Author Guidelines
and Information
1. Submission of Manuscripts
Send
papers to the track chair of your interest by December 15, 2009. Tracks are
listed below. All submissions should be done electronically. Papers
should be prepared in Microsoft Word and sent to the track chairs as email
attachments. Please note the following:
·
File Names should contain the track number and full name
of one of the Authors. For example: T22 Chima Enyinda.
·
Whereas
research-in-progress papers are invited as well, only full, competitive papers
that are accepted will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Only working
papers may be eligible for presentation.
·
Each paper should include a separate
title page that clearly indicates the title of the paper, author(s) names and
titles (e.g. Dr., Miss, Ms., Professor), institutional affiliations, complete
mailing addresses, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and name of the
author to whom all correspondence should be addressed.
·
All papers should be prepared in Microsoft Word, Times
New Roman, Font 11 and be single-spaced, with the following specifications:
Columns
and Margins: Use single column, one-inch margins (1”) all-round: Top, Bottom,
Left, and Right
Length:
Should not be longer than 7 single-spaced pages, including the title, tables,
figures, appendices, references, and other illustrative materials. Accepted
papers that are longer than 7 pages (and published in the Proceedings) will incur a charge of
U.S. $15 per page. Such authors must pay the extra fee at the time of
submitting their final papers otherwise the paper will not be included in the Proceedings. If your paper is
longer than 14 pages, please, consider submitting an abbreviated version for
the proceedings and a full version to the Journal of African Business.
·
All papers should have an Abstract (maximum of 200
words), as well as an Introduction.
·
Citations: should be of the form Rugimbana
(2005) or Rugimbana and Rutashobya (2005) or Rugimbana et al. (2005) within or
at the end of sentences.
·
Tables/figures/graphs: should be typed as close as
possible to the location where they are cited. All Tables/Figures/Graphs should
fit within the margins specified above. Please, use MS Word tables to
create your tables.
·
Equations: All equations should be placed on
separate lines and numbered consecutively, with the equation numbers placed
within parentheses (brackets) and aligned against the left margin.
·
Conclusions and Implications: each paper
should have major conclusions and implications
·
REFERENCES: Do not use endnotes or footnotes.
Use only References (not Bibliography) of the following types:
CITING JOURNALS:
Sims,
E.J. and R.L. Hanson (2001). "Negative Impacts of Pricing Theory." Journal
of Marketing, 52 (1) 305-312.
CITING BOOKS:
Greene,
C.L. (2001). Entrepreneurship Business 2000, Cincinnati: Thomson Learning.
Sims,
E.J. and R.L. Hanson (1990). Managerial Attitudes and Hiring Procedures.
Homewood, IL:
Dorsey Press.
CITING ONLINE MATERIALS
Larkin,
J. (2004). Letter to ECGD. Retrieved August 2, 2006 from http://www.ecgd.gov.uk.
Council
on Higher Education in South
Africa. (2003). Re-Accreditation of MBAs.
Retrieved on July 27, 2006
from http://www.che.ac.za.
2. Final Submission of Accepted Papers for the
Conference Program and
Proceedings
Upon acceptance, the
author, or at least one of the co-authors, agrees to:
(a)
Register and pay the conference fee by the early deadline of January 31, 2009
(b)
Attend and present the paper at the conference.
[c] In the case of multiple authorships, co-authors are also required to pay
registration fees if attending.
(d) Return an electronic version of the paper in Microsoft Word,
as an email attachment, by
4:00 p.m.
(GMT) on January 31, 2009.
Papers
received after this date can only be presented, and will not appear in the
published Proceedings. Send final submissions, electronically to the Proceedings
chair: simons@athabascau.ca
and Co-program
chairs: y.a.debrah@swansea.ac.uk
and emmanuel.obuah@aamu.edu
CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDS
Manuscripts
to be considered for the Best Paper Awards must not be longer than 7 pages and
must conform fully to the specified Manuscript Guidelines.
CONFERENCE FOCUS
The main theme of the Kampala 2009 IAABD Conference is
"Repositioning African Business and Development for the 21st
Century"
Papers
that address the conference theme, as well as other areas of African Business
and Development, are encouraged and welcome. Authors may consider any of the tracks listed below. Authors who are
uncertain of the appropriate track for their papers should send them to:
Co- Program Chair: Emmanuel Obuah, Alabama A&M
University
emmanuel.obuah@aamu.edu
Co-Program
Chair: Professor Yaw Debrah, University
of Wales, UK
y.a.debrah@swansea.ac.uk
Proceedings Chair: Simon P. Signe, Athabasca University
simons@athabascau.ca
CONFERENCE TRACKS
Please submit an abstract of not more than 200 words of your paper in Microsoft Word to
the Co-Program Chairs: Emmanuel Obuah, emmanuel.obuah@aamu.edu; and
Yaw Debrah, y.a.debrah@swansea.ac.uk
Track 1: Accounting, Banking, Finance and Investment
Bode Akinwande Samuel
Sejjaaka
London
Metropolitan University
Makerere University
Business
277-281
Holloway Rd Kampala, Uganda
Tel.: +44 207 133 … Tel:
256-71-745765
b.akinwande@londonmet.ac.uk
cpa@africaonline.co.ug
Track 2: Africa and
International Partners / Multilateral Organizations
Nnamdi O.
Madichie Agyenim Boateng
University
of East London Leeds
Metropolitan University
Essex,
United Kingdom Leeds, UK
Tel: 44 (0)208 223 2205 Tel:
44 (0)113 283 7544.
nomadichie@yahoo.co.uk a.boateng@leedsmet.ac.uk
Track 3: Agricultural Development, Agribusiness/economics,
Ecology and Environment
Umoh T. Umoh Lucy
Ojode James
Bukenya
University
of Botswana Texas Southern
University Alabama A&M
University
Gaborone,
Botswana Houston,
USA Normal,
Alabama, USA
Tel: 2673552520 Tel.:
+1 713-313-4381 Tel: (+1) 256
372 5729
UMOHT@mopipi.ub.bw ojodela@tsu.edu james.bukenya@aamu.edu
Track 4: Clusters,
Relationships, Networks and Inter-firm Linkages
Richard Owusu Foster
Ofosu Tidings Ndhlovu
Swedish School
of Economics Turku School of Economics Manchester Metropolitan
and Business Administration Turku, Finland University
Helsinki,
Finland Tel:
(358) 10 553 5366 Tel: +44
(0)161 247 6485
Tel. +358-(0)9-4313 3293 Foster.Ofosu@tse.fi Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6302
owusu@hanken.fi Ndhlovu@mmu.ac.uk
Track 5: Economic Development Policies and Strategies
Jacob Musila Zelealem Yiheyis Barbara McDade
Athabasca
University Clark
Atlanta University University of Florida
Canada Atlanta, USA Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: 1-866-213-1398 zyiheyis@cau.edu Tel: 352-392-0494 x222 jacobm@athabascau.ca bmcdade@ufl.edu
Track 6: Educational Strategies and African Business and
Development
Gbolahan Gbadamosi Bertil
Olsson
University
of Worcester Dalarna
University
Henwick Grove,
UK Sweden
g.gbadamosi@worc.ac.uk beo@du.se
Track 7: Entrepreneurship, Small Business and the Informal
Sector
Frances
Ekwulugo Allan
Katwalo
University
of Westminster University
of Northampton
London,
United Kingdom Northampton, UK
Tel. 44-207-911-5000 ext. 3295 Tel: +44 (0) 1604 892185
ekwuluf@wmin.ac.uk Allan.Katwalo@northampton.ac.uk
Track 8: Exporting, Internationalization and Foreign
Direct Investment
Olukunle Iyanda Emmanuel
Cleeve
University
of Botswana Manchester
Metropolitan University
Botswana Manchester,
UK
Tel: 267 355 2385 Tel.: 44(0) 161 247 388
iyanda@mopipi.ub.bw E.Cleeve@mmu.ac.uk
Track 9: Gender and Economic Development
Lettice Rutashobya Atsede Woldie
University
of Dar es Salaam University of Glamorgan
Tanzania Pontypridd,
UK
Tel. (255) 22 241 0069/0500-8 Tel: 01-443-482380
letticer@yahoo.com awoldie@glam.ac.uk
Track
10: Global Political economy, Human Rights, & Criminology
Emmanuel
Obuah Independence Enyindah
Alabama A&M University University of Port Harcourt
Tel: +1 256 372 4143 Choba, Nigeria
emmanuel.obuah@aamu.edu
ice_enyindah@yahoo.com
eeobuah@yahoo.com
Track
11: Government procurement and public sector management
Chris Enyinda
Richard Owusu
Alabama A & M
University Swedish School of Economics
Normal, AL 35762 USA and
Business Administration
Tel:
256 372 5610 Helsinki, Finland
chris.enyinda@aamu.edu Tel.
+358-(0)9-4313 3293
chris.enyinda@ndsu.edu owusu@hanken.fi
Track 12: Health Care, social work and the Human Condition
in Africa
Johan de Jager Femi
Ayadi Renata
Serra
Tshwane
University of Technology Univ of Houston,
Clear Lake University of Florida
Pretoria,
South Africa Houston, USA Gainesville FL
32611
Tel. +27 12 3185627 Tel: 281-283-3197 Tel: +1 352 846-0473
DeJagerJW@TUT.AC.ZA ayadim@uhcl.edu rserra@africa.ufl.edu
Track 13: Human Resources, Management and Organization
Evelyn Winston Afam
Ituma
Clark
Atlanta University Brunel University
Atlanta,
USA London, UK
Tel: (404) 880-8139 Afam.Ituma@brunel.ac.uk
edadzie@cau.edu
Track 14: ICT and E-Business
Abiodun Bada Robert
Hinson
The George Washington University University of Ghana Business
School
Washington
DC, USA Legon, Ghana
Tel. Tel: (202) 994 1240 Tel.
+233-244-266988
aobada@gwu.edu rhinson@ug.edu.gh
Track 15: Infrastructure and Business
Mark Jamison Sanford Berg
PURC Warrington College of Business
University
of Florida University
of Florida
Gainesville,
FL 32611-1131 Gainesville FL 32611-7140
Tel: +1 352 392-2929 Tel.+1
352 3920132
mark.jamison@cba.ufl.edu sberg@ufl.edu
Track 16: Law, Social Responsibility and Ethics
Paul Arnell Sola
Adesola Veronica Broomes
The Robert Gordon University Oxford Brooks
University Broomes Consultancy
Aberdeen,
United Kingdom Oxford,
UK UK
Tel: 44 (0) 1224 263420 sadesola.brooks@ac.uk Tel:
+44(0) 783 470 4259
p.arnell@rgu.ac.uk ver412@uku.co.uk
Track 17: Logistics, Transportation
and Supply Chain Management & Urban Planning
Frank
Ojadi Jacob
Oluwoye Chris Enyinda
Lagos Business School Alabama A & M University Alabama
A&M University
Pan-African University Normal, AL 35762 USA Normal, AL 35762
2
Ahmed Onibudo St. Tel: 256 372 4994 Tel:
256 372 5610
VI Lagos, Nigerian Jacob.oluwoye@aamu.edu chris.enyinda@aamu.edu
fojadi@ibs.edu.ng chris.enyinda@ndsu.edu
Track 18: Marketing and Consumer Behavior
Nana Owusu-Frimpong Chris Mbah
London Metropolitan Univ. Mount Olive
College
Stapleton House 634 Henderson Street
277-281
Holloway Road Mount
Olive, NC
28365
London,
N7 8HN, UK Tel:
(919) 635-2781;Fax: (919) 635-3779 cmbah@moc.edu
n.owusu-frimpong@londonmet.ac.uk
Track 19: Special Sessions and Practitioner Panels
Franklyn Manu Yaw
Debrah Anita Spring
GIMPA
Business School Univ.
of Wales University
of Florida
Accra,
Ghana Swansea,
SA2 8PP, UK Gainesville,
FL 32611
Tel: +233 21 401681 44-(0)
1792-295763 Tel:
+352-392-7102 x 308
gimpaiaabd@yahoo.com
44-(0) 1792-295626 Fax: + 352-392-6929
y.a.debrah@swansea.ac.uk springanita@yahoo.co
Track 20: The African Diaspora and African Business and
Development
Vindelyn Smith-Hillman Benjamin
Mutagwaba
University
College of Northampton University of Dar es Salaam
Northampton,
UK Tanzania
Tel. 44-1604-735500 Tel.:
233 21 401681
vindelyn.smith-hillman@northampton.ac.uk mutagwaba@fcm.udsm.ac.tz
Track 21: Tourism and Sustainable Development
Peter Dieke Robert
Rugimbana
George
Mason University Griffiths Business
School
Virginia,
USA Logan
Campus, Griffiths
University
Tel.: +1-703-993-4260 Brisbane Queensland, 4111
Australia
pdieke@gmu.edu Phone
61-7-338-21011; Fax 61-7-338-21981
R.Rugimbana@griffith.edu.au
Track 22: Graduate Student
This track invites papers
from current graduate students and provides a professional environment for the
presentation and discussion of those papers.
Both empirical and conceptual papers are welcome, and topics can be
related to tracks 1-21 above. This track
will provide graduate students with the opportunity to share their work with
their current and future colleagues.
Also, Conference attendance will provide participating students with the
opportunity to network with many of today’s leading scholars. Graduate students papers will be considered for best
paper awards. Please submit your competitive papers to:
CO-Program Chairs
Dr. Emmanuel E. Obuah Professor
Yaw Debrah
Department of
Behavioral Sciences University of Wales,
UK
Alabama A&M University y.a.debrah@swansea.ac.uk
P O Box 85
Normal, Alabama, USA
Office: (+1) 256 372 4143
Fax: (+1) 256 372 5226
emmanuel.obuah@aamu.edu
eeobuah@yahoo.com