
“Bridging the Divide” th 5 Annual AIBMENA Conference 13-15 January, 2015 Dubai, UAE Page 0 of 41 5th CONFERENCE PROCEEDING & PROGRAM “Bridging the Divide” University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. January 13-15, 2015 EDITORS Dr. Victor Huang, AIBMENA Conference Chair, 2015 Dr. Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, President & Founder, AIB-MENA. Mr. Immanuel Azaad Moonesar, Vice President- Database Outreach & Marketing PUBLISHER: Academy of International Business – Middle East North Africa Chapter (AIB-MENA), Dubai, UAE. AIB-MENA Website: http://www.uowdubai.ac.ae/aib/ ISSN 2220-4547 (online) Photograph courtesy DTCM Copyright © 2015 AIB-MENA. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 41 Program at a Glance Academic Track Business Track Day 1: 13 January, 2015 10.00 am onwards Registrations open, UOWD Block 15, 2-24 11.00 a m – 12.30pm JIBS Editors & AIB WORKSHOP*: Social Presidents discuss – How to Entrepreneurship: Scaling a publish in a top tier journal Business Facilitated by: Prof Nakiye Session 1: Branding the A. Boyacigiller, President of Entrepreneur for VC Funding AIB and Fellow of AIB and Facilitators Dr. Melodena S. Prof. Robert Grosse: Balakrishnan & Dr. Ian Michael Immediate Past President of AIB, Fellow of AIB, Fellow Venue: Block 15 Room 2-22 and Past President of the Business Association of Latin American Studies and Dean of Business, American University of Sharjah. Venue: Block 15, Auditorium 12.30-13.30pm Lunch Venue: Block 15, 3rd floor 13.30-16.30 JIBS Paper Development WORKSHOP*: Social Workshop (by invitation) Entrepreneurship: Scaling a (Tea Break at 13.45pm- Business 15.15pm – Block 15, Venue: Block 14 Session 2: Business Models & 3rd Floor) Room 209 Scalability Facilitators Prof. Valerie Lindsay, Dr. Melodena S Balakrishnan and Dr.. Victor Huang; Session 3: Measuring Impact Facilitators Tena Pick and Rebecca Hill, C3 Venue: Bock 15, Room 2-22 18.30-22.00pm Gala Dinner, Plenary Session & AIBMENA Awards Night (free for all delegates who pay full registration) Plenary Session: Social Entrepreneurs: A Brave New breed of Managers Venue: JW Marquis Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road. Day 2: 14 January, 2015 8.30am registration Block 15, 2-24 opens 9.00-11.15 Academic Panels Session 1: “Research in International Business: A Global Perspective”: Venue: Block 14 - Room 209 11.15-11.30 Tea Break: Venue: Block 15, 3rd floor 11.30-12.15 Deans Panel led by Prof. Vipin Gupta, Associate Dean, California State University – Topic: “Role of Culture in International Business". Venue: Block 15, Auditorium 12.15-13.00 Lunch Venue: Block 15, 3rd floor 13.00-14.45 Concurrent Academic Session 2a: “Indigenous Management Theory & Practices in the MENA” (Block 15, Room 2-22) Concurrent Academic Session 2b: “Emerging Research in Marketing & Consumer Behavior” (Block 14, Room 209) 14.45-15.00 Tea Break: Venue: Block 15, 3rd floor 15.00 onwards Desert Safari – AIBMENA Paper Awards Ceremony. This is an informal evening of bonding in the desert of the UAE. If you are not comfortable on the sand dunes (the roller coaster type ride), we can arrange for you to directly go to the desert camp. Please send an Page 2 of 41 email to [email protected]. Pickups will be from common area in-between Block 14- 15. *Limited Number of Participants. Day 3: Thursday - 15 January 2015 9.00-11.30 Workshop facilitated by AIBMENA, Prof. Robert Grosse and Prof. Nakiye A. Boyacigiller and Dr. Melodena S. Balakrishnan on “How can we create a MENA impact in the field of research? Acting as influencers in our community”. Block 15, Room 2-22 11.30-11.45 Tea Break: Block 15, 3rd floor 11.45-12.30 AIBMENA General Meeting led by Dr. Ian Michael and Mr. Immanuel A. Moonesar Block 15, Room 2-22 12.30-13.30 Lunch venue: Block 15, 3rd floor 13.30-15.15 Concurrent Academic Sessions: 3a “Entrepreneurship, Employability & Innovation” (Block 14, Room 209); 3b “Economic Landscape, Financial Institutions and Islamic Banking” (Block 15, Room 222) 15.15-15.30 Tea Break: Block 15, 3rd floor 15.30-17.00 Concurrent Academic Session 4 & Closing “Human Capital Development & Challenges” (Venue: Block 15, Room 2-22) Page 3 of 41 1st January, 2015 Dear AIBMENA delegates, I can’t wait to welcome you to the 5th Annual AIBMENA conference in the beautiful city of Dubai in the dynamic country of the UAE. We have a lot of activities planned for you. Just remember on 14th we are exploring the UAE desert and it is sandy and cold so dress casual and warm! If any of you don't like roller coasters please let me know so we can take the less adventurous way to the camp. Traditionally we hold our awards night under the desert stars. We value your support in creating a vibrant ecosystem of researchers that continue to contribute to the development of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region through mentorship, collaboration and more importantly helping our colleagues in the international business community gain more knowledge and a more positive perception of the MENA region. Best papers from the conference will be invited to submit to any one of the following journals. International Journal of Emerging Markets (Special Issue Topic: Sustainability, Institutions, and Internationalization of Emerging Markets) Transnational Corporations Review African Journal of Business & Economic Research Special Issue on: "Internationalisation of Business Education in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) For these opportunities, I’d like personally thank Dr. Nnamdi O. Madichie, Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Zhan Su, Editor-in-Chief of Transnational Corporations Review and Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, Co-Managing Editor of Transnational Corporations Review and Prof. Ilan Alon, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Emerging Markets Markets. The best paper award is being sponsored by: The International Journal of Emerging Markets courtesy of Emerald Group Publishing. Our conference host is the University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE – one of the oldest private international universities in the UAE, which is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education. UOWD is an early Australian initiative in this region. Further since this our 5th year, I thought I’d share some significant milestones the AIBMENA chapter has reached from 2010-2015. 1. Organized five conferences: By January 2015, AIBMENA will have organized 5 international conferences in 3 countries impacting at least 300+ international academics and promoting international business and teaching in the MENA region. 2. Contribution to research: One of our key objectives was to promote research. Less than 1% of the research published in business journals is from or on the MENA region. Out of some 12 academic journal special issues published on this region, three special issues were by AIBMENA. We also have organized five Journal of International Business Page 4 of 41 Studies (JIBS) paper writing workshops (JIBS is a top-ranked journal in the field internationally). 3. Documenting companies operating in the region: We have been documenting organizations operating in the region through our AIBMENA Actions and Insights book Series. We have three volumes published, with a total of 35 cases. Cases on Etihad & the Iceland Crisis; Aramex & Fadi Ghandour; GE & awareness of breast cancer in KSA; Abraaj Group & their support of the community of entrepreneurs through CoE and Wamda; Lammtara (Freej cartoons); ATIC & UAE’s aspirations to be a silicon manufacturing centre; and Americana in KSA which are some examples of the cases written. Volume 4 will be ready in June 2015. 4. High impact & Reach: AIB has over 3000 international members worldwide, but our AIBMENA cases are also published online through the Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies, which attracts close to 600,000 users per year. As of December 2013, our cases have had more than 10,100 downloads from leading Universities across the world. The downloads were 15% of the total Emerald case collection. 5. 2017 AIB Annual Conference: Since 2010 we have been trying to bring the main AIB conference to Dubai, UAE. This summer in Canada, the committee voted and accepted the proposal, which was a collaborative effort with DCB, the Government of Dubai, UOWD and Zayed University. This opportunity provides a unique occasion for us to showcase the MENA region, clear some misconceptions and introduce the 1800 international delegates who represent some of the top business school around the world to the MENA region. We would love to discuss how you as part of our community could help make this happen. 6. AIBMENA Wind-tower Award: This is an award instituted by AIBMENA and given for Inspirational Leadership. For people who go beyond the call of duty and provide mentorship. Some of our previous winners for the AIBMENA Windtower award are: 2012: Frederic Sicre (Managing Director, Abraaj Group); Prof. Rob Whelan (Deputy Provost, UAE University). 2013: H.E. Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of International Cooperation and Development. 2014: Ratan Tata, Former Chairman of Tata Group, Chairman of two of the largest private-sector-promoted philanthropic trusts in India – the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust. This was a very special visit as we collaborated with AIB- India to organize a joint conference. Further the Tatas are increasing their reach into this region so we hope there will be more collaborative opportunities for AIBMENA. 2015: Fadi Ghandour is the Founder, Vice Chairman of Aramex’s Board of Directors and Former CEO of Aramex. Fadi is an inspiration to the Arab youth and for the field of entrepreneurship, a self-proclaimed social activist and a champion for the tech start-up. He is on the Boards of several prestigious companies like The Araaj Group, Oasis 500, Yemeksepeti, Ruwwad for Development, among other and is the Charman of Wamda, Fadi launched Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility, a collaborative movement which aims to lobby, mobilize and organize private sector efforts in building entrepreneurial ecosystems in the MENASA region.
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