The Best Direct Selling Paper of the Year Award

Purpose:
To encourage the research on direct selling and to promote the academic level of direct selling.

Sponsored by: 
Direct Selling Research Center (DSRC)
 Direct Selling Association (DSA) R.O.C.

Participation:
  Submitting paper to the Fourth Academic Symposium on Direct Selling

Selection Procedure:

1. The preliminary screening will accept 10~12 papers to be presented at the symposium.
2. The accepted papers will be further reviewed and rated by 6 referees.

3. i) The referees will meet in the mid of November 2003 to select the best direct selling paper, or

ii) The ratings from each referee will be put together to come out with the best direct selling 

    paper.   

The Committee of Referees:

3 scholars and 3 managers of direct selling companies will be appointed by the director of the DSRC to be the referees.

The Award:

1. The Best Direct Selling Paper of the Year Award which includes NT$ 30,000 cash award and a certificate will be presented at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Academic Symposium on Direct Selling on 14 November 2003 at National Cheng Chi University in Taipei, Taiwan.
2. Other accepted papers will be awarded NT$ 5,000 cash after the presentation.