The conference welcomes empirical research as well as theoretical/conceptual research papers having potential for field applications and in-depth literature reviews. Broadly defined, but not limited to, tracks of the conference are:

• Accounting: Contemporary accounting issues, such as auditing, accounting education, accounting history, accounting regulation, accounting policies and estimates, accounting information systems, carbon accounting, earnings management, environmental accounting, financial reporting, forensic and investigative accounting, fraud and anti-bribery, management accounting, international financial reporting standards (IFRS), public sector accounting, taxation.
• Corporate Social Responsibility: Contemporary issues of CSR, CSR and business ethics, CSR and business sustainability, CSR and consumers, CSR and corporate performance, CSR and corporate governance, CSR and human rights, CSR and political economy, social and sustainable marketing, CSR and communications, CSR and role of government, global governance and corporate responsibility, CSR and triple bottom line.
• Finance and Banking: Asset pricing, banking, behavioural finance, bond markets, business valuation, capital markets, carbon finance, corporate finance, derivatives and derivatives markets, dividend policy, financial institutions, financial markets and instruments, globalisation and integration, green finance, international banking, international finance, insurance, investment and risk management, lending decisions and lending policy, merger and acquisition, money and monetary policy, micro finance, options and futures, public finance, public sector financial management, regulatory framework (e. g. Basel III), small business finance, stock markets and venture and venture capital.
• Economics: Agribusiness, agricultural and resource economics, applied economics, economic development and growth, economic policy and rural development, economic regulations, energy economics, environmental and natural resource economics, financial economics, health economics, history of economic thoughts, industrial economics, international economics, institutional and ecological economics, Islamic economics, knowledge economy, labour economics, micro and macroeconomics, population economics, transport economics, urban and regional economics.
• Econometrics: Applied statistics, biostatistics, correlation and regression, decision theory, items response theory, longitudinal models, meta-analysis, multivariate method, multilevel models, multivariate statistics, structural equation modelling, quantitative methods, predictive inference, preliminary test and shrinkage estimation, Stochastic Processes testing after pre-test.
• Education: Competency based assessment, collaborative Learning, curriculum development and pedagogy, distance learning, e-learning, self-regulated learning, student assessment, teaching innovation, teaching methodologies and pedagogies, teaching strategies and research in business ethics education, teaching strategies and research in international business education, curriculum design/teaching strategies in operations management education and vocational learning.
• Information Technology: Data modelling and mining, database management systems, digital and social media, digital divide, digital future, e-commerce, information and communication studies, information technology and knowledge management, internet banking, multimedia performance and management, telecommunication and telecommunication policy, web development.
• Islamic Finance and Sharia: Islamic bond, the impact of Basel III on Islamic Finance practice, Corporate Governance in Islamic Financial institutions, Innovation in Islamic finance, instruments issues and development in Islamic Finance, financial markets in Islamic Finance, investment strategy and portfolio in Islamic Finance, risk management in Islamic Finance, social responsibility in Islamic Finance, sustainability and competitiveness in Islamic Finance.
• Law: Banking law, business law, comparative legal system, constitutional law, corporate law, consumer law, criminal law, energy law, environmental law, international law, human rights law, Islamic and Sharia law, legal history, maritime law, mercantile law.
• Management: Business ethics, business strategy, conflict management, corporate governance, corporate intellectual capital reporting, corporate venturing, cross cultural studies, human resource management, innovation, strategic theories of the firm, operations management, organisational behaviour, international business, sports management, strategic management, leadership, management, performance measurement in the public sector, stakeholder engagement, voluntary disclosure.
• Marketing: General marketing, business marketing, consumer behaviour, international marketing, marketing management, market orientation, services marketing, retail marketing, social marketing, strategic marketing and supply chain management.
• Social Business: Prospects and challenges of social business, social business and innovation, social business and law, social business and social media, social entrepreneurship, social government, social innovation, social marketing. Roundtables/workshops on social business are also expected.
• Multidisciplinary: Anthropology, climate change, cross-cultural and regional studies, development studies, diversity and social issues, history, human rights, linguistics, entrepreneurship, hospitality and aviation, journalism, international trade, international relations, leadership development, library science, natural resources management policy, operations research, political economy, political science, public administration, renewable energy, real estate, research methodology, rural politics and policy, sociology, psychology, strategic leadership, tourism, women and gender issues.

• Best Paper Awards (value USD 300) and Best Student Paper Awards (value USD200) from several tracks will be conferred at the conference. In order to qualify for an award, the author must submit a full paper to the conference and it must be presented at the conference. The authors of best papers will also get certificates.
• Participants can also enjoy a range of benefits, e.g. getting an Associate or Fellow membership of AABL, which will allow them to enjoy a 10% discount on any future AABL event.
• Publication opportunity in Australian Academy of Business Leadership (AABL) Journals or Australasian Centre for Research and Development (ACRD) Journals.

Professor Dato’ Dr.Che Musa Che Omar is a Professor of Management (Tourism) and Head of Research and innovation, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKl) Business School. He holds a Diploma in Town Planning from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Housing, Building & Planning from Universiti Sains Malaysia, a Master of Science in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Ph.D. in Environmental Management from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom specializing in the areas of urban management and tourism planning. He has vast experienced in teaching and practice locally and abroad in the field of environmental planning, regional development, EIA and tourism development in Malaysia and with international agencies, such as UNCRD, AIVN, PECC, JICA and Belgium Economic Council. His present interests are on eco-tourism and urban environmental management. He is a Registered Town Planner with the Board of Town Planners Malaysia and also a frequent presenter and moderator at local and international conferences and seminars. He is currently involved actively with NGO on culture, art, heritage & tourism in Kelantan. Prior to joining UniKL Business School, he was a Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs & Alumni) and Dean of Architecture & Engineering at the City University College of Science & Technology, Petaling Jaya.

Dr. Didem Koban Koç is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the English Language Teaching Department at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She received a B.A. degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) from Middle East Technical University in Turkey in 2000 and an M.A. degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from New York University, USA, in 2002. Upon graduating, she worked at several universities in New York including LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), Pace University and College of New Rochelle. In 2003, she received a PhD scholarship from the Higher Education Council in Turkey to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics at the Graduate Centre, CUNY. She published in international journals and presented papers at national and international conferences. Her current interests include sociolinguistics and second language acquisition.

• Professor Dato’ Dr. Che Musa Che Omar, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Professor Dr Asadullah Shah, International Islamic University Malaysia
• Professor Dr H M Jahirul Haque, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
• Professor Dr Jai Prakash Sharma, University of Delhi, India
• Professor Dr Michael K Danquah, Curtin University, Malaysia
• Professor Dr Nirmala Dorasamy, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
• Professor Dr Rajnandan Patnaik, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, India
• Professor Dr Rutilio Martinez, University of Northern Colorado, USA
• Professor Dr Wei-Bin Zhang, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
• Associate Professor Dr Andrew Banasiewicz, Boston University, USA
• Associate Professor Dr Idris Md. Noor, University of Malaysia Perlis
• Dr Julaikha B. Hossain, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• Dr Balsam A. Mustafa, University Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
• Dr Mohd Norfian Alifiah, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia
• Dr Mohd Zulkeflee Abd Razak, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
• Dr Nighat Ansari, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
• Dr Shamsul Kamariah Bt Abdullah, Curtin University, Malaysia
• Dr Wan Mohammad Taufik Bin Wan Abdullah, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Bangkok Annual Business and Social Science Research Conference (BABSRC) 2016 invites submissions of abstracts/full papers that provide insights into key research issues. Submissions should be uploaded as MS Word (doc or docx) file format either at ‘Paper Submission’ page of the conference website or by e-mail to Conference.Bangkok@aabl.com.au no later than 14 November 2016 for abstract and 26 November 2016 for full paper.

* The title page will provide the title of the paper (bold caps, centred alignment), detail of corresponding author and all the authors (such as names, affiliations and email address for general correspondence in the footnote format. Please underline the author(s) name(s) who will be making the presentation (in the case of multiple authors).

Each presenter is scheduled for a total of 20 minutes (nominally a 15 minute presentation and 5 minutes discussion). The PowerPoint slides should not exceed 30 slides in total. Please bring your Power Point presentation slides during the day of your presentation in a USB/flash drive.

Australian Academy of Business Leadership (AABL) Journals: All accepted full papers of the registered participants to the conference (and subsequent corrections after review) will be published in the following journals published by AABL on a complimentary basis (without any charge):

• Australian Academy of Accounting and Finance Review (AAAFR)
• Australian Academy of Business and Economics Review (AABER)

Australasian Centre for Research and Development (ACRD) Journals: The accepted full papers of the registered participants to the conference, which cannot be accommodated in AABL journals, will be published (subject to subsequent corrections after review) in the following journals published by ACRD (an AABL Partner) on a complimentary basis (without any charge):

• Australian Journal of Accounting, Economics and Finance (AJAEF)
• Australasian Journal of Business, Social Science and Information Technology (AJBSSIT)
• Australasian Journal of Islamic Finance and Business (AJIFB)
• Australasian Journal of Law, Ethics and Governance (AJLEG)
• Australia and New Zealand Journal of Social Business, Environment and Sustainability (ANJSBES)

• All fees are quoted in United States dollars.
• Registrations and payments can be made immediately after paper acceptance notification.
• It is essential for all conference delegates to register.
• Registered delegates can attend all sessions and keynote presentations.
• Registration includes will include arrival tea/coffee, morning and afternoon tea/coffee and packet/buffet type lunch for both days.
• Registered delegates will receive sponsors promotional materials (if any).
• You can download the registration form here.

• Early bird registration with discounted payment facilities will be available for the delegates who will make the registration and make the full payment by 19 September 2016. After this date, full fees will apply. The deadline for late registration is the 20 November 2016.

• Research students will enjoy a discounted price (as per fees schedule above) to attend the conference.

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• Please refer to the 'User Manual for Registration and Payments' here.

• Cancellation request of registration will attract a 100% cancellation administration fees. As an alternative to cancellation, your registration may be transferred to another person in your organisation, if advised in writing no later than 2 weeks before the conference.