Call for Paper: International Conference on Business and Economic Development (New York-USA)

Call for Paper: International Conference on Business and Economic Development (New York-USA)

The Academy of Business & Retail Management is proud to have an established record to organising and managing international academic conferences. Please join us for one of our annual conferences in location given below or submit papers for one of our Journals. All our Conference seek to elucidate a wealth of issues in all aspects of business management, health and social care sciences, management education, teaching and learning methodologies and many more. Contributions should therefore be of interest to scholars, practitioners and researchers in management in both developed and developing countries targeting a worldwide readership.

The purpose of the Academy is to inspire, recognize and support excellence in the business and retail management, throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. It takes a lead in facilitating international collaboration, providing an independent and authoritative source of advice, and contributing to academic debate and research. It endeavors to take a lead in facilitating international collaboration, providing an independent and authoritative source of advice. The Academy supports a range of activities and publication (print and electronic), which aim to stimulate curiosity, to inspire and develop future generations of scholars, and to encourage appreciation of the social, economic and cultural value of these areas of study.

Authors are invited to submit their original research papers, case study, review, work in progress, reports, abstract, students’ papers or research proposals within the broad scope of each conference.  Author’s submission will be published in both the conference proceeding under The Business & Management Review (Printed copy) and online.

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Selecting Sales Channels

Sales channels can influence which products customers are exposed. Manager’s often select the sales channels they believe will best foster business growth. The researchers Karamehmedovic and Bredmar (2013) investigated the strategic choices behind how managers make sales channel decisions. You may be shocked to find that most decisions are rooted in personal experience or faulty logic without a thorough analysis of what makes one channel more effective than others.

Managers regularly believe that marketing channels often compete with each other. Even though this can be true in some cases, it is often not the market related. Companies that use a single marketing channel are often less competitive than those who find multiple ways of getting products into the hands of customers (Porter, 2001). Marketing is about exposure and if channels are not properly reviewed for effectiveness, the company may be missing excellent opportunities.

Even though managers may have preferred channels all business activities should focus on customer preferences. If customers prefer certain channels to others, it would not be wise for the company to ignore that information in their decision-making processes. Gaining market advantage by connecting with customers in mediums that they used is helpful in ensuring motivated purchasing behavior.

For example, in Sweden most of the major stores market their products to physical locations in a push strategy. Even though this was effective for their operations, the costs were much higher which in turn impacts profit margins. Companies can reduce some of these costs by using both physical and virtual sales.

Even though channels may have individual benefits, they may also have collective benefits when used together. Marketing should help ensure that customers are aware of the product and its features. When these customers are exposed to products within multiple venues sales often increase. Managers should use more of an analytically approach to channel selection and consider the benefits of using more than one.

Karamehmedovic, L. & Bredmar, K. (2013). Sales Channel as a strategic choice-sme managers seeking profitability. International business research, 6 (7)

Porter, M. E. (2001). Strategy and the internet. Harvard business review, 1-20.

Wine Review: Monte Antico’s Toscana 2009

                                      Beautiful Beautiful Brown Eyes

Monte Antico's Toscana 2009 has a high grape aroma that is apparent upon first pour. The color is a dark maroon red which indicates its hardiness and ideal winter selection. Tears are large and medium paced that represents its medium body. Oxidization on the glass is apparent that smoothed out the taste.  It is fruity by nature and full of ripe grape flavor. There is a light level of acidity and tannin aftertaste.

Monte Antico’s Toscana  2009 is a red wine blend of 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot.  It is an Italian import from the Toscana region. According to Wine-Searcher.com it was the 1199^th popular wine on their site. It was given a rank of 87 and is considered a strong buy. 

The wine comes from the Maremma, Colline Pisane and Colli Fiorentini  regions of Tuscany.  The area’s history is recorded back to the 8^th century B.C. Etruscans  who used to sharecrop with local aristocracy. Half of their grapes were made into wine and exported to Florence. The region primarily worked in guilds to control the market mechanisms. 

The wine is aged in French oak barrels and another six months in the bottle that impacts its darker and more ripe consistency. The oak barrels not only give a slight vanilla taste but also reduce harsh tannins. When possible it is beneficial to seek out wines that have been aged properly within such barrels because they increase the wines quality. 

Wine Poem: Come Now Monarch of the Vine by William Shakespeare

Come, thou monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne

 In thy fats our cares be drown’d,
With thy grapes our hairs be crown’d!
Cup us till the world go round,
Cup us till the world go round!

http://www.monteanticowine.com/

Art: The Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a depiction of the peasant life in the late 1500’s. He was particularly interested in how they lived, dated, married, ate, dressed and relaxed. It was a life that fascinated him but also was part of his very core existence. To Bruegel it was a simple life that focused on the day’s happenings and seemed a natural existence connected to nature. 

The scene is lively and the painter is well known for his humanist pictures. The people within the painting are larger than life which appears to embolden their lives. Bruegel seems to be trying to make distance from himself and his peasant background by painting the figures oafish by nature.  He moved his way up the social ladder and continued to be fascinated by the way the peasants lived due to his deep connection with them. 

The painting shows a Madonna on the tree that appears to be ignored as the peasants engage in their fun. The life of the present, now, and materialism has made their way into his work in an apparent rejection of the spiritual realm. Some have argued that the deadly sins (i.e. hitting each other on the table) are all depicted within the painting somewhere with greed gluttony and lust being most prominent.   

Pieter Bruegel is a Flemish Renaissance painter born in Netherlands from 1525-1569. He was born at a time when Europe was in dramatic change. It was when Italy was at its highest artistic development and great masters like Leonard di Vinci and Michelangelo were cranking out their works. Humanism was part of human development in which people thought that humans were generally good and able to socially solve problems. All things were rooted in human nature and its capacities.

Call for Papers: Advances in Management and Applied Economics

Advances in Management and Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of Applied Economics and Management Sciences. They are seeking papers within their related genre. 

Their most recent publication focuses on marketing, product development, manufacturing, supply companies, etc… The journal articles are free and open access. Executives, professors, and students can consider reading other’s publications to update their knowledge. You may read this publication and/or download papers HERE.

As you prepare your paper keep in mind the following:

To expedite the review process, please format the manuscript in ways as follow:
1. Prepare your manuscript as a single PDF or MS Word document. The file should include the complete text, references, tables and figures.
2. Manuscripts should be written in English and include a 100-250 word abstract.
3. All references should be numbered in square brackets in the text and listed.

You may submit your papers HERE