CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear & Esteemed Colleagues,

Greetings!

We are, indeed, happy to announce that the Annual Vietnam Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences (AP16Vietnam Conference) is being jointly organized by the prestigious SDMIMD, Mysore, Karnataka State, India, Dai Nam University, Hanoi, Vietnam and the Global Business Research Journals (GBRJ) from August 7-9 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

May we extend a very warm welcome to you to submit your research manuscripts/case studies in all areas of research in Business Studies? In addition to paper presentations and discussions, the Conference will include invited lectures on contemporary topics in emerging trends in Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Science.

Important dates!

Conference Objectives!

Changing Global Economic Landscape!

The global economic landscape has been undergoing greater transformations during past ten to fifteen years. This transformation is led by a group of fast developing economies such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, aptly described as ‘Emerging Economies’ or ‘Growth Markets’ by the economists. These economies, by and large, display promising growth prospects and are predicted to be greater wealth generators in the ensuing decades by offering greater investment, employment and profit-making opportunities for those who are interested to invest. Apart from these economies, yet another set of highly promising economies, which includes countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, among others has been identified by the researchers that would make rapid progress in the next two to three decades.

Economic Progress Alleviates Poverty!

Emerging economies, over the years, have narrowed the gap between themselves and advanced economies as far as gap in the per capita income is concerned. These economies have lifted considerable amount of their population out of poverty and sown seeds for greater investments with promising returns for investors. Liberalization and globalization measures introduced by these economies have started yielding greater dividends over the years. The strong institutional, infrastructural and other pragmatic changes have made rapid progress, possible. The clear lesson one can learn from these economies is that economic progress and growth are the only way by which the standard of living of the masses could be improved, in the long run. Tangible investments coupled with a visionary leadership would ensure greater progress for any economy. Undoubtedly, the economic progress should include every segment of the population to make it inclusive and sustainable.

In a nutshell, ‘inclusive and sustainable economic growth’ is the only way to rapid economic progress. Against this backdrop, the upcoming conference in the beautiful country of Vietnam makes an attempt to achieve the following objectives;

Conference Objectives:

a) Identify and analyze the major drivers of economic progress for the developing and emerging economies;

b) Systematically ascertain the most important contributory factors that would assure sustainable and inclusive economic growth;

c) Provide an ideal platform for researchers, economists, bankers and practitioners to share their research and practical experiences in all the major issues highlighted, as above; and

d) Offer suitable solutions to ensure an orderly growth of the global economy and bring prosperity and sustainable economic development to the World, in the long-run.

OUR PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC PARTNERS:

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) Mysore, Karnataka

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), ranked among the top Business Schools in India, is located at the foot of Chamundi Hills in the heritage city of Mysore, Karnataka. The campus has won many architectural and landscape awards and provides a great environment for learning and germination of managerial intellect. The institute has been conferred A** Rating at National Level by CRISIL.

The institute is promoted by the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Educational Trust - a premier non-profit educational organisation functioning under the aegis of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala, which is known for its unique embodiment of Dharma. Today, SDME Trust has more than 40 recognised educational institutions under its wings, imparting quality education from the primary level to the postgraduate level. Trust is known for the professional institutions in Medical, Dental, Engineering, Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Law, Business Management and Physiotherapy. The trust and all the associate institutions benefit from the visionary leadership of our Chairman, Padma Bhushan Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala.

SDMIMD’s AICTE approved PGDM programme, accredited by NBA, runs for six terms over two years with an impeccable track record of academic rigor. SDMIMD also has Student Exchange Programs with the MAYS School of Business, Texas A&M; University, USA; Global Management Institute of Shanghai University, China; and British University in Dubai, Dubai. These student exchange programmes enable students to understand each other’s cultures, business practices and traditions. This gives students an edge when it comes to international opportunities.

The SDMIMD’s research unit - SDM Research Centre for Management Studies’ (SDM RCSM), publications ‘Cases in Management’, ‘Contemporary Research in Management’, ‘Excerpts of Select Summer Internship Reports’, have come in for praise from the world of academics. The institute’s journal ‘SDMIMD Journal of Management’ indexed in EBSCO and iScholar has evolved as a prestigious publication well known for the quality of the papers, therein.

To know more about SDMIMD please visit: www.sdmimd.ac.in