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May 05, 2009

Call for papers: Changing economic environment and performance of the nations: Canada and India

International Conference
20-22 September 2009
Vadodara

Sponsored by:
Canada conference Grant Programme, DFAIT, Government of Canada

Organized by:
The Department of Business Economics
Faculty of Commerce
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Gujarat (India)

Academic partner:
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Toronto (Canada)

Call for Papers

Background

The economic environment has been changing internationally for the last two decades. There has been quantitative and qualitative shift in trade and business opportunities across nations of the world. Furthermore, with advent of liberalization, structural reform, and innovations in information technology, there is a significant increase in the international mobility of people, capital, knowledge, technology and materials. At the same time, the volatility in socio-economic performance of economies has increased.

This volatility has been exacerbated by the recent economic crisis. With it, many developing countries are more dramatically impacted on than many developed countries. This implies that concrete policy agenda has to be called for by the international organizations and governments to manage the crisis so as to limit the extent of socio-economic damage the crisis will have. In many developing countries, social implications of the crisis carry long-run implications for economic growth.

In view of this recent state of affairs, a three day Conference has been organized from September 20th 2009 to September 22nd 2009 on the theme: “CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONS: CANADA AND INDIA” by the Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. In perseverance with evaluating the impact of the changing economic environment and its implications on the overall human welfare, the Conference will seek to focus specially on experiences of Canada and India. In doing so the idea is to bring together leading researchers from academic institutions and government to develop better understanding of the crisis and its socio-economic implications. This will also provide an opportunity for exchange of ideas, policies and people between Canada and India.

Research areas to be explored:

Highly analytical and well structured research papers are invited on the following themes:

1. Economic Environment
   • Economic policies of governments
   • Demographic profile of nations
   • Work Culture
   • Legal and political framework
   • Competition in the market
2. Sectoral Performance
   • Agricultural Sector: Productivity and Prices, Land Use, Labour Problems, Effects of Technological Changes, etc.
   • Industrial Sector: Productivity, Growth, Investment and Employment (Private and Public Sectors; Micro, Small and Medium Scaled enterprises; Multinational and Transnational Corporations) etc.
   • Service Sector: Productivity, Growth, Investment and Employment (Health; Education; Banking and Insurance; Transport and Tourism; ICT, BPO) etc.
   • External Sector: FDI/FIIs; Trade; Balance of Payment; Terms of Trade; Exchange Rate; Custom Union; etc.
   • Infrastructure: Productivity, Growth, Investment and Employment (Power; Rail; Road; Aviation; R&D) etc.
   • Social Sector: Income Inequality and Poverty; Rural Development; Literature; Art and Culture; Women Empowerment; Environment; Status of Aboriginals, etc.
   • Performance of the Capital Market; Volatility and Crisis Management

Important Dates

July 15, 2009
Submission of Abstract (Maximum 200 words)

August 5, 2009
Submission of Full Paper (Maximum 30 pages including appendices & tables using Microsoft Word/PDF)

August 21, 2009
Submission of Power Point Presentation (Maximum 10 to 12 Slides)

Registration fees

Canadian Delegates: C$ 100
Indian Delegates: Rs. 500

The delegates shall be paid TA up to II A.C. / III A.C. Railway fare on the ground of paper presentations.


For further specifications please contact:
DR SAMIR JOSHI
Organizing Secretary
Department of Business Economics,
Faculty of Commerce,
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390 002
Gujarat
India
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Mobile : (+91) 096623 77513

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