The Marketing and Strategic Analysis of Organisations Research Unit (LAMSO) Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion - Casablanca Organizes the 2 nd edition of CIMSO CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Organisations Management and Strategy 2 nd CIMSO 2018, LAMSO, ENCG-CASABLANCA, MOROCCO On the theme: "Models and Strategies for Economic Development of Art & Perspectives" in Africa: State 5 & 6 May 2018 Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion - Casablanca Themes and Objectives Several researchers and authors have been studying, for more than a decade, the richness of the African continent (Barthélémy, 2017), which is actually regarded as investment opportunities. Many experts also stated that Africa would experience the greatest economic growth of the 21st century (Nubukpo, 2016). Accordingly, a large number of countries have emerged as important investors such as China, UK or Turkey, as well as African countries, mainly South Africa (1 st investor) and Morocco (2 nd investor). In fact, Africa has been at a crossroad over the past five years: sluggish global growth and rising global trade on the one hand, and unstable commodity prices on the other. This unpredictable cocktail has put an impressive pressure on the continent as every point of growth counts. The theme of CIMSO s second edition focuses on the analysis of models and strategies for the economic development in Africa and addresses the following questions: 1. What are the specific features of African countries development model? 2. How political, economic and social factors impacting directly African countries development can be characterized? 3. Which mode of political and economic governance is mostly appropriate to the development and growth of African countries? 4. How political diplomacy can be supported by a real economic diplomacy? 5. How the growing financing needs of African countries can be met while facing climate change and energy constraints?
6. How different stakeholderss interests and sustainable development objectives in Africa might be reconciled? 7. How will trade flows between major African partners and their foreign counterparts progress? 8. How forecasts of these flows can be provided by sector, nature of goods, and country? 9. How exchanges on finding efficient solutions to the issue of transportation and logistics in Africa can be enhanced? We invite all participants to submit a paper in the range of the following streams within the CIMSOin Africa. 2018 program: Growth and economic development strategies of African countries. The role of human resources in corporate competitiveness in Africa. Marketing as a source of business development and growth in Africa. The role of financing in the corporate performance and competitiveness Management information systems for growth and business development in Africa. The impact of innovation on business growth and development in Africa. The CSR environment and the strategies of African companies. Governance and social responsibility of multinationals in Africa. Natural resources and sustainable economic development. Internationalization of the transportation and logistics sector. These topics are indicative. All papers on managerial practices and sustainable development are welcome. This conference is resolutely transdisciplinary and paves the way for researchers from all horizons. The organizers are also seeking cross-analysis papers on North/Southh practices in relation to the issues raised. The scientific committee will study all proposals related to LAMSO (Marketing and Strategic Analysis of Organizations Research Unit) areas of research: marketing, CSR and sustainable development, governance, strategy, management information systems, innovation, performance, competitiveness, HRM, quality management and environment. Submission and registration deadlines Deadline Process 15 March 2018 Paper submission (manuscript) according to authors guidelines Notification of acceptance after double anonymous assessment by the Scientific 30 March 2018 Committee members 10 April 2018 Final manuscript submission Registration and submission of supporting documents for payments 20 April 2018 (cimso2018finances@encgcasa.ac.ma) Proposals and manuscripts should be submitted to the following e-mail address: cimso2018@encgcasa.ac.ma
Manuscripts might be submitted in Arabic, French or English. The best papers, delivered and presented at CIMSO-2018, will be submitted to the following journals for assessment and publication: - Management Science - Journal of Marketing - Journal of business strategy CIMSO scientific committee willl reward: - The best qualitative study - The best quantitative study - An innovative thesis proposal with high added value Authors Guidelines Types of scholarly work : - Professors /researchers : Empirical study, with a quantitative or qualitative method and / or theory focus, with a literature review or an overview of the main findings of studies having explored one o the conference issues. - Practitioners : Synthesis and testimonials of practitioners and actors from different organizations (Ministry Department, Enterprises, Public Administration, Local Authorities, Cooperatives, Associations,...) - PhD students: Overview of the thesis proposal, methodology and progress. Article submissions must be in accordance with the following requirements: - The full text should follow the standard presentation rules: Times New Roman 12 pts, A4 size, 2.5 cm margins, 1.5 line spacing, Footnotes Times New Roman 10 pts. - The text should not exceed 20 pages, including endnotes, references and appendices. Title page (1st page) should include the following elements: - THE TITLE (capitalized, Times New Roman 14 pts, Bold, 1.15 line spacing) - LAST NAME (uppercase) followed by the First Name (Times New Roman 12 pts, Bold, 1.15 line spacing) - Institution and affiliation (Times New Roman 10 pts, 1.0 line spacing) - Address (institution s address, postal and / or e-mail address, telephone) (Times New Roman 10 pts, 1.0 line spacing) - Article submission topic (Times New Roman 14 pts, Bold, 1.5 line spacing) ) - Abstract (Arabic, French or English) (Times New Roman 12 pts, 1.5 line spacing) - Keywords (Times New Roman 12 pts, Bold, 1.0 line spacing) Starting from the second page:
- Text: 1.5 line spacing, justified and must be presented with a clear hierarchy of headings, not exceeding 3 levels: - Level 1: One digit (1. for example) title in (Times New Roman 12 pts, Bold, large uppercase ). - Level 2: Two digits (1.1 for example) subtitles in (Times New Roman 12, Bold, small uppercase). - Level 3: Three digits (1.1.11 for example) subtitles in (Times New Roman 12, Bold, normal). Conference Cycle on Research Methodology in Management Sciences (MRSG-2018) During this second edition of CIMSO, the Marketing and Strategic Analysis of Organizations Research Unit (LAMSO) organizes the second edition of the conference cycle on Research Methodology in Management Sciences (MRSG-2018). This cycle is open to PhD students in management sciences. This edition will focus on the following theme: "Structuring a thesis proposal in Management Sciences: From the identification of the research problematic to the publication of findings" The purpose consists of orienting future PhD students towards good practices in structuring their thesis proposals in management sciences through the following thematic areas: How to set up a thesis proposal? How to select the most appropriate epistemological paradigm to the thesis proposal? Which methodology is adapted to the research question to establish the thesis results? How to choose the statistical plan for data analysis? How to structure and publish research results? The plenary conferences scheduled in this cycle will provide answers to these questions. During this edition, workshops will be scheduled to present states of progress of theses, where participants can benefit from the feedback of professors/researchers. At the end of this cycle, participants will also benefit from a complete documentation. Registration requirements for PhD students Participation file : - Copy of the PhD student's booklet (1st and 2nd page); - Curriculum vitae (CV); - Summary of the research project: Research question, methodology and progress report (3 pages max). A certificate of participation will be provided to each participant in the MRSG-2018 cycle having presented a thesis proposal or its progress.
Scientific Committee - Abdelmajid IBENRISSOUL (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Abdelouahed ALAOUI MDAGHRI (FSJES Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco) - Abdellatif KOMAT (Doyen de la FSJES Casablanca, Morocco) - Abderahim BELAKOUIRI (EST Casablanca, Morocco) - Abderrahim RHARIB (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Adil BOULAHOUAL (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Ahmed GRAR (FSJES Marrakech, Morocco) - Ahmed HARRAK (ENCG, Casablanca) - Alexandar UNGER (Ludwigshafen University, Germany) - Chafik BENTALEB (ENCG Marrakech, Morocco) / - Cheng YANG (Normal Business University, China) - Hanane ELLIOUA (EST Berrechid, Morocco) - Hanane ROCHDANE (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Hasnaa GABER (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Hicham HAMRI (ENCG Agadir, Morocco) - Ismail KABBAJ (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Karim GASSEMI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Khalid OUAZZANI ((FSJES Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco) - M barka GHAZALI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Mohammed IBRAHIMI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Mohammed LAHMOUCHI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Mohammed ZERHOUNI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Mustapha ELAMRI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Nafea IBNRISSOUL (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Naima ELHAOUD (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Rachid WAHABI (ENCG Settat, Morocco) - Rainer BUSH (Ludwigshafen University, Germany) - Samir AGUENAOU (Université Alakhawayn, Morocco) - Salah KOUBAA (FSJES Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco) - Siham JABRAOUI (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Tarik KASBAOUI (Université Chouaib DOUKKALI, El jadida, Morocco) - Toufik ZINAOUI ( ENCG Casablanca, Morocco) - Youssef SAID (ENCG Casablanca, Morocco). Steering Committee - Karim GASSEMI (ENCG Casablanca Steering Committee K.gassemi@encgcasa.ac.ma ) - Abdallah RHIHIL (ENCG, Casablanca) - Adil BOULAHOUAL (ENCG Casablanca) - Hanane ROCHDANE (ENCG Casablanca) - Hasnaa GABER (ENCG Casablanca) Chairman,
- Ismaël ELMESSAOUDI (ENCG Casablanca) - Mohamed IBRAHIMI ( ENCG Casablanca) - Mohammed LHAMOUCHI (ENCG Casablanca) - Mustapha ELAMRI (ENCG Casablanca, Maroc) - Nabila ALYAZALE (ENCG Casablanca) - Othmane GAIR (ENCG Casablanca) - Saadia MAROUANE (ENCG Casablanca) - Sabra AMMOR (ENCG Casablanca) - Soumia OMARI (ENCG Casablanca) - Siham JABRAOUI (ENCG Casablanca) - Siham HAMDANI (ENCG Casablanca) - Souad ELMANSSOURI (ENCG Casablanca) - Taoufik ZINAOUI (ENCG Casablanca) - Mohammed IBRAHIMI (ENCG Casablanca) Registration fees Registration fees include attendance at all conference sessions and presentations, in-person conference session presentation based on accepted proposal and scheduling into the conference program, documentation, lunches and coffee breaks on the days of the conference. Please note that accommodation and transport are not included in the registration fees. Professors/researchers Practitioners PhD students Before 15 April 2018 After 15 April 2018 150 Euros / 1 500 DH 200 Euros / 2000 DH 250 Euros / 2 500 DH 300 Euros / 3000 DH 50 Euros / 500 DH 100 Euros / 1000 DH Registration fees should be paid by bank transfer to the following account: - Association Internationale en Sciences de Gestion et de Gouvernance - RIB : 011780000056200001194805 (pour les virements nationaux) - IBAN : MA64 011780000056200001194805 & BIC : BMCEMAMC (pour les virements internationaux). Registration is validated or taken into account in the conference program once participants confirm payment by bank transfer. The supporting documents (transfer order or Swift) must be sent by email to the following address: cimso2018finances@encgcasa.ac.ma no later than 20 April 2018. For accommodation, a list of hotels at a preferential rate will be proposed by the conference organizers.