/ 8th Quest for Global Competitiveness Conference
Sheraton Old San Juan
Hotel & Casino
San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 15-16, 2012

quest.uprrp.edu

Call for Papers and Panels
Academicians, practitioners and doctoral students are invited to participate in the 8th Quest for Global Competitiveness Conference organized and sponsored by the School of Business Administration’s’ Center for Business Research and Academic Initiatives of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
The purpose of the Conference is threefold:
  1. To provide a meeting place for academicians and practitioners to share knowledge that prompts strategic actions for innovation and sustainable global competitiveness.
  2. To forge mutually beneficial partnerships between academicians and practitioners with the aim of making business research more relevant.
  3. To build a community of scholars interested in research relevant to the business community.

Theme of the Conference:
The changing face of global competitiveness: Academia making the connection.
Conference Research Topics:
Papers and panels may encompass any topical area of business (management, economics, human resource management, accounting and finance, operations management, information technology, business law, marketing, business communications) and may be theoretical or practice-oriented. The following topics are suggested but are not exclusive:
  • Strategic planning
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  • Global trade agreements and their impact for International Business

  • Enterprises go Green: implications
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  • The promise of competitiveness in times of discontinuity through new forms of organization

  • Conflict negotiation: a panacea for times of crisis?
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  • IT: New realities of E-Commerce

  • Global logistics
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  • Capacity decisions in a global scenario

  • Entrepreneurship for the XXI Century
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  • Non-for Profit organizations

  • Ethics in times of economic distress.
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  • Emerging business opportunities in the virtual worlds (ex. Second Life)

A special session during the conference will be organized around the theme “Sustainability in Times of Lean Profits”.Panels and papers in that area are encouraged for this session.
Submissions:
The program will be structured around the best submissions.
All manuscripts submitted will be double-blind reviewed. We will email result of the review process to the corresponding author in about 3 months after the submission. All recommended manuscripts will be scheduled for presentation at the conference and for publication in the Quest Proceedings on CD. Based on the reviewers’ recommendations and subject area, highly competitive papers will be considered for publication in the academic Journal FORUM EMPRESARIAL of FAE.
Panel submissions will be evaluated and selected by the Conference Organization Committee.
Completed submissions should be received in electronic form no later than 30 de noviembre, 2011. All submissions must be sent electronically using the [Paper Submission] link found on the Conference Website.
To submit:
  1. If you are submitting a paper:
  • Prepare one document with your manuscript (maximum 25 pages).
  • Do not include any author name(s) or contact information in the manuscript(s).
  • All correspondence pertaining to the manuscript will be sent to the corresponding author.
  1. If you are submitting a proposal for a panel:
  • Prepare one document with your proposal (maximum 25 pages).
  • All correspondence pertaining to the proposal will be sent to the corresponding author.
The document(s) should be double-spaced, in English or Spanish, in 12-point font, with 1” margins.Maximum 25 pages. (25 pages count exclude bibliography, graphs, diagrams)
Authors of completed papers may choose whether to publish an abstract, or the paper and abstract, in the meeting proceedings by selecting the appropriate option in the submission form’s “Quest License Agreement.”
Papers may also have been submitted to other conferences, but should not have been published elsewhere before the 8th Quest for Global Competitiveness Conference
Registration Fees:
The On-line Registration Form is available on the conference Website. The registration fees for the Conference are as follows:
Registration / Pre-Registration (By January 15, 2012) / Advance Registration (January 16, 2012 to February 29, 2012) / Late & On-site Registration
(After March 1, 2012)
Members of the business community / $270 / $300 / $345
BONA-FIDE faculty (local and international) / 180 / 200 / 230
BONA-FIDE students / 90 / 100 / 115
Registration fee includes: breakfasts, coffee breaks, luncheons, conference materials, an international forum to present your paper and attend other presentations, listing of your paper in the program and proceedings, and an opportunity to meet and network with your international colleagues in a friendly environment.
Refund Policy:
For any cancellations received before January 15, 2012, 20% of your registration fee will be retain to cover credit card and related handling charges. For cancellations received between January 15, 2012 and February 29, 50% of your registration fee will be retained. Under no circumstances will refunds be issued after March 1, 2012. If, however, it becomes impossible for you to attend after March 4, you may optionally transfer your registration to an alternate participant.
The Refund & Transfer Request Form is available on the Conference Website.
Special Awards:
The following awards are expected to be given at the meeting:
  1. Outstanding Academic Paper Award
  2. Outstanding Practitioner Paper Award
  3. Outstanding Doctoral Consortium Paper Award

Travel Accommodations:
Presenters will be responsible for their own travel and lodging for the conference. Hotel accommodations at reduced rates for this conference are available at The Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel & Casino.
Deadlines:
Manuscript and proposal for panels submission: / November 30, 2011
Notification of accepted manuscripts and panels for presentation: / First week of January 2012
Registration fees due:
Pre-Registration (10% discount from the
advance registration) / By January 15, 2012
Advance Registration / January 16, 2012 to February 29, 2012
Cancellation deadlines:
To receive 80% refund / Before January 15, 2012
To receive 70% refund / Between January 16February 29, 2012

Call For Volunteers

If you are interested in serving the 8th Quest by reviewing manuscripts, being a moderator or discussant for the Conference, please fill our online Reviewer Registration Formfound on the Conference Website.
Program Chair Contact Information:
Prof. Yvonne Huertas
Email:
Fax: 787-772-1462
Address: PO Box 23332
San Juan, PR 00931-3332