CFP: Operations Management & Entrepreneurship Association

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The Operations Management Entrepreneurship Association (OMEA) encourages 
*faculty, students, and*

*practitioners *interested in *operations management, supply chain 
management, logistics, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development *to 
submit Full-Length Papers, Research-in-Progress papers, Panels and 
Symposia, and Practitioner & Student Forum works for review for possible 
presentation and publication at the March 2010 meeting in Chicago, held 
in conjunction with the 43^rd Annual Meeting of the MBAA International. 
Presentations of all types will start at 1:30 PM, Wednesday, March 24 
and conclude at 4: 15 PM, Friday, March 26, 2010

Operations Management & Entrepreneurship Association

2010 Conference

Conference Theme: No theme this year

March 24 - 26, 2010

Drake Hotel - Chicago, IL

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: November 7, 2009

*SPECIAL CONFERENCE FEATURES:*

*Distinguished Paper Awards * Award is sponsored by McGraw-Hill/Richard 
D. Irwin, Inc. or by OMEA.

*Best Student Submission *- one best student work will be selected for 
this award. The author(s)will be recognized. Award determined by 
referees. Award sponsored by OMEA.

Preconference session: OMEA hopes to schedule an activity on Tuesday 
afternoon with the Association for Operations Management (formerly APICS).

Operations Tour of Casino: OMEA is working at scheduling an operations 
tour of a lake front casino on Friday morning. The tour bus would return 
before the formal closing of the conference.

*SUBMISSION DEFINITIONS:*

*Competitive Full-Length Papers *make up the core of the conference 
program and are organized into concurrent sessions, each of which will 
constitute three to four papers; each paper not to exceed 10 
single-spaced pages.

*Research-in-Progress Papers *may be submitted as papers or detailed 
abstracts, describing an ongoing research project or study of interest.

*Panels and Symposia *consist of a chairperson/moderator and three or 
four presenters offering their perspectives. Opportunity should be 
provided for audience discussion and engagement.

*Practitioner and Student Forum *highlights submitted works relating to 
a particular topic relevant to all conference attendees. The forums can 
be regular paper and research-in-progress sessions or panel and symposia 
sessions with three to four presenters presenting an applied 
problem/issue while the remainder of the session is discussion of the issue.

*SUBMISSION TRACKS:*

Full-Length Papers, Research-in-Progress papers, Panels and Symposia, 
and Practitioner & Student Forum works are invited that address the 
conference theme ( TBA) /as well as other topics in operations 
management, supply chain management , logistics, entrepreneurship, and 
sustainable development. The MBAA will award a best paper award based on 
the theme of the conference.

OMEA is offering multiple submission tracks including:

Under the _Operations Management_ Track, papers and symposia are sought 
which address contemporary research on operations management, including 
new technologies, innovations, or issues in the Operations area.

Under the _Entrepreneurship_ track, OMEA is seeking papers and symposia 
focusing on start-up, teaching, or management of entrepreneurial firms; 
control systems; process management, financial management; outsourcing; 
business plan development, and rural economic development.

Under the _Supply Chain_ track, papers and symposia are requested in the 
areas of supply chain management, cross functional management issues, 
financial and managerial control, issues with small, medium or large 
firms as well as other topics addressing the realities and challenges in 
the management of supply chains.

Under the _Ethics in OM or Entrepreneurship_ track, OMEA is seeking 
papers and symposia focusing on ethics in Operations Management or 
entrepreneurship, "ethical or just" decision making in relation to 
suppliers, employees, customers, and investors, and ethics and the law.

Under the _Global Strategy in OM or Supply Chains _track, OMEA is 
seeking papers and symposia focusing on how Management can gain 
competitive advantage through strategies that build operational or 
supply chain performance to improve costs, quality and strategic position.

Under the _Case Studies in OM or Entrepreneurship _track, OMEA is 
seeking case studies for the development of teaching important or unique 
aspects of management and control in OM or Entrepreneurship. This track 
will combine with the Society for Case Research.

Under the _Sustainable Business practices for Operations or 
Entrepreneurship _track, OMEA is seeking papers and symposia focusing on 
how Management can gain a sustainable competitive advantage through 
strategies that build operational or supply chain performance to improve 
costs, quality and strategic position using community involvement, 
social responsibility and or ethical practices.

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:*

Full-Length Papers, Research-in-Progress papers, Panels and Symposia, 
and Practitioner & Student Forum works will be accepted for review.

Papers and Research-in-Progress works should not exceed ten (10) single 
spaced pages. Proposals for Panels and Symposia must include a cover 
sheet with the names, affiliations and addresses, phone and fax numbers 
and e-mail

addresses of all presenters and a 1-2 page general summary of the 
proposed session followed by a one page abstracts of each individual 
presentation. Practitioner & Student Forum works would follow either the 
paper or panel guidelines mentioned above depending on the form submitted.

Papers MUST NOT have been presented elsewhere before the 2010 Chicago 
meeting or be under consideration by other conferences or journals.

The letter of transmittal with all submitted works must include for each 
author: (a) position, (b) affiliation, (c) mailing address, (d) 
telephone and fax numbers, and (e) e-mail address. Receipt of each 
submission and all communication will be sent via e-mail. Electronic 
submissions will only be accepted. Email submissions in Word format via 
attachment to John Simon at Governors State University j-simon at govst.edu 
<mailto:j-simon at govst.edu> <mailto:j-simon at govst.edu> . Submissions must 
include either the Paper, Research-in-Progress, Panel or Symposia, or 
Practitioner & Student Form work (following the guidelines above) along 
with a letter of transmittal (able to be detached from the work when 
printed, see above) and the work itself MUST NOT contain any reference 
to the author(s). Only Microsoft Word format will be accepted. Each 
paper will be double blind refereed. Papers receiving best paper awards 
will be published in the conference proceedings, along with all accepted 
and presented papers.

Author(s) MUST REGISTER for the conference and at least one author MUST 
ATTEND the meetings in Chicago to make a presentation of the paper.

*Send inquiries to:*

John Simon

Governor's State University

1 University Parkway

University Park, IL 60466

j-simon at govst.edu <mailto:j-simon at govst.edu>