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Value in Sustainable Business Practices 27 30 May 2012 Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference Sub-Themes
The sub-themes are roughly separated according to the subjects presented within the Faculty.
Theme 1: Recent trends and developments regarding the value of sustainable business
practices in Economics, Econometrics and Banking Papers analysing the growth prospects despite constraints such as institutions, limitations, macroeconomic stability, trade openness, education, inequality, health issues, internal conflict and social fractionalisation within developing and emerging countries will be presented. The diverging growth rates between countries within this group and with developed countries can be examined. Any topic related to Economics or the banking sector, such as improving growth and stability in the economy through fiscal and monetary policy may be presented.
Theme 3: Value added trends in Cost and Management Accounting, Finance, Financial
Planning and Investment Management Papers covering costing information, planning and decision-making, international finance, financial markets, financial institutions and services, corporate finance and governance, educational finance, retirement funds and planning, legislation, and life, disability or medical insurance can be submitted.
The four streams will run consecutively over the duration of the conference. Plenary sessions and panel discussions generally touch on the content of all four streams. Papers that do not fit exactly into any of the sub-themes, but which fit in with the main theme, are also welcome.
Submission
We invite academics, postgraduate students, researchers and business leaders to participate. Colleagues from the international community and African countries are particularly welcome and are encouraged to submit abstracts. Proposals for papers in the form of an abstract must be submitted electronically, in standard MS Word format as an attachment, to the Conference coordinator, Prof Gideon Els at gels@uj.ac.za Please include Value 2012 in the subject field of the email. Deadline dates are as follows: Submission of abstracts Notification of acceptance Submission of full paper 20 January 2012 20 February 2012 30 April 2012
All abstract submissions will be subject to a peer-review process. Abstract submissions should consist of a maximum of 300 words including a minimum of 5 keywords, the authors personal details and contact information, the relevant JEL code as well as the type of paper that is going to be submitted. You may choose to submit one of the following papers: Peer reviewed paper Working paper Student paper
Participants have an opportunity to have their full conference paper also peer reviewed which will allow for fast-tracked publication in the Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences (JEF) In that case complete papers for peer review need to be submitted by Monday 30 April 2012 for distribution to external reviewers and feedback will be given by Abstracts of all papers to be presented at the conference will be published in the Value 2012 Conference Proceedings booklet which is handed out to delegates. PLEASE NOTE: the full paper or presentation will be included on a flash drive to all delegates in a non editable format.
Please note that registration for Value 2012 is required of all delegates and presenters. Presenters will however be offered a discounted rate. For more information on prices and what the package includes please visit the conference website: www.ujvalue.com Value 2012, Drakensberg, South Africa PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Sunday, 27 May 2012: Mid afternoon arrival Check in Group dinner Keynote addresses Concurrent sessions Group dinner Keynote address Concurrent sessions Panel Discussion Gala dinner with guest speaker Depart