CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PACIFIC RIM MANAGEMENT (Association for Chinese Management Educators "ACME" XIX Annual Meeting) http://www.myacme.org July 30-August 1, 2009, Parc 55 Hotel 55 Cyril Magnim Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 T: 415-392-8000 Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 15, 2009 AIM AND OBJECTIVES The nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chinese Management Educators (ACME) will be held in San Francisco, California,. The conference will serve as important forum for the exchange of ideas and author certifies that it is neither copyrighted nor previously published. In addition, at least one of the authors certifies that he/she will attend the conference to present the paper if it is accepted. information to promote understanding and cooperation among various businesses. This year s conference theme is Governance and Ethics in the Global Arena. Special focuses will be on the theory and practices of corporate governance, risk management, ethics and social enterprise in the global context, and governance in all business functional areas. Empirical studies of corporate governance and risk management of companies in the Pacific Rim countries are particularly welcome. Individuals from academic, business and public sectors are invited to submit competitive papers, detailed abstracts (special tracks only), and cases. Proposals are solicited for tutorials and panels to be held during the conference. All proposals should include a tile, an abstract and a short biography of the author(s). Panel proposals should also include a list of possible panel members. Please email the proposal to myacme2009@gmail.com. Please refer to list below for subject areas for the conference. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATIONON All competitive submissions should be submitted in MS Word format electronically. All submissions will be blind refereed by independent reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in ACME referred proceedings: ACME Transactions 2009. Outstanding papers will be selected and recommended to be published in international academic journals such as International Journal of Management Theory and Practices. By submitting a manual script, the 1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS All submissions should be doubled spaced. Each paper should include two title pages. The first title page should include the paper title and author information. The second title page should have only the paper title for the blind referee process. Author information should include the following: (1) title of the paper, (2) author name(s), (3) affiliation(s), (4) address(es), (5) e-mail address(es), and (6) track that best fits the submission. All submissions should be sent electronically and directly to Dr. Diana Kao at myacme2009@gmail.com by May 15, 2009. No hardcopy will be accepted. Notification of acceptance will be mailed to the authors by the Program Chair on Friday, May 30, 2009. Accepted papers should be formatted according to the
standard format by the Proceeding Editors. Accepted final draft should be send to Dr. John Wu at jwu@csusb.edu (and cc to myacme2009@gmail.com) by June 5, 2009. ACME OFFICERS President: Huei Lee, Eastern Michigan President-Elect: Diana Kao, of Windsor, Canada VP-Publication: John Wu, California State - San Bernardino, VP-Treasurer: Yun Chu, Ph.D., Robert Morris VP-Secretary: Hsiang-Jui Kung, Georgia Southern, IJMTP Editor-in-Chief: J. Michael Tarn, Western Michigan IJMTP Managing Editor: Kuo Lane Chen, of Southern Mississippi, ACME DIRECTORS & PROGRAM COMMITTEE Wann-Yih Wu, National Cheng Kung, Taiwan Program Chair: Diana Kao, of Windsor, Windsor, Canada. kao@uwindsor.ca Local Coordinators: Yi-mao Chen, San Francisco State, ymchen@sfsu.edu Proceedings Editor: John Wu, California State - San Bernardino, jwu@csusb.edu Web Master: Shi-Ming Huang (smhuang@mis.ccu.edu.tw) and Yang-Fang Chang (astcyf@ccu.edu.tw), Center for e- Manufacturing and e-commerce, National Chung Cheng, Taiwan INTERNATIONAL LIAISONS Diana Kao, of Windsor, Windsor, Canada T. S. Lee, Chinese of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hongyu Lee, Fudan, China Daning Sun, Lingnan, Hong Kong Dr. Zhiyang Lin, Associate Dean, Xiamen, China Ming-Hsien Yang, Fu-Jan Catholic, Taiwan Edwards Vic, UNSW Sydney, Australia Jason Chen, Gonzaga Kuo Lane Chen, of Southern Mississippi, Dalen Chiang, California State - Chico, David Chou, Eastern Michigan Victor Chen, National Cheng Kung, Taiwan CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chair: Huei Lee, Eastern Michigan,, huei.lee@emich.edu 2
ACME 2009 TRACKS AND TRACK CHAIRS Area/Track Track Chair E-mail Address Accounting: Accounting Information Systems Accounting (Others Areas) Accounting Accounting Information Systems: Current Issues in Information Systems Data Communications & Network Data Mining/Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Database Management Yi-Min Yen, of Alaska-Anchorage, Otto Chang, Indiana - Purdue, Fort Wayne, George Lan, Odette School of Jerry Sun, Odette School of Chen, Edward T., of Massachusetts - Lowell, Victor Chen, National Cheng Kung, Taiwan Frank Lin, California State, San Bernardino, David Yen, Miami, Kuo Lane Chen, of Southern Mississippi afmyy@uaa.alaska.edu chango@ipfw.edu glan@uwindsor.ca jyksun@uwindsor.ca Edward_chen@uml.edu victor@mail.ncku.edu.tw flin@csusb.edu yendc@muohio.edu kuo.chen@usm.edu Decision Support Systems E-Business and E-Commerce E-Government Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Healthcare Information Systems Information Management Information Security Knowledge Management Systems Analysis and Design Web Design and Applications Wireless Communication & Mobile Commerce Shin-Yuan Hung, National Chung Cheng, Taiwan David Chou, Eastern Michigan, & Amy Chou, Illinois State Zachery Wong, Sonoma State Diana Kao, of Windsor, Canada Ruey-Kei Chiu, Fu-Jan Catholic, Taiwan Ming-Hsien Yang, Fu-Jan Catholic, Taiwan Chen-chi Shing, Radford Mike Tarn, Western Michigan Jason Chen, Gonzaga Min C. Ma, MingChi of Technology, Taiwan Hsiang-Jui Kung, Georgia Southern, Statesboro, GA, Dong-Her Shih, National Yunlin of Science & Technology, Taiwan syhung@mis.ccu.edu.tw david.chou@emich.edu aychou@ilstu.edu wongz@sonoma.edu kao@uwindsor.ca im1004@mails.fju.edu.tw yang@im.fju.edu.tw cshing@radford.edu mike.tarn@wmich.edu chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu minma@mail.mit.edu.tw hjkung@georgiasouthern.edu shihdh@yuntech.edu.tw 3
Information Systems (Other Areas) Production & Operations Management/Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain Management Quality Management Technology Management Scheduling/Production & Planning Control Management Science/ Operations Research Industrial Management and Policy POM/SCM (Other Areas) Statistics Marketing: Consumer Behavior Customer Relationship Management International Marketing Marketing (Other Areas) Finance: Investment Insurance Finance (Other Areas) Management: Business Policy and Strategy Human Resources Entrepreneurship Organizational Behavior & Cross-Cultural Management Healthcare Management Negotiation Management (Other Areas) Sung-Shun Weng, Fu-Jen Catholic, Taiwan Dalen Chiang, California State - Chico Nesa Wu, Eastern Michigan, Chia-Hao Chang, of Michigan-Dearborn, Jiaqin Yang. Georgia College & State Wu Li, Odette School of Hsin-Pin Fu, National Kaohsiung First of Science and Technology Chiang, Wen-Chyuan, The of Tulsa, Thomas C. Chiang, Drexel Paul Chao, Eastern Michigan Yun Chu, Robert Morris, U.S.A Paul Chao, Eastern Michigan Wann-Yih Wu, National Cheng Kung, Taiwan K.C. Chen, California State, Fresno, Keith Cheung, Odette School of Yunbi, An, Odette School of Tzai-Zang Lee, National Cheng Kung, Taiwan Thomas Tang, Middle Tennessee State, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Chang Gung, Taiwan Zhengzhong Ma, Odette School of Business, of Windsor, Kern Kwong, California State, Los Angeles, 4 im1032@mails.fju,edu.tw dchiang@csuchico.edu Nesa.Wu@emich.edu chchang@umich.edu jyang@gcsu.edu kwli@uwindsor.ca hpfu@ccms.nkfust.edu.tw wen-chyuanchiang@utulsa.edu chiangtc@drexel.edu paul.chao@emich.edu chu@rmu.edu paul.chao@emich.edu wanyi@mail.ncku.edu.tw kchen@csufresno.edu cckeung@uwindsor.ca leetz@mail.ncku.edu.tw ttang@mtsu.edu jane@mail.cgu.edu.tw maz@uwindsor.ca Kkwong2@calstatela.edu
International Business Business Laws and Ethics Economics Economics Forecasting Economics (other areas) Hotel and Tourism Management Teaching: Business Education Distance Learning/e-Learning Distance Delivery Technologies/Techniques Business Curriculum Instruction Innovation Others Jianyu Ma, Robert Morris, Ji Chou, Shih Hsin, Taiwan Ben-Chieh Liu, Chicago State YunTung Wong, Odette School of Business, of Windsor, Ming-Ji James Lin, National Central, Taiwan Hui-Lien Tung, Paine College, Houn-Gee Chen, National Taiwan, Taiwan ma@rmu.edu chouji@cc.shu.edu.tw bencliu678@hotmail.com jameslin@cc.ncu.edu.tw tungh@mail.paine.edu hgchen@ntu.edu Kai Koong, of Texas Pan American, koongk@utpa.edu Diana Kao, Odette School of kao@uwindsor.ca Lai Liu, of Texas Pan American, liul@utpa.edu 5