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Call for Papers

34^th Annual Association for Marketing & Health Care Research Conference

Dates: February 25^th — February 28^th, 2015
Location: Steamboat springs, COlorado
Submission Deadline: November 15^th, 2014

Conference Description

The purpose of this conference is to provide an interdisciplinary, international forum for academics and practitioners with an interest in marketing, management, and health care research to meet and exchange research insights, ideas, and experiences. The conference is designed to offer a workshop style atmosphere with the intention of developing research ideas, relationships, and collaborative opportunities. Competitive papers, student authored papers, special sessions, and tutorial/workshop proposals on current topics in health care research and related areas are invited.

Topic Areas:

The Association for Marketing & Health Care Research 2015 Conference seeks submissions from a wide ranging set of topic areas. Given the name of the association and title of the conference, clearly research related to health care and services is welcome and encouraged. In addition, work on any of the following areas is also encouraged for submission: services and issues related to special populations (e.g., senior citizens, adolescents, ethnic groups), health communications (advertising, education, disease prevention, and health promotion), environmental issues, public policy, sustainability, family business ownership and operation issues (cost of health care, provision of care for employees, legal issues), business ethics, and geographically specific health care issues, innovations, and challenges. Manuscripts, special sessions, and/or proposals in other areas are also welcome and encouraged.

Submission Deadline: November 15, 2014

Manuscripts to be submitted via email to james.oakley@montana.edu

Additional Information:  

Conference Location

This year’s AMHCR Conference will be held at the The Steamboat Grand in Steamboat Springs, CO (http://steamboatgrand.com/; to book your room, call Steamboat Grand Reservations at 877-306-2628 using conference code “AMHCR” – reservations should be made by February 1, 2015). With the strategic design of the conference agenda, there will be plenty of time for conference participants to enjoy the fabulous winter activities in Steamboat. The AMHCR Conference is ideal for those who enjoy interacting with friendly and interesting colleagues, and like to do so in an idyllic environment that offers world class skiing and accommodations. Steamboat, despite its location in the middle of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, is readily accessible via Steamboat/Hayden Airport (HDN) with non-stop flights from nine major airports, while the Denver International Airport (DEN) is about a three-hour drive from Steamboat.

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Dedicated to advancing relevant knowledge and increasing the professional competence of individuals and organizations working to develop and market products and services related to health care

Provides a forum for the presentation and application of research and related scientific activities

Assists in the formation of public policy by accumulating knowledge related to health care

Analyzes and develops strategies associated with operating a small business in the health care sector

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts/special session ideas should be submitted to james.oakley@montana.edu. All accepted manuscripts will be published in the conference proceedings. Publication is contingent upon at least one author pre-registering for the conference and presenting the paper. 

AMHCR does not retain copyright of the submission so authors are free to subsequently publish the manuscript elsewhere. Additionally, upon the author’s request, “abstract only” is acceptable for the proceedings.

Manuscripts should not exceed 15 total pages; Journal of Consumer Research style should be used. Author names should not appear anywhere in the paper except on the title page. Special session proposals should be one page in length and include participants and their affiliations and a summary of the topics to be covered in the session. Please check the AMHCR website for more information: http://www.amhcr.org.

Review Process:

All papers will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions are due by November 15, 2014, and acceptance decisions will be announced December 1, 2014. Details on preparing your paper for the proceedings will be provided with the acceptance notification. Final manuscripts will be due to the proceedings editor by January 31, 2015.

Awards:

Student Award: The AMHCR Officers and Board of Directors encourage submissions by graduate students in all fields. A committee of AMCHR judges will determine the winner and present the award at the conference banquet.

Best Paper Award: An award will be presented at the annual conference for the best paper submission. All completed papers submitted to the conference are considered for this award. A blind review process coordinated by the conference co-chairs will be used for determining the award-winning paper.

AMHCR Officers