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What
and How? |
1.
Find a suitable conference
1.
Use
http://www.papersinvited.com 2.
Try
(in Google) ‘Call for papers; underwater basketweaving’ 3.
Use
own knowledge of important professional conferences 4.
Look
for ‘Calls for abstracts’ |
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2. Submit abstract 1.
Follow
appropriate guidelines (e.g. may specify 1 page, not more than 500 words
etc.) 2.
If
you have just missed a deadline, still try your luck (use a crawling memo!) 3.
Locate
into a particular theme or conference stream 4.
Most important! Team up with a colleague to submit to the same conference. Each colleague should act as the co-author
to the other’s paper. If you are both
lucky, you have 2x2 papers for your CVs. You maximise the chances of one of you being asked to present. |
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3. Do the research You
can tailor the research you undertake to the title of the conference paper
(which could be conceptual, mapping potential for future research etc). You will usually have 2-3 months for this. |
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4. Write up the paper 1.
You
may be limited e.g. to 5000 words. 2.
There
may be various categories of papers e.g. full papers (c. 5,000 words),
working papers (2,500 words) etc. 3.
Follow
instructions to authors explicitly |
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5. Get travel expenses 1.
£150
a year (according to School Administrator) 2.
£250
every other year 3.
ESME
funds 4.
Research
Committee 5.
Be
prepared to put in 50% (it is on your CV, after all!) |
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6. Return in glory! 1.
Distribute
your paper to colleagues 2.
Publish
on Business Management website 3.
Contribute
to Business Management collected papers |
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