EBMC 2015 - The European Business and Management Conference

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in the Second European Business and Management Conference (EBMC 2015) and enjoy the beautiful seaside city of Brighton, UK. Held alongside the Second European Conference on Politics, Economics and Law, the Third European Conference on the Social Sciences, and the Third European Conference on Sustainability, Engineering and the Environment, at the Thistle Hotel from July 6 - 8, 2015, join us as we discuss this year's conference theme, "Power" along with keynote speaker Sir Kenneth Calman, featured speaker Colin Donald, conference chair Professor Stuart D.B. Picken, and more! EBMC2014 welcomed over 150 delegates from more than 35 different countries last year and we look forward to continuing this international event in 2015. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/ebmc2015/ Enquiries: ebmc@iafor.org Join IAFOR at EBMC2015 to: -Deliver your own research findings to a global audience -Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals -Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research in the fields of Business, Management, the Social Sciences, Energy and Sustainability -Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event -Participate in interactive audience sessions -Access international networking opportunities -Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details: http://iafor.org/ecerp2015-registration -If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer a 10 percent discount in appreciation of your support. -See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, and the UK at http://iafor.org/events The 2015 conference theme is "Power" Power as a commodity has challenged the minds of social scientists and philosophers while its exercise has always fascinated historians. From classical thinkers' works such as Aristotle's Politka or Machiavelli's Il Principe through modern figures who manipulate power in the media, like Silvio Berlusconi or Rupert Murdoch, to the vast networks that support major heads of state, power has been a necessity to some or like an aphrodisiac to others. The dynamics of power and its associations with wealth and status now shape the contemporary world more visibly than ever. It is a research challenge to all fields of the social sciences to offer some explanation of its magnetism and its mechanisms. The term "power," among its many other uses, can be applied to identify one of the most important mechanisms employed in the corporate world. It can refer to anything from the exercise of authority in an office context to the manipulation of complex negotiations leading to a large-scale merger or acquisition. The psychological use of power and the psychological structure power plays of any scale share numerous common characteristics. They entail persuasion, compromise, positional movement, veiled threats, or the obverse side of "blackmail, namely "white-mail," where the moral stakes are raised to the point at which the opposition risks loss of reputation by resisting cooperating. As a conference theme, power in its many aspects is a hub concept that researchers, analysts, and practitioners alike can reflect on and speak about both in the abstract and from experience. Power and its perception can therefore be an invaluable concept in the exploration of the globalization of both business and politics, and we expect this theme to excite a number of stimulating research paths, and look forward to their outcomes as we gather in Brighton in 2015. The conference theme is "Power" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to Business and Management Studies, to be submitted under the following JEL code streams: A - General Economics and Teaching B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods D - Microeconomics E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics F - International Economics G - Financial Economics H - Public Economics I - Health, Education, and Welfare J - Labor and Demographic Economics K - Law and Economics L - Industrial Organization M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting N - Economic History O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth P - Economic Systems Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics Y - Miscellaneous Categories Z - Other Special Topics IAFOR looks forward to welcoming you to Brighton, UK. EBMC 2015 will be part of a series of events taking place in Brighton, UK from July 1-16. These events are international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary and will cover topics such as psychology, education, business, sustainability, literature, media and more. Please visit the UK events page of the IAFOR website for details: http://iafor.org/conferences/european-conferences/