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The IPSERA 2009 conference will be held at the European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Under the general theme “Supply Management – Towards an Academic Discipline?” we welcome a broad range of papers in the field of Supply Management. Next to the general theme, submissions can be made to the following specific streams:
 
1.    Innovation in Services / New Service Development
2.    Services Supply Management
3.    Public Procurement
4.    Procurement in Public Services
5.    Public Private Partnerships
6.    Environmental Supply Management
7.    Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains
8.    Purchasing and Operations Research
9.    Organizational Issues at the Buyer-Supplier Interface
10.  Partnership Sourcing
11.  Innovation in Supply Networks
12.  Electronic Procurement
13.  Supply Management Strategies in BRIC countries
14.  Management of Change in Purchasing and Supply
15.  From Supply Management towards Supply Chain Management
16.  Managing and Mitigating the Supply Chain Risk
17.  Financial Supply Management
18.  Human Resource Management in Supply Chains
19.  Supplier Integration
20.  Supplier collaboration in global sourcing
21.  Supply Chain Internationalization
22.  Best Value Procurement – From low bid orientation to value based partnerships
23.  Sustainable Procurement
 
Submission can be made either to the general theme or to the specific tracks. Please visit our homepage for further details.

Deadlines
 
Abstract submission: 17th October 2008
Full paper submission: 7th November 2008
Notification of the review process: 12th December 2008
Final paper submission: 9th January 2009

Submission
 
Please submit all Abstracts and Papers to ipsera2009@supplyinstitute.org. Please visit our for the formal guidelines.