The 9th SARD Workshop

The 9th SARD Workshop

Beijing, Renmin University of China - 25(Fri) - 27(Sun) November, 2011

Welcome to the 9th SARD Workshop 2011! This year we will bring you the ultimate banquet of new trends, new insights, and new applications of retailing management, in the fascinating Beijing! By anchoring the main theme Managing Retailing Growth: Systems, Technology, and Innovation, this workshop will energize your thinking and imagination in the real-world retailing. The workshop agenda focuses on three key areas within that theme:

Retail systems and its incumbent social and political environment
New technology that enables retail growth
Innovation that encourages new directions in retailing

As in previous years, the workshop will provide a multi-topical forum for scholarly presentations, discussions, and collaborations on retailing and distribution studies. Additional specific information on submissions of competitive papers is provided below.

**Important Dates**
Workshop: 25-27 November, 2011 {Download program guide map}

**Program Structure**
This is a two-and-half-day workshop. The first date is for study tour in Beijing, featuring main trading area visits, beer factory tour, and sightseeing of The Emperor's Summer Palace. Supper will be provided for the first date participants. In day two, there will be an opening keynote speech session in the morning, following competitive paper sessions in the afternoon. The welcome party will be held in the evening. In day three the competitive paper sessions continue until noon time, and end the workshop. Competitive paper sessions include papers that represent the completed work of their authors. The conference co-chairs will assign accepted papers to sessions that reflect similar scholarly interests. Roundtables will be held between sessions and audience are encouraged to involve in these intensive and interesting discussions.

**General Submission Guidelines**
Submissions should not have already been published or accepted for publication in any journal. Submissions should also not include content that has been presented at earlier SARD Workshop. It is mandatory that all accepted papers are presented at the conference by an author. All submission activity (submissions, reviews and notifications) for the 9th SARD will be electronic, via email address: sard2011@yeah.net. Use Word 2003 or Rich Text Format file format to submit. All submissions to the 9th SARD workshop require the following information: Main body of email served as the cover letter: Title of Submission, primary contact information: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number and email address. Declaration that the submission has not been accepted for publication elsewhere. First page of the paper: Title of Submission. Primary Contact Information: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number and email address for the author who serves as the primary contact. Names of Co-authors/Other Participants and their affiliations, and whether they are presenting author(s). Use consistent author name: All authors need to ensure that their names appear in the same way in all submissions. Short abstract (75-100 words). Keywords. Main body of paper started from the second page. Please repeat the title of Submission at the beginning of the page. The length of paper no more than 20 pages, A4, semi-double space. Acknowledgement of receipt. The person who submits the paper will automatically receive an email acknowledgement of receipt of the submission. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please check your spam folder. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 48 hours after submission, please send an email inquiry about the status of your submission to: tingjui@163.com.

**SARD Board Member**
Professor Dawson, John A. / University of Edinburgh / Distinguished Professor of UMDS Professor Wang, Shuguang / Ryerson University Professor Lee, Jung Hee / Chung Ang University, President / Korea Marketing & Distribution Association Professor Su, Seong-Mu / Chung-Ang University Professor Hsu, Tsuen-Ho / National Kaohsiung First University of Science &Technology Associate Professor Yang, Albert J.F./ National Kaohsiung First University of Science & Technology Professor Mukoyama, Masao / University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Professor Choi, Sang Chul / University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Professor Pan, Zhi Ren / University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Professor Wang, Yi Jen / University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Professor Shimizu, Nobutoshi / University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Professor Chou, Ting-Jui / Renmin University of China

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