Innovative Approaches to Business, Information and Management in the Digitally Networked World

Inaugural Conference of the Business, Information and Management Academy (BIMA)

Tracks and Topics

I. Accounting

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Abed Abdallah (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)
  
• Dr. Yaas Alkafaji (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)
  
• Dr. Ashraf Khallaf (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)
  
• Dr. Monsurur Rahman (Department of Accounting and Finance, IUP, USA)
  
• Dr. Taisier Zoubi (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)

Topics

• Executive Compensation Determinants and Consequences
  
• Online Continuous Audits
  
• Management Earnings Forecasts: Determinants and Investor Reaction
  
• Consequences of Regulation SOX (Financial Accounting and Reporting)
  
• The Effects of IT Investment on Firm Performance

II. Business Law

Track co-chairs

• Mr. Tor Brodtkorb (Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, AUS )
  
• Dr. J. Lade Heaton (Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, AUS)

Topics

• The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation on Business
  
• The Effect of Privacy Laws on Data Flows both on Business and Country Borders
  
• The Effect of Digital Discovery Requests on Business
  
• Developing Corporate Social Responsibility for Business.

III. Communication

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Ilhem Allagui (Department of Mass Communication, AUS)
  
• Dr. John King (Department of Mass Communication, AUS)
  
• Dr. Andy Lynch (Department of Mass Communication, AUS)

Topics

• Using Public Relations to Manage Reputation in an Era of Low Trust
  
• Measurement for Accountability and ROI in Communication Programs
• Using PR/Advertising/IMC Effectively for Branding
• Blogs, Viral Campaigns and Buzz Marketing in the International Arena
• Enhancing Stock Value through Investor and Financial Relations PR

IV. Distance Learning, E-learning, and Virtual Classroom

Track co-Chairs:

• Dr. Yasir Khalifa (Dept. Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• Dr. Xin Li (Google, Inc., USA)
• Dr. George Novacky (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Topics:

• New Marketing Approaches for Practitioners and Academic Distance Learning.
• Intelligent-Learning Management in Virtual Classroom.
• Effective Information Delivery in E-Learning

V. Economics

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Hashem Dezhbakhsh (Department of Economics, AUS)
• Dr. Jong Kim (Department of Economics, AUS)

Topics

• The Effect of E-commerce on International Trade and Economic Growth
• Technology and Workers’ Mobility
• Technology, Education and Economic Growth
• The Economics of E-commerce
• Metrics for E-commerce Economy

VI. Finance

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Osamah Al-Khazali (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)
• Dr. Abdelaziz Chazi (Department of Accounting and Finance, AUS)

Topics

• The Effect of IT on Corporate Finance
• Islamic Finance in the Digitally Networked World
• E-investments

VII. HRM Strategies and Innovation

Track co-chairs

• Dr Rachid Zeffane (Dept. of Bus & Public Adm, University of Sharjah, UAE)
• Dr Abu Bakr Suliman (Dept. of Bus & Public Adm, University of Sharjah, UAE)

Topics

• New Paradigms in HRM
• Managing Diversity
• Organizational Justice and Trust in the Workplace
  

VIII. Information Assurance

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Sanwar Ali (CS Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)
• Dr. Waleed Farag (CS Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)
• Dr. Munir Majdalawieh (Department of MIS, AUS)

Topics

• Transborder Data Flows and Privacy Laws
• Social and Ethical Issues of Digital Business and Management
• Electronic Audits and Assurance Services
• Risk Management

IX.Information Technology

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Hal Smith (IST Department, Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Dr. Xu Xiaobo (Department of MIS, AUS)

Topics

• IT and Enterprises Integration Applications for Digital Business and Management
• Diffusion, Acceptance, and IT Utilization in Business

X. Management Information Systems

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub (Department of MIS, AUS)
  
• Dr. Munir Majdalawieh (Department of MIS, AUS)
  
• Dr. James Rodger (MIS Department Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Topics

• Impact of E-government in the Middle East
• Governmental Supports on Digital Business and Management
• Strategic Design and Applications on Digital Business and Management
• Global Business Process Management

XI. Marketing

Track co-chair

• Dr. Matti Haverila (Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, AUS)
  
• Dr. Mohammed Sajid Khan (Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, AUS)

Topics

• Buyer’ Behavior and E-tail management
• Customer Relationship in E-commerce
• The Role of IT in Brand Management
• International Supply Networks

XII. Medical applications of computing and informatics:

Track co-chairs:

• Dr. Yasir Khalifa (Dept. Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• Dr. Xin Li (Google, Inc., USA)
• Dr. George Novacky (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• Dr. Frank Miles ( Smarter Technology and UAE Medical Directory - www.uaemd.net )

Topics:

• Evaluating the Business Value of Medical Informatics
• Protecting Individual Medical Information in the Digitally Networked World
• Web Service Usage in Medical Information Searching Data from Insurance Perspective

XIII. Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Track co-chair:

• Dr. Fouad Ben Abdelaziz (Department of Management, University of Dubai)

Topics:

• Multiobjective optimization, multi criteria decision making, multi attribute analysis, fuzzy Multiobjective modeling, combinatorial multiobjective optimization, multiobjective games.
• Voting theory.
• AHP analysis

XIV.Operation Management and Supply Chain Management:

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Abdelkader Daghfous (Department of MIS, AUS)
  
• Dr. Mehmet Gumus (Department of MIS, AUS)
• Dr. Ahmad Syamil, CPIM, CIRM ( Arkansas State University, USA)

Topics

• Supply Chain Performance Measurement
• E-business and Supply Integration
• Outsourcing and Off-shoring
• Relationship Management in Supply Chains

XV. Statistics and Decision Analysis

Track co-chairs

• Dr. Kim Heng Chen (Department of MIS, AUS)
  
• Dr. Ismail Genc (Department of Economics, AUS)

Topics

• Statistical Decision Analysis
• Statistics in Practice
• Statistical Methods for Forecasting
• Quantitative Modeling