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3rd National Conference on Innovative Management Practices for Sustainable Business Models

19th - 20th February 2020 , Vadodara , Gujarat , India

Faculty of Management Studies, Parul University


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Conference Themes

  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • HR
  • IT  and General Management  
  • Operation Management

Conference Highlights

  • IT  and General Management  
  • Operation Management
  • Agri-Business Management
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • HR

Description

 

Today’s world faces significant challenges. There are numerous ways that businesses are responding to these challenges. Some organizations are tolerant to deteriorating economic, environmental, and social conditions and are sailing through the decline by adapting to limitations. Other organizations respond to the need to make choices between what is apt for the environment and society or doing what is best for the economy. However, there are more innovative, proactive responses, including ones that champion business as a force for positive societal change.

 Sustainable businesses help address society’s concerns by providing profit-making opportunities for business owners. It is in large part about changing business practices. Successful sustainable businesses are focused on the creation of new products and practices that address or mitigate environmental, economical and social concerns in new ways. Success in implementation of sustainable business practices relies largely on entrepreneurship and innovation.

The concepts of sustainable business, energy and development are three of the most important focal points that our country is attempting to address through post-Millennium Development Goals initiative. In view to these three areas, the important question is how to address our needs for growth, in particular those of the developing countries like ours, to meet present and future needs, given the limitations imposed by the condition of business, energy, development and social organization on our ability.

Today's dynamic business environment asks for continuous innovation to stay competitive. The objective of the conference is to advance the theories and practices of Business Sustainability, promotion and implementation of practices in companies towards sustainability across all organisational levels, from strategic management to operational levels, for every company’s function and in every type of business, to bridge the gaps between abstract and real worlds, between academia and companies, between theory and practice, , and to bring people in the centre, as a critical success factor towards business sustainability.

With the theme of Innovative Management Practices for Sustainable Business Models”, INC 2020 raises important questions regarding the future of sustainability of businesses in Economic, Social, and Environmental terms.

 In particular, we welcome articles that include current thinking and developments by practitioners and academicians, combining theoretical foundations on markets and/or marketing and corporate responsibility with practical insights that help managers in decision-making processes. Therefore, INC 2019 offers a platform for scholarly and applied conversations among a wide variety of stakeholders concerned with the continual challenge of advancing the sustainable business, energy and development agenda: people, planet, and growth. 

Conference Objectives

  1. To advance the theories and practices of Business Sustainability, promotion and implementation of practices in companies towards sustainability across all organisational levels, from strategic management to operational levels, for every company’s function and in every type of business.
  2. To bridge the gaps between abstract and real worlds, between academia and companies, between theory and practice.
  3. To bring people in the centre, as a critical success factor towards business sustainability.

Program Schedule

Last Date of Abstract submission

15th Dec,  2019

Notification of acceptance of abstracts           

25th  Dec,2019

Early bird registration for Conference

10th Jan, 2020

Final Paper Due       

20th Jan, 2020

Last Date for receipt of Registration 

10th Feb, 2020

Themes

Themes:

  • Marketing

Social Media Marketing /E-commerce/B2B/B2C/B2P Marketing / Search Engine Marketing, E- Branding & Sensory Marketing, Digital Technology & Logistics, Marketing, CRM in the Digital Era, Innovations and creativity in Marketing, New Retail Formats and Innovations, Product life cycle and Technology Innovations, Business processes and innovative technologies, A gap between technologies enabled services and their consumers, Service Innovation and Management, Web Analytics, Internet Marketing, and Market Research, Interpretation, Design, and Digital Strategies

  • Finance

Big Data, Business, and Finance, Portfolio Optimization, Quantitative Method in Finance, Expert System and computational Finance, Financial Inclusion, Financial Instruments, Finance & Investment, Financial Intermediation, Financial Markets, Financial Regulations, Financial Risk Management, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Hedge Funds, Insurance, International Finance, Managerial Finance, Micro Finance, Mutual Funds, Project Finance, , E-Accounting, Online Accounting, Mobile Banking, Non-Performing Assets, Offshore Banking, Online Banking, Retail Banking, Regulatory Challenges, SMS Banking

  • HR

Streamline HR process with digital HR, Modernizing compensation, HR in 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Recent trends in HRM, The HR manager of the 21st century vision 2020, Collaborative culture & collective intelligence, Role of women manager in innovative business of 21st century, Innovative HR models, Organization behaviour and Knowledge management

  • IT  and General Management

Smart Technologies , Social Networks , Digital Business and Digital Marketing, Information Security and Privacy, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, IT in Emerging Economies and NGOs, Technology and Operations Management, Knowledge Economy, Big data analytics,  Organizational Design New Strategy Formulation, Customer Analytics, Economics, Information, and Societies, Decision support system and Business management, Data Collection, Quality Control, General  Management, Innovation, Research & Development in Information Technology.

  • Operation Management

Behavioural Operations Management, City/Urban Logistics, Closed Loop Supply Chains, Empirical Research in Operation Management, Operational Excellence, Healthcare Operations Management, Humanitarian Logistics and Disaster Relief, Inventory Management, Learning and Knowledge Management in Operation Management, Marketing and Operation Management Interface, Operation Management and Operation Research, Quality Control and Six Sigma, Retail Operations Management, Revenue Management and Pricing, Scheduling and Logistics, Service Operations, Supply Chain Analytics, Sustainable Operations Management, Digital Manufacturing, Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Simulations, Lean management, Business Process Re-engineering, CAD/CAM/CIM, Use of Analytics in making management better, Applying new ICT tools for business, E-Business, Information Systems, Gamification in Business, Chasing best practices, not fads,  Artificial Intelligence, Platform Architecture, Cloud computing, Data Security

  • Agri-Business Management

Marketing of Agri Inputs and Services, CSR in Agri Sector, Management of Risk in Agriculture, Role of Agriculture in economic development, Technology in improving farm-income, Contract farming, Crop Finance & Insurance, Export / Import of Agri products, Modern management techniques in Agriculture, WTO & Indian Agriculture

Keynote Speakers

Venue

P.O.Limda, Ta.Waghodia

Vadodara - 391 760

Gujarat, India


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Organisers

Faculty of Management Studies: The Faculty of Management Studies- Under its umbrella we have two MBA programs and one Bachelor in Business Administration program.

The Faculty adopts a practical learning approach- pedagogy combine’s fieldwork, case studies and instrumented feedback with a strong emphasis on concepts and theory.The intent is to encourage intellectual curiosity and holistic perspective to the adventure of ideas. 

Steering Committee

Chief Patron

Dr. Devanshu Patel (President – Parul University)

Patron

Dr. M. N. Patel  (Provost – Parul University)

Convenor of the Conference

Dr. Bijal Zaveri (Dean – Faculty of Management Studies)

Governing Body

Dr. Bijal Zaveri (Dean – Faculty of Management Studies)

Dr. Shantanu Chakravorty (Principal – PIBBA, Entrepreneurship Development Cell – Core Committee)

Prof. Aniruddh Tambe (Director PGDM)

Advisory Committee

Dr. Hemant Trivedi- Dean, North Corp University, Noida

Dr. Rajesh Verma- Dean, School of Mittal Business, Lovely Professional University

Dr. Prateek Kanchan- Director, B.K.School of Management, Ahmadabad

Dr. Rohit Trivedi- Lecturer in Strategic Marketing, Faculty of Management and Law,  University of Bradford. Germany

Dr. Chandan Vichoray, Head - Department of Management and Technology, College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur University

Conference Coordinator

Dr. Sapna Chauhan, Asst. Professor, sapna.chauhan6030@paruluniversity.ac.in, 8618871487

Conference-Co-Coordinator

Prof. Amita Garg, Asst. Professor, amita.garg@paruluniversity.ac.in, 9408944767 

Prof. Samir Thakkar, Asst. Professor, samir.thakkar@paruluniversity.ac.in, 7405664958 

Prof Dhara Joshi, Asst. Professor, dhara.joshi24002@paruluniversity.ac.in, 9427362028

Partners Details

The selected papers from the conference will be published in “Manthan: Journal of Commerce and Management”, a peer-reviewed journal published by Journal Press India (www.journalpressindia.com), indexed with Index Copernicus International (ICI), EBSCO, Summon (ProQuest), CrossRef, Research Gate, Google Scholar, Indian Citation Index, J-Gate, Scilit, i-Scholar etc. databases. The papers to be published would be selected (after double blind peer-review) based on the scope of the journal, review and screening by the editorial team.

Review Board

Call for Papers

Theoretical, Conceptual and Empirical papers and case studies which are original and not published elsewhere are invited from academics, researchers and professionals on various sub themes or any other issue related with the main theme of the conference.

 

Submission Process:  

The Abstracts and Full papers are to be submitted on the given email address: inc@paruluniversity.ac.in

The selected papers will be published in Conference Proceedings with ISBN no.

The papers presented in-absentia (with the use of Technology) will not be published. 

Conference Registration Details

Research Scholar/Students

Rs. 1700/-

Research Scholar/Students (In-absentia)

Rs. 2000/-

Academicians/Professionals

Rs. 2000/-

Academicians/Professionals (In-absentia)

Rs. 2500/-

Academicians/Professionals (In-absentia with technology)           

Rs. 3000/-

Foreign Research Scholars-Paper Presentation

60$

Foreign Research Scholars-Participation

40$

* At least one author need to remain present during conference to get certificate of Paper Presentation otherwise it will be considered as absentia.

Early bird registration discount 15% in each categories

 

Group Registration Discount:

1. Registration Criteria for Participation of Researcher (Author & Co Author)

2. Indiviudal Registration in case of Co-authorship is mandatory

Group Registration Discount offers

No.of Members

Discount on Group

3/4

15%

5 or more

20%

Payment Mode: The payment can be made through NEFT to account no: 3610053957  (Name : INC , IFSC: CBIN0284063, Branch: PIET Limda, Waghodia, Vadodara) 

 

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Following are the guidelines for authors who wish to submit their papers to the journals:  

  1. Every paper must be accompanied by a cover page which should include title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) and their affiliations, and the complete postal and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of the corresponding author.
  2. The recommended length of a paper should be around 6,000 words inclusive of all notes, references, tables and appendices.
  3. All papers should be accompanied by an abstract (100 to 150 words) and 5-6 key words.
  4. Papers should be prepared and submitted in text format (MS-Word) following U.K. spellings, using Times New Roman font of 12 size, and A4 format with 1.5   line spacing. Please note that PDF versions are not accepted.
  5. Figures or graphs should not be in coloured format.
  6. Authors should make their paper submissions by sending a soft copy of the paper through Email at inc@paruluniversity.ac.in

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  1. The recommended length of a paper should be around 6,000 words inclusive of all notes, references, tables and appendices.
  2. All papers should be accompanied by an abstract (100 to 150 words) and 5-6 key words.
  3. Papers should be prepared and submitted in text format (MS-Word) following U.K. spellings, using Times New Roman font of 12 size, and A4 format with 1.5   line spacing. Please note that PDF versions are not accepted.
  4. Figures or graphs should not be in coloured format.

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Important Dates

 

Last Date of Abstract submission

15th Dec,  2019

Notification of acceptance of abstracts                                    

25th  Dec, 2019

Early bird registration for Conference

10th Jan, 2020

Final Paper Due       

20th  Jan, 2020

Last Date for receipt of Registration 

10th Feb, 2020

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