Welcome to the 2nd International Research Conference“Modern Management: Problems, Hypotheses, Research”

Faculty of Management State University – Higher School Of Economics, MoscowNovember 24 – 26, 2009

November 24-26, 2009 International Research Conference "Modern Management: Problems, Hypotheses, Research" will be held by the Faculty of Management of State University- Higher School of Economics. The goal of this conference is to further encourage research on management problems by bringing together scholars working in the field, and to intensify interaction among researchers at all stages of their career.

The main conference will be preceded by a Students’ scientific conference "Modern Management: Problems, Hypotheses, Research" which is aimed to support young researchers and will take place on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (for more details see Appendix).

The main conference will be held on November 25-26, 2009 including Plenary meeting and following tracks:

Strategic and corporate management: modern models within the context of innovation development

Strategic marketing management: new perspectives

Customer oriented networks and relationships

Marketing performance management

Marketing communications: conceptualization, dimensions, efficiency

Social relations and human resource management in business organizations

Project management and innovation: prospects and challenges

Final session: discussion «Special Features of Management as a Research Area»

• To what extent can modern managerial science be seen as a new separated sphere of knowledge?• What are the objects and main subject of management research?• What research tracks can be referred to as managerial ones?• What problems are most important for process of shaping management as a research area?• What features are typical for investigations in the field of management?• What can be done to promote the development of management as a research area, are there any prospects for this process in modern Russia?

Section meetings will take place in a seminar format. Each presentation will be followed by a broad discussion. Reports presented during the Conference should not be published or presented on other conferences before.

Papers will be selected on the basis of double blind reviewing of the abstracts submitted. Priority will be given to papers based on results of original empirical research carried out not earlier than 2005 or new research project development stating the problem and putting forward the hypotheses etc.

Deadlines for submission

Participants of the Conference should register at the conference website www.manconf.ru. Paper abstracts (2-3 pages) are due by September, 7t, 2009, email to profy@manconf.ru. Results of abstracts review and invitation to the Conference will be sent to the participants by October, 7, 2009.Participants who have received the invitation to the Conference as lecturers should submit full papers till November, 1st, 2009.

Everyone interested is welcome. Special invitations will be sent to every person registered not later than October 15, 2009 as a participant without presentation.The Faculty of Management of SU-HSE is planning to publish in 2010 the proceedings of the conference “Modern management: problems, hypotheses, research”.

Appendix

Students’ Research Conference "Modern Management: Problems, Hypotheses, Research"

The faculty of Management State University – Higher School of Economics holds the Students’ Research Conference "Modern Management: Problems, Hypotheses, Research". Students of 3-6 grades and the PhD students studying Russian companies and the process of introducing the concepts of modern management in Russian business are welcome to participate. The Conference will take place on November, 24, 2009 in Moscow at SU-HSE. Reports of the participants will be organized within the limits of section sessions in the following tracks:

Strategic and corporate management: modern models within the context of innovation development

Strategic marketing management: new perspectives

Customer oriented networks and relationships

Marketing performance management

Marketing communications: conceptualization, dimensions, efficiency

Social relations and human resource management in business organizations

Project management and innovation: prospects and challenges

Papers containing max. 12 000 characters (with blanks) are accepted. Presentation lasts 15 minutes. Submitted papers for conference should contain a clear purpose and problem statement, and also a substantiation of novelty of research. Papers will be selected on the basis of review results. Priority will be given to papers based on results of original empirical research (incl. academic researches).

Deadlines for submission Papers are due by October, 1, 2009 to e-mail address students@manconf.ru. Review results and official invitations to the Conference will be sent to the participants by October, 30, 2009. Participants whose papers were accepted will receive the recommendation to participation in the annual competition of students’ researches organized by SU-HSE of Economics.

The Faculty of Management of SU-HSE is planning to issue in 2010 the proceedings of the Students’ Research Conference.