Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA)
　

November 1^st – 4^th, 2013
Venue: Nagoya University in Japan

The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) invites papers for its 9th (2013) conference and the 2013 PhD Colloquium. The 9th APMAA Conference (2-4 Nov. 2013) is co-organized by the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) and APMAA Japan.
　

             The 9th (2013) APMAA Annual Conference
Tentative Program edited on May 3, 2013       
　

Call for Conference Papers
 edited by Prof. Ueno on June 1, 2013

Manuscripts may encompass any topical area of management accounting and they can be theoretical, teaching-based or practice-oriented. Papers can be qualitative or quantitative in nature. Papers are welcomed in all of the following areas.

• Management Accounting and Control

• Management Accounting for Multinational Enterprises

• Management Accounting for State-owned Companies and Non-profit Organizations

• Management Accounting in Developing Countries

• Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management

• Risk Management

• Corporate Governance

• Social and Environmental Accounting

• Financial Analysis

• Internal control and Accountability: Professional and Business Ethics

• Accounting History

• Accounting and Culture

• Accounting Education

• Methodological and Theoretical Issues

  It should be noted 
  ·Papers published elsewhere are not eligible for submission. Preference will be given to recent papers that have not previously been presented at major conferences.

        · Papers will be double-blind reviewed.

        · At least one of the main authors is expected to register for the conference by 1 October 2013, and presents the work at the corresponding session.
  　

PAPER SUBMISSION
The deadline for full paper submissions is July 15, 2013. To submit a paper, go to the CMT Conference Submission Site for "2013 Annual Conference, Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association" at  https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/APMAA2013/Default.aspx, create an account and submit your paper to the Concurrent Sessions track.

Call for PhD Colloquium Papers
 (edited by Prof. Omar on 2 Dec. (Tentative))
　

A PhD Colloquium (13.00-18.00, November 1(Friday), 2013) will be held in conjunction with the APMAA 2013 Conference. PhD students and candidates are hereby invited to present and discuss their preliminary results or work-in-progress. The discussants comprise of a group of international Professors.  

      1. An introductory letter in which you indicate what you wish to obtain from the doctoral consortium and what you will be bringing to the doctoral consortium.
2.  A one page research statement on the research you will pursue. If you are at the doctoral dissertation stage, this statement should focus on the dissertation.
3.  Your CV.
4.  A letter of recommendation from your primary dissertation advisor, who should state what you can contribute as well as gain from the doctoral consortium.   

The main objective of the APMAA 2013 PhD colloquium is to offer an opportunity to PhD students to receive high-quality feedback from external reviewers and to directly interact with peers, exchange ideas, discuss concepts, and establish (in) formal cooperation with various research groups.  PhD students and candidates at all stages are welcome to submit a thesis-position paper, but preference will be given to students in the earlier stages of their PhD work. Participants will be expected to give short and informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a panel-like discussion. The submitted paper should clearly state: 

·         The original key idea/hypothesis of the thesis
    The problem domain and the specific problem addressed
    An overview of related work in the area of the PhD work 
    Methodological approach 
    Research carried out 
   The expected contributions (in line with the field of study) 

SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS:
Submissions should be around 10 pages long and follow the format used for the main APMAA 2013 conference papers. To submit a paper, go to the CMT Conference Submission Site for "2013 Annual Conference, Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association" at  https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/APMAA2013/Default.aspx, create an account and submit your paper to the PhD Colloquium track. 

Since this is expected to be a work conducted by the PhD students, we request that:
         The first author is a PhD student who is mainly responsible for conducting the research on the respective topic.
         Names of the authors are preceded by: Student: and, where applicable, Supervisor. 

The colloquium chairs will arrange the selection of the accepted papers using a peer review process. The accepted papers will be published in the PhD colloquium proceedings, and at least one of the main authors is expected to register for the conference by Spetember 30, 2013, and presents the work at the corresponding session. The colloquium participants will pay the normal student registration fee. 

IMPORTANT DATES (Tentative)
    Paper submission: July 15, 2013
    Acceptance notification: August 15, 2013
    Final paper for the Proceedings: September 1st, 2013 

INQUIRIES
Any questions regarding this call for papers should be addressed to the below.  
     Omar Normah (normah645@salam.uitm.edu.my)
     Scarbrough Paul (pscarbrough@brocku.ca)
     Tzong Tsay Yang (yttsay@ntu.edu.tw)
     Susumu Ueno (ueno@konan-u.ac.jp)
　

PARTICIPATION FEE PER PERSON

Advance payment
The advance payment  (this payment is non-refundable) must be paid in the full amount  (Participation Fee: JY (Japanese Yen) 29,500 or USD300;  Student Participation Fee: JY 15,000  or USD 150) to the APMAA account at Japan Post Bank (ゆうちょ銀行) by30 September 2013.

 (International Participants) Please let us know your payment by email (at ueno@konan-u.ac.jp) immediately after you finish your bank transfer procedure with the information on Name (First/given, middle, and last/family), Title, Institutional Affiliation, Country and Email. The information is used to develop Name badge and a Participants' list for the 2013 conference.　We cannot identify you if you fail to send us the message. Also please bring a copy of your bank payment at the conference registration desk. 
The Organizer of APMAA 2013 Annual conference will send letters of invitation only to the participants who completed full payment by 30 September 2013 upon request.

On-site payment
 If you pay on site, you are required to pay JY 35,000 cash (for student; JY 20,000 cash).
　

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