Mary E. Allender, Professor, Pamplin School of Business Administration, The University of Portland.

Arjun Chatrath, Professor, Pamplin School of Business Administration , The University of Portland.

Lutz E. Schlange‚ Professor, University of Applied Sciences Chur, Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship.

Bijan Vasigh, Professor, School of Business Administration, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

 ABEAI Conference

The Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Association International (ABEAI) sponsors the annual ABEAI Conference.  This forum provides an opportunity for the exchange of research and ideas among faculty members, students, scholars, and practitioners in business and entrepreneurship.

ABEAI provides the following opportunities for participating scholars:   

• The ABEAI conference will be held in Hawaii, November 16-20.
• All accepted papers/abstracts are double blind reviewed and will be published in the Electronic Conference Proceedings.
• ABEAI Conference Best Papers may be submitted for publication in the special issue of the Indian Journal of Economics and Business, indexed by the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), Econlit (on line), and Cabell.   
• Most ABEAI Conference papers may be eligible for publication in the American Journal of Economics and Business Administration (AJEBA), indexed by Cabell and other academic indices.

Faculty members, students, scholars and practitioners are invited to present their research in all fields of business and entrepreneurship. 

Doctoral students are especially encouraged to participate.  Conference topic areas include the following:

1. Accounting I (Audit/Financial/Tax/ AIS)
2. Accounting II (Cost/Managerial))
3. Business Law and Business Ethics
4. Public Policy in Business / Business Strategy
5. Cases, Workshops, Special Sessions
6. E-Business
7. Economics I (Macro/ Micro theory)
8. Economics II (Applied and Empirical Research)
9. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
10. Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Track Chair:  Lutz E. Schlange‚University of Applied Sciences Chur)
11. Finance I (Financial Market, Derivatives, Investments)
12. Finance II (Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance)
13. Innovative Teaching I (Curriculum Design, Electronic Resources)
14. International and Global Business/Economics
15. Management and Organizational Behavior
16. Management Information Systems
17. Marketing/ e-Marketing
18. Logistics and Transportation
19. Production and Operations Management
20. Quantitative Methods and Management Science and
21. Student Papers in all Fields of Business and Economics
22. Supply Chain Management and Quality control