OuschanR@cbs.curtin.edu.au
Track 37(a) Special Sessions and Doctoral research papers
Professor Sonny Nwankwo, East London Business School , University of East
London , Longbridge Road , Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS , UK .
Email: s.nwankwo@uel.ac.uk
Professor Ronel Erwee , Director, Australian Graduate School of Business,
Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia 4350.
Email: erwee@usq.edu.au
Dr Russel Philip John Kingshott, PhD (Uni of West Aust)
Senior Lecturer, Massey University, Department of Commerce, Private Bag 102
904, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
Email: R.Kingshott@massey.ac.nz
Associate Professor Felix T. Mavondo, Director of Research,
Higher Degrees by Research Monash University , Wellington Road , Clayton ,
Victoria , 3800. Australia
Email: Felix.Mavondo@buseco.monash.edu.au
Track 37 (b) Special Session: Industry and Business Sustainable Development
Dr. Allam Ahmed, SPRU - Science & Technology Policy Research, the Freeman
Centre, University of Sussex , Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QE , UK
Email: allam@worldsustainable.org ; allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk
Dr Caroline Winter, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Email: c.winter@latrobe.edu.au
Track 37 (c) Special Session: Innovation and Management Strategies for Ageing Societies
Dr.Jeffrey Soar, Associate Professor, Information Systems, Convener, Programme for Ageing and Aged Care Informatics Research, University of Southern Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Email: soar@usq.edu.au
Track 38: Tourism and Hospitality Management
Associate Professor Rony Gabbay, UWA Business School (Economics), The University
of Western Australia , 35 Stirling Highway , CRAWLEY WA 6009.
Email: Rony.Gabbay@uwa.edu.au
Janelle Rose, School of Business , James Cook University , PO Box 6811 , CAIRNS
Qld 4870, Australia .
Email: janelle.rose@jcu.edu.au
Dr Caroline Winter, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Email: c.winter@latrobe.edu.au
Track 39: Technology/Research and Development
Professor Mohand-Said Oukil, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
College of Industrial Management, Dept. of Management and Marketing.
Email: oukil@kfupm.edu.sa
Dr Latif Al-Hakim, University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business,
Toowoomba.
Email: hakim@usq.edu.au
Prof Rachel Barker, University of South Africa (Unisa), Department of Communication
Science, Unisa, P O Box 392, Pretoria, 0001 Republic of South Africa.
Email: barker@unisa.ac.za
Dr Paul Amuna Consultant in Int. Nutrition & Public Health Senior Lecturer
University of Greenwich Medway School of Sciences Medway Campus Chatham Maritime,
Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom.
Email: P.Amuna@greenwich.ac.uk
Dr. Allam Ahmed, SPRU - Science & Technology Policy Research, The Freeman
Centre,
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QE, UK
Email: allam@worldsustainable.org ; allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk
Track 40: Transportation (Intermodal and single-mode service), Logistics and Supply change
Professor Dawna L. Rhoades, College of Business , Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.Daytona Beach , FL. 32114.
Email: rhoadesd@erau.edu
Dr Latif Al-Hakim, University of Southern Queensland , Faculty of Business,
Toowoomba.
Email: hakim@usq.edu.au
Track 41: Sport Marketing and Consumption
Dr Joo-Gim Heaney, Griffith University , Gold Coast campus, Gold Coast
, Australia
Email: j.heaney@griffith.edu.au
Dr. Jane Summers, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Marketing and Tourism, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, P O Box Darling Heights, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 4350. Tel. (07) 46311290, Fax: (07) 46315597. E-mail: summersj@usq.edu.au
Track: 42 Professional Practice/Reflective Practitioner-based Research
Dr. Mark Campbell Williams, Senior Lecturer, Doctoral and Information Management
Coordinator, School of Management Information Systems, ECU, Churchlands , Western
Australia 6018.
Email : m.williams@ecu.edu.au
All papers presented at the conference may also be refereed for possible publication as book chapters in a refereed Research book.
All travellers (with the exception of Europeans citizens/permanent residents) must have a visa to enter France . The French Embassy office in your country or region will be able to provide information regarding specific visa guidelines. The Hotels (IBIS Hotel and NOVOTEL, from the ACCOR Group) selected for this conference are situated in Paris La Défense 1 on the Seine river. NOVOTEL offers a magnificent view on Paris skyline (80 bedrooms reserved) and IBIS, in the same building, offers an exceptional price (70 bedrooms reserved) and very good conditions. The hotels are in front of the subway line 1 crossing Paris from West to East (4 stations, 6 minutes from Champs Elysées). The Academy of World Business , Marketing and Management Development (AWBMAMD) has negotiated a special reduced room rate for delegates who make their bookings through AWBMAMD. Forms for booking your hotel accommodation will be available on our website not later than September this year. More information can be obtained from: Professor Philippe Coffre, Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci Paris La Defense Cedex, France. Email: philippe.coffre@devinci.fr
ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS AND COST
Option 1: Hotel Accommodation. As mention above, participants can stay at the IBIS or Novotel hotels. The Novotel rooms have excellent views of Paris. The events organiser for IBIS/Novotel is Julie Raymond Tel: +33 1 41 45 54 01; Fax: +33 1 4145 24 27. Email: h0747-sb@accor.com IBIS has 70 bedrooms reserved (about 59 EUR + 6EUR for breakfast). First come first served. Novotel has 80 bedrooms reserved (about 135 EUR + 15 EUR for breakfast). Bookings must be confirmed on or before the 28th of April 2006, but if you leave it this late we cannot guarantee the availability of a room at either of these hotels. Participants intending to stay at the hotels may prefer to book a twin share room with a friend or colleague and share the hotel cost (if they wish). As stated above, forms for hotel reservation are available on: http://www.devinci.fr/awbmamd/img/resa.doc
Novotel hotel address is: Novotel Paris La Defense, 2 Boulevard de Neuilly, PARIS La Défense 1 CEDEX 92081 LA DEFENSE, FRANCE.Tel: (+33)1/41452323 Fax: (+33)1/41452324. http://www.novotel.com/novotel/fichehotel/gb/nov/0747/fiche_hotel.shtml
IBIS hotel address is; IBIS Hotel , 4 Boulevard de Neuilly, La Défense 1 Pont de Neuilly, PARIS LA DEFENSE CEDEX 92081 LA DEFENSE, FRANCE. Tel: (+33)1/41974040 Fax: (+33)1/41974050 http://www.ibishotel.com/ibis/fichehotel/gb/ibi/0771/fiche_hotel.shtml
Option 2: Student Hostel: Participants have the option of staying at the University student hostel in a “Studio/Residence”. There are 10 studios available for rent. Cost per studio about 71 EUR per night or about 57 EUR per night if staying for 7 nights or more. Breakfast will cost 7 EUR per day. The address is: Citea Leonard de Vinci, 88 rue des Etudiants, 92 400 Courbevoie. Tel 33 1 41 88 20 00, fax +33 1 41 88 20 01; For more information contact université@citea.com If there are more people staying for more than 3 days, they can offer another residence, but it depends on the number of people and rooms reserved. Participants intending to stay at the student hostel may prefer to book a twin share room with a friend or colleague and share the cost (if they wish). Bookings must be confirmed on or before the 10th of April. . First come first served. NOTE: Whereas the Metro Station is right in front of the Ibis and Novotel hotels, the University hostel (i.e. studio/residence) is apparently at least a 10 minute walk from the closest Metro Station.
PRESENTATION VENUE, FACILITIES AND TIME ALLOCATION : Presentation of papers will take place at the Pole Universitaire Campus because it has all the necessary modern facilities including data projectors that we can use for power point presentations. The IBIS and Novotel Hotels are only about a 12-15 minute walk from the University through a large traffic-free pedestrian mall – or a 2-3 minute Metro ride. The Metro line finishes at the university and the hotels are opposite the second-last stop. Each presentation will be about 15 minutes plus about 5 minutes question and answer time.
REGISTRATION/COLLECTION OF CONFERENCE BAG: As stated on the program, registration, on the 10th July will be at the Novotel Hotel. You will then receive your Conference Satchel containing your Name Badge, the Program, CD of Proceedings, Lunch and Dinner tickets (that are to be handed in just prior to the meal), tourist information, etc. Registration on the 11-13 th will be at the Pole Universitaire.
TRANSPORTATION FROM AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL: The link below is the Paris airport shuttle and private transport provider that you can use to book the shuttle service in advance. http://www.netcapricorn.com/clients/airportconnection/paris_shuttle.htm
SOME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES OF DELEGATES: Families of delegates can have magnificent travels all over France. You can also visit Disneyland. For more information click on www.pariscityrama.com
INVITATIONS TO HOST THE 2008 AWBMAMD CONFERENCE: Preliminary applications from organizations (e.g. universities, divisions/schools, departments, centres, corporations) who wish to host the 2008 Academy of World Business can now be forwarded to Dr Gabriel Ogunmokun, President Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development.Email: ogunmokun@usq.edu.au Upon the receipt of your preliminary application, you will be sent details of what should be included in your final application.
Information about the University hosting the conference in
Paris can be found on:
http://www.devinci.fr/ri/incoming/LDVpresent.html
General information about the conference can be found on:
http://www.academyofworldbusiness.com/conf2006.html
Photos and information of the previous conference in 2004 can
be found on
www.academyofworldbusiness.com/conference.html