Call for Papers - The Georgia Institute of Technology and Rollins College

EMERGING MARKETS AND BUSINESS EDUCATION: PEDAGOGICAL MODELS AND CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS IN RESPONSE TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Business education in emerging markets is fast changing the way in which these markets operate and are perceived. Emerging markets consist of eighty percent of the world's population, some 75% of its trade growth in the foreseeable future, following U.S. Department of Commerce data. These markets, defined as both developing and transitioning, are located in Asia, Latin and South America, the Middle East, the Baltic State and Russia.

Business education is a nascent phenomenon in many of these markets where economic elites have been heretofore trained overseas. The fast changing demographics and market dynamics more than justify a scholarly review and analysis of a policy area now clearly identified as critical by scholars, public policy makers, and business executives. The following topics are of special interest to the Editors and symposium organizers:

*Successful pedagogical models;
*Needs analysis in the light of changing environment;
*Successful and transferable organizational models of the business education enterprises;
*Training and executive education modalities and relevance to emerging markets' needs;
*Course content and curricula;
*Cross-cultural lessons; learning from each other;
*Exchange programs for both students and teaching staff;
*Use of international consulting and experiential projects;
*Training of future generations of business educators;
*The role of research in the business education enterprise in emerging markets;
*Relationship of professional schools to government and industry: recruitment, placement.

Papers will be refereed and presented at a Symposium sponsored by Georgia Tech and Rollins College. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Teaching International Business and as a book of readings, published by International Business Press (IBP)- an imprint of The Haworth Press Inc. of New York, London, and Oxford. For further information, please visit web page at
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J066

The following deadlines apply for submitted papers:

April 28, 2003: papers due
June 31, 2003: decisions regarding revisions and acceptance
July 15, 2003: final formatted papers due
October 16, 2003: Symposium presentation in Atlanta, Georgia
2004: Special Issue: Journal of Teaching International Business from selected papers

A GT CIBER faculty mobility stipend may be obtained for travelers presenting and coming from distant locations.

Submit questions and material to either

Dr. Ilan Alon
Assoc. Prof. of International Business
Crummer Graduate School of Business
Rollins College
1000 Holt Avenue-2722
Winter Park, Florida USA
http://web.rollins.edu/~ialon/
Email: IAlon@Rollins.edu
Ph: 407 629-1540

Or

Dr. John R. McIntyre,
Prof. of International Management
Exec. Dir., GT CIBER
DuPree College of Management
Georgia Tech, Room 415,
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0502
Email: ciber@mgt.gatech.edu
http://www.ciber.gatech.edu
Ph: 404 261 1231