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14th Cross Cultural Research Conference

The Cross-Cultural Research Conference will be held December 13-16, 2009 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.

The conference began in 1981 as the "Cross Cultural Research Symposium" in New Orleans at Tulane University under the direction of Professors Charles Keown and Arch Woodside.

The conference was then held every 3 years in Honolulu until the 6th Symposium in Hong Kong, which marked the move to biannual conferences and also the internationalization of the conference. The conference will continue to alternate between Hawaii and a non-U.S. site on a biannual basis. The 2007 conference was hosted in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The organization is dedicated to advancing relevant knowledge and increasing the professional competence of individuals and institutions that value the integration of cross-cultural skills and the development of business activities for diverse cultures across the globe. The conference is a forum for the presentation and application of research and related scientific activities. The driving objective of the conference is to foster Cross-Cultural Consumer and Business studies.

Both empirical and theoretical papers on Cross-Cultural Consumer and Business Studies are invited. Preferences will be given to inter-country comparisons over intra-country studies. Topics may include:

§ All aspects of cross-cultural consumer behavior:

§ Comparative marketing studies (e.g., advertising strategies, organizational buyer behavior, services);

§ Comparative management practices (e.g., industrial relations, human resource management, organizational behavior, operations and supply chain management; and

§ Comparative business studies (e.g., international accounting, finance, and law).

The complete call for papers and downloads are at the conference website: http://marketing.byu.edu/download/crosscultural/