The 4th Annual International Research Conference (AIRC) &  (pre-conference) Doctoral Workshop, Hosted by Indian Institute of Management Lucknow on January 30-February 1, 2025. This three-day conference will give a platform to exchange thought-provoking ideas and issues in various business functions and domains of management. The forum will emphasize capacity building to help render research into effective management practices. To encourage greater collaboration between researchers and industry, the conference will develop a collaborative platform to identify research priorities and suggest practically relevant emergent solutions. We look forward to seeing you at IIM Lucknow in December 2025. Submission tracks and guidelines for extended abstract submission is given below:

Submissions are invited in the following tracks and sub-tracks but are not limited to:

• Agri Business Management
• Business Communication
• Business Environment
• Business Sustainability
• Decision Sciences
• Finance and Accounting
• General and Legal Management 
• Information Technology and Systems
• Human Resource Management 
• Marketing ManagementOperation Management
• Strategic Management

Sub-tracks in Economics

• Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
• Business Economics
• Economic Development and growth Economic History
• Economic Systems Environmental and Ecological Economics
• Financial Economics
• Health, Education and welfare Economics
• Industrial Organization International Economics
• Labour Economics and Demographic Economics
• Law and Economics Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
• Microeconomics Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Public Economics Transportation Economics Urban Economics

Sub-tracks in Information Technology and Systems

• Agile Project and Program Management
• Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
• Big Data and Digital Goods Blockchain and Fintech Cyber Security and Risk
• Data and Information Privacy
• Data Mining and Predictive Analytics Decision Support Systems and Data Management
• Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Models
• Digital Learning Digital Transformation
• Human Computer Interaction IS and Future of work
• IS for industry
• IS Governance and
• Networking and its role in Business Sharing Economy, Platforms and Crowds
• Social Media and Digital Collaboration

Sub-tracks in Finance and Accounting 

•  Auditing and Taxation Issues Alternative asset classes Asset pricing
• Banking and Regulations
• Behavioural and experimental Finance
• Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Finance
• Block chain and cryptocurrencies.
• Corporate Finance Corporate Governance Entrepreneurship/ Venture capital/start up financing Financial Inclusion
• Financial Literacy
• Financial Markets and its linkages
• Fintech
• Sustainable Finance

Sub-tracks in Communication

• Audience Theory and Research Communication Theory and Research
• Crisis Communication
• Cross-cultural Communication
• Environmental Communication/ Communicating Climate Change
• Global Communication and Social Change
• Health Communication
• Interpersonal, Intergroup and Mass Communication
• Media Ethics
• Media Literacy
• Organizational and Communication
• Political Communication 
• Visual Communication 

Sub-tracks in Marketing Management

• Advertising and Promotions
• Bottom of Pyramid Marketing
• Business to Business Marketing Consumer Behavior
• Customer Relationship Management
• Emerging role of AI in marketing activities
• Innovations in Marketing
• Marketing Analytics
• Marketing education
• Marketing for a better world (includes topics on sustainability, public policy, ethics, social responsibility, social marketing, transformative consumer research)
• Product and Brand Management
• Reimagining Marketing during post Covid-19 era
• Research Methods in Marketing
• Retail & Distribution Management
• Sales Management
• Services Marketing
• Social media and digital Marketing
• Tourism marketing

Sub-tracks in Sustainability Business  

• society and government
• Circular economy and resource efficiency
• Climate change
• Corporate Social Responsibility Energy and environment policies Energy Businesses
• Environment and externalities trading
• Environment and resource economics
• Environment and social risk management
• ESG: Measurement certification and reporting
• Impact investment Institution Building Public policy
• Social entrepreneurship Stakeholder Management Sustainable supply chain management
• Systems dynamics

Sub-tracks in Decision Sciences

• Applied Statistics
• Bayesian Data Analysis
• Behavioural OR Statistics
• Decision Analysis
• Econometrics
• Forecasting
• Game Theoretic Modelling OR in Healthcare Administration
• Integer Programming Models
• Multi-objective Decision Models
• Multi-variate Analysis
• Network Flow Models
• Nonlinear Optimization
• Operations Research (OR)
• Mathematical Programming
• Optimization and Control
• Parametric and Non-parametric Models
• Probability theory and models
• Queuing Theory
• Regression Models
• Resource Allocation Models
• Simulation Modelling
• Statistical Inference
• Stochastic Optimization
• Stochastic Process
• Time-Series Analysis
• Transportation and Logistics
• Unconstrained Optimization

Sub-tracks in Operations Management

• Behavioural Operations Management
• Coordination Mechanisms in Supply Chain and Transportation
• Data Driven Decision Making during Covid-19
• Decision Making Under Uncertainty
• E-Commerce Operations
• Emerging Technologies in Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Game Theory
• Healthcare Management
• Heuristics in Decision Making
• Industry 4.0 applications
• Inventory and Warehouse Management
• Last Mile Delivery Optimisation
• Revenue Management
• Reverse Logistics and Network Optimisation
• Service Operations Management
• Sharing Economy
• Supply Chain Collaboration and Coordination
• Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
• Sustainability, CSR, and Humanitarian Operations Theory of Constraint
•  Quality management
• Project management  

Sub-tracks in Human Resource Management 

• Change Management
• Diversity and Inclusion
• HRM
• International Management
• Leadership
• Organization and Management Theory
• Organizational culture
• Social Issues in Management Technology and Innovation Management

Guidelines for Extended Abstract Submission 

• Word Limit: 1,500 to 2,500 words  
• Document must include: Title (250 characters maximum, entered in Title Case) 
• The paper should not contain any information about the author(s) or their affilation(s)
•  Font Style: Times New Roman
•  Font Size: 11 point font 
• Spacing: Double-spaced
• Margins: 1-inch (2.5cm) margin all around
• Document Type: Microsoft Word 

Paper Submission Link 

Extended abstract (PDF format) document to be uploaded on easychair: 

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=airc04