17thNirmaInternationalConferenceonManagement(NICOM2014)

NewPerspectivesofFinanceandChangingEconomicScenario
January911,2014
CALL FOR PAPERS
The phenomenon of Globalisation has come to a full circle. Initially, the Western half
dominated the rest of the globe, first through colonization, and then subsequently
through multinational-driven trade, acquisitions and cross-border investments.
Now, we have reached a stage where the investee economies such as China, India
and other emerging nations have corporations with an increasingly global outlook
and appetite. While on the one hand, Indian companies are making their
international presence increasingly felt through significant acquisitions, on the other
hand Chinese majors are acquiring firms around the world in the energy and
technology spaces.

Economic reforms are essential for efficient allocation of resources and high rate of
growth. Reforms in the area of banking, finance and industry along with
liberalisation of trade and international capital flows currently provide the required
framework. India, as well as some other emerging nations have done reasonably
well given political constraints, but a lot still needs to be done. Demand management
with fiscal and monetary policies with proper supply management are being
targeted at combating inflation and achieving desired growth performance.

Specific to the Indian context, its balance of payment problem and its linkages with
foreign investment have the potential of creating roadblocks in the development
process. In spite of the adverse global financial crisis and stagnation in Europe and
North America, India's growth performance has been sustained with appropriate
financial regulation and economic policies. There might be a lesson to be learnt from
India's financial institutions, markets, rural and industrial and infrastructural finance
which have direct linkages on inclusive growth.

This developing scenario leaves the financial landscape at an interesting if not

confounding juncture: managing inbound foreign investments, facilitating
increasing global aspirations of emerging market companies as well as increasing the
scope of financial inclusion of its native population. These are interesting times
indeed, and thought provoking too. The conference aims to bring together
academicians, practicing managers, and experts to reveal insights into the emerging
order of finance, in the corporate context, the institutional context as well as the
individual context.
 Sub Themes

Corporate Finance Financial Engineering

Financial Markets & Institutions Financial Econometrics
Behavioural Finance Working Capital Management
Finance: Inter-functional Perspectives Financial Integration
Financial Reporting Issues Financial Innovation
Accounting Convergence & IFRS Financial Information Systems
Auditing & Taxation Financial & Economic Crisis
Corporate Governance Economic Reforms
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Emerging Market Issues
Regulatory Framework in Finance & Reforming IMF and other
industry institutions
International Finance & Trade Issues Inflation and Growth
Entrepreneurial Finance Foreign Investment
Financial Inclusion Financial Economics
Banking & Insurance Rural credit and development

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 20, 2013
Abstracts of about 250 words on any of the above themes/sub themes or related
topics may be sent to nicom@imnu.ac.in

Full Papers Submission Deadline: October 30, 2013

Further detailed guidelines for submission of the full papers will soon be posted on
the IMNU website and details of the same will also be mailed to all.

CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS
Prof. Neeraj Amarnani & Prof. Parag Rijwani

CONFERENCE ADVISOR
Prof. R. J. Modi

NICOM Secretariat
Institute of Management
Sarkhej- Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad -382481 (India)
Email: nicom@imnu.ac.in, Website: www.imnu.ac.in