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Call for Papers
Sponsor: Direct Selling Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Cooperation Unit:
School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (Beijing)
School
of Economics and Management, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(Beijing)
School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
(Shanghai)
Symposium Dates and Places:
1. November 21, 2004 (Sunday), TsingHua University (Shanghai)
2. November 24, 2004 (Wednesday), Tongji University(Beijing)
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Main Theme: Direct Selling impact on society , economy and households living
Subjects:
1. The
interaction between direct selling and society, economy.
2. The influence of direct selling to the living of
direct salespeople.
3. The influence of direct selling to the marketing
channels.
4. The influence of E-Commence to the direct selling.
5. The ways to promote the image of direct selling
industry.
6. The management of direct selling company.
7. The management of direct selling distributors.
8. The consumer behavior in the direct selling industry.
9. Other relevant topics to direct selling.
Award for the ¡§Best Direct Selling Paper of the Year¡¨: A Medal and Scholarship of U.S. 1,000 dollars
Dateline for Submission: September 20 , 2004 ( Monday)
Notice of Acceptance: October 25 , 2004 ( Monday)
After the paper is accepted, the author has to present it at the designated time in order to be included in the symposium proceedings. The presenter will be invited to join a six- day trip to Beijing and Shanghai arranged by the symposium sponsor with expenses fully covered. People who are interested in submitting their papers should follow the format specified by the symposium and send the file disk along with two hard copies via registered mail to:
Dr. Der-Fa Robert Chen,
convener of the preparatory committee for the symposium
Direct Selling Research Center, College of Management,
804-24 National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung
For any inquiries about the symposium, please contact the preparatory office or visit the
Website at www.dsrc.nsysu.edu.tw
Tel: (07) 525-2000 #4507, 4621 or (07) 525-4560 Miss Wu Chiu-Ping
Fax: (07) 525-4695, 525-4560, 525-0122
E-mail: derfa@cm.nsysu.edu.tw