研討會徵稿

Call for Papers: Social Business Academia Conference 2017 (社會企業學術會議) in Paris

徵稿期間：2/15-6/10
研討會地點：巴黎

The concept of Social Business has been initiated and promoted by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus (諾貝爾和平獎得主尤努斯教授). The Social Business Academia Conference is held each year around this concept to review the theoretical and practical implications and potentials of the concept. You are invited to attend this conference scheduled to be held in Paris, France on November 8-9, 2017 immediately after GSBS(Global Social Business Summit) on November 6-7. The purpose of the conference is to create a networking opportunity for academicians, researchers, practitioners, and development activists to discuss recent insights on Social Business.

Social businesses refer to enterprises that engage in business to achieve social impact rather than solely to achieve financial gain. Over the last decade, the social business concept has grown in importance as a socio-economic phenomenon in both developed and emerging economies. Traditionally, businesses focusing on societal welfare have belonged to the non-profit sector. However, Professor Yunus's concept of social business gives emphasis on sustainability through making profit and keeping that profit in the business for the further investment. Social Businesses aim to sustain themselves, differentiating them from charitable ventures that rely on donations and/or government funding as a major source of their income. For these reasons, social businesses may be understood as hybrid organizations that have both social and economic missions, and with this seek to sustain both missions. These have implications for their management and performance. This conference seeks to understand the management and performance implications of the social business concept proposed by Professor Yunus. It also aims to explore new theoretical and empirical research in the areas of finance, marketing, human resources, information and communication technology, health, agriculture and management issues related to social businesses which will foster the future direction of the policies and practices of these businesses. Besides academic papers, the conference welcomes case studies, in-depth evaluations, and papers documenting innovative directions of social businesses from business executives, consultants, social activists, social business practitioners, ethicists, social scientists and others. Collectively academic and non-academic contributions will reflect on the challenges and opportunities that social businesses face as they try to solve the most complicated human problems inside one country, and across countries around the world.

* Important Dates
Paper submission starts: February 15, 2017
Deadline for full paper submission: June 10, 2017
Paper acceptance notification: July 25, 2017
Deadline for final submission: September 30, 2017

* Submission Details:
There will be a peer-review process to select papers for the presentation at the conference. Once papers have been selected authors will be notified about the specific sessions in the conference where it will be presented. At least one of the authors would have to register and be present at the conference for the paper to be published in the proceedings. If no author is available to present the paper, the paper will be withdrawn from the presentation list.
Authors are requested to submit their papers (in MS Word only) through the submission page of the Social Business Academia Conference 2017 (http://socialbusinesspedia.com/sbac/2017). Authors are requested also to see the instructions for authors before submitting the paper.

*有關SBAC 2017社會企業學術會議的任何問題，請聯繫國立中央大學尤努斯社會企業中心沈建文主任

聯絡人：沈建文
相關網址：http://socialbusinesspedia.com/sbac/2017
E-Mail：cwshen@ncu.edu.tw