RCBS 2018

The 2nd Research Conference on Business Studies (RCBS-2018) will be held on 20th of September 2018 in Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.The main theme of this conference is ‘SMART Management Towards Business Excellence’. The conference aims to address the current issues that include various area such as Management, Business, Accounting, Economics, Project Management, English Language Education, and Information Technology. Internationally-recognized scholars will participate in the event to present their latest research and best practices.

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Authors are invited to submit original research papers to the 2nd Research Conference on Business Studies (RCBS-2018).

The theme of this conference is “SMART Management Towards Business Excellence”. It consists of fifteen main tracks namely,

• Accounting and Finance

• Agri Business

• Business Economics

• Entrepreneurship

• Human Resource Management

• Knowledge Management

• Marketing Management

• Project Management

• Tourism and Hospitality Management

• International Business

• Information System

• Digital Marketing

• E-Commerce & E-Business

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• English Language Teaching in Business Studies

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline 25^th of May 2018 9^th of July 2018

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection 27^th of July 2018 17^thof August 2018

Final Extended Abstract (Camera Ready) Submission1 10^th of August 2018 27^thof August 2018

Date of Registration 17^th of August 2018 10^th of September 2018

Date of Conference 20^th of September 2018

• The Extended Abstract must be original and has not been previously published in another conference or journal, nor is currently under review by another conference or journal.

• Papers must be sent in MS Word format through Conference Management Toolkit

• All papers must conform to RCBS standard – single-column format set in MS Word Template (Download Template HERE)

• The paper must be written in English with a maximum of 4 single-spaced pages, including Introduction, Literature review, Methodology, Results and Discussions, Conclusion and Recommendations, and References.

• The extended abstract should contain a maximum of 1000 words.

Extended Abstract papers for the presentation at the conference will be selected through blind review process. Please ensure that the authors’ names do not appear in the submitted paper.

At least one author for each accepted paper must register and pay the fees for the conference by 10th of September 2018 in order for the paper to be included in the program and the conference proceedings. By submitting a paper to present at RCBS-2018, you explicitly agree that you will definitely register for the conference.

All papers will be published in the ‘Proceedings of the Research Conference on Business Studies’, in print and electronic version with ISSN 2478-1126 and E-ISSN 2478-1258, respectively.

The conference proceedings will be indexed by CrossRef, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

The best papers will be selected for publishing as extended versions in the Journal of Business Management published by Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.

Conference Team

Conference Chair

Dr A. Pushpanathan

Convener

Mr A. Rukshan

Editorial Committee

Mr. G.R.M. Gamlath (Chief Editor)

Mr A. Thayaparan

Dr Y. Nanthagopan

Mrs J. S .Thevaruban

Dr G. Jeyaseelan

Conference Day Arrangement Committee

Mr S. Thirugnanasampanthar

Mrs J. Subajana.

Mr J. Aloy Niresh

Mrs S. Mathivathani

Mrs M. R. F. Aqeela

Mr T. Selvamalai

Mr S. Hariharan.

Ms S Thevaka

Conference Secretary

Mr C. Larojan

Web Designer

Mr K. Suthesan

Advisory Committee

Area of Specialisation: Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Area of Specialisation: Business Economics, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Area of Specialisation: Information Technology, School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Australia

Area of Specialisation: Management & Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Area of Specialisation: Information Systems, Senior Lecturer, School of Information Systems, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Senior Lecturer in Events Management, Bournemouth University, Uk

Senior Lecturer in Computing, Department of Physical Science, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Management Consultant from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Senior Lecturer in Computing, School of Architecture, Computing, and Engineering in the University of East London, UK.