SICBM-2021

• Strategy, Technology & Managing Higher Educational Institutes: Business Models, Stakeholder Theory, Building excellence, Role of board diversity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Managing for Sustainability, Catalyzing Innovation in Organizations, Impact of CSR on Social Development, Branding through CSR, Implementation of CSR, Corporate Shared Value, Digital Transformations, Sustainable Reporting, Business Ethics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Gamification in Business, Education during COVID 19, Adoption of Technology in Education, Blended Learning, Industry Best Practices (case studies, practitioner papers)

• Marketing Management & Media studies: Changing Marketing Environment, Distribution and Trade, Retail Transformation, Experiential Marketing, Sustainable Marketing, Customer Intimacy, Customer Engagement, Managing Brands, eCommerce Models, Branding in B2B Markets, Value Creation in Business and Consumer Markets, Lean Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, GTM Strategies, De-commoditization, Disintermediation, Reintermediation, Technology Adoption amongst Consumers, Media Consumption, Role of Social Media, Customer Privacy, Binge Consumption, Industry Best Practices (case studies, practitioner papers)

• Financial Management: Behavioral Finance, Financial Markets, Modularization of Financial Services, Technology Deployments in Financial Services, Corporate Valuation, SME Financing, ESG Investing, Financial Reporting, Islamic Banking, Capital Markets, Information Asymmetry in Financial Markets, Crowdfunding, Financial Frauds, Forensic Audits, , Industry Best Practices (case studies, practitioner papers)

• Human Resource Management: Overcoming Negative Emotions at Workplace, Corporate Culture, Gender Diversity and Gender Equity, Employer Branding, Leadership, Managing Talent, Workplace Bulleying, Managing Virtual Organizations, Workforce in Gig Economy, HR Analytics, Team Building, Managing Virtual Teams, Managing Stress during Pandemic, Work from Home, Industry Best Practices (case studies, practitioner papers)

• Operations & Supply Chain Management: Building Resilient Supply Chains, Building Excellent Systems, Behavioral Operations, Sourcing Strategies, Technology Convergence, World Class Manufacturing, Quality Management Systems, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Operations Analytics, Business Process Reengineering, Service Operations Excellence, Data Localization, Humanitarian Supply chain, Supply Chain Collaboration, Industry Best Practices (case studies, practitioner papers)

Above themes and tracks are suggestive, researchers can submit their papers belonging to the central theme of the conference.

Note: There will be a separate track for doctoral work & student research.