The Curricular Issues Miniconference provides a forum to learn from those at the forefront of curriculum innovation and improvement, and to share experiences and lessons. Separate tracks on undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs will offer ideas and insights for those responsible for designing, teaching, and administering business education programs.

The Doctoral Student Consortium provides a unique opportunity for doctoral students from across the U.S. and world to interact with one another and with distinguished scholars in a one-day program devoted to career development. Attendance at this consortium is by invitation based on application. All students who meet the criteria will be accepted.

Globalization raises many challenges for firms of all kinds and not just for transnational firms operating in culturally and geographically diverse environments. For academic researchers, globalization has generated many fruitful avenues of inquiry regarding 1) competitive strategy, 2) the design of global networks including the coordination of activities within the firm, and 3) the ability to build appropriate relationships among the various actors external to the focal firm. These avenues include, but are not limited to, the role of culture, knowledge development, innovation, interfirm/intrafirm networks, market relationships, design of international distribution networks, and others. The theme of the mini-conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of the many issues influencing global strategy and network design such as country, social structure, politics, economics, human resources, supply chain management (services and manufacturing), foreign direct investment, and information technology. The hope is to shed further light on both the inter-firm and intra-firm challenges facing firms, society, the environment, and various institutions (government and non-government) in the context of globalization. We welcome research paper, forum, tutorial, and other creative submissions with either a regional or country- level focus.

This miniconference examines emerging issues facing the hospitality industry, which is one of the fastest growing sectors worldwide. However, the current economic and political global climate means the industry has to deal with new challenges such as increased competition, declining revenues, and global terrorism. The miniconference will feature both invited and submitted papers on the salient issues that are impacting the hospitality industry. Submission deadline is May 1, 2010.

G. Keong Leong University of Nevada Las Vegas Keong.Leong@unlv.edu

Natasa Christodoulidou California State University Dominguez Hills nchristodoulidou@csudh.edu

This miniconference focuses on research at the nexus of information technology and supply chain management, highlighting current and emerging trends in the area. The minconference will feature panels of senior scholars and invited paper presentations.

Since its inception in 1986, MSMESB’s objective has been to improve the teaching and practice of statistics in schools and business. More specifically, the aim is to encourage interaction between business faculty and others involved in teaching business statistics with professionals from industry and government, with publishers, and with software vendors. Submissions due by April 15th.

Securing external research grants is a valuable experience, or even a necessary step, when our projects can be significantly enhanced by them. A day-long event, the Miniconference on Successful Grantsmanship is intended to help develop interests among DSI members in obtaining external research grants and to sharpen their skills to write grant proposals so that their endeavors may be more fruitful. You are invited to come and listen to the expert panelists and network with like-minded researchers.

The New Faculty Development Consortium deals with research, teaching, publishing, and other professional development issues for faculty who are beginning their academic careers. Attendance at this consortium is by application and is open to faculty members who have a Ph.D. degree and are in the first two years of their teaching career.

The Professional and Faculty Development Program is for DSI members in all stages of their careers, with the goal of keeping them current in their fields. The content of the sessions is designed to provide insight into the challenges and opportunities in today's rapidly changing environments. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

•  Assessment in practice.
•  Balancing the needs of different stakeholders in the educational process.
•  Blogs in business school.
•  Career path strategy.
•  Cutting edge pedagogical research.
•  Developing Chinese business education.
•  Globalization of business education.
•  How do you get the message across?
•  How do you turn conference paper into journal article?
•  Meeting increasing demands in teaching, service, and research.
•  New instructional and research methodologies.
•  Obtaining research funding.
•  Online communities in academic world.
•  Sustainability and management in business school.
•  Teaching an integrated core curriculum
•  The challenges and opportunities of new technologies.
•  The role of grading and assessment.
•  Transforming curriculum design and development.

In addition, the program will include a series of sessions related to research, teaching, publishing, and other professional development issues for faculty who are beginning their academic careers. Submission deadline is May 1, 2010.

The Technology in the Classroom Miniconference provides a forum for participants to share novel or innovative applications of technology in the classroom that enhance the student's learning experience. Submissions should be limited to creative approaches and best practices for using course support software, multimedia, spreadsheet software, simulation software, online tutorials, or other applications of technology, and be capable of being demonstrated and discussed within a 20-30 minute timeframe. Submissions are competitively reviewed and selected for their creativity, novelty, and contribution to pedagogy, and should not be duplications of material found in existing textbooks. Please send your submission (following the “Instructions for Electronic Submissions”) by May 1, 2010 to the coordinator.