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959-91202011 COSTA RICA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE (GCBF) SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA: MAY 24-27, 2011
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You are invited to participate in The 2011 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 24-27, 2011 at the
Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel and Convention Center, 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.
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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. Submission of your
paper for proceedings publications implies that you have obtained
the appropriate consent of all co-authors for publication.
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. You can publish a
200-word abstract, a 5-page version of your paper or a full paper
(not to exceed 12 properly formatted pages). All proceedings
submissions must be in MS Word and must be formatted according to
our proceedings guidelines located at
www.theIBFR.com/guidelines.htm. Your acceptance letter
will include detailed information on how to publish in the refereed
conference proceedings.
Outstanding Research Award
Registered and paid attendees can submit their paper for award
consideration and possible publication in one of our journals. Award
winners will be notified and will be presented with a certificate
and an award plaque at the award banquet. An acceptance letter
and reviewer’s comments are provided for award-winning papers.
Award winners are required to properly format their document and
make any other changes required by the reviewers and/or editor prior
to journal publication. Please note that there is a $25 per
page publication fee for papers that are offered publication in the
journals. Submissions to the award competition are treated in the
same fashion as a journal submission. Thus, submitting a paper for
award consideration implies that your paper has not been published
elsewhere and is not under publication consideration elsewhere.
It also implies that you are prepared to pay the publication fee if
your paper wins an award.
Note that proceedings and award submissions are processed
separately, so each must be submitted separately.
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.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission for presentation consideration
March 16, 2011
Regular registration
April 01, 2011
Payment receipt
April 01, 2011
Proceedings submission
April 08, 2011
Award submission
April 08, 2011
Hotel Reservations
April 22, 2011
Early submissions are greatly appreciated.
SUBMISSIONS FOR PRESENTATION CONSIDERATION
Deadline: March 16, 2011
Submit to: Submissions@theibfr.com
Submit a 200-word abstract or full paper to:
submissions@theIBFR.com.
By submitting a paper, you certify that all co-authors are aware of
the submission and consent to presentation of the work. All
submissions must be in Microsoft Word or Acrobat PDF format. Include
the contact information for all authors on the first page of the
document. You will receive an email containing an acceptance or
rejection letter within 10 business days. The letter will contain a
submission number that you should include in all further
correspondences. Your acceptance letter will provide detailed
information about publishing in the refereed conference proceedings
and submitting your paper for award consideration.
CONFERENCE FEES
Deadline: April 1, 2011
Conference registration is US$320 for the first paper.
Non-presenting participants are welcome and are subject to the
US$320 registration fee. The registration fee for full-time
students is $295 (documentation of full-time student status must be
submitted with your registration to receive this rate). There
is an US$80 fee for each additional paper. A $50 late fee applies
for registration fees received at our office after April 1, 2011. If
your payment is not received by April 19, 2011, your participation
will be cancelled. All attending authors must register and pay the
registration fee. The registration form is available at:
www.theIBFR.com/registration.htm. Accepted forms of payment are
available at:
www.theibfr.com/paymentmethods.htm
Food and Beverage
Hor’dourves and soft drinks will be provided by the Institute for
Business and Finance Research. The networking luncheon will be
sponsored by Business Education and Accreditation. The award
banquet will be sponsored by Accounting and Taxation.
Additional event tickets are available for purchase for those
participants attending with their spouse and other non-author
guest(s). The price per ticket is $30 per event.
HOTEL
We encourage you to stay at the conference hotel and to arrange for
your lodging early. Costa Rica is a popular destination and
hotels do sell out. We have arranged for a small block of rooms at
Ramada Plaza Herradura Golf Resort & Conference Center at a special
rate of $105 (single or double) per night plus taxes. This rate
includes breakfast.
To receive the special $105 rate, you must make your reservations
directly with the hotel. The special rate is available until April
22, 2011, or until the available block of rooms is reserved,
whichever occurs first. You can make your reservations by
calling 506-2209-9800 and ask for the IBFR-GCBF (Institute for
Business and Finance Research) Group rate or by email to:
reservaciones@ramadaherradura.com. Again, be sure to indicate
to the hotel that you will be attending the GCBF and would like to
receive the special rate. After April 22, 2011, or after the block
of rooms is filled, the hotel will not honor the special rate and
regular rates will apply.
The Conference hotel is near the airport and offers complimentary
airport shuttle service. Please visit the hotel website at
www.ramadaherradura.com
for hours of operation. Alternatively, there is a wide selection of
taxis that provide service to and from the Airport. You can also
visit the hotel website at
www.ramadaherradura.com for additional information about the
facilities and transportation.
ABOUT THE INTERNET SESSION
If you can’t travel to the conference and want to change to the
internet session, please notify us as soon as possible, but no later
than April 19, 2011. Otherwise, we will not be able to re-schedule
your presentation or mail your conference welcome package. We only
mail conference welcome packages to registered internet session
participants.
AUTHOR AND TITLE CHANGES
In the event of an authorship or paper title change after your
initial submission, you must e-mail the
editor@theIBFR.com for
permission to make the change.
PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT
Each conference room will be equipped with an LCD computer
projector, and a computer. The presentation rooms will not be
equipped with internet connections. One overhead document
camera (Elmo) capable of presenting most transparencies or paper
documents will be available by advance request only and on a first
come, first served basis. Requests for the document camera must be
received on or before May 16, 2010. You are welcome to use our
equipment at your own risk. To see photos of our equipment, please
visit our website at
http://www.theibfr.com/equipment.htm.
AIRFARES
Costa Rica has two international airports. You will want to
fly to San Jose International Airport (SJO) in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Airfare to San Jose is very reasonable from many U.S. Cities
INFORMATION ABOUT COSTA RICA AND THE HOTEL
We have included a section about Costa Rica and the hotel on our
website at
www.theIBFR.com/costaricainfo.htm and
www.theIBFR.com/herradura.htm
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 refuse service to anyone.
We look forward to visiting with you at the conference. If you have any questions regarding the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us.