IMIB-EGADE-2018: 4th International Conference on Global Business Environment (Theme: Industry 4.0: Business Beyond Boundaries) International Management Institute Bhubaneswar, India, December 7-8, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.imibh.edu.in |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imibegade2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 31, 2018 |
Submission deadline | October 31, 2018 |
A lot of excitement has driven around Industry 4.0 opportunities among the business people over the past few years. The excitement at the top-management level in business houses has pumped up the enthusiasm on this revolution aiming at making a significant shift at the conventional industry models. Growing number of manufacturers have shown remarkable competitiveness, while moving beyond Industry 4.0 buzzwords and focusing on valuable, business-specific applications. The current trend of automation, electronic data interchange, and Big Data analytics in manufacturing and business industries have significantly contributed to the industrial and economic growth in the region. This trend has raised the fourth generation of industrial revolution in global and regional business environment. Such digital revolution includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing, and cognitive computing business models applied in emerging markets today. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred as the age of automation of industrial designs and operations for enhanced productivity and delivering high consumer value. This revolution empowers industries irrespective of their size to adapt to the new age of logical frameworks. The use of computers and automation have come together in an entirely hybrid way connecting robotics with human capital develop the competitive edge in the marketplace. This conference aims at bringing together the international forum for raising rich discussion on the Industry 4.0 theme and is impact on business-to-business, business-to-consumers, the global-local business imperatives, and towards driving the national economy. Discussions in the conference would critically analyze the convergence of technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and consumer values for improving business performance at the global-local paradigm in the context of Industry 4.0 developments. This conference would also enrich knowledge and skills on contemporary business strategies towards automation and digitization process in manufacturing, services, and marketing organizations. The conference would contemplate on developing new visions and business perspectives to match with the changing priorities of industries in the emerging markets.
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be typed double-spaced with 2.5 cm or one-inch margins using 12-point Times New Roman font in a single MS Word file. All submissions must include a Title, Authors (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors and a notation (*) of the corresponding author), an Abstract (no more than 150 words) and 3-5 Keywords. Final paper should not exceed 30 pages, including the Abstract, body of the text (Introduction, Theory, Methods, Findings, Discussion, Conclusions and Implications), Tables, Figures and References. All paper submissions must include a discussion, which addresses the contribution of the author’s work to the advancement of business and business-related science and practice in the Conclusions and Implications section.
All submissions must be entirely original, not previously published, and must not be under concurrent consideration or scheduled for presentation elsewhere.
All abstracts and full papers must be submitted online at Easy-Chair. The link for submission is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imibegade2018
List of Topics
- International vision on industry 4.0
- Industry 4.0 management
- Economic systems and governance
- Internet business modelling: Innovation & technology
- Globalization, digital marketing and societal values
- Business analytics
- Sectoral growth
- Multinational companies and regional expansion
- Industrialization and human resource management
- Global business
- Industrial finance management
- Strenghtening industrial markets
Committees
Program Committee
- Prof. Ramesh Behl, Professor & Director, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Prof. Rajagopal, Professor and National Researcher, EGADE Business School, Mexico City, Mexico
- Prof. Raquel Castano, Professor & Director, EGADE Business School, Mexico
- Prof. Fernando Moya, Director Executive MBA & Entrepreneurship Chair in Doctoral Program, EGADE Business School, Mexico
- Dr. Sourabh Sharma, Associate Professor, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Dr. Manit Mishra, Associate Professor, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Organizing committee
- Dr. Sourabh Sharma, Associate Professor, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Dr. Manit Mishra, Associate Professor, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Ms. Nazia Parveen, Conference Executive, IMI Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Publication
IMIB-EGADE-2018 proceedings will be published in ...
Discussions are on with the Publishers of previous editions of conference anthology - Palgrave Macmillan, NY, USA and IGI Global, PA, USA.
Venue
The conference will be held at International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to conference@imibh.edu.in