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IBEC invites the submission of proposals for its 19th annual research conference to be held in Bergamo, Italy. The objective of IBEC is to provide a forum for intellectual discussion among scholars and practitioners. We seek to provide a platform to analyze the strategic challenges faced by firms, educators, governments, and other institutions in the global arena.

Conference 2020 Special Features

  • Research Networking Session
  • Special consideration for publishing relevant papers in Associated journals

Conference Special Tracks

The program Committee invites theoretical, empirical papers and case studies on these three special tracks: Banking & Finance, Management, Accounting and Accountability.

In relation to the Banking & Finance track, the topic included are:

  • Asset Pricing and Portfolio Valuation;
  • Banking and Financial Services;
  • Clearing House;
  • Corporate Finance;
  • Corporate Governance;
  • Deposit insurance;
  • Financial Markets Micro-Structure of Stock Exchanges;
  • Financial Regulation and Supervision;
  • Fintech;
  • Governance and compensation practices in the financial sector;
  • Innovation, Complex banking Products and Financial Engineering;
  • Interaction between regulation and the cost and availability of credit;
  • Microfinance;
  • Monetary Policy and Central Banking;
  • Real Estate Sector;
  • Regulatory capital and liquidity requirements;
  • Risk measurement;
  • Systemic Risk, financial stability and financial resilience;
  • Trends in financial products, services, and technology;
  • Trends in industry competition, market structure and bank scope economies.

In relation to the Management track, the topic included are:

  • Business education;
  • Cross-cultural consumer behavior;
  • Expatriate management;
  • FDI policy;
  • Health management issues;
  • Human resources strategies;
  • Import/export management;
  • Information systems;
  • Intercultural management;
  • International business environment;
  • International entry strategies;
  • International logistics;
  • International strategy;
  • Management of education;
  • Management philosophy;
  • Marketing strategies;
  • Operations management;
  • Organizational behavior management;
  • Trade policy;
  • Transfer of technology/knowledge;
  • World markets and global competition.

In relation to the Accounting and Accountability track, the topic included are:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility;
  • Accounting for sustainability;
  • Accounting and stewardship;
  • Integrated reporting;
  • Management and control for sustainability;
  • Ethical and responsible investment;
  • Social and ethical audit.