Tracks Sponsored by the 2020 Conference Committee
This track welcomes submissions related to our conference theme “The Business of Now”.
This track will also consider submissions which do not fit into other tracks. More information about the conference theme is here.
Chair : Andrew Burke, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
GT14_00 General Track
In the 21st century environment, university business research has been very effective in highlighting the issues that need to be addressed by management ranging from disruptive technologies; to potential environmental catastrophe; to social inclusion; to ethical business and ultimately to the stainability of free markets and their ability to deliver the social and economic goals that were assumed integral to the liberal capitalist system of the last Century.
Andrew Burke , Trinity College Dublin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
GENERAL TRACK 2020 TRACKS
T14_01 - Empowering business transformation – Digital innovations for sustainable changes in organizations and societies
We have been advancing technologies and processes to make our lives better and businesses grow. The fundamental question still remains - with all the evolving innovations and digital transformations, are we really making success in achieving happier societies and sustainable organizations? As it seems that our lives and businesses are getting increasingly unbalanced despite us making huge progress in building increasingly capable technological innovations. To facilitate debate and steer the discourse on the future of business transformation, the proposed track invites researchers and practitioners to share their scientific insights and practical applications to sustainably impact lives and organizations across the globe.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people,
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 5: Gender equality,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 13: Climate action,
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Agnis Stibe , ESLSCA Business School Paris, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
T14_02 - Pedagogical Innovation and Research in Management Education
This track will explore how business and management educators are meeting the challenges of the 21st century from the widespread changes in the business environment to transformed expectations and needs of our students. We offer a forum to discuss, evaluate and critique the pedagogical theories and practices by which we nurture and inform current and future business professionals, who must face disruptive technologies, climate change, migration, building sustainable societies and many other challenges whose shape is only emerging.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 4: Quality education
Kristen Reid , The Open University Business School, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
T14_03 - Towards climate resilience: can we “talk the walk” and “walk the talk” over climate change targets?
Among the issues connected with the achieving of UN SDGs, climate change represents a paramount priority, which will definitely shape our daily realities. Both scholars and practitioners have shifted their mind-set, putting a great deal of effort into the establishment of effective practices to account and report for climate change. However, possible concerns over the decoupling between reporting and practices can seriously jeopardize climate resilience. The track aims at collecting both conceptual and empirical works which contribute: i) to foster an integrated manner in pursuing climate change targets; ii) to identify appropriate tools and procedures for managing climate action.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 13: Climate action
Sandro Brunelli , University of Rome Tor Vergata, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
