Prof. Dr. Mario Glowik Prof. Dr. Tatjana Nikitina Faculty of Business and Economics Director of German-Russian Center Berlin School of Economics and Law Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics Badensche Strasse 52 Sadovaja Str. 21 10825 Berlin 193023 St. Petersburg Germany Russia E-mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

Call for Papers

25th Anniversary of the Partnership between the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and the Berlin School of Economics and Law 2016, February 21-24 Dear Colleagues,

All university members are invited to submit conference contributions related to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the university partnership between the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and the Berlin School of Economics and Law. The conference will be hosted by the Berlin School of Economics and Law and aims at further developing our long-lasting, successful academic cooperation. Theoretical, applied and empirical papers such as case studies addressing the following topics are welcomed: . Development of Russian-German trade relations and capital flows . Foreign direct investment activities of German firms in Russia and vice versa . Russian-German joint venture developments . German-Russian industry configurations, including regional clusters, in light of globalized value chain patterns . Russian-German business ethics and cultural aspects . Compliance and legal aspects of German-Russian business activities . Environmental aspects and corporate social responsibility

Focused on the topics mentioned above, contributions from all disciplines, including accounting and finance, human resources, organizational behavior, strategic and international management, marketing, economics, business law, sociology, technology and engineering are invited and highly appreciated.

Please note the following presenters’ guidelines:

. Completed papers in English not exceeding 20 pages of text including bibliography and appendix, letter size 12pt, in times new roman, distance of the block text to the page edge 2.5 cm each side, following Harvard citation guidelines, should be submitted to Tatjana Nikitina or Mario Glowik by 2015, November 15.

. Each author’s presentation during the conference should not exceed 20 minutes followed by discussion

. An opportunity for publishing an article in the planned Conference Anniversary Proceeding exists for all papers that are accepted by the organizing committee and presented during the conference. We are looking forward to see you in Berlin.