ICSBP2022: International Conference on Sustainable Business Practices in a VUCA World Rabat Business School campus Rabat, Morocco, June 23-24, 2022

In a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), sustainability is a key issue for management research. During the last years, sustainability has been addressed by scholars in many different contexts, including logistics and supply chain management, marketing, finance, innovation as well as human resources, ethics, and social responsibility. The aim of this conference is to discuss the state of the art in each specific field of study in management, look for common themes and create synergies among different streams of research.

This conference will be a platform for industry practitioners, academicians, entrepreneurs, and research scholars to come together, to learn, share and discuss current and emerging topics in various areas aligned towards sustainability. This would be a great knowledge-sharing event for a diverse audience embracing international and national participants. The event has inspirational keynote speakers, practitioner-led workshop sessions, and mutually beneficial networking opportunities.

We invite original papers from interested professionals and researchers to present and participate in the conference in response to the uncertain and complex pandemic scenario and to interconnect all these issues with business sustainability. Papers jointly written by industry leaders and academics are preferred for this conference, as industry-academia collaboration is powerful in finding practical and innovative solutions to the challenges.

List of Themes

• Theme 1: Social Marketing and Sustainable Marketing Practices
• Theme 2: Human Resource Management Practises for Sustainable Business Growth
• Theme 3: Sustainable Information Systems and Management
• Theme 4: Sustainable Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Digital Transformation
• Theme 5: Sustainable Finance
• Theme 6: Sustainable Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation
• Theme 7: Sustainable Tourism Practices & Eco-Tourism Development

For more details about the themes, please refer to the conference web page https://www.uir.ac.ma/fr/pole/rabat-business-school/InternationalConferencerbs.

Guest Speakers

• Constantine Blome, Professor of Operations Management, Sussex University Business School, UK
• Miguel Pina E. Cunha, Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies, Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
• Prof. Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation, School of Management, Swansea University, UK
• Prof. Brian Lucey, Professor of Finance, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Ms. Mia Negru, Entrepreneur in the field of sustainability, public speaker and advisor to the city of Copenhagen, Denmark

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Submissions must be done using EasyChair.

The review of the submissions will be double blinded. All extended abstracts and full papers must be anonymized.

The following submission categories are welcome:

• Extended Abstract: The extended abstract of about 800-2000 words (excluding references) must include the purpose, methodology, major findings, and contribution of the research along with the suitable keywords.

• Full Paper: Full-length papers should not exceed 8,000 words including tables & figures (excluding references). The manuscript should be submitted in a single file containing the title page (without author details), the main manuscript, and the references.

Publication Opportunities

All accepted and presented abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts and Conference Proceedings Book with ISBN number in pdf version on our web page.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit their papers to a special issue of:

• International Journal of Information Management, IJIM Data Insights (Elsevier), ISSN 2667-0968
• International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IGI Global), ISSN 1947-8585, Scopus indexed
• Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, ISSN 2398-5364, Scopus indexed, ranked ABDC
• Benchmarking: An International Journal (Emerald), ISSN 1463-5771, Scopus indexed, ranked ABS and ABDC
• Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance (Wiley), ISSN 1099-1697, ABS and ABDC ranked

Further information will be available soon.

Important Dates

• March 31^st, 2022: Submission deadline
• April 10^th, 2022: Acceptance notification
• May 10^th, 2022: Deadline for the registration fees payment
• June 23^rd-24^th, 2022: Conference dates

Registration Details

The conference registration fees are as follows:

• PhD students: 100 euros
• Academics: 150 euros
• Non-Academics: 200 euros

Conference Chairs

Chair: Ikram Jebabli

Co-Chair: Albrecht Fritzsche

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Vikas Arya
• Surajit Bag
• Kaoutar Chargui
• Abdelhak El Idrissi
• Albrecht Fritzsche 
• Ikram Jebabli
• Diorgenes Falcao Mamedio
• Mohamed Amine Masmoudi
• Raja Sreedharan
• Tarik Zouadi

Scientific committee

• Please refer to the conference web page https://www.uir.ac.ma/fr/pole/rabat-business-school/InternationalConferencerbs.

Venue

The conference will be held in Rabat Business School campus.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to sbpconference@uir.ac.ma.