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Academy for Global Business Advancement

AGBA Bangladesh Chapter's Inaugural Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference Theme

"Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized Era and the Rise of Bangladesh”

November 29 -30, 2016

Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)

(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Conference Chair

Conference

Co- Chair Keynote Speaker

AGBA

President/CEO

Kip Becker

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Transnational

Management

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

USA

Robert Grosse

Former President

Academy of

International Business

Thunderbird School of

Global Management

Arizona State University

Glendale, Arizona

USA

Gary L. Frankwick

Marcus Hunt Chair of

International Business

University of Texas

El Paso, Texas

USA

Zafar U. Ahmed

Academy for Global

Business

Advancement

Fort Worth, Texas

USA

Distinguished

Speaker # 1

Distinguished

Speaker # 2

Distinguished

Speaker # 3

Distinguished

Speaker # 4

Lavanya Rastogi

CEO & Chief Mentor

OSSCube

Houston, Texas

USA

Asim Talukdar

Former Senior

Vice President

(Human Resources)

NIIT Ltd

India

Norman Wright

Dean

Woodbury School of

Business

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah

USA

Klaus-Peter Wiedmann

Leibniz University

Hannover

Germany

Conference Patron # 1 Conference Patron # 2 Conference Patron # 3

AGBA Vice

President for

Bangladesh and

Conference

Director

F. M. Sarwar Kamal Chairman

Board of Trustees Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Bangladesh

Shafique Ahmed Siddique Member and Ex-Chairman

Board of Trustees Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Bangladesh

Md. Abu Saleh Vice Chancellor

Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Bangladesh

A.K. Shamsuddoha Dean

Faculty of Business Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Bangladesh

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

Academy for Global Business Advancement

(AGBA)

Bangladesh University of Business and

Technology (BUBT)

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AGBA’s Profile:

The Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) – (a not for profit NGO, incorporated

and registered in the state of Texas, USA) is a worldwide network of professionals committed

to facilitate dissemination of scholarly research findings in the field of business and

entrepreneurship development. The main purpose of AGBA is to provide ongoing open forum to

discuss and analyze business and entrepreneurship development from different perspectives

and viewpoints in order to improve understanding of underlying forces that (1) impact global

developments and (2) shape the destiny of developing countries such as Bangladesh, Sri

Lanka, Turkey, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, UAE, Malaysia etc. in the

contemporary globalized economy. AGBA bridges geographic, cultural, disciplinary, and

professional gaps by integrating different business disciplines while actively enhancing

practitioner-academician interactions on a regional and global basis. AGBA is sponsored by

numerous universities, organizations, and agencies across US, EU, Asia and Africa.

BUBT, Bangladesh:

Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) is one of the leading Government

and UGC approved universities of Bangladesh that has committed itself to providing education

of outstanding quality and training relevant to the needs of modern society since its very

inception in the year 2003. BUBT is now a globally recognized University in the private sector

of Bangladesh. At present it has 12 departments in 5 faculties with 22 undergraduate and

graduate programs which are attended by around 10,000 students. BUBT has a “Research

Centre” and publishes academic journal named “BUBT Journal” (ISSN 2072-7542) regularly.

Conference Dynamics:

The primary goal of the conference is to

provide a unique national platform and a

forum to facilitate the exchange of leading

edge ideas for effective advancement of

academic scholarship in business and

entrepreneurship development.

Conference Highlights:

Major highlights of the conference would be:

Professional sessions;

Entrepreneurship development sessions;

and Networking with distinguished

Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, traders and

merchants.

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Conference Venue and Hotel:

Pan Pacific Sonargaon (a 5 star hotel located in Dhaka) is our conference hotel and conference

venue. Kindly make your room reservation on your own by visiting the hotel website

(www.panpacific.com) ASAP and do not forget to mention "AGBA Bangladesh Chapter

conference" in order to enjoy special conference discount. You MUST reserve your hotel

room(s) before October 1, 2016 in order to enjoy special AGBA conference rate as all rooms

reserved for AGBA delegates would be released to the general public on October 2, 2016.

Bangladesh Tourist Visa:

Delegates holding Western passports are granted Bangladeshi tourist visa on arrival at the

Dhaka International Airport. Delegates holding other kinds of passports can check their

eligibility for tourist visa by cruising the following website

(http://bangladesh.travisa.com/VisaInstructions.aspx?CitizenshipID=US&CountryID=BD&Trave

lerTypeID=TO&ResidenceID=AUS&PartnerID=TA). You can also obtain Bangladeshi tourist visa

from nearby Bangladeshi diplomatic mission (embassy). Delegates are requested not to

mention our conference on any tourist visa application. Bangladeshi tourist visa is super

easy to acquire as it is a tourist friendly country and it is super convenient to acquire

Bangladeshi tourist visa without any hassle whatsoever. Indian citizens, for example, get free

tourist visa on arrival at the Dhaka airport.

Payment of Registration Fees:

At least one author of an accepted paper should register for the paper to be included in the

presentation session and appeared in the conference proceedings. The authors of the only

accepted papers will be notified in detail (last date and mode of payment) to pay their

conference registration fees later on.

Journal Publication Opportunities:

Best papers presented at our conference would be published in the special issues of the

following journals:

Journal for Global Business Advancement

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Special Publication (Monograph):

All papers presented at the conference would be published in a special monograph titled

"Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized Era: The Rise of Bangladesh”, that would be

published by EMERALD (Asia) and it would be guest edited by A. K. Shamsuddoha, Broto Ruth

Bhardwaj and Zafar U. Ahmed

Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka-1678

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Subject Areas of Interest:

We welcome the submission of manuscripts that address the conference theme with a focus on

one of the industry sectors as well as all functional areas of Business Administration and

entrepreneurship (e.g. accounting, economics, operations management, finance, management,

marketing, international business and hospitality and tourism management):

Garments

Financial Market/Institution

Entrepreneurship Development

Real Estate Management

Information Technology (IT)

Submission Guidelines: Paper Submission Deadline is September 1, 2016

Scholarly may submit four types of papers: (i) competitive papers, (ii) working papers

(research-in-progress), (iii) doctoral colloquium papers, and (iv) cases. When submitting

your paper(s), kindly mention the type of your paper/case.

Irrespective of the type of paper submitted, all papers ought to use 11 point Times

Roman font; A4 format with 2.5 cm margin on all sides; the word count excludes

abstract, references and any of the appendices. A cover page should indicate the title of

the paper, the name(s) of the author(s), and their affiliation(s). The first page should

start with the title of the paper only, followed by an abstract not exceeding 150 words.

The length of the paper should be around 30 pages.

Paper submissions should follow the style guidelines of the Journal of International

Business Studies (http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/index.html) and must include

a full list of all references cited in the paper.

AGBA also invites participation from entrepreneurs, government officials, business

professionals, consultants, and heads of major government-owned and private

enterprises from across the world for global business interactions, networking and

negotiations.

Papers should be submitted in English language only.

Please submit your paper to AGBA President and CEO at the following address:

Zafar U. Ahmed BBA (New York), MBA (Texas), Ph.D., (Utah), D. Litt., (India)

Professor of Marketing and International Business

President/CEO: Academy for Global Business Advancement

Editor-in-Chief: Journal for Global Business Advancement Honorary Chief Editor: Journal for International Business & Entrepreneurship Development

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Email: zafaruahmed@gmail.com

Nawab Bari: Ahsan Manzil- 1872

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Academy for Global Business Advancement

AGBA Bangladesh Chapter's Inaugural Conference

November 29 -- 30, 2016

Conference Registration Form

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________

University/College/School: ______________________________________________________________

Business Corporation or Governmental Organization: _________________________________________

City: __________________ State: _______________ Country: ________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________

Conference Logistics

First Day, November 29, 2016

Conference Registration

Conference Reception

Conference Inauguration

Professional Sessions

Entrepreneurship Sessions

Professional Networking

Second Day, November 30, 2016

Professional Sessions

Entrepreneurship Sessions

Professional Networking

Closing Session

Recognition Award Ceremony

Gala Dinner

Conference Venue and Hotel:

Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel (Dhaka)

Conference Website:

http://www.agba.us & www.bubt.ac.bd

Registration Fee:

International Delegate: US$200

Bangladeshi Delegate: TK 5,000.

Your fee Includes:

Luncheons, Coffee/Tea

Conference Proceedings

Recognition Award(s)

Banquet (Gala Dinner)

AGBA Vice President for Bangladesh,

and Conference Director:

A. K. Shamsuddoha

Dean

Faculty of Business

Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Bangladesh

Email: aksdoha@gmail.com

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