Call for Papers (BAI 2007)
International Conference on Business and Information
July 11-13, 2007, Tokyo, Japan
InterContinental Hotel Tokyo Bay

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007

http://bai2007.atisr.org http://ibacnet.org/bai2007

The last year conference, BAI2006 at Singapore, received 505 manuscripts from 40 countries around the world including Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and United Arab Emirates.

All five continentals of the world, Asia, Europe, America, Australia and Africa, have participants for each year's meeting

Call for Papers (BAI 2007)
International Conference on Business and Information
July 11-13, 2007, Tokyo, Japan
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007

Organized by
International Business Academics Consortium (i-BAC) and
Academy of Taiwan Information Systems Research (ATISR)
Sponsored by
National Taipei University(NTPU),
Shih-Chien University, and
Dept of Marketing, Hong Kong Baptist University

The 2007 International Conference on Business and Information (BAI2007) is to be held at Tokyo, Japan. The scholars are encouraged to submit papers or abstracts on any aspect of business and Information including but not limited to the following topics:

Accounting
Business Administration
Business Policy and Strategy
Economics
Electronic Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Financial and Banking
Health Care Administration
Human Resource
Information System and Technology
International Business
Management and Organization Behavior
Management Education
Management Information System
Managerial Consultation
Marketing
Operations Management
Organizational Development and Change
Non-Profit Sector Management
Research Methods
Social Issues in Management
Technology and Innovation
Web Technology and Management
Other Relevant Topics

BAI2007 OFFICERS
Honor Conference Chair:
Kwei Tang, Purdue University, U.S.A.
Conference Chair, ATISR President, and Dean of NTPU Business College:
Wenchang Fang, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Program Co-Chairs:
Wai-sum Siu, Hong Kong Baptist University
Ushio Sumita, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Proceedings Co-editor
Chian-Son Yu, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
Chih-Chien Wang, National Taipei University
Treasurer:
Ta-Wei Hung, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
Website Master
Chien Kuo Li, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
Chien-Chang Chen, Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan
Coordinator:
Yen-Fen Lo, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
Chung Chu Liu, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Ting Lie, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Secretary:
Yi-Lei Chang, ATISR, Taiwan, chang@atisr.org

BEST PAPERS
About ten percent (10%) accepted papers will be selected as Best Papers. The Best Papers list will be announced in conference program.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
All full papers accepted in conference will be considered to be published in the Contemporary Management Research (CMR), a refereed, serial publication of BAI conference with ISSN number. The authors may decide to submit or not their manuscripts to CMR. Authors who hope to submit manuscripts to CMR MUST follow the procedure of CMR manuscript submission.
Outstanding papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Business and Information (IJBI). IJBI is a new journal sponsored by the i-BAC. The inaugural issue is published in 2006.
IJBI applies a much more rigorous and lengthy review process, and it is more selective in the articles it publishes than does CMR. Whereas CMR is published in conjunction with BAI annual conference, IJBI is not associated directly with any conference. The journal articles published in IJBI are completely independent of annual conference participation and presentation.
There is no page charge for IJBI. However, the CMR imposes page fees on all accepted manuscripts. These fees are necessary to offset the very substantial cost of putting a manuscript into print. The CMR page fee is $25.00 per page.

COORDINATORS AND INTERNATIONAL LIAISONS
International Co-chair-Taiwan Che-Jen Su, Fu-Jen Catholic University, oliversu@seed.net.tw
International Co-chair-Japan Jinsan Lin, Nagoya Sangyo University, lin@nagoya-su.ac.jp
International Co-chair-Korea Namjae Cho, Hanyang University, njcho@hanyang.ac.kr
International Co-chair-Malaysia Beh Loo See, University of Malaya, lucybeh@um.edu.my
International Co-chair-Israel Yacov Kedem, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, kedemy@mail.shenkar.ac.il
International Co-chair-Mauritius Hemant Kassean, University of Mauritius, hkassean@uom.ac.mu
International Co-chair-Iran Iraj Mahdavi, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, irajarash@rediffmail.com
International Co-chair-Sri Lanka J.A.S.K. Jayakody, University of Colombo, jaya@mgmt.cmb.ac.lk
International Co-chair-Australia Fredy Valenzuela, Univ of New England, Australia, fvalenzu@une.edu.au
International Co-chair-Singapore Rueylin Hsiao, National University of Singapore, rueylin@nus.edu.sg
International Co-Chair-Turkey Nihat Kasap, Sabanci University, nihatk@sabanciuniv.edu

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Heikki Karjaluoto, Univ of Oulu, Finland
Chen Wei Ru , INSEAD Asia, Singapore
Huei-Zhen Gu, Lungwa Univ of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Gen-Yih Liao, Chang Gung Univ, Taiwan
Yikuan Lee, San Francisco State Univ, U.S.A.
Anbalagan Krishnan, Curtin Univ of Technology, Malaysia
Ruwan Abeysekera, Univ of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Fahim Akhter, Zayed Univ, United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Arif, The British Univ In Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mehdi Asgarkhani, C.P.I.T New Zealand, New Zealand
Anson Ka Keung Au, The Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Khaled Abdel Rahman Gad, Arab Academy for Science & Tech, Egypt
Stuart Garner, Edith Cowan Univ, Australia
Jiang-Liang Hou, National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan
Jaroslav Jandos, Univ of Economics Prague, Czech Republic
Sisira Kumara Jayakody, Univ of Colombo, Sri Lanka
U.C. Jha, Liet, Alwar (Raj.) India, India
Raja John, National Institute of Technology, India
Ronald Douglas Johnson, North Dakota State Univ, United States
Mahesha Kapurubandara, Univ of Western Sydney, Australkia
Mahesha Kapurubandara, Univ of Wesern, Australia
Heikki Karjaluoto, Univ of Oulu, Finland
Hemant Kassean, Univ of Mauritius, Mauritius
Yacov Kedem, Shenkar College of Engineering And Design, Israel
Reema Khurana, Institue of Management Technology, India
Takashi Koshida, Matsue National College of Technology, Japan
Chang Boon Patrick Lee, Univ of Macau, Macau
Hsun-Ming Lee, Texas State Univ - San Marcos, U.S. A
Gen-Yih Liao, Chang Gung Univ, Taiwan
Sukhdev Singh Lobana, Punjab Univ Chandigarh, India
Zhenzhong Ma, Univ of Windsor, Canada, Canada
Iraj Mahdavi, Mazandaran Univ of Science & Technology, Iran
Steffen R. Moeller, Friedrich-AlexanderUnivErlangen-Nurembarg, Germany
Mohamed Jalaldeen Mohamed Razi, Univ of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Juha Tapio Munnukka, Univ of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Thamaraiselvan Natarajan, Nat'l Inst of Tech, Tiruchirappalli, India
Eric Ng, Univ of Southern Queensland, Australia
Linus Osuagwu, Lagos State Univ Ojo, Lagos State, Nigera
C.Swarnalatha Raju, Anna Univ, India
Rooma Roshnee Ramsaran-Fowdar, Univ of Mauritius, Mauritius
Mohd Badri Rozali, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Ying Sai, Loyola Marymount Univ, USA
Adeleke Oluwole Salami, Adekunle Ajasin Univ, Nigeria
Kirthana Shankar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Marc Sim, Univ of The Sunshinecoast, Australia
Nilubon Sivabrovornvatana, Sripatum Univ, Thailand
Ly-Fie Sugianto, Monash Univ, Australia
Mathura Prasad Thapliyal, Hnb Garhwal Univ, India
Paul T.Y. Tseng, Tatung Univ, Taiwan
Yong Zhen, United Int'l College (UIC), Beijing Normal Univ, China

CONFERENCE FEE
The 2007 International Conference on Business and information registration fee is US$300 per person if registration before March 31, 2007 and US$350 after March 31, 2007. All attending conference participants must pay the registration fee and at least one author must attend and pay the registration fee. No individual author may submit more than two papers; however, there is no limit to submission of co-authored papers. The conference fee must be received by March 31, 2007 to assure conference participation. 50% of the Registration Fee will be refunded until April 30, 2007. No refund after that date.
The conference registration fee covers all conference sessions, four coffee breaks, one conference program, one conference proceedings in CD-ROM, one year (two issues) of International Journal of Business and Information, and one year (four issues) of Contemporary Management Research. Due to high cost in Tokyo, no luncheon/dinner will be provided in BAI2007.

PAPER FORMAT AND FINAL SUBMISSION
Paper format is available at the website http://bai2007.atisr.org or http://ibacnet.org/bai2007
The final version should be submitted electronically via conference submissions system. Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word. The conference follows the format of Academy of Management Journal. This format is available at the AMJ's website http://aom.pace.edu/amjnew/style_guide.html. Guidelines and sample pages are available at http://bai2007.atisr.org or http://ibacnet.org/bai2007. In general, the paper must be prepared the way you want it to appear in the proceedings.
Authors could choice to publish their full papers or one page abstracts in the conference proceedings (ISSN 1729-9322) in CD-ROM. All papers must be original and not published anywhere. However, the authors do not need to transfer copyright of papers or abstracts included in the proceedings. This means authors could submit their articles for journals or books after conference.
Deadline for final submission (full papers or abstracts, authors could choice to publish their full papers or one page abstracts in the conference proceedings) is March 31, 2007. If authors do not submit their final version manuscripts, the first submission manuscripts will be used for the conference proceedings. That is, March 31, 2007 is the last date to update or revise the manuscript. After that, conference proceeding will be finalized.

MORE DETAILS

Please check website for more details
http://bai2007.atisr.org or http://ibacnet.org/bai2007

If you have additional questions, please contact:
Ms. Yi-Lei Chang., Secretary of ATISR, Taiwan
P. O. BOX 104-311, Taipei City 10499, Taiwan bai2007@atisr.org

Past Conference

BAI is an annual conference scheduled in each July. BAI2004 was held in Taipei. BAI2005 was held in Hong Kong. BAI2006 was held in Singapore.