International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar organized a 2-day International Conference on “Drifts in Business, Governance and Societal Values: Conflicts and Challenges” in collaboration with EGADE Business School, Mexico on December 08-09, 2017. During the inaugural session, Prof. Ramesh Behl, Director - IMI, Bhubaneswar, welcomed all the participants and revealed that the conference has received an overwhelming response in the form of 115 research papers from India and across the globe. Prof. Behl also mentioned that this conference aims at bringing together the international forum for rich discussion on reviewing and learning lessons about the shifts in business practices, its governance, and societal values. Prof. Rajagopal, Professor and National Researcher, EGADE Business School, Mexico set the tone of the conference by emphasizing on developing new visions and business perspectives to match with the changing political ideologies in emerging markets.

 

The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from faculty, research scholars and students from various well-known institutes and universities like EGADE Business School Mexico, Anahuac University Mexico, Uniglobe College Kathmandu Nepal, Daffodil International University Dhaka Bangladesh, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kashipur, IIT Bhubaneswar, NIIT Neemrana, ISBM Banglore, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IMI New Delhi, XIMB, BIMTECH Greater NOIDA, MDI Gurgaon, Symbiosis Centre for Management Pune, ICFAI IBS, Utkal University Bhubaneswar, Ravenshaw University Cuttack, BIT Mesra, KIIT University etc. to name a few.

 

The Conference Anthology entitled “Start-Up Enterprises and Contemporary Innovation Strategies in the Global Marketplace” for the international conference on “Innovation, Market Competition and Economic Development" organized by IMI Bhubaneswar and EGADE Business School, Mexico on 09-10 December 2016 was also released by the dignitaries. The anthology is published by IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

Eleven Technical sessions on various conference themes were scheduled over these 2 days. Two workshops on “Developing Skills on Writing Case Studies” and “Doctoral Research: International Perspectives on initiation to conclusion” were also conducted by the international faculty.

 

The conference is being convened by Prof. Sourabh Sharma and Prof. Manit Mishra of IMI-Bhubaneswar.

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