PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

All accepted papers will be published in either of the sponsoring refereed/Scopus indexed journals at NO FEE.

Premier objective of academic conferences is to provide scholarly feedback to the research scholars and networking opportunity to facilitate opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Publication of full papers is also facilitated in the sponsoring journals. This review report provides comments on every section of the paper which will assist you to improve/revise the paper.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Abstracts of all work in progress/full papers accepted and registered for 3rd IRC 2018 will be published in the conference proceedings (Book of abstracts) to be published with ISSN. The conference proceedings will be available online at conference website.

REVIEW PROCESS

All papers submitted to the 3rd International Research Conference on Economics, Business and Social Sciences will go through double blind review process. The corresponding author/presenter will receive a written “Paper Evaluation Report” (PER) for the paper(s).

The 3rd IRC 2018 is honored to have distinguished sponsoring journals and all accepted papers will be published in either of the sponsoring journals. The authors of accepted papers would have to ensure compliance with paper evaluation report by conference reviewers, manuscript submission guidelines and editorial comments of the journal for which their paper will be accepted.

SPONSORING JOURNALS

Asian Journal of Business and Accountancy (Scopus Indexed)
Managing Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha
Published by: Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya
https://ajba.um.edu.my/index.php/AJBA/

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
Chief Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Abdul Majid
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/jbsee

Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction (Scopus Indexed)
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Rosna Bt Awang Hashim
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://mjli.uum.edu.my/

Review of Business: Interdisciplinary Journal on Risk and Society (ISI Indexed)
Special issue theme: Quantifying Sustainability  

Editor: Prof. Dr. Nicos A. Scordis
Published by: St. John’s University USA
http://www.stjohns.edu/ROB

Studia UBB Negotia Journal (Special Issue)
Editor: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Pop
Published by: Babes-Bolyai University Romania
http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/negotia/index_en.html/

Journal of Governance and Development (JGD)
Managing Editor: Dr. Nira Haryatie Hartani
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://jgd.uum.edu.my/

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Wan Nordin Wan Hussin
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/journal-of-accounting-finance

Review of Economics and Development Studies (READS)
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Imran Sharif Chaudhry
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/reads

Journal of Social Development (JSD)
Managing Editor: Prof. Dr. Noor Azniza Bt Ishak
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://uumpress.uum.edu.my/

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://cedi.uum.edu.my/index.php/utama

Journal of Reviews on Global Economics (Scopus indexed)
Guest Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sallahuddin Hassan
Published by: Life Science Global
http://www.lifescienceglobal.com/independent-journals/journal-of-reviews-on-global-economics

Malaysian Management Journal 
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Ku Nor Izah Binti Ku Ismal
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://mmj.uum.edu.my/

International Journal of Management Studies 
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Mohd Sobri Minai
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://ijms.uum.edu.my/

Journal of Business Management and Accounting 
Managing Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hijattulah Abdul Jabbar
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://www.imbre.uum.edu.my/index.php/12-publications/211-introduction-jbma

Edited book: Sustainability Issues of SMEs in Emerging Asian Economies 
Edited by: Prof. Dr. Che Ruhana Isa; Prof. Dr. S. Viswanathan
Published by: World Scientific Publishers
https://www.worldscientific.com/

Journal of Technology and Operations Management (JOTM)
Managing Editor: Dr. Emy E A Jalil
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://jtom.stmlportal.net/

Many more to join also

(more…)

PANEL DISCUSSION

Effectively addressing sustainability challenges in the age of industrial revolution 4.0 require responsible leadership in all spheres of economy, business and society. Role of business schools and corporate sector is essentially vital for enabling dialogue, development and practice of responsible leadership specially in emerging and developing economies.

Yet another shining part of IRC 2018 is its flagship panel discussion namely, Great Debate 2018, whereby the panelists from industry and academia share their scholarship and experience to reconcile over sustainability issues in emerging and developing economies. The panel discussion is part of the plenary session of the conference. This year the Great Debate 2018 is titled as:

Academia-Industry Dialogue on Responsible Leadership: Role of Curriculum in Higher Education for Sustainable Economy, Business and Society 

The panel discussion is in collaboration with UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (UN PRME-ASEAN chapter). The distinguished panel discussants from academia and industry will reflect on their scholarship and experience to highlight issues and prospects in higher education curriculum for nurturing well-needed responsible leadership for sustainable economy, business and society in the age of IR 4.0.

PANEL DISCUSSANTS

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Prof. Dr. Diana Bank Weinberg

Berlin School of Economics and law (HWR), Germany
_

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Prof. Dr. K. Kuperan Viswanathan

OYA Graduate School of Business Universiti Utara
Malaysia

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Dr. Sekar Gopal
__

Corporate Senior Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance / Quality Control, Muhibbah Engineering, Malaysia

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Tan Eng Tong
__

Vice President, Strategic Management, SilTerra, Malaysia
_

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

All accepted papers will be published in either of the sponsoring refereed/Scopus indexed journals at NO FEE.

Premier objective of academic conferences is to provide scholarly feedback to the research scholars and networking opportunity to facilitate opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Publication of full papers is also facilitated in the sponsoring journals. This review report provides comments on every section of the paper which will assist you to improve/revise the paper.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Abstracts of all work in progress/full papers accepted and registered for 3rd IRC 2018 will be published in the conference proceedings (Book of abstracts) to be published with ISSN. The conference proceedings will be available online at conference website.

REVIEW PROCESS

All papers submitted to the 3rd International Research Conference on Economics, Business and Social Sciences will go through double blind review process. The corresponding author/presenter will receive a written “Paper Evaluation Report” (PER) for the paper(s).

The 3rd IRC 2018 is honored to have distinguished sponsoring journals and all accepted papers will be published in either of the sponsoring journals. The authors of accepted papers would have to ensure compliance with paper evaluation report by conference reviewers, manuscript submission guidelines and editorial comments of the journal for which their paper will be accepted.

SPONSORING JOURNALS

Asian Journal of Business and Accountancy (Scopus Indexed)
Managing Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha
Published by: Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya
https://ajba.um.edu.my/index.php/AJBA/

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
Chief Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Abdul Majid
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/jbsee

Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction (Scopus Indexed)
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Rosna Bt Awang Hashim
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://mjli.uum.edu.my/

Review of Business: Interdisciplinary Journal on Risk and Society (ISI Indexed)
Special issue theme: Quantifying Sustainability  

Editor: Prof. Dr. Nicos A. Scordis
Published by: St. John’s University USA
http://www.stjohns.edu/ROB

Studia UBB Negotia Journal (Special Issue)
Editor: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Pop
Published by: Babes-Bolyai University Romania
http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/negotia/index_en.html/

Journal of Governance and Development (JGD)
Managing Editor: Dr. Nira Haryatie Hartani
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://jgd.uum.edu.my/

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Wan Nordin Wan Hussin
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/journal-of-accounting-finance

Review of Economics and Development Studies (READS)
Chief Editor: Prof. Dr. Imran Sharif Chaudhry
Published by: CSRC Publishing
http://www.globalcsrc.org/research-publications/reads

Journal of Social Development (JSD)
Managing Editor: Prof. Dr. Noor Azniza Bt Ishak
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://uumpress.uum.edu.my/

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://cedi.uum.edu.my/index.php/utama

Journal of Reviews on Global Economics (Scopus indexed)
Guest Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sallahuddin Hassan
Published by: Life Science Global
http://www.lifescienceglobal.com/independent-journals/journal-of-reviews-on-global-economics

Malaysian Management Journal 
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Ku Nor Izah Binti Ku Ismal
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://mmj.uum.edu.my/

International Journal of Management Studies 
Editor in chief: Prof. Dr. Mohd Sobri Minai
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://ijms.uum.edu.my/

Journal of Business Management and Accounting 
Managing Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hijattulah Abdul Jabbar
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://www.imbre.uum.edu.my/index.php/12-publications/211-introduction-jbma

Edited book: Sustainability Issues of SMEs in Emerging Asian Economies 
Edited by: Prof. Dr. Che Ruhana Isa; Prof. Dr. S. Viswanathan
Published by: World Scientific Publishers
https://www.worldscientific.com/

Journal of Technology and Operations Management (JOTM)
Managing Editor: Dr. Emy E A Jalil
Published by: Universiti Utara Malaysia
http://jtom.stmlportal.net/

Many more to join also

(more…)

PANEL DISCUSSION

Effectively addressing sustainability challenges in the age of industrial revolution 4.0 require responsible leadership in all spheres of economy, business and society. Role of business schools and corporate sector is essentially vital for enabling dialogue, development and practice of responsible leadership specially in emerging and developing economies.

Yet another shining part of IRC 2018 is its flagship panel discussion namely, Great Debate 2018, whereby the panelists from industry and academia share their scholarship and experience to reconcile over sustainability issues in emerging and developing economies. The panel discussion is part of the plenary session of the conference. This year the Great Debate 2018 is titled as:

Academia-Industry Dialogue on Responsible Leadership: Role of Curriculum in Higher Education for Sustainable Economy, Business and Society 

The panel discussion is in collaboration with UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (UN PRME-ASEAN chapter). The distinguished panel discussants from academia and industry will reflect on their scholarship and experience to highlight issues and prospects in higher education curriculum for nurturing well-needed responsible leadership for sustainable economy, business and society in the age of IR 4.0.

PANEL DISCUSSANTS

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Prof. Dr. Diana Bank Weinberg

Berlin School of Economics and law (HWR), Germany
_

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Prof. Dr. K. Kuperan Viswanathan

OYA Graduate School of Business Universiti Utara
Malaysia

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Dr. Sekar Gopal
__

Corporate Senior Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance / Quality Control, Muhibbah Engineering, Malaysia

PANEL DISCUSSANT

Tan Eng Tong
__

Vice President, Strategic Management, SilTerra, Malaysia
_

SAGE PUBLISHING WORKSHOP

The conference program also includes high-valued Workshop ‘Guide to Getting Published’ for the participants. The editorial delegate from SAGE Publishing UK and senior editors of ISI/Scopus indexed journals will deliver the workshop related to journal writing and publishing in the areas of economics, business and social sciences. Participating faculty members and research scholars will get excellent opportunity to interact and network with the editorial staff of high impact journals and get hands-on information related to publication opportunities and research support funding. The participants of workshop will be awarded certificate from SAGE Publishing.

Those early come participants registered before the due date will be entitled to free entry to PDW. Participants registered after due date will have to pay fee (RM 200) for the workshop.

 

MEMBERSHIP, AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

All conference participants will be offered free membership to become Research Fellow of the Center for Sustainability Research and Consultancy. This will allow you to be part of collaborative research projects with international community of scholars and enhance your research output in a meaningful way to impact the world around. The members will also be able join our future conferences, seminars and workshops at a discounted rate. Best Paper Award and Outstanding Paper award in each track will be conferred. Certificate of presentation will be issued to participants for presenting their research at the conference. Certificate of chairing a session will be issued to session chairs acknowledging their contribution in the conference.