Dear Colleague,



The 4th International Conference on Leadership, Technology, Innovation and Business Management 2014 (ICLTIM-2014) will be held between the dates of 19-21 November 2014 at Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. The conference is organized jointly by Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli, Turkey, and Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey.



The 4th International Conference on Leadership, Technology, Innovation and Business Management 2014 (ICLTIM-2014) aims to be the general forum for the presentation of new advances and research result in the fields of theoretical, experimental and applied leadership, technology, innovation and business management. The conference will bring together leading researchers, economists, businesspeople, managers, engineers and scientists in this field of study from around the world. Our distinguished participants will have the opportunity to present their valuable scientific contributions and to establish an international network among those who volunteer to communicate and study together in the field of business management.



Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Leadership, Technology, Innovation and Business Management 2014 (ICLTIM-2014) will be published on-line by Elsevier in “Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences” publication, which is indexed in the Science Direct Database.



Manuscripts without the required format will not be accepted. All manuscripts should be professionally proofread before the submission. You can use www.editavenue.com for professional proofreading, editing, etc.



Some of the papers will be selected and published in the Journal of Global Strategic Management, an internationally refereed journal published twice a year by the International Strategic Management and Managers Association and indexed by Asos Index. Prospective authors are invited to submit full and original research papers which have not been published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.



Please submit your paper to icltim@yildiz.edu.tr



For detailed information please visit http://icltim.yildiz.edu.tr, www.isma.info









Chairman of the Conference



Prof. Dr. Cemal ZEHIR







Co-chair Co-chair Co-chair



Prof. Dr. Asim SEN Prof. Dr Lutfihak ALPKAN Asst. Prof. Dr.Mehtap OZŞAHIN









YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY



Address: Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi



Yıldız Kampüsü 34349 Yıldız-Beşiktaş/İSTANBUL













Key Dates:



September 15, 2014 Deadline for Submission of Full Papers



October 3, 2014 Notification of Acceptance of Full Papers



October 10, 2014 Submission of Revised (Final) Papers



October 15, 2014 Deadline for Submission of Final Papers



October 20, 2014 Notification of Acceptance of Final Papers



October 24, 2014 Deadline for Early Registration







Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:



- Accounting Information Systems



- Accounting Theory & Practice



- Auditing



- Business Management areas.



- Business Communications



- Business Education



- Business Ethics



- Business Law



- Case studies related to Business



- Computer Information System



- Computer Applications for Nursing



- Corporate Finance



- Cross-disciplinary areas of Business (International)



- Database Design, Systems Design and other areas of Database



- Decision Sciences



- Economic Development



- Educational Administration



- Emerging Technologies



- Engineering (related to business)



- Entrepreneurship



- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leaders



- Environmental Technology and Innovation Management



- Financial Institutions & Markets



- Financial Services



- Global Production Networks



- Government & Non-Profit Accounting



- Health and Hospital Administration



- Health Administration & Leadership



- Health Care Management



- Human Resource Management



- Human Resource Management Issues in Innovation



- Human Resources, Management & Coding Supervision



- Human-Computer Interaction



- Incubation Centers and Techno parks for Innovation



- Industrial Engineering



- Industrial Organization



- Industry Psychology (Business)



- Informatics



- Information and Communication Technology Management



- Information Systems, Technology &Quality Improvement



- Innovation and Leadership Issues within Multinational Corporations



- Innovation and Management of Renewable Resources



- Innovation for Green Technologies



- Innovation for Low-Income Markets and Social Innovation



- Innovation for Sustainable Development



- Innovation in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Technologies



- Innovation in Services, Logistics and Supply-Chain Management



- Innovation, Management and Technology



- Innovation, Policy and Management



- Intellectual Property Rights and Patents



- International Areas of Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, and



- International Economics & Trade



- International Finance



- Internet



- Knowledge Management and Technology



- Leaders’ Roles for Innovation



- Leadership and Multicultural Relations



- Leadership Development in Multicultural Contexts



- Management (Production, Behavior, Management Science, Operations, Policy, )



- Management Information Systems



- Management of Innovation and Technology



- Management.



- Managing Collaborative Innovation



- Manufacturing and Production Processes



- Manufacturing Engineering



- Marketing (Consumer Behavior etc.)



- Marketing Management



- New Product/ Service Development



- Non-Profit Business



- Non-Profit Organization



- Nursing Administration & Leadership



- Nursing Management & Supervision



- Operating Systems and Management



- Organization Systems



- Organizational Communication



- Organizational Innovation



- Organizational Psychology



- Performance Evaluation



- Process Innovation



- Project and Program Management



- Project Management



- Psychology ( In relation to Business)



- Public Administration



- Quality Management



- Regional Innovation Systems, Clusters, and Industrial Networks



- Research and Development Management



- Service Science and Innovation



- Social Impact of Technology Development



- Sociology (Business Related)



- Sustainable Development



- Sustainable Innovation and Technology Incubation



- Technological Innovation, Product Innovation, and Industrial Innovation



- Technology Development and Innovation at SMEs



- Technology Foresight and Forecasting



- Technology Intelligence and Planning and Leadership



- Technology in the Financial / Services Sector



- Technology Strategy and Leadership



- Technology Transfer, Marketing and Commercialization



- Web Technologies and Information Management







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References



Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51 - 59.



Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.).New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).



Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304).New York: E-Publishing Inc.

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