International Conference on Changing Business Paradigm (ICCBP)
19 – 21st March 2021 in online mode
(Theme-Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Business Management: Post-Covid 19)
About the conference
International Conference on Changing Business Paradigm (ICCBP) aims at capturing role of innovations in management practices. It seeks to deliberate upon the emerging theories, concepts and models in general, practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in particular in the field of innovations in management practices keeping in view current pandemic situation too. This event endeavours to create forum for academician, researchers, practicing managers and students to share their ideas and research findings, and address contemporary issues and challenges in business and industry.
Call for Papers:
Original research papers and case studies are invited on current issues in any of the following subthemes:
Track-1: Contemporary issues and challenges in Marketing:
Digital Marketing
Permission marketing
Consumer Behavior Analysis
Product and Brand Management
Integrated Marketing Communications
International Marketing
B2B Marketing
Services Marketing
Green Marketing
Retailing
Consumer psychology
Rural marketing
CRM
Marketing during crisis
Marketing analytics etc.
Track-2: Contemporary issues and challenges in Finance and Accounting:
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
International Economics,
Agricultural and Natural Resources
Corporate Finance
Banking, Insurance and Financial Services
Asset Pricing
Derivatives and Risk Management
Managing Financial Institutions
International Finance
Corporate Accounting and Financial Disclosure Practices
Mergers and Acquisitions
Market Micro-structure
Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion
Financial Innovations/Engineering
Sustainable Finance
Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain and Fintech applications in finance
Behavioural Finance
Financial Modelling and Analytics
Corporate Governance
Capital Markets
Track-3: Contemporary issues and challenges in OB and HRM:
HR in COVID Times
Organizational Behavior
Diversity
Equity and Inclusion
Human Resource Planning and Development
Talent and Competency Management
Change Management and Organizational Development
Employer Branding
Employee Engagement
Technology and HR
HR Analytics
HR Accounting
HRIS, Employee Relations
Strategic HRM and Global HR
Track-4: Contemporary issues and challenges in Operations and SCM:
Manufacturing Processes, SCM
Optimization Techniques
TPM
Project Management
TQM • Six Sigma and Productivity Management
Technology Management
Applications of analytics in operations
Track-5: Contemporary issues and challenges in IT:
E-Commerce
E-Governance
Soft Computing Techniques
Management of Information Technology
ERP
Information Technology
Project Management
Software Engineering
Decision Support
Experts Systems
Knowledge Management
Analytics and IT
Track-6: Contemporary issues and challenges in Business policy, strategy and entrepreneurship:
Corporate Ownership
Governance Control and Business Ethics
Inclusive Growth – Strategy and Policy
CSR
The new age start-ups SMEs for sustainable and global development
Entrepreneurship
Intrapreneurship
Socio Entrepreneurship
Techno Entrepreneurship and Women Entrepreneurship
Track-7: Case Studies:
In any functional and Cross-functional areas of management.
Note: This is an indicative list. Contributions from areas not listed above are also welcome.
Opportunity to publish in reputed Journals:
The conference organizing committee will send few of the selected papers for the fast-track review as suggested by the Editor, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief of respective journals. Those papers must mention that paper was presented in the conference and has been revised based on the comments received from the reviewers during the conference. Sending out research papers for review does not guarantee the publication.
All registered and presented papers after going through the peer review process, selected papers will be published as part of conference proceedings in the form of eBook with ISBN.
The MDIM Online International Conference providing you an opportunity to publish your research papers in the following journals:
International Journal of Emerging Markets (ABDC -B: in consultation with the Senior Editor Prof. Aviral Kumar Tiwari and Editor-in-chief)
Journal of Public Affairs (ABDC-B, in consultation with the SE Asia Regional Editor)
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (UGC care list, in consultation with the Associate Editor Prof. Aviral Kumar Tiwari and Editor-in-Chief)
The papers submitted to the International Conference on Changing Business Paradigm (ICCBP) 2021 should describe your original work and should not have been published elsewhere or under consideration. The full version of your paper should be formatted as per the guidelines given below. The submitted paper should be in between 5,000-7,000 words including all the text, figures, tables, references, and appendices. Kindly mention the track name in the subject line while submitting the full research paper.
Page Format
A4 paper size with 1-inch margin on all sides
Single spaced
12 point Times New Roman font
Title and Abstract
The cover page should bear only the title of the paper, names, official addresses, email IDs, phone/fax numbers of the authors, a brief biographical note of the authors and acknowledgements (if any).
An abstract of 200-250 words with 5-7 keywords. Heading ABSTRACT appears before the text centered, bold, UPPERCASE, 12 point. Body of the abstract is justified and in 12-point font.
Body of the paper
SECTION HEADINGS are to be in UPPERCASE, bold, 12-point font, and centered
Sub-section Headings are to be in Title case, bold, 12-point font, and left justified
Sub-sub-section Headings are to be in Title case, italicized, 12-point font, and indented 0.5 inches
All headings are separated from the following paragraph with a blank line
Separate paragraphs with a blank line
Starting line of a paragraph is indented 0.5 inches
Body of the paper should use a 12-point font
Figures, Tables and Equations
All figures, tables, and equations are to be included within the prescribed page limit
All tables and figures should have a caption
The description of the figure should be provided below the figure left aligned
The description of the table should be provided above the table left aligned
Equations are to be serially numbered and should be created using MS-Word Equation tab.
References
For books/ monographs:
Engle, R. (2009), “Anticipating Correlations: A New Paradigm for Risk Management”, Princeton University Press, Princeton
For contributions to collective works:
De Bondt W.F.M. and Thaler, R. H.,(1993),” Does the Stock Market Overreact”, in Advances in Behavioural Finance, Thaler R. (ed), Russell Sage Foundation, New York, pp. 249-264.
For Journals:
Fama, E. (1991), “Efficient Capital Markets II”, Journal of Finance, Vol. 46(5), pp. 1575-1617
Surname, Initials (year). “Title of article”, working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
Mahajan, R. (2014). “How to publish academic research on food safety: food processing ministry”, working paper, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi, India, 15, April, 2014
Important Dates
Date of the Conference: 19 – 21st March 2021 Last date of submission of abstract: 25th November 2020 Last date for Registration: 28th February 2021 Notification of the acceptance of the abstract: 30th November 2020 Submission of full paper: 15th January 2021 Intimation of acceptance of full paper: 30th January 2021
A/c Name – Management Development Institute Murshidabad
Bank – State Bank of India
A/c No. – 33987582978
IFSC – SBIN0012355
Organizing Committee
Patron
Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand, Director, MDI Murshidabad
Conference Chairs:
Prof. (Dr.) Biranchi Narayan Swar, Dean-Continuing Education
Dr. Neeraj Singhal, Assistant Professor
Conference Co-Chairs:
Dr. Chetan GK, Associate Professor
Dr. Niharika Gaan, Assistant Professor
Convener:
Dr. Yukti Sharma, Assistant Professor
Advisory Members
Dr. Naresh K. Malhotra
Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller College of Business), USA
Dr. Pratap Biswal
Professor and Dean-Research, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram, India
Dr. R. K. Mittal
Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, India
Dr. Rajat Agarwal
Professor and Associate Dean, Dept. of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, India
Dr. D. P. Goyal
Director, IIM Shillong, India
Dr. Rajat Panwar
Associate Professor, Department of Management, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Dr. Rajesh Panda
Director, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore, India
Dr. V. G. Venkatesh
Associate Professor, EM Normandie Business School, France
Mr. Mussarat Hussain
Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Gurugram, India
Dr. Aviral Kumar Tiwari
Associate Professor, Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, India, and Research Fellow, University of Orleans, France and University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dr. Justin Paul
Professor, University of Puerto Rico, USA
Speakers
Prof. Neharika Vohra
PhD Psychology, University of Manitoba Vice Chancellor, Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University New Delhi
Specialist in behavioural science and currently working as Vice Chancellor, Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University. She is on leave from IIMA where she has served as a Professor in Organizational Behaviour area at IIM Ahmedabad for 21 years. She won the best instructor award. Has been the Chairperson of IIM Ahmedabad’s Doctoral Program (Fellow Program in Management), editor of Vikalpa, on the editorial board of several international journals. Is a member of the board of Centre for Innovation and Incubation in Entrepreneurship at IIM Ahmedabad. Has published over 70 peer-reviewed research papers in top-level international and national journals and authored 3 books and developed teaching material that is used in several countries. Has guided 12 Ph.D. students at IIMA. Has been an academic advisor in five national level educational institutions. She has had extensive experience with corporate sector as a consultant, coach, mentor and independent director.
Dr. R K Mittal
Vice Chanceller Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, India
Prof. R. K. Mittal,Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University is a noted economist and management educationist having thirty years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration in prestigious institutions of higher learning. He has been the founder Vice Chancellor of Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad (2008-13), Director – Development & NAAC/UGC Co-ordinator (2014-18) and Dean, University School of Management Studies (2005-08) at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Additionally, he has been the Dean of School of Education (2005-07), Dean of School of Humanities & Social Sciences (2005-07) at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,Delhi and HOD/ Incharge of Department of Business Economics(1996-2000) at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. In all these institutions Prof. Mittal has the privilege and unique distinction of working from their beginning thus understanding the process of institution building and contributing to their development.
Professor Mittal holds Ph.D, M.Phil. M.A. (Economics) and B.Com. from Kurukskhetra University and subsequently obtained M.B.A. from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi. Prof. Mittal has teaching and research interests in areas of business environment, development issues & policies, competitiveness analysis, banking & financial institutions, managerial economics, leadership and managerial issues in organisations and institutions of higher learning. He has guided fifteen Ph.D. theses and about 150 M.B.A. projects while research work of other six Ph.D scholars is in progress. His passion for teaching and research is reflected in his publications (110 in national &international journals and conference proceedings), talks delivered (more than 100), cases written (6), consultancy projects handled (2) and prestigious workshops/conferences organised (more than 50).
He has also co-edited six books on publication of proceedings of prestigious conferences in management and economics. Prof. Mittal is actively associated with academic bodies/associations such as Indian Economic Association, All India Management Association, Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, NAAC and NBA. He is also in the management board/statutory bodies of various academic institutions. He has been to U.S.A., Japan and Nepal to present his research papers in various universities– Steven Institute of Technology, Hoboken (New Jersey), Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in U.S.A.; Graduate School of System Design &Management, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University (Tokyo) in Japan and Tribhuvan University(Kathmandu) in Nepal. In recognition of his significant contribution to teaching, research and corporate life of the university, Prof. Mittal has been conferred with the Best Teacher Award in 2002 by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
Dr. D P Goyal
Director Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, India
Prof D P Goyal, Director, IIM Shillong, is an internationally acclaimed academician and researcher. He carries over three decades of rich experience in teaching, research, and various leadership roles in a few of India’s finest institutions such as MDI Gurgaon, IMT Ghaziabad, and others. He also serves as a visiting professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Prof Goyal towards the beginning of his career worked with Punjabi University, Patiala; and Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala.
In recognition of his excellence in academics and research, on more than one occasion, Prof Goyal received several awards such as best professor and best research paper. Prof Goyal has supervised over a dozen Ph.D. research scholars; published over 60 research papers and has been principal investigator of UGC sponsored research projects. Prof Goyal has more than a dozen books to his credit which includes three highly popular textbooks in the Information Systems area. He has also been the editor of a couple of research journals and is on the Editorial Board of many national and international journals. He has organized several national and international conferences and has been regularly training senior-level professionals from public, private, and government organizations.
Prof Goyal has been on the expert/assessment/selection committees of various National bodies and is also on the Board of Governors; Academic Advisory Board; Academic Council; Board of Studies of a large number of business schools and universities. Prof Goyal is an MBA from Punjabi University and a PhD in Management Information Systems from Kurukshetra University.
Prof. Anand Upadhyaya
Director College of Banking and Financial Studies, Muscat
Dr. Anand. S. is a resourceful Doctor of Finance with more than 29 years of expertise in the area of management education. He has been awarded PhD for his thesis on “Impact of internal and external factors on the performance of Mutual Funds in India’ by Kuvempu University. Presently, he is serving as Director of Postgraduate Studies and Research Department in College of Banking and Financial Studies in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Previously, he has also served in Ministry of Higher Education of Oman, Goa Institute of Management, JNN College of Engineering, LIC Mutual Fund, Upendra Pai Memorial College, Manipal Group.
He was also visiting professor at leading B-schools in SP Jain Centre of Management, Dubai, International University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Goa University etc. His career has mainly been devoted to teaching and to a broad range of management responsibilities. He has published around 50 research papers in top rated international peer reviewed journals and presented around 35 research papers in national and international conferences and promoted concepts and ideas in various academic forums. His recent research paper on Mutual Fund is one of the Top Ten downloaded papers in the SSRN e-Library. He has written books on Mutual Funds, Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial System & Commercial Banking for Sikkim Manipal University. He has also jointly edited three books on Banking Sector of Oman, Financial Sector in Oman and Diversification of Oman Economy.
He is Guest Editor, member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer for refereed International peer reviewed Research Journals. He also served as a member of the subject expert committee to review MBA/BBA curriculum in some of the State universities in India & Oman. He has lead the development, implementation and monitoring the College’s strategic goals and objectives and developed various policies for Research, staff promotion etc within the context of the College’s vision and mission. He was involved in establishing, leading and managing regional sales successfully in Asset Management Company. His academic experience spans training and consultancy assignments in the areas of Investment Management, Mutual Funds, Financial Markets and Financial Services. He has successfully organized Executive Development Programmes for leading companies viz., Raysut Cements, Salalah Methanol, Oman Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bank Dhofar, Ahli Bank, Syngenta Ltd, Hotel Leela Kempinski Ltd, Sesa Goa Ltd, LIC of India, Officers of Government of Goa, Goa Industrial Development Finance Corporation, Goa Electricity Board and India Post.
Dr. Pratap Chandra Biswal
Professor (Accounting and Finance) and Dean (Research and Accreditations) Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India
Dr. Pratap Chandra Biswal is a Professor in Accounting and Finance at Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, India since Jan 2010. Prior to joining MDI, Dr. Biswal was working as ICICI Bank Chair Professor in BFSI with T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal. Dr. Biswal has about 18 years of experience in teaching, training, research and consulting.
He has taught various courses in India and abroad in the areas of Risk Management and Derivatives; Financial Risk Management; International Financial Management; International Corporate Finance; Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management; Financial Markets and Institutions; and Open Economy Macroeconomics.
Dr. Biswal has conducted many management development programs in areas such as financial derivatives; risk management; financial analytics; and customer intelligence. Dr. Biswal has undertaken various consulting assignments of GoI and many other organizations such as Ministry of Finance, NSTFDC, CDC, USA and WHO.
His research and consulting interest is in Risk Management and Derivatives; Commodity Derivatives; Macroeconomic Policy Research; and Applied Econometrics. Prof Biswal presented papers in National and International Seminars and Conferences on various topics. He writes regularly in newspapers and other popular media platforms in various contemporary issues in management education and research.
Dr. Justin Paul
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Consumer studies, & Associate Editor, Journal of Business Research Professor- University of Puerto Rico, USA & Distinguished Scholar, IIM- K
Dr Justin Paul, currently serves as Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Consumer studies (IJCS), a 45-year-old, global academic journal ranked as A grade by Australian Business Deans Council. A former faculty member with the University of Washington, he is a full professor of PhD & MBA programs, University of Puerto Rico, USA. He holds two honorary titles as ‘Distinguished Scholar/ Distinguished Professor’ with Indian Institute of Management (IIM-K), and SIBM, the premier business schools.in South Asia.
He is known as an author/co-author of books such as Business Environment (4th ed), International Marketing, Services Marketing, Export-Import Management (2nd edition), Management of Banking & Financial Services by McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press & Pearson respectively. Dr. Paul has served as Lead Guest Editor with the International Business Review, Journal of Business research, Journal of Retailing & Consumer services, Asia Pacific Business Review and European Business Review. He serves as Associate Editor with European Management Journal, & Journal of Strategic Marketing. He has also edited special issues for Small Bus Economics and Journal of Promotion Management. He was Senior /Associate editor for International Journal of Emerging Markets, The Services Industries Journal and European Journal of International Management for 3 years.
Dr. Paul introduced Masstige model and measure for brand management, CPP Model for internationalization, SCOPE framework for Small firms and 7-P Framework for International Marketing. His articles have been downloaded over 700,000 times during last six years. He has published over 70 research papers in SSCI journals and 80 in Scopus. Out of this, over 40 papers are in A or A star journals as per the Australian Business Deans council (ABDC) list. He has also served as a faculty member of Nagoya University, Japan and IIM. In addition, he has taught full courses at Aarhus University- Denmark, Grenoble Eco le de Management-& University of Versailles -France, University-Lithuania, Warsaw -Poland and has conducted research development workshops in countries such as Austria, USA, Spain, Croatia, China. He has been a Program Director for training diplomats from different countries and also holds an honorary title- as Professor of Eminence at a Govt University. He has been an invited speaker at several institutions such as University of Chicago, Vienna Uni of Commerce & Business- Austria, Fudan & UIBE-China, Barcelona and Madrid and has published three bestselling case studies with Ivey & Harvard.
Dr. Rajat Agarwal
Professor, Associate Dean (Innovation and Incubation) Department of Management Studies IIT Roorkee, India
Dr. Rajat Agrawal is a Professor at Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee. He is Associate Dean for Innovation and Incubation, IPR Chair Professor and Chairman of Senate Committee for Scholarships and Prizes at IIT Roorkee.
He is also Associate faculty member at Center of Excellence for Disaster mitigation and Management and Center of Excellence for Transportation Management, IIT Roorkee.
He initiated the process of establishing the Design Innovation Centre at IIT Roorkee and presently Co-PI and Co-coordinator of the Centre. Dr. Rajat is a visiting fellow to Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. He was awarded ICCR Chair at Indonesia in year 2016-17. His area of interest is Production and Operations Management including Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Strategy and World Class Manufacturing.
He has guided 19 PhD thesis in these areas and currently 12 students are working under his guidance. He has completed 12 research/consultancy projects. Three projects worth over Rs2.5 Cr are in progress. He has more than 120 research papers in refereed journals and more than 25 research papers in refereed conference proceedings. He has authored one book published by Bloomsbury and book chapters in 8 books. He has multiple courses at NPTEL which are very popular and rerunning every year.
Dr. Rajat Panwar
Associate Professor (Sustainable Business Management) Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, USA
Dr. Rajat Panwar is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Business Management. Dr. Panwar has a versatile academic background that includes researching and teaching in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. He has earned two doctoral degrees- one in the forest sector business sustainability (Oregon State University, USA), and the other in strategic management (Grenoble École de Management, France). Previous to this appointment, he was an assistant professor of sustainable business at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Panwar has written numerous academic and policy articles, co-edited two books, and has mentored half a dozen doctoral students. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple leading journals in CSR and corporate sustainability fields. His work has been featured/cited, multiple times, in Forbes. Panwar’s list of consulting engagements includes the United Nations and the World Bank. More about his work is available at: https://rajatpanwar.com.
Dr. Aviral Kumar Tiwari
Associate Professor of Economics Rajagiri Business School (RBS), Kochi, India.
Dr. Aviral Kumar Tiwari is an Associate Professor of Economics at Rajagiri Business School (RBS), India. Prior to joining RBS he worked as Associate Professor at Montpellier Business School (MBS), Montpellier, France from where he received his post-doc as well. He has also served at ICFAI Business School (IBS) Hyderabad, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India as Assistant Prof. before joining MBS, France. He received his Ph.D. in Management (Economics) from ICFAI University Tripura, India from where he also completed his MPhil. He received his graduate and post-graduate degrees in Economics from Lucknow University.
He is basically an applied economist with broad theoretical and empirical interests with a focus on but not limited to emerging economies in particular Asia. His research tends to cross the boundaries of narrowly defined fields as he constantly looks for promising ideas from several perspectives. He has published about 250 research articles in Scopus indexed international journal of repute (including Financial Time 45 list). He is also actively engaged as Editors (and Guest Editors) at different positions at several international journals (indexed in Scopus and ranked by ABDC) published by Wiley, Elsevier, Emerald, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis, World Scientific, Inderscience and MDPI. He is also an Ambassador/Regional Chief-leader of ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF ECONOMICS (Scopus index Journal).
Prof. Ramendra Singh
Associate Professor of Marketing IIM Calcutta
Prof. Ramendra Singh is Associate Professor of Marketing at IIM Calcutta. He has completed PhD from IIM Ahmedabad, MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, and B.Tech from IIT-BHU. His research has been published in reputed international journals such as Journal of Macromarketing, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Industrial Marketing Management, AMS Review, Journal of Information Technology, and Marketing Theory. He has worked for several years in sales and marketing positions in several organizations, including, Indian Oil Corporation, ExxonMobil, SRF Limited, and ICICI Bank. He has also undertaken several training and consulting projects. His key research areas are, base of pyramid markets, market development, and value creation, and sales management challenges. In his free time, he likes to think.
