Released on: August 14, 2008, 12:58 pm

Press Release Author: Indian Institute of Management Indore

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: International Conference on Globalization and Emerging
Economies held from the 11th to the 13th of August 2008 at Indian Institute of
Management Indore.

Press Release Body: Indian Institute of Management, Indore

International Conference on Globalization and Emerging Economies

The Indian Institute of Management, Indore was host to The International Conference
on Globalisation and Emerging Economies from 11-13 of August, 2008. Organised in
association with the Centre for Indian Multinational Education and Research (CIMER)
and the Academy of International Business, the conference was an attempt to analyse
how factors like enterprises, industries, science and technology, tradition,
culture, history and institution have evolved, sustained and performed in the
emerging economies context.

The three days of conference included over 100 delegates who deliberated on the
above issues through keynote addresses, panel discussions and parallel sessions. A
variety of subjects ranging from Brand India to ecological implications of
globalisation received their share of the limelight as speakers from across the
world took the stage during the technical and plenary sessions spread across the
three days.

The first day kicked off with the inaugration ceremony presided over by Mr. K
Narayanan, president of Association of International Business, India chapter and
Prof. Pavan Kumar Singh, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Indore. The day
saw several papers including ones on financial globalization and its impact on
international financial markets, environmental implications of facility locations,
unorganised diamond industry in India and the effectiveness of comparative ads, to
name just a few.

The plenary session on Day Two featured engaging discussions by Dr Aparna Datt
Sharma and Prof Sumit Kundu. As the Senior Director of the India Brand Equity
Foundation, Dr Sharma has been spearheading the drive to build Brand India and she
threw light on the journey over the last decade as India came into the big league.
Prof Sumit Kundu from Florida International University spoke about Business Group
Affiliations and the Internationalisation of Emerging Market Firms and used a
mathematical model to explain the relation between ownership structure and the
degree of internationalisation. The day also included a session on the use of
technology in the era of globalisation and how Corporate India can gain from it.

The last day saw a variety of topics come to the fore like corporate social
responsibility and the challenges in globalisation. Other papers which were
presented during the day included "Attitude of movie-watchers towards product
placement in movies", "Employee loyalty towards organization", "Indian Education",
"Six Sigma in Exporting" and "The Retail Industry: An India and International
relationships comparison".

The concluding session of the conference was chaired by Prof. Pavan Kumar Singh,
director of Indian Institute of Management Indore and Mr. K Narayanan, president of
Association of International Business, India chapter.

The conference turned out to be an excellent opportunity for academicians,
researchers, industry professionals and policy makers to deliberate, debate and find
possible solutions on the significant issues of globalisation.


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