COSTA RICA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE (GCBF) SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA: MAY 28-31, 2013
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You are invited to participate in The 2013 Costa Rica Global
Conference on Business and Finance (GCBF) – San Jose, Costa Rica.
The Conference, sponsored by The Institute for Business and Finance
Research, LLC (IBFR), will be held from May 28-31, 2013 in San Jose, Costa
Rica.
Theoretical and empirical papers in all areas of business, finance,
marketing, management, accounting, MIS, public administration,
economics, business education and related fields are welcome. Papers
do not need to be global in nature. English and Spanish language
sessions will be offered. An Internet Session will be offered for
those unable to make the trip to San Jose, Costa Rica.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission for presentation consideration: March 15, 2013
Regular registration and Payment Receipt: March 28, 2013
Award submission: April 8, 2013
Proceedings submission: April 8, 2013
Late Registration deadline (late fee applies): April 19, 2013
Hotel Booking Deadline: April 22, 2013
Event dates: May 28-31, 2013
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: PLEASE FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
Non-Presenting Conference Attendees
1. Download the appropriate full call for papers by following the links above.
2. Process your registration form (enter here to register).
3. Pay your registration fees (Enter
here for Accepted forms of payment).
Presenting Conference Attendees
1. Download the appropriate full call for papers by following the links above.
2. Conference Submission- Submit your 200-word abstract, work-in process or full paper by the deadline (enter here). Early submissions are greatly appreciated.
3. After you submit your paper, you can expect to hear from us within 10 business days.
4. Registration--For accepted papers, Process your registration form (enter here to register).
5. Payment-Pay your registration fees (Enter here for Accepted forms of payment).
6. Proceedings Submission-Process your proceedings submission (optional) (enter here to send your submission). Early submissions are greatly appreciated.
7. Award Submission-Submit your award submission (optional) (enter here to send your award submission). Early submissions are greatly appreciated.
8. Two weeks prior the event, the detailed program will be available in our website at www.theibfr.com/program.htm . You will receive an email notification.
9. Onsite participants will receive their receipt and conference materials during registration
Internet Session Participants
1. Complete steps 1 through 8 above.
2. You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the internet session.
3. Complete the mailing instructions form (enter here)
4. You will receive an email stating the date your conference welcome package will be mailed. Conference welcome package for internet participats are mailed approximately 10 days prior to the event.
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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE
Journal Publication Opportunities
TThe Conference is affiliated with seven peer-reviewed journals:
The International Journal of
Business and Finance Research
International
Journal of Management and Marketing Research
Global
Journal of Business Research
Accounting
and Taxation
Business
Education and Accreditation
Review of
Business and Finance Studies
Revista
Internacional Administración & Finanzas (Spanish Language)
The journals are distributed in print and through EBSCOHost,
ProQuest ABI/Inform and SSRN. Please visit our website for journal specific
distribution, indexing and ranking information at
www.theibfr.com/journal.htm, including JEL, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s
and others. Papers honored with the Outstanding Research Award
at the conference will be offered publication in one of our
journals. In addition, papers receiving the Best Paper in Session
Award are reviewed for possible journal publication.
Publication in the Refereed Conference Proceedings
(Optional)
Publishing in the Refereed Conference Proceedings is optional and
free to registered and paid conference attendees. Submission of your
paper for proceedings publication implies that the paper is your own
work, is not copyrighted, and you have obtained the appropriate
consent from all co-authors for publication. Conference
proceedings are published under the title "Global Conference on
Business and Finance Proceedings." The conference proceedings
are distributed on online, on electronic media and through EBSCOHost
and ProQuest ABI/Inform.
The conference proceedings are indexed by EBSCOHost, ProQuest, Unrich’s
Periodical Directory and Index Copernicus. You can publish a 2
to 5-page version of your paper or a full paper (not to exceed 10
properly formatted pages). We encourage you to publish a short
version of your paper in the proceedings. All proceedings
submissions must be in MS Word and must be formatted according to
our proceedings guidelines located at
www.theIBFR.com/guidelines.htm. Proceedings submissions
may be in either English or Spanish. Spanish language
submissions must include an English title and abstract in addition
to the Spanish title and abstract. To submit a paper for
publication in the conference proceedings, visit the following
website:
www.theibfr.com/cs.htm.
Outstanding Research Award
Registered and paid attendees can submit their paper for award
consideration and possible publication in one of our journals.
Submissions to the award competition are treated in the same fashion
as a journal submission. Registered and paid Award winners
receive a comemorative plaque and their paper will be offered
publication in one of our journals.
Best in Session Award
Based on a peer-review process, one paper will be selected as the best paper in each session for an award. Only registered and paid authors of Best in Session Award Winners will receive a certificate. Certificates will be awarded at the luncheon or banquet. Authors of Best in Session Award Winning papers are invited to submit their papers to our regular review process for possible publication.
CONFERENCE CANCELLATIONS
The Institute reserves the right to cancel the conference, or
reassign all presentations to internet sessions, in the event of a
natural disaster, terrorist event, illness or other unusual
circumstances as determined solely at the discretion of the IBFR. In
the event of conference cancellation, the Institute will only be
responsible for, at most, returning the attendee’s conference
registration fee. The IBFR reserves the right to modify, add to, or
delete its policies and procedures at any time. Any such
change shall not be considered a violation of the relationship
between the IBFR and conference participants or paper authors. The
IBFR reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
USEFULL LINKS:
Conference submissions: www.theibfr.com/csubmission/csubmission.htm
Questions about the conference: submissions@theibfr.com
General
Questions at: admin@theibfr.com
Call for papers: www.theibfr.com/costarica-call.htm
Registration: www.theibfr.com/registration/registration.htm
Accepted payment methods: www.theibfr.com/paymentmethods.htm
Hotel information: www.theibfr.com/herradura.htm
Travel Information: www.theibfr.com/costaricainfo.htm
office (808)
959-9120