22nd International Business Summit and Research Conference

INBUSH ERA WORLD SUMMIT 2022

February 23rd to 25th, 2022

Amity University is organizing its 22nd International Business Summit & Research Conference on the theme “Nurturing People, Purpose, Partnerships, Planet & Performances for creating Sustainable World Class Organizations” from 23rd February to 25th February, 2022 in online/Hybrid mode at Amity International Business School and Amity Greater Noida Campus.

AIBS is one of the flagship institutions of Amity University, which is India's Top Ranked Pvt. University and is ranked among Top 20 Excellent B-schools by Edu-universal, a French consulting company and a rating agency specialized in Higher Education. This International Business Summit & Research Conference will have thoughtful panel discussion, research paper/ case study presentations. Leading entrepreneurs, practitioners, researchers, scholars, consultants and academicians from renowned companies and Business Schools and Universities will be participating in this summit to share their research in their respective fields.

As part of the Conference, we are inviting full-length papers, research-in-progress papers, dissertations, case studies and/or abstracts, theoretical studies, innovative methodologies in the field of International Business. 

This event will indeed be incomplete without the participation of all our distinguished friends, mentors and members of our Amity Family; and we look forward to welcoming all in our journey of enlightenment.

International, Peer Reviewed, Indexed Journals, Scopus Journals and also Edited Book with an ISBN Number are associated with the conference.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in:

Edited Books:

• Cross Industry Applications of Cyber Security Frameworks, Published by IGI Global
• Technology Training for Educators from Past to Present, Published by IGI Global
• Artificial Intelligence and digital diversity Inclusiveness in corporate restructuring Published by Nova Publisher

Special Issues (Acceptance awaited)

• Nurturing talent and Productivity for Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development, Published by Taylor & Francis
• Journal of sustainability Finance and Investment, Published by Taylor & Francis

(Conference Papers are subjected to undergo review process and revisions)

SUB THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE

International Business

• Implications of Technological Disruption
• Technology and the War for Talent
• Impact of New Technologies on Business
• Artificial Intelligence and its impact on Business
• Managing Global Competitiveness using Technology
• Impact of new technology on Global Labour Markets
• Blockchain in International Business
• IoT and Smart Cities
• IoT Strategies and Business models
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• AR (Augmented Reality) in product design and manufacturing
• AR (Augmented Reality) and Training
• Use of AR (Augmented Reality) in sales and marketing
• Smart Manufacturing
• Crypto currency
• Strategies of Emerging Countries in the era of New Technology
• The roadmap to thriving in the new skills economy
• Future of Mobile Apps
• Social Media – A Powerful Tool
• Big Data Powers Organizations
• Integration of Technology in HR Practices
• Skill set for Industry 4.0
• Managing Virtual Teams and Environments for Innovation.
• Innovation in Business
• Effects of Shifts in Globalization on Emerging Economies
• Smart Global Supply Chain Management
• Corporate Governance in the New Global Technology Driven Economy
• E-Business and Mobile Commerce
• Big Data Analytics
• Business and Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence Tools & Applications
• Cyber Defense & Information Technology
• Cloud Computing
• Data & Intelligent System Modeling
• Digital Marketing & Internet marketing
• Smart Connected Products
• Impact of Technology on Financial decisions
• Finance and Risk Management with respect to using new technology
• Digital Transformation and Financial Services
• Banking services in the digital era
• Virtual Reality

Marketing

• Strategic Marketing & Planning
• Product Portfolio Management
• Consumerization Vs Customization
• Strategic Branding in Global Market Place
• Market Logistics and its importance
• Managing the Supply Chain
• Corporate Communication – Role in Marketing
• Ethics & Social Responsibility in Marketing
• Industrial Marketing
• Marketing across the Borders
• “Sensory Branding” - Importance in Marketing
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Service Marketing: Importance of Innovations

Human Resource Management

• HRM and the business environment
• Organizational Change and Development
• Learning and Development
• Digital HR
• Strategic HRM
• Industrial Relations & Legal HRM
• Employee Turnover & Attrition
• Strategic Training & Development
• Performance Management
• Transformation HR
• Employee Engagement
• Talent Management
• Leadership Development
• e- recruitment

Entrepreneurship Management

• Innovation at grassroot level
• Out-of-box innovation
• Inside-the-box innovation
• Breakthrough Innovation
• Reverse Innovation
• Managing Innovation process
• Innovation trends
• No-Money Marketing strategies
• Opportunity Recognition
• Innovation Tools
• Family Business Management
• Lean Startups
• Financing Inventions
• Financing entrepreneurship ventures
• Attracting Talent in lean startups
• Creative thinking
• Market segmentation for a lean startup
• Financial intelligence for entrepreneurs
• Money Management for entrepreneurs

Financial Management

• Finance & Accounting
• International Finance & Trade
• Merger & Acquisitions
• Derivatives Market
• Banking & Insurance
• Mutual Funds
• Money Management
• Return on Marketing Investments
• Trends in Consumer Finance Industries

Information Technology

• Business Strategy and Information Technology
• Management Information System
• Information Systems Planning and Management
• The Application of Information Technology
• Internet Technology
• Computer Simulation
• Programming Languages
• Ecommerce and E-Government
• Information Technology Management
• Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing
• Information Economics and Management
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Communications and Networking
• Computational Science and Technology
• Data Mining, Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery
• Energy System and Engineering
• Grid-computing, Supercomputing and Cloud-computing
• Hardware and Software Co-design
• Health and Medical Science and Technology
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Image and Signal Processing
• Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents
• Modeling and Simulation
• Pattern Recognition and Information Retrieval
• Decision Analysis and Methods
• Productivity
• E-learning
• E-Business and E-Commerce
• IoT Enabling Technologies
• IoT in healthcare
• IoT in Process Manufacturing
• IoT in Logistics
• IoT and Energy Management
• IoT in Retail
• IoT in Home Automation
• Smart Cities with IoT
• IoT in Agriculture
• IoT and Project Management
• IoT for Environment Monitoring
• IoT Privacy and Security

Family Business Management

• Family Business Governance
• Family Business in Emerging, Developing, and Transition Economies
• Family business goals
• Family dynamics
• Behavioral processes and innovation in family firms
• Co-operation among family businesses
• Collective bargaining issues
• Small family business
• Family-based social entrepreneurship
• Acquired and tacit knowledge in family-based business operations
• Relationships, succession and transition issues
• Transgenerational entrepreneurship practices
• Women in business and regional development
• Leadership issues, family business and corporate governance
• Technological changes
• Role and relevance of professional managers
• Internal and external challenges
• Commonalities and complementarities in managing family business across nations

Corporate Governance and CSR

• Corporate ownership structures
• Corporate restructuring
• Minority-majority shareholder conflict
• Investor/creditor protection
• Managerial behaviour, managerial entrenchment
• Incentive structures, executive compensation plans
• Agency issues
• Corporate contracting
• Business and financial ethics
• Corporate social responsibility
• Corporate law and securities law,
• Financial (de)regulation
• Insider trading, conflicts of interests
• Institutional investor behaviour
• Financial reporting,
• Disclosure, transparency
• Information asymmetry
• (Hostile) takeovers
• Market for corporate control/defences
• Effective boardroom performance
• The growing importance of governance in the wake of ever-greater corporate scandals
• Redefinitions and reassessments of corporate governance models
• The role of business in society
• The changing nature of the relationship and responsibilities of the firm towards various

stakeholders

• The role and impact of local and international regulatory agencies and regimes on

corporate behaviour.

Supply Chain Management

• Capacity planning and control
• E-business and operations
• Global operations management
• Human resource management in operations
• Information and knowledge management
• Lean/agile operations
• Logistics, order fulfilment and distribution
• Management of technology for operations
• Managing technological/organizational change
• Mass customization
• Materials and inventory management
• New product and service design/development
• Operations planning, scheduling and control
• Operations strategy
• Performance measurement and management
• Plant location, design and layout
• Project management in operations
• Quality management in operations
• Role of operations in sustainability
• Supplier/customer relationship management
• Supply chain management

Cross Cultural Management

• Strategic issues facing emerging markets of the global economy
• Global strategic management, MNE strategy, and structure
• Management of the MNE, its subsidiaries, and inter-firm networks
• Institutional strategies and the political environment
• International technology transfer, R&D and innovation
• Innovation in the international context
• Comparative and international entrepreneurship
• Public administration as it relates to and affects international business and global

management

• Corporate governance and social issues of the firm in the global context
• Global talent management
• International human resource management
• Management of multicultural teams
• Cross-cultural communication
• Work motivation and leadership
• Inter- and intra-organizational group, teamwork and negotiation strategies
• Conflict resolution in the international setting
• Cultural and individual ethics and values
• Intra-national diversity issues
• Research methods in international management

Quality Management

• Service Quality.
• Qualitative and quantitative analyses
• Total quality management/quality management
• Sustainable TQM practices
• Advanced and sustainable quality management models and approaches
• Total quality environment management
• Application of advanced quality management tools and techniques
• Quality management systems
• Quality awards and models
• Quality improvement strategies/standards
• Green quality culture, QFD, DOE, Fuzzy ANP etc.
• Benchmarking the best practices
• Leadership and management issues in achieving quality and innovation
• The relationship between quality management and other disciplines such as

organizational performance, quality performance, customer satisfaction, innovation etc.

• Quality management in service industries
• Data mining applications and analysis
• Failure mode and effect analysis

Researchers are also encouraged to present Research Papers/ Case Studies in any other

area of Management and not necessarily restrict themselves to the sub themes of the

conference.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

• Paper submitted should be an original and unpublished work. Any paper submitted which is identical or substantially similar work already published or under review for another conference or publication, will not be considered.
• A covering letter clearly certifying that the manuscript is original and has neither been published anywhere nor is at present being considered for any other publication should accompany the manuscript.
• The Review Committee will screen the abstract(s). The abstract(s) approved by the committee will be selected for the submission of the fulllength paper for the conference. All the author(s) of the accepted papers will be intimated accordingly.
• First page of the manuscript should have the broad theme, title of the paper, name of the author(s), organization’s affiliation, complete postal address, phone number, fax number (if any) and e-mail address followed by abstract and full paper. Kindly do not mention author(s) name, affiliation or any other such information inside the manuscript.
• Recommended length of the research paper should be between 4000-6000 words. Font used should be Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced.
• Tables, illustrations, charts, figures etc. should be serially numbered and duly acknowledged. Sources of the data need to be given below each table.
• First level subheading should be left-justified, in upper and lower case, and printed in 14- point Times New Roman, boldface; second level subheadings should be left –justified, in upper and lower case, in 12-point Times New Roman boldface. The paragraph begins right after the sub-heading. Headings and sub-headings will not carry any numbering.
• References should be complete in all respects, with authors’ surnames arranged alphabetically, following conventional citation styles. Authors are requested to follow the APA Style.
• Multiple authors, if attending the conference, will have to register separately to be entitled for the conference certificate (Authors who do not register will not be entitled for the conference certificate). Authors, who are keen to present more than one paper, will have to register for both separately.
• The author(s) must register themselves for the conference latest by 31st December 2021 to ensure the inclusion of the paper in the conference proceedings. Without registration, paper will not be included in the conference proceedings.

In-absentia and skype presentation

• Participation is also solicited for in-absentia and skype presentation.

• You are also welcomed to volunteer to participate as session chairs, reviewers and members of the program committee.

Awards and Certificates:

• Best Paper Award will be conferred by the Program Committee. Certificate of presentation will be issued to participants presenting their research at the conference.
• Certificate of chairing a session will be issued to chairs acknowledging their contribution in the conference.

Category		Registration Fees
		National (Rs)	International
Author	Industry	2,500/-	100 USD
	Academician	2,000/-	75 USD
	Research Scholar	1,500	50 USD
	Student	500	20 USD
Delegate	Industry and Academician	1,500/-	50 USD
	Research Scholar and Student	1,000/-	30 USD

• Author means "One whose paper is either accepted or accepted and presenting"
• Delegate means "One who is attending the conference but not submitted the paper"

All papers should be submitted at inbush@amity.edu

Any queries regarding the Call for paper can be addressed to: inbush@amity.edu

Research Committee Members

Prof. Bhawna Kumar, Amity Education Group

Prof. (Dr.) Alka Maurya, Amity International Business School

Dr. Hima Bindu Kota, Amity International Business School

Dr. Chitra Krishnan, Amity International Business School

Dr. Richa Goel, Amity International Business School