Digitalization and Technological Advances: Transforming Management Landscape

Digitalisation, big data, connectivity, and Artificial Intelligence are shaping today's cities around the globe. It has led to increased productivity, competition and inclusion within and across the economies. Further, it has also led to substantial positive impact on the economic growth performance as well as enhance the economic integration, both regional and global. Digitalization has been a prominent channel for the economies in attainment of their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The advent of COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc and its impact has reached every corner of the world. This has divided the history into a pre-covid and a post-covid world. Digital transformation has been marked as a defining feature of the post-covid world as it has permeated every aspect of our lives. Covid-19 has accelerated the digitalization of societies and economies at an unimaginable pace. From helping governments to implement social protection schemes to enabling e-health and online education, digital technologies have helped business in continuing their operations and trade through e-commerce and digital finance. Thus, it is evident that digitalization and the technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are the future, which is not only transforming the management domain but the whole world around us.

In this backdrop, we invite book chapters related to the management and business domains focusing on how digiatlization and advanced technologies are helping in transforming the practices adopted by various organizations. 

Submission Guidelines

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 
• Chapters must not exceed the plagiarism limit of 10% excluding references.
• Chapter length should not exceed 15-20 pages.
• Chapters should consist of the following subsections.
• The chapters should be submitted only in word document format.

Title Page

• Title of the manuscript;
• Title, Full names, affiliation and addresses of all authors including full postal address, and email addresses;
• Suggestions for a short running title of no more than 40 characters;
• Acknowledgements of financial or research assistance.

Abstract

• Manuscript should contain abstract of up to 200 words in length. Please be sure that the abstract page does not contain any information that could identify the author(s). Please do not put reference citations in the abstract. Also, please take care to create a title and an abstract that are direct and 'reader-friendly'.

Keywords

• Authors should choose three to six keywords related to the research topic.

Body of the Chapter

• The introduction should state clearly the objective of the paper as well as the motivation and context of the research. The literature review should be limited to the articles, books and other items that have a direct bearing on the topic being addressed. Theoretical papers may devote a full section to motivation and potential usefulness of the proposed theoretical framework. The empirical section should provide appropriate citations to the statistical methodology used and a complete explanation only if the methodology is new.

Full details of the statistical analyses and results must be included in the paper itself. The conclusion should summarize key findings and state their importance to the field.

Presentation Style

• Margins should be one inch (2.5cm) at the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
• Font type should be 11-point Times Roman throughout the document.
• Double-space all body text, including abstract, references, endnotes and appendices.
• Number all pages in your manuscript, starting with the Abstract Page.
• Use one space, not two spaces, between sentences.
• Manuscript text should be Justified.
• Use three levels of headings. Main headings designate your major sections. Center main headings and use all capitals. Second-level headings should be flush with the left margin, and only the first letter of major words should be capitalized. Third-level headings should be indented and italicised; begin the first word with a capital, end the heading with a period, and then continue with your text. Do not use a fourth-level of headings.
• When citing a list of references in the text, put the list in alphabetical order and separate authors by semicolons; for example, "Several studies (Buckley & Casson, 1976; Dunning, 1993a, 1993b; Rugman & Verbeke, 2003) support this conclusion."
• If a work has two authors, give both names every time you cite it; for example, Rugman and Verbeke (1998). For three through six authors, give all names the first time the work is cited and then use the first author's name and "et al." for all subsequent citations. For works with seven or more authors, use the first author's name and "et al." for all in-text citations, including the first citation.
• Use endnotes instead of footnotes. Please use these sparingly, and keep them short. Citations to the literature should be included in the text, not in the endnotes.
• To cite a direct quotation, give pages after the year, separated by a colon and a space. Example: "Boddewyn argues that for something to happen it must be not only 'favorable and possible but also wanted and triggered' (1988: 538)".
• Check that the sequence of any numbered elements (tables, figures, equations, etc.) is correct.
• Double check all mathematical entries in the manuscript before submission. Write out numbers below 10. Insert leading zeros before decimal points in text and tables (e.g., '0.3' rather than '.3').
• Place endnotes, references, figures, tables, and appendices at the end of your manuscript. Each component should begin on a new page.

Readability

• Use ordinary words for variable names, not code names or abbreviations, unless the terms are well known to international business scholars (such as MNE and FDI). Use the same name for a variable throughout your manuscript. Do not italicize variable names (except for single-character variables, e.g. x, F, etc.).
• Long but necessary methodological details, such as explanations of the calculation of measures, should be placed in a separate appendix at the end of the manuscript.
• Check and correct spelling and punctuation before submitting your manuscript. Be consistent in your capitalization, spelling, hyphenation and formatting throughout the manuscript. Avoid common usage errors such as "it's" and "its", "affect" and "effect", and "that" and "which". Singular (plural) nouns require singular (plural) pronouns and verbs. "Data" is a plural noun; "none" is singular. "Who" should be used for people; "that" and "which" for organizations. Avoid using "impact" as a verb. Use semicolons to help define long lists that include both groups and subgroups. If a clause is inserted in a sentence use paired commas to set off the clause.

References

Authors should make certain that the reference for each citation in the text is complete, and that the cited dates and the spellings of the authors' names in the text and references are in agreement. Include full page range for all journal references and book chapters. Include both the volume and issue (number [if applicable], season, month, or date) for journal/periodical references.

The following are examples of proper form:

Journal/periodical articles

Cosset, J., & Suret, J. 1995. Political risk and benefits of international portfolio diversification. Journal of       International Business Studies, 26(2): 301-318.

Financial Times. 1996. Survey - Czech Republic: Message from the people. December 6: 3.

Books

Donahoe, J. D. 1989. The privatization decision. New York: Basic Books.

Papers

Harley, N. H. 1981. Radon risk models. In A. R. Knight & B. Harrad (Eds), Indoor air and human health, Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium, 29-31 October 1981, Knoxville, USA: 69-78. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Chapters in edited books

Caves, R. E., & Mehra, S. K. 1986. Entry of foreign multinationals into the US manufacturing industries. In M. E. Porter (Ed.), Competition and global industries: 449-481. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Dissertations

Salk, J. E. 1992. Shared management joint ventures: Their developmental patterns, challenges and possibilities. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Online documents

The Investment Company Institute. 2004. Worldwide mutual fund assets and flows, third quarter 2003. http://www.ici.org. Accessed 4 February 2004.

Online journal articles / advance online publication articles

Hutzschenreuter, T., & Voll, J. C. 2007. Performance effects of "added cultural distance" in the path of international expansion: The case of German multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies, advance online publication August 30. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400312.

List of Topics

• Human Resource Management
• Finance, FinTech
• Marketing
• Consumer Behaviour
• Operation Management
• Supply Chain management
• Impact of COVID-19 on various industries
• Organizational Behavior
• Education, Edutech
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Economics
• Sustainable development and practices 
• Entrepreneurship
• International Business
• Accounting and Taxation
• Digital Banking, Digital Payments
• Financial Inclusion
• Cryptocurrencies
• Blockchain technology

Committees

Editorial Committee

• Dr. Neha Gupta
• Dr. Nagaraj Samala
• Dr. P. Swami Sairam

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to conference.wsb@woxsen.edu.in