2012 COSTA RICA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE (GCBF) SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA: MAY 22-25, 2012

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You are invited to participate in The 2012 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 22-25, 2012 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, 2012
Regular registration                                               March 30, 2012
Payment receipt                                                   March 30, 2012
Proceedings submission                                          April 09, 2012
Award submission                                                  April 09, 2012
Hotel Reservations                                                April 19, 2012

To participate in the Conference, Please follow these steps:

Non-Presenting Confernece Attendees

1. Download the full call for papers. The call for papers will provide you with detailed information about the conference, deadlines, benefits, etc (download here).

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 call for papers. The call for papers will provide you with detailed information about the conference, deadlines, benefits, etc (download here).

2. Submitt 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. For accepted papers, Process your registration form (enter here to register).

6. Pay your registration fees (Enter here for accepted forms of payment).

7. Process your proceedings submission (optional) (enter here to send your submission). Early submissions are greatly appreciated.

8. Submit your award submission (optional) (enter here to send your award submission).  Early submissions are greatly appreciated.

10. If you select the Internet Session, you will recieve an email with instructions on how to participate in the internet session.

11. Two weeks prior the event, the detailed program will be available in our website at www.theibfr.com/program.htm . You will recieve an email notification.

12. If you participate in the Internet Session, you will recieve 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.

13. For onsite participants, your conference material will be provided at the conference during registration.

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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE
 
Journal Publication Opportunities
The 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 Case Studies, and Revista Internacional Administración & Finanzas.  Please visit our website for journal specific distribution, indexing and ranking information, including: EBSCOHost, Cabell’s Directory, Ulrich’s Periodical Directory, The American Economic Association's Econlit, e-JEL, JEL on CD and other rankings. Spanish language papers are published in Revista Internacional Administración & Finanzas. 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 free to registered and paid conference attendees. Conference proceedings are published under the title "Global Conference on Business and Finance Proceedings," ISSN 1931-0285 (CD format) and ISSN 1941-9589  (online format).  They are indexed with EBSCOHost and Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. The proceedings are distributed on CD, online and through EBSCOHost, providing nationwide distribution in more than 70 countries.

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, in each session, a paper will be selected as the Best Paper in Session for an award.  Best in Session Award Winners will receive a certificate at the Award Banquet and 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