International Conference on Sustainable Business Practices in a VUCA World - ICSBP2022
About the Conference
Conference Topics
The conference is seeking submissions related to the following topics:
Social marketing, green marketing implementation and analysis, social marketing and social change, macro-social marketing, community-based social marketing, social marketing for small businesses, social media and digital marketing, strategic social marketing, ethical issues in social marketing, health behaviour and communication, social marketing for public health, consumers’ behaviour towards environmental change, sport and entertainment marketing, political marketing, virtual experiential marketing, fashion and arts marketing, marketing in age of disruption (marketing issues during Covid-19, pandemics and digital disruptions), marketing using gamification practices, pictorial communication using emojis etc., marketing in retail, service, industrial domain, neuro marketing, rural marketing, ethics & social responsibility in marketing, e-CRM, chatbots for brand communication, event and experience Branding, corporate and umbrella brands, corporate reputation and identity, non-profit, charity and social enterprise brands.
Sustainable HRM practices, green jobs, sustainable leadership, digital HRM, strategic HRM, industrial relations & legal aspects of HRM, employee turnover & attrition, strategic training & development, transformation HR, employee engagement, talent management, leadership development, e-recruitment, integration of technology in HR practices, skillset for industry 5.0, virtual teams and environments for innovation, performance measurement and management, augmented reality and training, employment laws and employee relation, evolving HR models in SMEs, information and knowledge management, ethics and spirituality, workplace politics, gig workers, HR analytics, HR agenda post Covid-19, gamification in HRM, building agile organizations, digitalization in HRM.
New and advanced developments in the field of information systems, emerging technologies like blockchain, fintech, IoT and others, opinion mining, sentiment analysis, text mining, image mining, video analytics, network science, machine learning, bio-inspired computing, artificial intelligence algorithms, visualization of big data, security and privacy, smart cities, e-Governance, development and project management, IS education and e-Learning, social media and sharing economy, green IT, augmented reality, virtual reality, telepresence devices, collaboration platforms, persuasive technology, sustainable IT services, customer-dominant logic.
Sustainable growth in business ecosystems, responsible design of digital business models, platform economy and personal data spheres, values in entrepreneurship and innovation, innovation and trust, long-term strategies of financing entrepreneurship ventures, family-based entrepreneurship, succession, and transition issues, growth and scale-up, digital ecosystems and entrepreneurship, social networking sites for entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, financing entrepreneurship ventures, money management for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship in institutional voids, innovation and non-governmental organizations, participatory innovation, frugal innovation, value-sensitive design, ethics in innovation management.
Sustainable investment, ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) factors and investment policies, socially responsible investing, investor attention, portfolio management, risk management, financial institutions and sustainable development, Covid-19 and financial contagion, sustainable commodities, cryptocurrencies, fintech, digital finance, open finance, green finance, climate finance.
Circular economy, food logistics and SCM, integration (internal and external) and collaboration, inventory management, logistics and supply chain innovation, humanitarian logistics, new technology role and impact, retail logistics, supply chain costing and finance, supply chain resilience, Covid-19 and supply chain strategy, transportation and logistics business and management, maritime transportation, last-mile logistics, green vehicle routing problem, green production and routing problem, renewable energies and clean production.
Sustainable tourism, tourism for economic development, tourism and culture, tourism patterns, tourism and destinations, tourism development and hospitality, tourism in contemporary society, tourism industry, sustainable development and effective management of competitive city destinations, heritage branding, connectivity and tourism competitiveness, sports & event tourism, protected areas and tourism, urban tourism and cultural heritage, GIS applications in tourism, tourism and environment, tourism planning and regional development, entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality, gastronomic tourism, new types of tourism (dark/grief tourism, event tourism, film tourism, etc.), animation in tourism, hunting tourism, usage of AI & VR in tourism, virtual tourism, eco-tourism, tourism post Covid-19.
Note: The above list is indicative. Papers conforming to the overall theme of the conference but not mentioned in the topics above are also welcome. Apart from the technical sessions, Panel Discussions will also be organized during the conference.
Guest Speakers
Dr. Constantine Blome
Professor of Operations Management, Sussex University Business School, UK
Dr. Miguel Pina e Cunha
Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies, Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Dr. Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation, School of Management, Swansea University, UK
Dr. Brian Lucey
Professor of Finance, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Ms. Mia Negru
Entrepreneur in the field of sustainability, public speaker and advisor to the city of Copenhagen, Denmark
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Please find the template for submissions here
Submissions must be done using the following EasyChair link : https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsbp2022
Download the Call for Submission here
The following submission categories are welcome:
The extended abstract of about 800-2000 words (excluding references) must include the purpose, methodology, major findings, and contribution of the research along with the suitable keywords.
Publication Opportunities
All accepted and presented abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts and Conference Proceedings Book with ISBN number in pdf version on our web page.
International Journal of Information Management, IJIM Data Insights (Elsevier)
ISSN 2667-0968
International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IGI Global)
ISSN 1947-8585, Scopus indexed
Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing (Emerald)
ISSN 2398-5364, Scopus indexed, ABDC ranked
Benchmarking: An International Journal (Emerald)
ISSN 1463-5771, Scopus indexed, ABS and ABDC ranked
International Journal of Financial Studies (MDPI)
ISSN 2227-7072, Scopus indexed, ABDC ranked
Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance (Wiley)
ISSN 1099-1697, ABS and ABDC ranked
International Journal of Spa and Wellness (Taylor & Francis Online)
ISSN 2472-1735, ABDC ranked
The Journal of Risk Finance (Emerald)
ISSN 1526-5943, Scopus indexed, ABS and ABDC ranked
The Journal of Economic Asymmetries (Elsevier)
ISSN 1703-4949, Scopus indexed, ABDC ranked
Journal of Risk and Financial Management (MDPI)
ISSN 1911-8074, Scopus indexed, ABDC ranked
Sustainability (MDPI)
ISSN 2071-1050, Scopus indexed
Important Dates
Pre-Conference Workshops
Registration Details
Conference Chairs
Organizing Committee
Scientific Committee
Venue
The conference will be held in Rabat Business School campus.