Subject Coverage

Example of topics appropriate to the conference includes:

• International retailing and diversification
• Innovation in retailing, ethical produce procurement and development
• Customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and retention strategies
• Customer Relationships marketing (CRM)
• Consumer attitudes to ecological and ethical issues
• Market liberalisation and impact on supply chain
• The linkage between international trade and overseas aid
• International Trade in the context of the current economic climate
• Transparency in government procurement
• Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
• Remittances and their part in trade and export development
• The interplay between the G4 and trade round implementation issues
• How trade facilitation is conceptualized and made operational in different emerging markets
• The role of the Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
• The linkages between global trade and corporate social responsibility
• The language and rhetoric of import sensitive products
• The role of tariff barriers and agro-subsidies
• Management and retail marketing
• Business management
• Business policies, strategies, and performance
• Creativity in Internet management and retailing
• Innovation and product development, Business strategies
• Marketing management and strategies
• International retailing, all aspect of retail management
• Business and retail research
• Consumer behaviour, Customer relationship management
• Public relations and retail communication
• Human Resources Management Practices and policies
• Information technology, Management Information Systems
• Globalisation, regional integration, international business, cross cultural management
• Multinational Corporations, transfer pricing, export and economic growth
• Regional integration
• Productivity and global sourcing
• Trade and economic liberalisation
• Health and social care management, regulating in a changing health and social care sector
• Private and public healthcare in 21st century
• Promoting patience safety in hospital, mental health,
• Governance practices in health care sector
• Care in the community
• Teaching and learning for life long learning sector
• The future of business education, assessment methods and techniques
• the structure and curricula of current and future business education
• Cross cultural issues in education, use of technology in teaching and learning
• Emotional intelligence in teaching
• Leadership for innovation

Please note that this list is only indicative of possible topic areas that contributors may wish to consider while they develop their papers for the conference.